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Betawatch: Dune Awakening is finally gearing up for launch early next year
If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the launch. Wait, is that how the phrase goes for Dune Awakening? We kind of lost...
Unleashed Games confirms its MMO Haven will be used for additional titles made with generative AI
In the beginning half of the year, we started covering Haven, a developing MMORPG from Unleashed Games that promised gameplay beats familiar to those...
They are so ugly they are cute: Palia adds potato pods and more in its next big beta update
It hasn't even been a month since Palia's last update, but the beta cozy MMO is already teasing its next patch.
Daybreak-owned Singularity 6 (which...
SkyVerse is a new Bohemia-pubbed Minecraft-esque multiplayer survival sandbox
Of everything that's been newly announced during Gamescom so far, Bohemia Interactive's SkyVerse caught my attention quickest as a the type of cute voxelbox...
Paragon successor Predecessor officially launches today as a F2P MOBA on PC and console
At this afternoon's Gamescom Opening Night Live, the indie team at Omeda Studios formally launched Predecessor, one of multiple MOBAs spawned from the remains...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 481: Pre-Gamescom MMO mini podcast
In this mini episode, Bree runs down Throne & Liberty's delay, New World's Aeternum beta, Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds launch, the Richard Garriott Ultima Online rumor, the state of Ultima Online New Legacy, Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, the record-setting SWG Legends' SOEclipse event, and the approach of Gamescom.
Multiplayer hide-and-seek shooter Midnight Murder Club readies a closed beta test August 22
Last month we first heard about Midnight Murder Club, a new multiplayer PvP FPS from developer Velan Studios that basically tells players to go...
Ashes of Creation boosts its alpha access bundle offerings following gamer uproar
If you were among those who raised your eyebrows at the three-figure prices that Ashes of Creation was charging for access to its upcoming...
Betawatch: Throne & Liberty’s latest delay, New World’s crossplay beta
Players who were super hype about Throne & Liberty releasing very soon are going to need to wait a little longer, as the game...
Ship of Heroes’ beta now has 30 costume auras for player customization
Like a lot of folks, I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with particle effects. On my superhero toons, I love them; they're...
Conan Exiles’ Age of Heroes companions and living settlements will breathe more life into the sandbox
If there's one thing that many survival games lack, it's life. To me, one of the drawbacks of the survival genre compared to MMORPGs...
New World’s Aeternum open beta for PC and console is slated for September 13-16
We're finally getting some movement on New World that involves PC players: Amazon has just formally announced its Aeternum open beta, which smooshes together...
World of Warcraft shares The War Within launch details and explains hero talents
Are you prepared for the onset of World of Warcraft's latest expansion? It's almost here, but if you really can't wait until next week...
Mecha Break counts more than 50,000 concurrent players (and more in China) during open beta
Flying around in a giant mech blowing up other players in giant mechs? Who wants to do that? According to the Mecha Break stats...
Beta testing for EverQuest II’s Immeasurable Menagerie has officially begun
We dare you to not read the next game update for EverQuest II in a snooty British accent. It can't be done. And if...
Dofus kicks off a beta test for its five-years-in-the-making Unity version
It's been five years in the making, but quirky MMO Dofus is on the cusp of switching over game engines from Flash to Unity....
Ultima Online’s latest New Legacy beta takes leveling off the rails with Divergent Paths
Ultima Online has now run three New Legacy open beta weekends thus far as Broadsword tests out its upcoming alternative server ruleset - and...
Rumor: Richard Garriott says he believes he will get Ultima Online back ‘soon’
If you enjoy some political shitposting, then you might already be following MMORPG founding father Richard Garriott on Twitter, and if so, you might...
Betawatch: Corepunk’s fourth alpha is here (and already had to wipe)
Well here we are again, Corepunk, it's good to see you as your fourth alpha test has commenced. Now, if you've been reading this...
New World’s Aeternum console beta infographic can’t hope to fill the summer content drought
As New World continues its agonizingly slow march toward Aeternum this fall, PC players are in a bit of a grumpy mood, unreceptive to...