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]

Fortnite’s early access program invites you to build your dream zombie-proof fortress

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The bad news: The zombies are coming in hordes larger than you can possibly imagine. The good news: You have the blueprints and traps to...

The Stream Team: Celebrating Warframe’s Chains of Harrow release on console

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Massively OP's MJ may not play Warframe on console, but doesn't mean she can't celebrate the release of Chains of Harrow on Xbox and...

Shroud of the Avatar polishes, primps, and prepares for this week’s Release 44

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The Shroud of the Avatar team is staying quite busy this summer as it works to finish up the game world for launch later...

Gloria Victis’ patch this week adds desert-themed region and crafting changes

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Gloria Victis is gearing up for a big patch tomorrow: The indie hardcore sandbox will debut a brand-new desert-themed territory packed with a new...

Grim Dawn has begun public testing of its unnamed expansion

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Back in January, ARPG Grim Dawn announced a formal expansion coming our way in the first half of 2017 -- at the time, we...

Star Citizen’s latest concept ship isn’t a ship, and it’s pushed the game to $155M funding

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Star Citizen's latest concept ship isn't a ship -- it's a freakin' rover. Dubbed The Tumbril Cyclone, the vehicle's multiple variants will run up...

Citadel Forged With Fire’s last weekend beta was a bit rough

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If you jumped into Citadel: Forged With Fire's stress-test-style of beta this past weekend, you may have gotten a heaping helping of just what...

Dark and Light is on sale, encourages players to enjoy bugs

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Are you sitting around the house, whining to your mom that you're bored? Are you doing that while technically being 35 years of age?...

BioWare’s Anthem’s fourth pillar is obviously corn

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Move over, Hearthstone's Ice Cream Citadel: BioWare is currently promoting Anthem by way of a massive corn maze and I am not even making...

The MOP Up: SamuTale’s massive new world (July 23, 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...
Damn right they have feathers.

Durango: Wild Lands begins closed beta on mobile

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If you happen to live in Southeast Asia, you might have an opportunity to play dino wrangler this weekend that the rest of the...

Make My MMO: Albion Online joins the list of launched crowdfunded MMORPGs (July 22, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, indie sandbox Albion Online -- whose 250,000 founders reportedly crowdfunded the game for almost $10,000,000 -- formally launched. The...

Camelot Unchained stabilizes the game engine and shows off inventory UI

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Check out Camelot Unchained's first pass at a player inventory UI. What do you think? Looks pretty sharp, doesn't it? This glimpse was part of...

The Stream Team: Climbing plus construction can equal casualties in Conan Exiles

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Life is different in Conan Exiles now that Massively OP's MJ can climb to great heights -- and so is death! It makes sense...

The Stream Team: Sightseeing in ARK’s Scorched Earth

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As insane as Massively OP's  MJ thinks selling expansions before a game even launches is, she did nab ARK's Scorched Earth when it went...

Ashes of Creation talks about group dynamics and shows PAX demo locales

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Calling it an "essential part of the game," grouping is this week's focus over at Ashes of Creation. Ashes of Creation's team is currently planning...
Why notvern?

Betawatch: Dark and Light shines a light on early access (July 21, 2017)

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For everything, there is a season, turn turn turn. We've bid farewell to Albion Online this week, as it has launched properly and thus...

Wild Terra is free to play all weekend

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Who doesn't love free things? How about free isometric MMO sandboxes? Wild Terra is putting itself in the free bin for the weekend as...

Dark and Light adds servers, patches up as it gets slammed on Steam early access

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Of this there is no doubt: The Dark and Light team is getting very little sleep this week. The reworked fantasy sandbox released on Steam...

The Stream Team: Watch to win Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics founders packs!

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Massively OP's MJ was disappointed to learn that the main gods no longer entered battle themselves in Hand of the Gods, so she's going...

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