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Betawatch: Ashes of Creation and Age of Water target next year for more testing
Turns out that this week you were obligated to have some testing plans ready for 2024 if your game title is structured as X...
Funcom’s Dune Awakening is readying another closed beta test for early 2024
Funcom is continuing to inch along with playtests for the Dune Awakening survival MMO - in fact, the one it opened sign-ups for a...
‘Aquatic adventure MMO’ Age of Water readies an early access release in the first quarter of 2024
It's been the hottest of minutes since we heard from Age of Water, the self-described "aquatic adventure MMO" set in a flooded post-apocalypse from...
Betawatch: Skull and Bones kicks off closed beta, Corepunk launches closed test with no NDA
Apparently Skull and Bones is now in closed beta. According to the game's "official Twitter account" and "sources familiar with the matter," anyhow. Do...
Tarisland addresses genderlocking and pay-to-win, boosts raiding over crafting
Following Tarisland's second closed beta, Tencent has resurfaced with another dev blog exploring player feedback - and what the company aims to do about...
Post-apoc shooter Once Human aims for 20,000 players with this month’s closed beta
Not every magical door opens into Narnia; in fact, some portals should never be breached. Such is the premise of Once Human, a post-apocalyptic...
EVE Online adds new ice refinery heists and AIR daily goals, calls its first Vanguard test ‘a massive success’
Havoc continues to reign and expand in EVE Online, as the spaceship gankbox has made a couple of additions related to the recent update...
Skull and Bones’ December 14 closed beta will impose a six-hour total playtime limit
Do you have six hours' worth of free time between December 14th and 18th that you can spare to slake your curiosity about Ubisoft's...
Betawatch: Monsters & Memories throws a testing party for all
Hey y'all, Monsters & Memories is throwing a testing party and you're all invited! You might think that this would make me happy, but...
EVE Online begins its four day-long Vanguard FPS mode test today
It's time to experience EVE Online from a different perspective: from inside of the skull of someone with a gun. For at least the...
Betawatch: Nightingale’s stress test invites you to join
Our editor-in-chief will be quick to point out that if Nightingale has been stress-testing anything up to this point, it has been her patience...
ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained officially merged this morning, sending Unchained into its last sunset
The great failed experiment that was ArcheAge Unchained is officially over. This week, Kakao merged the alternate business model version of the game into...
Skull and Bones is now targeting February 2024 for its launch following eleventy billion delays
Insider Gaming is reporting that Ubisoft has finally narrowed down Skull and Bones' launch date to February 16th, 2024. And believe it or not,...
Tarisland casts a spotlight on the Paladin class, ‘the divine incarnation who pursues justice’
If you've been peering into the second closed beta test of Tarisland - or even the MMORPG's first beta - you probably know a...
Evercore Heroes talks upcoming remaster, says its ‘fighting for Vela’s survival with this next bet’
It's been an exceedingly rough year for Evercore Heroes, the fusion of MMO, MOBA, and bad luck. The project went into closed beta this...
CCP Games’ EVE Online-adjacent blockchain game Project Awakening confirms a December 6 playtest
Back in March we reported that CCP Games had begun development of Project Awakening, a blockchain game set within the EVE Online universe. The...
The MOP Up: Into the Echo’s crafting ties into exploration and socialization
Upcoming time travel MMO Into the Echo posted a high-level overview of its crafting system, saying that it'll be necessary to make spells and...
Global Chat: Tarisland is the real deal, folks
As Tarisland winds its way through the beta process on its way to our grubby little hands in 2024, there are more and more...
Perfect New World wraps up its ‘equilibrious test’ with stats and appreciation
The self-described "equilibrious test" for Perfect New World has officially concluded and the studio is happily crowing about the recent beta round's success, thanking...
Betawatch: City of Titans’ map falls into place in its latest test build
The past decade has been weird for a City of Heroes fan, and that extends to games like City of Titans. And now, the...
