betas
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...
Betawatch: A new year, a new closed beta (January 5, 2018)
Here we are, in the untamed wilderness of 2018! It feels a lot like 2017 so far, except that it's a year later. Also,...
Betawatch: The preparation for the next year (December 29, 2017)
The last week of the year is always a time of anticipation and a fair amount of "let's get this dumb year finished already,"...
Betawatch: Holiday testing, ho ho ho (December 22, 2017)
It's holiday time, and that means everyone is leaving the offices early now. Except for those of us who work from home, because we...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation testing is set for today (December 15, 2017)
Who wants to play a guessing game? If you're an Ashes of Creation backer, you get to play one whether you answered yes or...
OrbusVR starts early access on December 15th with no more wipes
That headline is a bit of a misnomer; everyone who hasn't already purchased OrbusVR will have to wait until December 15th for early access,...
Betawatch: There’s factions in them there hills of Wild West Online (December 8, 2017)
Let's start with something that you probably already ascertained: Wild West Online is being delayed. It delayed its early access alpha, and that delay...
Betawatch: Star Citizen sells land… in space! (December 1, 2017)
Selling spaceships that don't exist yet? That is so 2016. The new thing for Star Citizen is selling land that doesn't exist yet, which...
Betawatch: Moonlight Blade is defying gravity (November 24, 2017)
For those of us in this part of the world, this has been a quiet week of little news, because, well... Thanksgiving. (That is,...
Betawatch: Ascent: Infinite Realm is already heading to Korean beta (November 17, 2017)
Let me tell you, I'm really glad that Ascent: Infinite Realm already has a publishing deal for the west, because otherwise I would be...
Betawatch: Closers Online has a closed beta (November 10, 2017)
Here's this week's test of age: When you see the title of Closers Online, is your first thought along the lines of "help me,...
Betawatch: Star Citizen dazzles, delights, and declines dates (November 3, 2017)
There was a lot of stuff that went down at the most recent Star Citizen convention, although none of the things that went down...
Betawatch: The week the betas died (October 27, 2017)
This week should serve as a helpful reminder that just because a game is in testing does not mean that it's actually primed for...
Betawatch: Closers Online’s alpha is totally open this weekend (October 20, 2017)
Welcome back to another edition of Betawatch, the game where literally everything is in early access forever. Except Closers, of course, which is open!...
Betawatch: Wild West Online’s alpha just isn’t ready (October 13, 2017)
It's not high noon in Wild West Online. It's not any time at all, in fact. The game's early access alpha would have established...
Betawatch: Wild Buster has opened a limited alpha (October 6, 2017)
Is this a real game? Did this happen again? Wild Buster added Serious Sam alongside Duke Nukem. We must acquiesce, neither is in the...
Betawatch: Final alpha is go for Legends of Aria (September 29, 2017)
Well, Legends of Aria fans, it's the final... alpha? That doesn't sound like a 1980s power ballad line at all, someone should get on...
