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Betawatch: Perfect World signs on to publish Gigantic (May 13, 2016)
Things had looked bleak for Gigantic. Setting the game up as being only on Windows 10 and Xbox One hadn't exactly bolstered its playerbase,...
Betawatch: Chronicles of Elyria racks up the funding (May 6, 2016)
On May 3rd, Chronicles of Elyria started its Kickstarter campaign. On May 4th, the developers were already hitting significant funding milestones. On May 6th,...
Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar prepares for no more wipes
Shroud of the Avatar is into its final countdown as a game without permanence. Sure, the most recent update required a character wipe as...
Betawatch: WoW Legion is launching in August (April 22, 2016)
This week, Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft's sixth expansion, Legion, will indeed arrive this summer as planned. August 30th is the big day....
Betawatch: A perilous siege hits Crowfall (April 15, 2016)
Players of Crowfall are in quite a lot of peril with the arrival of the Siege Perilous testing phase. Or are they assaulting a...
Betawatch: Everything is going into beta (April 8, 2016)
Do you feel a cold, hollow pit in your heart that could only be filled with Auto Assault and its legacy of motorized vehicles...
Betawatch: You may completely believe that Otherland is back on Steam (April 1, 2016)
Yes, we've all had fun with today's joke, but you can probably 100% believe the fact that Otherland is back on Steam after a...
Betawatch: Crowfall’s Ranger surprise (March 25, 2016)
The Crowfall team has stated its plans to release the Siege Perilous update this month for testers, and the Ranger archetype was originally scheduled...
Betawatch: Landmark is getting storytelling and further wipes (March 18, 2016)
The loss of EverQuest Next is bad news, but Landmark appears to be poised to absorb the strength of its fallen sibling with its...
Betawatch: EverQuest Next is gone, Landmark is launching (March 11, 2016)
We cannot wave farewell to EverQuest Next in this column because it's never actually been in testing. We will be able to wave farewell...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained hits the beta crunch (March 4, 2016)
The Camelot Unchained team is in the midst of a hard crunch period to get the game ready for full beta testing. The good...
Betawatch: Tree of Savior is going international soon (February 26, 2016)
Good news, Tree of Savior fans - the game is slated to hit the international stage soon. How soon? That's still up in the...
Betawatch: The Division opens up for beta testing (February 19, 2016)
It's that wonderful time again, ladies and gentlemen, when a long-awaited title goes into open beta. The Division has opened up its beta today...
Betawatch: Gigantic’s developer undergoes further layoffs (February 12th, 2016)
This week has brought some pretty terrible news for fans of Gigantic, as developer Motiga has had to lay off a significant portion of...
Betawatch: Black Desert launches at the start of March (February 5th, 2016)
Are you impatiently waiting to explore the blackest and most brutal of all conceivable deserts? Because Black Desert's launch date is closer than you might...
Betawatch: Eternal Crusade’s entry into early access (January 29th, 2016)
In the grim darkness of the future, there is no more launch or beta or alpha testing, just early access for eternity. Fortunately, Eternal...
Betawatch: Having fun with Black Desert’s character creator (January 22, 2016)
Who doesn't like a good character creator? The people in charge of Black Desert clearly like having one so much that a standalone version...
Betawatch: The Division enters beta this month at last (January 15, 2016)
It seems like The Division was going to forever be the title that didn't quite make its way to an actual beta test, but...
Betawatch: Oculus Rift-bound EVE Valkyrie plans alpha (January 8, 2016)
The good news for eager VR fans is that EVE: Valkyrie's first alpha test will start up on January 18th for use with the...
Betawatch: Vessels, crows, and testing schedules for Crowfall (January 1, 2016)
This week wasn't just the end of a year, it was the start of a long string of news from Crowfall before testing resumes...
