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Betawatch: The Repopulation says goodbye once more
So The Repopulation has been through the wringer over the years, having been spirited away from its creators and original stewards by Idea Fabrik...
Betawatch: Pantheon schedules its first monthly pre-alpha for later this month
So some people may have been a bit skeptical when Pantheon promised it would have monthly pre-alpha tests in 2023. And, you know, there's...
Betawatch: Book of Travels disambiguates content and features
Have you tried to find the difference between content and features in Book of Travels? According to a new dispatch from the team on...
Betawatch: Waven’s alpha testing is active and rolling
So, how are things going with Waven's testing? Well, the good news is that the team is sharing regular patches and updates with fans....
Betawatch: Evercore Heroes delays its beta testing
Evercore Heroes is like a competitive PvE MOBA. No, really. Player-controlled teams take on enemies in a race to see which team can clear...
Betawatch: Fractured Online adds in primal forms for Wildfolk
Is it completely a coincidence that after a new Transformers film trailer for Rise of the Beasts, Fractured Online has added a beast mode...
Betawatch: Dysterra springs ahead to launch and falls back due to cheating
Good work, Dysterra! It can be a rocky road to launch, even to early access launch, but you braved the difficult path and oh,...
Betawatch: Hey, that Star Citizen sure is taking a long time, huh
Well howdy there, folks! I'm Gamer Gary, and I'm out here with all of this construction equipment because someone posted a whole chart showing...
Betawatch: Blue Protocol launches in spring 2023 in Japan
Well, after an unusually quiet span of time, Blue Protocol is approaching an actual launch. It's launching in early spring of 2023 in Japan,...
Betawatch: BitCraft sets November 18 as its next pre-alpha date
Darn it, BitCraft, this column is called "Betawatch." Stop throwing around terms like "pre-alpha testing" like that's something that should be public-facing. It's unpleasant!...
Betawatch: Ilysia pretties up its visuals as it advances in beta
How pretty do you want your Ilysia? The designers are hoping the answer is "quite pretty" as they work on prettying up the game...
Betawatch: Frozen Flame is hosting an open beta this weekend
Supposedly, Frozen Flame is still coming to early access in the not-too-distant future, but you can see how the game plays before that happens....
Betawatch: Interplanetary travel comes to Fractured Online
Got to be honest with you, folks, every time I see that Fractured Online has added interplanetary travel, my brain kind of does a...
Betawatch: Embers Adrift is launching at last
Congratulations, Embers Adrift: Today we bid farewell to your place on our list! All right, yes, technically the game's actual launch is tomorrow and...
Graphical woodland critter MUD Farwoods outlines how it’s making the bandit life a little easier
Remember Farwoods? It's a self-described graphical MUD that casts players as woodland critters of various kinds to live out a digital life that we...
Betawatch: Star Citizen’s leaked footage and whale stuffies
Oh, Star Citizen, I would facetiously say that you should never change but that would imply there was a thin chance of that ever...
Betawatch: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight sets its sights on November 28
If it's very flappy but it isn't a bird and it's very scaly but it isn't a lizard, what is it? Why, it's a...
Betawatch: Diablo IV’s endgame beta is on the way
What's the endgame going to be like for Diablo IV? All right, yes, it's going to be frantically clicking on monsters who explode in...
Betawatch: Fractured Online enters early access
Well, the hour has come at last: Kickstarted indie sandbox MMO Fractured Online has entered early access. This does not mean that it no...
Betawatch: Temtem enters the launch waters
Farewell, Temtem. No, the game is not already shutting down or anything dire like that; it's just being removed from our list because we...