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Crowfall recaps Awakening alpha update, teases closed beta timeline
On the heels of its Awakening update, Crowfall is talking more and more about the MMO's impending beta.
"Many of you are asking about our...
Amazon is pulling another game back for a do-over – this time it’s Crucible
So here's the good news: Amazon isn't throwing Crucible in the trash the way it did with Breakaway.
But the bad news is that it's...
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....
Crowdfunded ‘action-survival MMORPG’ Frozen Flame opens testing for founders in July
At the top of the month, which somehow feels like years ago, we covered Frozen Flame, a multiplayer survival RPG with a graphical vibe...
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...
Amazon’s New World sails for closed beta in July before its August launch
While it wasn't ready for primetime this past spring, New World is prepared to make a big splash when it arrives later this summer....
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?...
Lost Ark announces a registration date for Japanese closed beta, shows off a guild territory feature for Season 2
The outward expansion of MMOARPG Lost Ark has taken another big step forward. The game's official Japanese Twitter account has announced that Thursday, June...
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...
Grab a War Thunder Starfighters closed beta key from Gaijin and Massively OP
War Thunder is currently in the middle of a closed beta test for its next major content update, Starfighters, the centerpiece of which is...
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...
Wild Terra 2 starts an open test event for all on June 9
The original Wild Terra was reasonably wild, we suppose, but Wild Terra 2 posits a substantially more wild situation than the first one. Still, you may...
Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall moves from pre-alpha to alpha today
Goodbye pre-alpha, hello alpha: ArtCraft is officially pushing Crowfall into the next stage of testing. It hasn't been without its setbacks - MMO vets...
Magic Legends boasts of ‘one of the most powerful, game-changing features’ Cryptic’s ever made
Need a refresher on Magic Legends or want a behind-the-scenes look at how the OARPG is being made? Executive Producer Steve Ricossa penned the...
Torchlight III wraps up its closed beta, will talk about its future this Friday
After a year of traveling through alpha and beta testing -- not to mention downgrading from an MMORPG to an online multiplayer format --...
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...
Valorant officially launches on June 2 with a season pass and a new game mode (that’s not deathmatch)
It looks like Riot Games is ready to call beta testing for Valorant just about done. During a Summer Game Fest livestream, the studio...
Steampunkish Elyon proposes ‘massive’ Korean beta test this summer
If you cast your mind back a couple of years, you might recall that steampunk MMO fans were hanging their hopes on the then-newly...
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...
Valorant has so far found and banned over 8,000 cheaters, causing sweet cheater tears to flow
As contentious as Valorant's Vanguard anti-cheat process has been, it appears to be yielding some results. According to a tweet from anti-cheat pipeline designer...