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The Daily Grind: Do you bother leveling much in MMORPG playtests?
Amazon's New World is about to launch Aeternum next week, but I'm still thinking about the playtest. In that playtest, Amazon promised cosmetics to...
Corepunk rallies for another alpha test attempt in July following its borked spring alpha
It's safe to say that Corepunk's alpha test earlier this month delivered a mixed bag of results. While the test showed high interest and...
Monsters & Memories invites you to another stress test tomorrow
It's a test for the test over at throwback MMO Monsters & Memories. The team at Niche Worlds Cult announced that it's running an...
Pax Dei’s upcoming 100K-player alpha announces server info to help groups and guilds plan
The days are counting down to Pax Dei's second alpha test, officially dubbed the "Wilderness Alpha" and scheduled to kick off this April 23rd....
Final Fantasy XIV will run a cloud server stress test on November 20
Server hardware has been an ongoing thing for Final Fantasy XIV, so it's probably not a huge shock that the developers are seeing how...
Corepunk plans for its next test phase starting November 4
Good news, Corepunk fans: The game's next phase will be starting pretty soon on November 4th and will have significantly more people involved in...
Nightingale recaps its most recent playtest and dishes on future plans
So how did playtesting go for Nightingale during its June event? Well, the latest video from Inflexion Games definitely seems pretty positive, although there's...
Trove announces plans for a weekend network test intended to ‘help shape the future’ of the MMO
Psst. Hey, Trove player. Yeah, you. You wanna "help shape the future" of your colorful little voxelbox world? Then you should totally check out...
New World video talks test server phases and why buggy patches still sometimes happen
It's not exactly a secret or even controversial to state that New World has had some glitchy releases over its lifespan. Heck, it's not...
Afrofantasy MMO Wagadu Chronicles says its next alpha test will be NDA-free
Expect to hear -- and see -- a lot more about The Wagadu Chronicles this month thanks to a decision by studio Twin Drums...
New World delays testing of Fellowship and Fire on the PTS over a late-hour bug
We hope you did not base your entire evening plans around accessing New World's private test server because Amazon announced this afternoon that the...
‘WELP’: New World leaderboard test event ends with a bellyflop thanks to war mercenary mechanics
Testing is meant to break things and not go to plan, but the devs of New World had a pretty big stumble as the...
Old School RuneScape celebrates Halloween with a new event while putting more gameplay modes in testing
If your Halloween experience isn't complete without low-poly ghosts drifting around and making theoretically spooky sounds, you're going to want to check out Old...
Star Wars: The Old Republic opens up testing for Veteran difficulty in the Elom flashpoint
There is a lot of stuff to test right now on Star Wars: The Old Republic's public test servers. Do you want even more to test out?...
World of Warcraft offers a preview of what will be required for flight in Shadowlands
Patch 9.1 for World of Warcraft will bring with it the coveted ability to fly in the game's expansion areas, but what will be required...
World of Warcraft updates Torghast mechanics and some soulbinds on the 9.1 test server
The Empowered mechanic added to World of Warcraft's Torghast was not the most beloved mechanic added to an already not-beloved bit of content, so it's...
The Daily Grind: What’s the earliest test phase you’ve ever played for an MMO?
An early test phase for any MMO has one major drawback, and that's the simple fact that it's not anywhere close to being ready...
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis opens up client downloads for its beta test via the Windows Store
Eager for the Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis closed beta? The good news is that it's just around the corner, with invites already going...
New test strings hint that The Burning Crusade Classic may be arriving as soon as May 18
The machinery behind the scenes at Blizzard is moving fast on the classic version of the first World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade, and there's...
Crucible explains its playtest and tournament plans moving through beta
It wasn't so long ago that Crucible opted to take itself out of launch and move back into beta. (It was a couple of...