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]

Worlds Adrift’s team had a blast in 2017

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While Worlds Adrift's end-of-year video isn't heavy on any juicy details of upcoming testing and development, it does convey Bossa Studios' enthusiasm and goofy...
Manatastic?

Kingdom of Loot offers a video preview of its upcoming overworld map

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Remember Kingdom of Loot? It's cute, it's pixelated, and it's Secret of Mana meets Diablo in early access. So how is that working out?...

Global Adventures trots into closed beta, lures players in with promises of rewards

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Is one of your 2018 resolutions to try new games? Well here's one that looks pretty interesting, and it just went into closed beta. Global...

The MOP Up: Multiverse makes a comeback (December 31, 2017)

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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...
Big lights.

Betawatch: The preparation for the next year (December 29, 2017)

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The last week of the year is always a time of anticipation and a fair amount of "let's get this dumb year finished already,"...
Here in my car, etc.

The Crew 2 opens up beta signups

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If you are deeply and personally invested in The Crew 2, it must have been sad news for you when the game got delayed....
Oh, this'll fix things nicely.

Shroud of the Avatar gives the city of Yew its own Elvish identity

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"Yew" is a name well-known to fans of Ultima, and the town's namesake lives on in its spiritual successor, Shroud of the Avatar. For...

Roberts Space Industries delivers a hefty holiday dose of Squadron 42 previews and a 2017 retrospective

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Didn't get enough of Mark Hamill in Star Wars: The Last Jedi? Then head on over to Squadron 42, where Hamill plays "The Old...
Be the first on your streetj to give us money!

PSA: Crowfall is retiring its current pledge packages on December 31

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We can assure you with absolute certainty that after the end of this year, Crowfall will still be willing to take your money. But...

The Stream Team: A first look at Wild Buster

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Have you heard about Wild Buster: Heroes of Titan? You might have if you grabbed a copy from MOP's giveaway! Massively OP's MJ hadn't...
Shock?

Crowfall overhauls keybinding extensively

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Keybinding is important when you're playing any sort of game with active combat. Perhaps you really like to have all of your action keys...

Rend plans alpha test for Q1 2018

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You know what's one of the best remedies for the post-holiday blues? All of the excitement of MMO year previews and new rounds of...
This didn't work out all right.

The Repopulation wants you to talk about how you like to play

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How do you like to play video games? Specifically, how do you like to play The Repopulation? No, you don't have to tell us,...

Broke Protocol refines its cops-and-robbers gameplay

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Somewhere between good and evil, law and crime, and pixels and voxels lies Broke Protocol. The adorably chunky city sandbox came out with a...

Chronicles of Elyria will feature an event with three years of darkness

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How long do you like your day/night cycle in MMORPGs? Chronicles of Elyria is preparing its fans for the possibility of a record-breaking three...

Camelot Unchained wraps up the year with exciting portents of things to come

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It's no massive January announcement, but Camelot Unchained's end-of-year reports supply enough reading to un-bah many humbugs during the holiday break. First up is the...
Eventually, we'll add women.

Wild West Online posts its development roadmap ahead of a late winter release.

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Here's the bad news for Wild West Online testers: The game's next big update has to wait until January, because the developers realized that...

The MOP Up: Honoring RIFT’s Wintercharm (December 24, 2017)

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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...

Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2017

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Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's regular recap of what's going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Holiday testing, ho ho ho (December 22, 2017)

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It's holiday time, and that means everyone is leaving the offices early now. Except for those of us who work from home, because we...

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