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Betawatch: World of Warcraft Classic’s beta testing has officially begun again
If you tested World of Warcraft back before it launched, this week's surprise launch of the World of Warcraft: Classic beta test might spark uses of...
Betawatch: New World shuts its testing doors for mysterious changes
This is probably fine: Amazon's New World will soon move from its test state of "everyone in the test can play whenever" to "no one...
Betawatch: Star Citizen is sending you to space for free this weekend
It's time to go take a spin in Star Citizen because that game is free, free flying. (Thank you, Tom Petty.) Yes, everyone can jump in and...
Betawatch: Bless Unleashed enters beta testing on the Xbox One
If you own an Xbox One and would like Bless Online Without Quite So Much Bless Online In It, you're in luck! Bless Unleashed is testing on...
Betawatch: Peria Chronicles is actually heading to beta, gosh
This one's personally important to me. Peria Chronicles is a game that looked very interesting to me from the moment it was revealed and...
Betawatch: The Cycle kicks off a weekly playtest cadence
Technical alpha testing for The Cycle has reached a conclusion, and that means that the developers are moving into the next phase of development...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation shares notes on nodes
The developers behind Ashes of Creation aren't about to let a little thing like delays prevent them from telling you a bunch of details...
Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Blades is accessible early on mobile and no you won’t like the business model
Here's the news that has had our staff chat in a tizzy this week:Â The Elder Scrolls Blades is now in early access on mobile...
Betawatch: Guardians of Ember enters open beta again for the first time
Hey, neat, Guardians of Ember is in open beta! Wait, didn't that already happen? Well, yes, but that was before Insel Games managed to get...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation wants itself some big organized PvP fights
So Ashes of Creation is delaying its testing phase, that's not a big deal. The game still has plans for nice big and meaty...
Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers hits its third alpha so hard it breaks all the NDAs
Yes, you read that right. Torchlight Frontiers hit its NDA so hard that it done broke. There's no NDA for the third alpha test,...
Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Blades gets a closed beta before early access
It always seemed like things along the way to launch could head down the route of early access or beta testing. But no, it seems The...
Betawatch: Anthem has begun to sing
It'd be nice to say that nothing in beta can stay there, but that would be a lie. There are lots of games that stay...
Betawatch: The Division 2 barrels toward open beta
It's almost time for everyone to do the hip new dance that's sweeping the nation with the arrival of The Division 2. Assuming, of course,...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained puts the numbers on the field
How many players and bots were on the field with the last test for Camelot Unchained? Not one. Not two. Not three. Not... all right,...
Betawatch: Anthem weathers tester phase as public demo kicks off
The first demo for Anthem had certain problems because launch day on any sort of online game always does, as we've all no doubt observed...
Betawatch: Project Genom is remaking itself
The state of play for Project Genom appears to be a tear-down and rebuild. After a long period of silence the game announced that it...
Betawatch: Atlas addresses hacks and gets hacked
Screw you, hackers in Atlas! You don't get to ruin this game for people, according to the developers! They're working to fight you, and......
Betawatch: Anthem shows off a mission and a Javelin ahead of its demo
You still have to wait a little while longer to try out the Anthem beta, or "demo" if you will. But you can get some...
Betawatch: Atlas weathers its storms with strong player retention
Guess what? Atlas did in fact launch over the holiday season into its early access, and it immediately started weathering storms due to its rushed...