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]

Valnir Rok launches its early access longships

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It is time to tap into brutality, savagery, and primal struggles. No, we're not talking about football season but rather the early access launch...

Mobile MMO Roundup: Flyff Legacy, Ragnarok Journey, MU Legend, Project B, and Archlord Awake

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Whether it makes you want to seek shelter or embrace the winds of change, the era of mobile MMOs and spin-offs is upon us....
Dark and subtle.

ArcheAge Begins begins pre-registration with signing bonuses

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Sorry, we couldn't resist that intentionally confusing headline! Anyway, for those interested in checking out the mobile spin-off of ArcheAge, your time is now. Pre-registrations...

Automaton Games takes a swing at the battle royale genre with its mystery MMO

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Well now PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will have another battle royale game to fight. UK-based Automaton Games announced that it is working on a new tactical...

Legends of Aria reschedules ‘final alpha’ for September 28

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All of the big pieces of Legends of Aria are coming together for the game's so-called "final alpha" test later this week. Originally slated...

The Stream Team: A look at Amazing Eternals (plus giveaway)

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Massively OP's MJ has been looking forward to showing off The Amazing Eternals since she played it at PAX West. And now is her...

Conan Exiles takes stock a half-year from release

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There is about a half of a year, we are told, before Conan Exiles leaves the semi-shelter of early access and sees if it...
This didn't work.

Darkfall: New Dawn tweaks colors, removes bindstones, and improves AI

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Right now it is not hard to keep the two Darkfall reboot projects separated. While Rise of Agon launched earlier this year, New Dawn...
Darn it, if you had just kept her hair brown...

Crowfall introduces the half-elf race, promises racial choices offer ‘significant gameplay elements’

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Remember this lovely ranger lady from Crowfall's original concept art? We sure do, since we're pretty fond of using it. Turns out in the...

SMITE’s Journey to Asgard, Hand of the Gods’ Hindu Pantheon, and The Caster reality show

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It's patch day in SMITE, as I remembered this morning when my husband logged in and saw the new "Belly Ache Ymir" skin. Our...

Elder Scrolls Online’s Clockwork City DLC is aimed at explorers and mystery buffs

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ZeniMax has a new dev blog up on The Elder Scrolls Online's Clockwork City DLC today, teasing the update and explaining just why it...

Shroud of the Avatar preps 46th release, focuses on ‘player direction’ inside the world

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It's almost the end of the month, and you know what that means: Shroud of the Avatar's monthly update. R46 is due out this...

PUBG dev argues Fortnite spat is about Epic and Unreal Engine’s conflicts, not about owning the battle royal genre

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Last week, following Epic's announcement that PvE-centric Fortnite would be getting a PvP-centric battle royal mode its paying PvE players apparently didn't want (but that's...

Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on guilds, groups, and the social systems that make an MMORPG go ’round

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Over the weekend, the studio behind crowdfunded RvR MMORPG Camelot Unchained released a hefty chunk of its ongoing beta one document, revealing extensive insight into...

Avabel announces Steam, Switch, and PS4 import with crossplay capabilities

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We are pretty used to hearing about MMORPGs that spawn a mobile version, but how about the other way around? Avabel Online, a mobile...

The MOP Up: Monster Hunter World’s Tokyo reveals (September 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...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Savage Hunt – Dragon’s Prophet, Ironsight, Until None Remain, and Battlerite

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Welcome back to our intermittent series on MMOs and other multiplayer games you you've never heard of! Today we have four fresh titles to...

Make My MMO: Ship of Character Customization (September 23, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ship of Heroes continued proving itself worthy as a City of Heroes successor with a new video demo of...

Camelot Unchained explains its guild and group philosophy for beta one

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Mark Jacobs and City State Games have a big surprise for Camelot Unchained followers in this week's dev blog: a major update to the...

Red Dead Redemption 2 kicks the can on its ‘summer’ announcement

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Rule lawyers, please advise: Is it fulfilling the terms of a verbal contract to have promised more details on a delayed game by the...

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