{
  "id": 138507,
  "title": "Sci-fi MMO Cinder City is getting a pre-alpha playtest later this month so you can put its RAM hogging requirements to the test",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/sci-fi-mmo-cinder-city-is-getting-a-pre-alpha-playtest-later-this",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T16:23:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sci-fi-mmo-cinder-city-is-getting-a-pre-alpha-playtest-later-this-month-so-you-can-put-its-ram-hogging-requirements-to-the-test"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "I haven't the foggiest idea whether Cinder City will be any good or not. Visually, if you showed it to me without a logo or any form of identifying information, I'm not even sure I could distinguish it from any other sci-fi shooter . But the shooting looks PS3 as hell, with slightly awkward movements made moreso by the realistic look, and a futuristic HUD that seems like it's meant to be…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}