Alphas & Betas

MMOs in various stages of testing and crowdfunding, playable and… not. Don’t forget to follow our Betawatch and Make My MMO columns for a weekly rundown. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Chronicles of Elyria brings its world to life with player chat and adorable bunnies

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You just couldn't resist the bunny post, could you? The bunnies were there and your mind goes, "Aww, fluffy little hoppity hoppers!" and now...
Remember, you were the ones who couldn't wait for this game.

Bless Online cuts back its influencer program following conduct mishaps

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Neowiz is on a downsizing streak for its Bless Online emissary program, reducing the number of player ambassadors (read: influencers) for the game as...
No, we'd still prefer not.

Fallout 76 gives the beta edge to Xbox One and drives tourism to West Virginia

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One of the perks of pre-ordering Fallout 76 is that you'll be automatically included in the pool of B.E.T.A. testers. However, life is not...

Gran Skrea brings an indie sandbox MMO to early access

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On the prowl for an undiscovered indie MMORPG these days? You might want to check out Gran Skrea Online, as it just went into...

Cuisine Royale is the goofy reskin the battle royale genre deserves

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Be careful what you wish for! Apparently, Gaijin (you know it from WarThunder) ran an April Fools' day joke mode for online shooter Enlisted...

The Stream Team: Building a base in Outpost Zero

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Massively OP's MJ learned about many dangers (the hard way) in Outpost Zero. Now, she's ready to build up her base. It's about time...

E3 2018: Hands-on with Ubisoft’s open-world pirate PvP game Skull & Bones

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So, you want to be a pirate, but Sea of Thieves isn't your cup of tea? If the issue was PvP, well, you're probably out of...
ho ho ho

Gloria Victis gives players a real reason to cook and eat food with this week’s update

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Who's hungry? Not Gloria Victis characters - if they know what's good for them, anyway. That's because the game's most recent update introduces a...

The MOP Up: Skyforge’s PvP revolution (June 17, 2018)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

Dual Universe’s latest pre-alpha patch adds markets, scanning, and mining

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Let's all take a moment for an appreciative round of applause to any studio that is considerate enough to post monthly round-ups of games...

Camelot Unchained doubles down on development in the beta home stretch

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Saying that it needs to "double down" and push hard to get the beta build finished for next month's launch, the Camelot Unchained team...

Crowfall delays again: ‘Soft launch is not going to happen by the end of this year’

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Here's a slight damper for your weekend: Crowfall has decided to delay its soft launch into 2019 due to the additional work that the...
It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of of theoretical games.

Betawatch: Star Citizen and the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week (June 15, 2018)

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Oh, boy, Star Citizen. It's been a week. First, the little boy who would never lose faith in you lost faith in you. In...
Ship of (heroic) Fooooools

Ship of Heroes discusses the difference between Alpha and Beta

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What makes an alpha? If your answer is "marketing jargon," you're not entirely wrong. But the team behind Ship of Heroes is going for...

E3 2018: Vigor brings a DayZ-like experience to a post-war Norway

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Bohemia Interactive, the developer behind DayZ, knows what it does well, and it's going to continue to create games within its specific field of...

Bless Online explains why it chose early access, lays out the content coming soon

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Bless Online Executive Producer Sungjin Ko is back with another letter for the community today, this one offering insight into why Neowiz picked early...

Legends of Aria makes combat more sensible and nerfs fast travel in its latest update

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It's a big day for Legends of Aria and its beta testers, as the game is undergoing some pretty meaty changes to combat and...

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers character concepts and the Vulture, while CCP throws shade

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Set aside the many Star Citizen dramas of the week and feast your eyeballs on the game's latest edition of Around the Verse, which...

Chronicles of Elyria explains the origins and purpose of its Sedecim festival

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It's not that common to see MMOs in development talk about the festivals that they're planning to hold; that sort of thing is a...
To blathe.

E3 2018: Hands-on with Bethsoft’s Elder Scrolls: Blades (yes, in portrait mode)

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Out of all the announcements Bethesda had at its pre-E3 presser, The Elder Scrolls: Blades was the last title I thought we'd be offered. Oh, we...

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