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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...
Betawatch: Dragonflight moves into proper beta testing
What's the difference between World of Warcraft: Dragonflight between now and last week? Now it's in actual beta. Like, for-real beta. Yes, the distinction...
Betawatch: EVE studio seeks testers for another shooter spinoff
CCP Games is forever in a cycle of trying to make fetch happen, huh? The developer is looking for veterans of DUST 514 to...
Betawatch: Dual Universe is finally launching next month
I know, I know, this column is called "Betawatch" and not "Launchwatch." That one isn't a thing. But it's still notable that after six...
Betawatch: Diablo IV internal test footage leaked
Those of you who are eagerly awaiting the Diablo IV beta are going to be waiting for a while yet, but you probably already...
Betawatch: Overwatch 2 wonders if you’d pay big money for skins
It's been a quiet week on Lake Betawatch, even with as Overwatch 2 seeing how players feel about dropping large sums on character skins...
