Get that Lancer revved up, as this weekend sees the coming of the first Versus Tech Test for Microsoft's upcoming shooter Gears 5. allowing Xbox Game Pass subscribers and pre-order customers the opportunity to get an early glimpse at the se...

It looks like Half-Life remake Black Mesa truly is approaching its final release. After giving fans a taste of a technical beta for the "Xen" chapter of the game, developer Crowbar Collective has announced that a public beta for the finale ...

You won't have to wait until launch in September to try out Gears 5. The Coalition is running two technical tests in July with access to Versus modes like Arcade, Escalation, and King of the Hill. While you can pre-order the full game for a...

Are you in a video game? I'm not. Fix that with today's Bite the Bullet contest. So full disclosure: Mega Cat Studios is really cool, and they've got some really cool stuff in the works. How do I know that? Because I pay attention, fool. An...

Mimimi Productions and publisher THQ Nordic are set to hold a closed beta on upcoming sequel Desperados III. The beta, which will take place between July 9 and July 21, will afford the 500 selected players am opportunity to dive into a much...

I think it has been roughly 4,000 years since Black Mesa, the fan-made Source engine remake of Half-Life, released and it still isn't quite finished. We're getting closer, though, and the game's latest beta gives us a taste of the finale. A...

While a lot of our brave editors managed to crawl out to LA to check out Monster Hunter World: Iceborne a few weeks ago, a sizable portion of us may have finally gotten their hands on their own gameplay of Iceborne, courtesy of being PlaySt...

[Update: The Iceborne beta is now live for all PS4 users – no PlayStation Plus needed.] Looking to demo the incoming Iceborne expansion for Monster Hunter: World? This month is your chance, as Capcom is hosting a couple of beta tests ...

[The beta is live now, so take a key!] We're hosting a giveaway for a ton of beta keys for Morphies Law. Come take one! Hey, now this is more like it! I dig things that are out there, and I think Morphies Law definitely fits that bill. Afte...

[Update: Microsoft had a bit more to say about Xbox Game Pass at E3 today, likethe fact that Imperator Rome and Football Manager 2019 will make it to PC Game Pass. It'll launch in open beta today.] Several hours ahead of its official E3 pre...

The long and winding Rainbow Road to the release of Mario Kart Tour is nearly complete. After announcing the game roughly a year ago and immediately going into radio silence about it, Nintendo is finally giving some players a chance to...

We've got 200 keys in this giveaway for Rocket Arena's Closed Beta -- come take one! Do you like rockets? I like rockets. Nexon and Final Strike Games like rockets, too. So much, they made a new 3v3 class-based arena shooter where rockets a...

[Update: The Code Vein network test will run from May 31 to June 3. Get in there!] Bandai Namco's vampire-themed action-RPG Code Vein missed its 2018 release window and promptly slipped out of my mind. Now it's back and hopefully better tha...

Only yesterday, reports were coming in that Rockstar's Red Dead Online was set to leave beta "within the current quarter". It seems, however, that the devs decided to fan the hammer early, as the online multiplayer portion Red Dead Redempti...

Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games have announced that they are pleased with the performance of Red Dead Online, the multiplayer portion of their blockbuster open-world sequel Red Dead Redemption 2. Given its success, the team has anno...

Last week brought some exciting news for fans of Arc System Works' anime fighter (no, not that one... or that one either) Granblue Fantasy: Versus, which is headed to PS4 sometime this year.First up was the reveal of a closed beta. This dem...

We've got a giveaway tonight -- take a free Closed Beta key for Steambirds Alliance! Not much pomp and circumstance here: Dtoid and PC Invasion have 200 Closed Beta keys for self-professed free-to-play co-op bullet hell MMO RPG shooter (WHE...

343 Industries has announced that the first public tests for Halo: Master Chief Collection's PC ports won't be happening this month. While it was previously hinted that they might begin in late April, Halo community director Brian Jarrard h...

Nintendo has announced that it will be holding a closed beta test of Mario Kart Tour for Android next month. Sign-ups are open now for North American and Japanese players who want to get in on the action.The beta is scheduled to run from Ma...

If you've run out of steam in Diablo or Path of Exile or you're simply looking for a semi-mindless dungeon-crawling distraction this weekend, the action-RPG Warhammer Chaosbane has raised its blood-drenched hand. The second phase of the clo...

Splitgate, an arena shooter with portals, first jumped onto my radar when I stopped by the booth at PAX East just last month. My initial reaction was pure astonishment that nobody had done this yet. Surely someone started working ...

I just can't trust myself with some games, and simulation and strategy titles definitely fall into that category. The open beta for Anno 1800 is up and running on PC, but I'm afraid of what'll happen if I start playing. A "few minutes" turn...

I could open here with a retread of my history with Mortal Kombat, a history which starts in 1992 and takes place over not one, but two whole decades, featuring a glut of games, a couple of movies, a terrible cartoon series and me getting b...

This weekend, pre-order customers for the PS4 and Xbox One editions of Mortal Kombat 11 were given the opportunity to find themselves neck-deep in the wanton violence and clothes-ruining viscera of NetherRealm Studios' upcoming sequel. Five...

Better put on your best raincoat, as buckets of blood are about to start flying once more. NetherRealm Studios has opened the servers on the closed beta of their upcoming fighter Mortal Kombat 11.Pre-order customers on PS4 and Xbox One are ...