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Betawatch: Star Citizen patches up to 3.7.1
Yo dawg, we heard you like Star Citizen patches, so we applied a patch to another patch so your Star Citizen patch has another Star Citizen...
Betawatch: Riot Games announces all the things
Last week was exhausting for news. The week before was exhausting for news. It feels like even betas are tuckered out completely from the...
Betawatch: Superheroic character creation beta battles!
A fantastic fight to flummox and fascinate fans, true believers! It's the showdown of character creator betas for superhero games, as Ship of Heroes prepares...
Betawatch: Star Citizen brings update 3.7.0 to the test server
Watching Star Citizen development can feel a bit like watching Zeno's MMO development at times, but joking aside, reaching update 3.7.0 is a milestone of...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation un-cancels the Apocalypse, Magic the Gathering Arena leaves beta
What? Yes, we know that Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse was never cancelled, but it was a perfect chance to make a Pacific Rim reference. Besides,...
Betawatch: PlanetSide Arena hits early access to a resounding shrug
The early access for PlanetSide Arena has begun after the game showed off its weaponry. And the results? Players agree that it is definitely......
Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria shows off its pre-alpha gameplay
It's easy to be a bit on the cynical side with Chronicles of Elyria as the game continues to... well, not be a game, but...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained is no longer stuck on your character
Don't you hate when you're just walking along and find out you've got some other character stuck to you? No, probably not, for much...
Betawatch: Peria Chronicles is gone, WoW Classic has launched
I feel so alone, Peria Chronicle's gone, its release has cut and run;
Why should I be so blue? Well, what else can I do? Its...
Betawatch: Astellia Online plans for launch next month
Ah, the release of Astellia approaches, and it makes me just the slightest bit sad. Here was a game that had clear dates and...
Betawatch: World of Warcraft: Classic wraps up its testing time
There's one last round of testing for World of Warcraft: Classic in the bank, one last chance for everyone who wants to test to...
Betawatch: Black Desert Online starts testing on the PlayStation 4
Console edition all the MMOs! Black Desert Online already made the leap to the Xbox One, a console with an installed base of four...
Betawatch: Astellia has giveaways, features, and loyalty for its second beta
Gosh, Astellia is going hard on its beta testing, isn't it? Like, almost to a surprising degree. Sure, you sort of expect an overview...
MMO Week in Review: Wouldn’t it be awesome if Guild Wars 2’s next season were Cantha
It was a surprisingly solid week for Guild Wars 2, not so much because of one specific thing but because of the deluge: ArenaNet...
Betawatch: Legends of Aria prepares for launch on August 6
It's finally happening. Legends of Aria is arriving in an actual launch state on August 6th, complete with a big patch to make it...
Betawatch: Caravan Stories hits the brakes on open beta
We're sorry to anyone who was eagerly anticipating the launch of Caravan Stories before the end of the month because it looks like that's...
Betawatch: Bless Unleashed brings players around for another beta weekend
You know, Bless Unleashed has a bit of an uphill road to manage at the moment. It doesn't just have to fix bugs for...
Betawatch: World of Warcraft Classic wraps up its beta testing early
We hope you feel that your testing experiences in World of Warcraft: Classic have sufficiently reminded you of what the classic game felt like,...
Betawatch: Star Citizen might be opening up full persistence with alpha 3.6
It feels weird when Star Citizen is selling you something that actually exists, huh? But the title is hard at work selling you tickets...
Betawatch: Astellia’s beta is next week and available for pre-loading
It's almost closed beta time for Astellia, with the testing starting on Tuesday. Fortunately, players who have access to the beta through one means...