betas
Skyforge early access begins today for founders
Ready to get a jump on all of the other chumps who didn't buy a founder's pack for Skyforge? You can do that today....
Betawatch: July 3rd, 2015
I freely admit that I never actually played Glitch, but I was glad it existed and sad at the people who never even had...
Betawatch: June 26th, 2015
Is there anything as marvelous as finding out that your game got so heavily exploited that the whole game needs to be wiped? If...
Betawatch: June 19th, 2015
You could be forgiven for sort of forgetting about The Division. No matter how much it might have interested you at first, the game...
Pathfinder Online adds free trial system in latest ‘early enrollment’ build
The business model of Pathfinder Online's current testing phase is odd, since you have to pay a box price and a subscription fee to...
Betawatch: June 12th, 2015
Could it be? Is Skyforge going to release soon, or go into an open beta which is indistinguishable from release? It certainly seems like...
HEX celebrates its second birthday
A lot has changed for HEX since the game first went to Kickstarter a few years ago. The anniversary letter to the community touches...
Betawatch: June 5th, 2015
It's always nice when a game finally launches after a seeming eternal beta. Assuming it doesn't, you know, die shortly thereafter. Trove is the...
See Overwatch’s Reaper in all of his dark, billowing action
Reaper's life in Overwatch is pretty difficult. His whole schtick is being dark and mysterious and wraithly and so forth, but that can't work well...
Das Tal plans Kickstarter-exclusive preview, discusses server architecture
Are you seriously interested in server architecture? Can you not wait to find out how Das Tal is handling its backend for logging in?...
Betawatch: May 29th, 2015
We don't usually list expansions in our little master list, but Guild Wars 2 has started doing some testing of its first expansion. In...
Betawatch: May 22nd, 2015
It's been a busy week for the folks at Blizzard. We've gotten a quartet of videos for Overwatch characters showing off early gameplay, and...
Betawatch: May 15th, 2015
I'm not going to lie to you, dear readers: I don't care much about Star Citizen. I am aware, though, that the actual big news...
Betawatch: May 8th, 2015
This week, Landmark was consumed in a fiery explosion, by which we of course mean that it had a big old wipe. But it's...
Betawatch: May 1st, 2015
So why isn't Pathfinder Online attracting more players? Goblinworks CEO Ryan Dancey apparently feels that it's a matter of the game's fans not stumping...
Betawatch: April 24th, 2015
Rather than languishing in beta for all eternity, Heroes of the Storm is launching on June 2nd! Sure, there will be no further wipes...
Betawatch: April 17th, 2015
Path of Exile has another big update on the way! It has fun new skills like Golems, Warcries, and Golemcries! Maybe not so much...
Betawatch: April 10th, 2015
Would you like to talk about Black Desert? Stuff's happening with the game. You can learn how to hunt whales, white or otherwise, and...
Guild Wars 2 will run a 24-hour public Stronghold beta
Are you unable to contain your excitement for Heart of Thorns much longer? Do you need a taste of the expansion right now? Because...
Ghost in the Shell Online shows off game modes and characters
The first beta test for Ghost in the Shell Online is just around the corner, and it's going to feature a lot of shooting....