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]

The MOP Up: Old School RuneScape puts the finishing touches on Theater of Blood (May 20, 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...

Legion: The Eternal War’s evil magic pits Elves against Humans

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Here's an indie MMORPG that you may not have known about before this week. Legion: The Eternal War is a small title that's been...

Make My MMO: Albion Online hits Steam, Camelot Unchained tackles crafting (May 19, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, buy-to-play sandbox Albion Online, which launched back in 2017, formally landed on Steam, bringing its blend of PvP warfare...

The Stream Team: Returning to Radical heights before it ends

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Even though Massively OP's MJ is not a fan of battle royale, she was amused by the atmosphere of Radical Heights. And since the...
Drift-slidin' away.

Betawatch: Worlds Adrift launches early access for airships and actual airships (May 18, 2018)

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There are only a handful of games you can celebrate launching by releasing an actual airship into the sky, but Worlds Adrift is one...
So... who's buying?

Crowfall shares its 5.6 patch notes from the future

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There will be two sorts of reactions to the idea of sharing patch notes from the future for Crowfall. One group of people will...
Star Citizen

Star Citizen: Around the Verse covers shopping as the community debates pay-to-win

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This week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse is all about shopping, and I mean the fun kind of shopping where you spend...

Daybreak promises a patch for Just Survive – but it’s also ending lockbox sales

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When Daybreak's Columbus Nova fiasco and layoffs were hitting last month, most of the company's MMORPGs resurfaced without missing a beat, reassuring their playerbases...
What and what?

Skull and Bones delayed, The Division 2 to arrive in the next year

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With a strong fiscal year under its belt, Ubisoft's future looks bright indeed. The studio posted its earnings report this week, stating that it...

Pantheon reveals its Ranger, Rogue, and Monk classes

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This month's Pantheon newsletter is a doozy for folks eagerly awaiting the details of the game's classes. Visionary Realms has revealed three: the sneaky Rogue...

Bless outlines its new box price and sub plan, which it does not want you to call a sub

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Bless Online's media event and pricing reveal last week may not have gone entirely to plan. You'll recall that Neowiz announced at the time...

Worlds Adrift launches on Steam early access while overseen by actual airship

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Floating up out of the drydock of closed beta, Worlds Adrift launched into the bright blue skies of early access today. The airship sandbox...

The Crew 2 posts new trailers for its May 31st closed beta run

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Just ahead of this year's E3, Ubisoft is rolling out The Crew 2's closed beta - that's May 31st through June 4th, and yep,...
It's a bribe, Charlie Brown.

Defiance 2050 records over 3 million dead hellbugs from its closed beta

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If you were taking part in the closed beta for Defiance 2050, you were probably killing Hellbugs. Just from a statistical standpoint. There are...

Grimmwood’s village needs protecting (and beta testers)

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In retrospect, it was probably not the brightest of ideas to settle in an abandoned village in the middle of a dark forest full...

The Stream Team: Skydiving back into Worlds Adrift

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Worlds Adrift development has been cruising along and the title will be launching through Steam's Early Access program in just two days. Massively OP's...

Camelot Unchained knocks out another Beta 1 obstacle

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The Camelot Unchained team is making enormous strides in preparing the game for its first beta test in July, with one major obstacle overcome...
All over again.

Amazon Game Studios’ Greg Henninger hints about big news coming soon – is it New World?

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Is Amazon Game Studios finally about to take the lid off of New World? Maybe, maybe not, but this might be a clue: AGS' Greg...
I'm not dead and get new models biannually

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth updates its beta with new models for dead people

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Ladies, gentlemen, and those who fit neither category, Rhonin the mage is dead in World of Warcraft. And there was much rejoicing. But just...

The MOP Up: Diablo levels up in Heroes of the Storm (May 13, 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...

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