The Crysis 3 open beta is the most fun I’ve had in an open beta since, well, the Battlefield 3 open beta. There really isn’t any good reason you shouldn’t be playing it this very second, other than the fact that you’re reading about it right here. I was never really able to get into [...]

VG247, you know, that other video game site you go to to get your news besides SlappersOnly, is giving away 1000 beta keys for Dust 514, the interconnected online FPS by the same guys who brought you EVE Online. If you’re interested you better hurry – as of this writing they only have 317 left! It’s [...]

All right everyone, get your MMOFPS gear ready – we have it on pretty good authority that the Planetside 2 beta is going to start this Monday at 2pm! How good of authority? How about from the mouth (or in this case Twitter account) of John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. Looking like it’s [...]

If you’ve been reading any of the articles on SlappersOnly lately, you’d know that I’ve really been looking forward to the TERA open beta. I was incredibly curious about the game, but I didn’t want to pre-order to get into any of the earlier betas. Well the TERA open beta is upon us, and I’ve [...]

We’re pleased to announce the Diablo III open beta weekend, which offers open access to all players with a valid Battle.net account! Beginning this Friday everyone is invited to log in and help us put the game and servers through their paces in this three day stress test as we march toward the game’s release [...]

Just a quick reminder to anyone who’s interested – TERA’s open beta begins on Thursday, April 19th. That’s in two days! And as a really cool bonus, if you make a character in the open beta and continue over to the full game, you’ll be able to take your character with you! I’ve been following [...]

There are a million and one things out there hidden away in our games and the clients that run them, just waiting to be unlocked. SlappersOnly’s “How To” shows you the steps you need to take that sometimes aren’t as obvious as they should be. How To: Sign Up For Steam Beta Participation Step One [...]

In the middle of the night, Blizzard snuck out the news that beta testing for Mists of Pandaria, Word of Warcraft’s newest expansion, has gone live. This first beta test focuses on the first 10 levels in the new Pandaren starting area – higher level content will be added in later beta tests. Blizzard is [...]

A new trailer for TERA Online shows some new endgame content, specifically the Temple of Temerity dungeon. The dungeon requires you and your party to protect a relic for 20 minutes while wave after wave of increasingly stronger foes attempt to destroy it. So basically you’re playing tower defense in your MMO. Not that it’s [...]

Ironclad’s new hybrid entry into the free-to-play MOBA/RTS genre, Sins of a Dark Age, has been nothing but pretty concept art up until this point. That changed today when Ironclad released some in-game screenshots of the upcoming game. There is no release date yet for the game, but you can see it for yourself in [...]