beta testing
SMITE 2 introduces a new character as part of its upcoming 24/7 closed alpha beginning August 27
SMITE 2 has been running closed alpha tests a few times already, but those were happening only during weekends. That's about to change in...
EverQuest II GU 126 Immeasurable Menagerie hits open beta August 13
EverQuest II's GU 126 update is hitting the beta test server next week, and while at first I wondered whether it was named after...
PvPvE extraction RPG Seekers of Skyveil hits closed beta in September following NA closed alpha this week
We've been keeping a couple of eyeballs on PvPvE extraction RPG Seekers of Skyveil as it's moved through alpha playtesting over the last year...
Fight or Kite: Marvel Rivals replaces Overwatch heroes with Marvel flair
I don’t think we’ll ever be certain, but I am pretty sure I can guess exactly how Marvel Rivals was initially created. Someone walked...
Betawatch: Fellowship offers previews, Ultima Online New Legacy testing rolls on
Whenever I hear the title Fellowship, I think about that video about how cats are praised for fellowship, which reminds me of the fact...
Global Chat: Reporting from the land of Throne and Liberty
Heartless Gamer put down a whole lot of thoughts about the recent Throne and Liberty global beta, saying that while the MMO has plenty...
Not So Massively: Stormgate was not ready for early access
As the first of StarCraft II's spiritual successors to make it to a public launch, Stormgate will be releasing free to play for all...
Throne & Liberty testers murdered almost 30M NPCs during its open beta
If you wanted to kill someone in PvP during Throne & Liberty's open beta test, you were using a dagger. The most common builds...
Dark and Darker Mobile begins its global beta test
Do you have PvPvE dungeons on your phone? Well you do now, assuming you're among the people who were excited to begin Dark and...
Old-school web browser MMORPG Tanoth has been resurrected in a playable beta format
Here's a blast from the past that is sure to catch genre fans by surprise. Does anyone here remember Tanoth? It was a web...
Crowdfunded multiplayer RTS Stormgate enters headstart today ahead of its August free-to-play launch
If you're an MMORTS junkie as MOP's Tyler is, you've probably been watching Stormgate's development with great interest over the last few years. In...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 478: Ultima Online finds its stones
Justin and Bree discuss the WoW War Within prepatch and Ultima Online's New Legacy, followed by a mailbag catch-up segment on AI, holidays, release timing, and MMO complexity.
StarCraft II-inspired multiplayer RTS Immortal Gates of Pyre plans Steam playtest this weekend
After a lengthy period of silence, the team behind indie RTS Immortal: Gates of Pyre has announced a playtest on Steam for August 2nd...
Ultima Online’s New Legacy and crackdown on third-party clients have vets rioting
Ultima Online is a very old and fairly small MMORPG nowadays, but even so you probably knew that it has a thriving emulator community,...
Marvel Rivals debuts story trailer, adds Thor and Jeff the Land Shark to this weekend’s closed beta test
Today is the day when NetEase's Marvel Rivals cross-platform closed beta kicks off and it's come with a bit of a surprise in the...
Betawatch: New World Aeternum and Ultima Online New Legacy begin closed beta
This weekend is all about beta testing things that are already out and you can play right now even without the beta test. That...
Mecha Break announces a surprise open beta test starting on August 10
Maybe the real breaks were the mecha we made along the way. Is that anything? No. It's complete nonsense. But if you want to...
Cozy MMO Palia teases nameplates, house tours, and a greenhouse in next week’s beta update
Fresh off its acquisition by no less than MMORPG company Daybreak, Singularity 6's still-in-beta cozy MMO Palia is teasing a bunch of new content...
World of Warcraft’s pre-patch for The War Within disables both warbanks and cross-realm trading because of bugs
If you look at the pre-expansion patch World of Warcraft delivers ahead of expansions as a dry run of the expansion itself, The War...
Here’s what to expect from New World’s two-phase Aeternum console beta tomorrow
All right finally here we go: Amazon has just pushed out a big post on what exactly gamers can expect from New World's first...
