betas
Betawatch: Dauntless strides into open beta (May 25, 2018)
It's certainly a daunting task to launch a game into its open beta, but the developers of Dauntless are undaunted as the title does...
Betawatch: Worlds Adrift launches early access for airships and actual airships (May 18, 2018)
There are only a handful of games you can celebrate launching by releasing an actual airship into the sky, but Worlds Adrift is one...
Betawatch: Boxes of sand survival for Conan Exiles and Wild West Online (May 11, 2018)
Sometimes, the title "survival sandbox" might seem a bit inaccurate or limiting. But then you get into stuff like Conan Exiles and Wild West...
Betawatch: World of Warcraft moves Battle for Azeroth to beta testing (April 27, 2018)
We spent most of this week watching the slow-motion (and not-so-slow-motion) implosion of a well-known company, so it's easy for big beta news to...
Betawatch: Defiance 2050’s closed beta, ESO’s Summerset on the PTS (April 20, 2018)
Beta testing for Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset expansion - as well as the free update 18 that'll launch alongside it - began this week...
Betawatch: Radical Heights springs out to predictable lows (April 13, 2018)
Good news, Boss Key fans! After the studio pretty blatantly gave up on LawBreakers, it turned around and quickly launched its next project, a...
Betawatch: Defiance’s beta, TERA’s console launch, and Eliot’s in the brig (April 6, 2018)
Welcome back to another look at all the MMO beta happenings of the week! I've stashed Eliot in the brig so that I can take...
Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar launches for real (March 30, 2018)
Did it happen? Are the rumors true? Yes, my friends, Shroud of the Avatar is actually launched now. The game has launched. Which probably...
Betawatch: A Bless Online-ed event (March 23, 2018)
After all of the false starts, delays, and dearths of information, we finally know the truth this week. Bless Online is coming to early...
Betawatch: TERA does the beta warp again (March 16, 2017)
The first round of open beta testing for TERA on consoles went well. (According to the developers, at least.) What can be done to...
Betawatch: Wild West Online is getting a big revamp (March 9, 2018)
Remember Wild West Online? The game made a lot of noise through early testing, but it went fairly quiet. Turns out the reason for...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained is working for its beta on July 4 (March 2, 2018)
After a lengthy wait, the first beta for Camelot Unchained is here at last! That's what we'll be saying in about a hundred days,...
Betawatch: Where have all the H1Z1 players gone? (February 23, 2018)
Oh, the many antics of H1Z1 have brought us so much joy over the years. Remember when the game launched into paid early access...
Betawatch: The beta for mobile MMOARG Maguss is about to begin (February 16, 2018)
Remember Maguss, the Harry Potter-esque ARG everyone was buzzing around right up until Pokemon Go company Niantic said it was making Harry Potter: Wizards...
Betawatch: Eco evolves into open beta (February 9, 2018)
At long last, ECO has moved from alpha into beta and Early Access on Steam. Drop a little money on it and you can...
DayZ is targeting Xbox Game Preview at some point this year
When you think of DayZ these days, you probably don't think of it as the nexus of the survival sandbox popularity rush any longer....
Betawatch: Legends of Aria starts its closed beta (February 2, 2018)
Congratulations, Legends of Aria, we're glad to see that you're in closed beta now. It's been a twisting road for this particular title, but...
Betawatch: Sea of Thieves hits closed beta (January 26, 2018)
It was foretold, and then it happened. Sea of Thieves hit its closed beta this week with play anywhere functionality fully intact. The bad...
Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria hit with sizable layoffs (January 19, 2018)
So it looks like things are not all roses and light behind the scenes for Chronicles of Elyria, as the studio has apparently let...
Betawatch: Sea of Thieves heads to closed beta cove later this month (January 12, 2018)
Avast, feast your eyes here, ye swabbies: Sea of Thieves be settin' sail for the waters of closed beta on the 24th of January...