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Open world MMO Past Fate focuses on optimization with its recent closed alpha patch

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It's looking dubious that Ivy North Games' Past Fate will make its formerly stated goal of an early access release by the end of...

SMITE 2 has launched its 24/7 closed alpha test for founder pack owners

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Today is the day when pre-order buyers or lucky selected players of SMITE 2 can take up the role of various gods and whale...

Old School RuneScape shares progress on the Sailing skill, continues to investigate Deadman foul play

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It's been quite some time since we heard much about Old School RuneScape's Sailing skill - there was confirmation of phase one's completion in...

Multiplayer hide-and-seek shooter Midnight Murder Club readies a closed beta test August 22

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Last month we first heard about Midnight Murder Club, a new multiplayer PvP FPS from developer Velan Studios that basically tells players to go...
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SMITE 2 takes a deep look at the game’s new matchmaking system accompanying its 24/7 alpha on August 27

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When you have your game on at all times, you want players to be able to queue up and find a match pronto. Games...

SMITE 2 introduces a new character as part of its upcoming 24/7 closed alpha beginning August 27

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SMITE 2 has been running closed alpha tests a few times already, but those were happening only during weekends. That's about to change in...

PvPvE extraction RPG Seekers of Skyveil hits closed beta in September following NA closed alpha this week

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We've been keeping a couple of eyeballs on PvPvE extraction RPG Seekers of Skyveil as it's moved through alpha playtesting over the last year...

Brighter Shores posts a candy rope timeline of its development, asks players to not try to eat it

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Brighter Shores lead developer Andrew Gower is teasing us. Not with the game's mechanics itself - that happened last week - but with the...

Hands-on with Arc Games’ Fellowship, a new game trying to distill the MMORPG dungeon experience

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For many folks, one of the more entertaining aspects of playing an MMORPG is running through its dungeons (though of course that varies from...

Chrono Odyssey shares combat impressions from a recent small-scale test

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It's been some time since we've heard a peep out of Chrono Odyssey, the splashy UE5-powered MMORPG from developer Npixel and publisher Kakao Games,...
Theoretically there's a non-jerk version of this out there, but...

The MOP Up: League of Legends’ game modes help to refresh its theme park design

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League of Legends' game director explained why the MOBA is adding a Vampire Survivors-type mode to make it more like a "theme park," saying,...
This seems less punk than advertised.

5v5 hero shooter FragPunk starts taking names for a Steam closed alpha scheduled for June 27

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Earlier this week we reported on the reveal of FragPunk, another NetEase 5v5 hero shooter that leans into a colorful visual style and a...

BitCraft delays its second closed alpha test to July 8

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The second closed alpha test for social-focused survival sandbox BitCraft has changed a couple of times before, as studio Clockwork Labs first stated it...

BitCraft shares a preview of its wide world in a new cinematic video

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If you weren't among the 6,500 players who got to try out the last alpha test of BitCraft, then you understandably might feel like...

Co-op RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 readies official modding support for this fall

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For a select slice of the Baldur's Gate 3 community, this fall's Patch 7 will be the update they've been waiting for since the...

First Impressions: Corepunk’s MOBA-esque closed alpha was fun – with lots of room to grow

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I've got a pretty good poker face, especially when nobody can see my face. So I've been pretty subtle about my excitement for Corepunk...

Past Fate adds ‘proper starting tutorials’ and makes a swamp zone ‘much more poisonous’

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The swamps are swampier and the tutorials are more informative according to Past Fate, which continues its seemingly endless march through closed alpha with...

The Stream Team: Taking a peek at the closed alpha of Corepunk

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It's been quite a long time coming -- and a few stumbling starts besides -- but Corepunk is now in its second closed alpha...

Nearly 6500 people tried out sandbox MMORPG BitCraft’s last alpha – the next is coming in June

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Following its closed alpha earlier this spring, Clockwork Labs has a new producer letter up how sandbox BitCraft is faring - and where it's...
Reveal to me your secrets! Please.

MMO Week in Review: Pandaria Remix, Loot Reborn, Wayfinder Echoes

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What a hell of a week for the MMO genre! Good and bad, as it were. We got previews of FFXIV Dawntrail, Guild Wars 2's...

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