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Betawatch: New World has a new client for a new beta
There's a beta event going down next week in New World, don't you know, and it's coming with a new shiny client. Can you...
Betawatch: Torchlight III does its final pre-launch wipe
Gosh, what a strange road it has been for Torchlight III. Like... at one point that wasn't even its name. But the important thing...
Betawatch: Here comes Crowfall’s beta
Five years since its Kickstarter, Crowfall is finally entering beta next week! That's good news for backers and even better for MMO PvP fans...
Betawatch: The silence on Squadron 42 was all about a video not being pretty enough
So Star Citizen fans were more than a little miffed that the news on Squadron 42 had slowed from "a crawl" to "did that...
Betawatch: Fractured and Magic: Legends do the closed alpha dance
You can test if you want to if you've gotten an invite. Yes, Fractured kicked off its most recent closed alpha after a delay,...
Betawatch: Magic Legends begins invites for its second closed alpha
I bet you thought Betawatch this week was going to be all about World of Warcraft's Shadowlands beta, which did indeed begin and we've already...
Betawatch: Dual Universe targets August for a subscription beta
Here comes the beta for Dual Universe! And you'll need to pay for it if you don't buy an alpha-access pack before then; there...
Betawatch: Crucible has re-entered beta
Ah, Crucible, welcome back to the warm embrace of being in beta. Yes, after launching with something like a bellyflop, the game is now...
Betawatch: Crowfall’s alpha is actually kind of a beta but also mostly an alpha
Apparently, Crowfall's current test state is "technically" a beta. Technically. As the person who maintains this list, splitting hairs like this technically annoys me....
Betawatch: Torchlight III hits early access and early access hits back
So Torchlight III gave everyone a big surprise when it jumped into early access! It was, unfortunately, not the good kind of surprise. More...
Betawatch: New World aims for familiarity, Blue Protocol plans beta stream
For a game entitled New World, the upcoming title from Amazon sure does feel familiar if you're an MMO veteran. After all, the progression system?...
Betawatch: Magic Legends gears up for summer testing
There's something in the air that makes it feel as if Magic: Legends is getting ready for its first public testing phase. I don't know...
Betawatch: Torchlight III wraps up its closed testing
So it appears that Torchlight III has finished its round of closed testing! Great! And what happens next for the game? When is the next round...
Betawatch: Ship of Heroes likes Unreal Engine 5, but it doesn’t expect to use it soon
Sometimes, the biggest beta news can be admiring a new feature and then finding out why you're not getting it. Such is the lot...
Betawatch: Dual Universe could go to consoles – but isn’t planning on it
You'd think an entire piece from the Dual Universe team about how the game wasn't planned for consoles and will still not be going to...
Betawatch: Population Zero’s early access is here
Yes, it's true, Population Zero marched its way into early access this past week. It then promptly apologized for how the early access launch...
Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria insists it’s totally still in development
So... about Chronicles of Elyria. Yes, it has laid off its entire staff and the studio founder announced that it was shuttering. But it...
Betawatch: Star Citizen gets a nice guide to everything not in its next alpha patch
So, the bad news for Star Citizen fans is that some features of its next major patch are being removed, and by "some" we...
Betawatch: Shadow Arena’s final beta test is happening now
It's the final countdown! Wait... no, I'm sorry, it's not a countdown at all. It's the actual final beta test for Shadow Arena and...
Betawatch: WoW’s Shadowlands hits alpha, Virtuverse moves to public testing
Yes, after all the waiting, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands was announced to be going into alpha testing and then finally did so. If you...
