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: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 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...
More soon.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained is working for its beta on July 4 (March 2, 2018)

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After a lengthy wait, the first beta for Camelot Unchained is here at last! That's what we'll be saying in about a hundred days,...
oh boy

Chronicles of Elyria starts taking surname reservations

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Clutterbuck. Butterworth. Pigfat. McSneezy. Featherbottom. Wisenheimer. Horsefeathers. Dizzydame. Readmassivelyop. All of these surnames -- and more -- are up for grabs over at Chronicles of...
Train, train away.

Crowfall continues its discussion over the vassal system

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The team behind Crowfall continues its behind-the-scenes discussion of the upcoming vassal system in the eternal kingdoms. Vassals are a way for players to...

Star Citizen talks ship progress, character customization, and what’s not making the 3.1 alpha

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Another week, another episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse. CIG's Los Angeles branch kicks it off with a check-in and says it's reorganized...
Too bad, very sad.

New followers are mined out for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth

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If you'd hoped that the idea of follower missions would go away in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, we're sorry to inform you...

Sea of Thieves runs another stress test, talks pirate customization (or lack thereof)

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Just in case you read that headline and made a mad dash to this first paragraph with the hope of seeing that Rare has...

Here’s your first look at newbies playing the Ship of Heroes combat alpha

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Ship of Heroes has something to cheer about today as it's just begun its combat alpha, complete with "signature heroes, the Apotheosis City environment,...

Project Genom preps its first big update in a while

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Testers frustrated by drips and dribbles from the Project Genom team hopefully will soon have more than they can handle. The devs said that...

Dual Universe puts community suggestions into development

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Space construction sim Dual Universe wants its players to know that it is truly listening to their feedback. The team at Novaquark started up...

Sky Noon is a mash-up of Super Smash Bros. and westerns

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Probably the most ingenious design decision of the original Super Smash Bros. back in the day was to ditch boring health meters in favor...

Conan Exiles tests new thralls, combat; promises it hasn’t forgotten Xbox One players

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Funcom's had a big week, am I right? A whopper of a financial report, a brand-new game reveal, a patch that went haywire in...

Camelot Unchained has 126 days to get everything ready for Beta 1

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One hundred and twenty-six days. That's the current countdown timer reading as Camelot Unchained looks ahead to its July 4th beta launch, and it...
Paint with all the colors of the etc.

Legends of Aria may delay its Steam early access start

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Don't go taking any time off work in April with the hopes of playing Legends of Aria's early access program. In an Ask Me...

Cyberpunk 2077 prepares fans for a ‘blockbuster’ franchise

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Fans of CD Projekt Red and its games are no doubt starving for any morsel of information about the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077. And while...

Crowfall takes you behind the scenes for the formation of its vassal system

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Have you ever had the burning desire to experience the magic, the majesty, the magnificence of the game development process as it happens? Truly,...

Citadel Forged With Fire is getting a PvP sports mode called Broomstick League

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All right, now we can see why Blue Isle delayed announcing Citadel Forged With Fire's "next big thing" until this week: It actually is...

The Stream Team: Peeking back into Planet Nomads

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It's been almost a year since Massively OP's MJ first took a look at the survival sandbox Planet Nomads. How are things faring on...

Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP!

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February was a big month for MMORPG sandbox Wild Terra. Developer Juvty Worlds heavily overhauled the taming and mount system in the game as of...

Legends of Aria reveals founder’s pack rewards

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Planning on dropping a shiny dime (plus several hundred additional dimes) on one of the founder's packs for Legends of Aria? You'll gain access...

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