Calum Fraser

Founder of Alpha Beta Gamer and all round video game enthusiast, especially quirky indies. Been playing games since the zx spectrum days, and aware that we're now in the golden days of video gaming. Part human, part wookie, far hairier than any human should be. Favorite game of all time has to be Super Mario World, closely followed by Super Mario Bros (still got a soft spot for Nintendo).

Face Of Mankind – Open Beta

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Face Of Mankind is an ambitious new player-driven science fiction MMO where each individual player can have an impact – large or small – on the game universe.
Players can assume whatever role they wish and are not bound by class, skill points or level. Be it a law enforcement officer, corporate trader, miner or criminal, progression in the game is left entirely in the … Read More

Age Of Ascent – Open Alpha

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Age of Ascent

Age of Ascent (AoA) is a great looking space-based sandbox MMO that we covered last month when they were planning on breaking EVE Online’s world record (4070 concurrent pilots fighting) by staging the largest PvP battle ever seen.  Unfortunately they didn’t manage to break the record, but it wasn’t down to any issues with the framework (which was designed for 50,000+ players), it was just … Read More

Cyber Heist – Prototype Download

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Cyber Heist

Cyber Heist an innovative, award winning co-operative stealth/hacking game that allows a hacker and a thief to work together to erase all student debts from the corrupt United States Department of Education of 2114.

The asymetric gameplay of Cyber Heist superb, with both players having completely different experiences, but working together to achieve the same goals.  One player plays as a hacker, viewed from a … Read More

RATS – Prototype Download

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RATS

RATS is a charming cartoon-styled stealth game where the goal is to use stealth and speed to break into bank vaults and escape the level before the timer runs out.

You play as a sneaky rat burgler, trying to avoid the prowling cat guards throughout the levels.  If one catches you it’s not game over, instead you’ll just lose some time on the level timer, … Read More

NeonXSZ – Preview & Alpha Key Giveaway

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NeonXSZ

NeonXSZ is a great procedurally generated space combat game we covered back in February that has just received a major update.  It’s inspired by Descent and Quake, with RPG elements such as loot and levelling.  Gameplay is fast paced and fun, with ships remarkably agile and handling similarly to Descent, while combat feels more like Quake.  You start off with fairly weak fire-power, but as … Read More