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]

Crowfall Q&A talks fundraising, alpha and beta, and War of the Gods features

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It's a bit of "second verse same as the first" for the latest version of the ACE Q&A video from Crowfall, but then again...

Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra enters open beta on January 24

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It would appear that there's enough of a fanbase for the in-development League of Legends CCG Legends of Runeterra that Riot is accelerating some...

Lost Ark Korea announces personal housing, genderlock removal, and battle royale as part of Season 2

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The Korean version of Lost Ark is already gearing up for its next content in Season 2, and there sure is a lot coming....

Make My MMO: Crowfall investment, Demi’s Kickstarter, and Albion’s Queen

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We're back to our regular roundup after the holidays, which means we've got quite a bit to talk about - and not all of...

Demi is a free-to-play online TCG with battling pantheons and online card trading now on Kickstarter

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To read the crowdfunding pitch of Demi, you'd be forgiven for thinking that card games have lost some of the plot, and if you...

Magic Legends shows off 10 minutes of the fiery Geomancer

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As Magic Legends fans come to terms with the fact that this upcoming title is really Magic: The Diabloing, Cryptic continues its promised info...
Sheewax.

Betawatch: Magic Legends is our Magic MMORPG except in how it’s not

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The first few days after the end of the year are a bad time for betas, but we came roaring back this week with Magic:...

SMITE launches Season 7 on PTS and goes into more detail about the season’s new Joust map

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The next season of SMITE is on its way and with it is a new Joust map for players to... well... joust on. In...

Anime multiplayer brawler KurtzPel announces an update that adds a new weapon and sweeping PvP changes

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The start of 2020 is signalling a new beginning for KurtzPel. A hefty update is due to arrive soon and it's set to change...

Crowfall preps beta, raises another $12M from investors to bring total funding to $35M

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Crowfall's founder update hit the ArtCraft site this afternoon, and it's a doozy. The studio's J Todd Coleman says development progress is "fantastic," and...
I didn't say zorp.

Magic: Legends starts showing off with two classes and two worlds

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All right, you've seen some more footage, you've got some idea of how the game is going to be... now, if you're done with...

Cryptic’s Magic: Legends is an isometric RPG and not an MMORPG because of earth elemental butt

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Yesterday, we got our first look at the gameplay in Cryptic's upcoming Magic: Legends MMO, and, well, it didn't go over that well. In...

Chronicles of Elyria is still working on the botched Settlers of Elyria event – and future events too

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Chronicles of Elyria has returned after winter holidays with a new newsletter for backers. As usual, the newsletter is pretty fluffy (I mean, there's...

Dual Universe hires former CCP technical director as its chief technical officer

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Talk about a wealth of experience in internet spaceship sandbox development. Dual Universe developer Novaquark has hired CCP's former technical director Högni Gylfason as...

MMORPG Tycoon 2 lets you make a pretend virtual world all by yourself

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If you are reading this here on Massively OP, chances are really good that you have gamed in many virtual worlds over the years....

Temtem announces dates for the end of alpha and the beginning of stress testing

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The developing critter collecting MMO Temtem has some dates for you to remember as it moves through its development cycle from alpha to early...

EVE Echoes’ open beta comes to a close with a big event on January 10

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It's been about a month since EVE Echoes hit open beta, and we hope you got enough time in it because CCP Games is...

J Todd Coleman promises Crowfall will be ‘the most strategic virtual universe’, hints at launch details

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A tweet from Crowfall prompted some responses from creative director J Todd Coleman that could perhaps perk a couple of ears, offering some promises...

Amazon’s New World shares a scrapbook’s worth of pictures

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Whether or not Amazon's New World will actually make its projected May 2020 launch is a matter of constant debate in the Massively OP...

Crytek’s latest legal maneuvering against CIG suggests Squadron 42 won’t release this summer

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The long, drawn out, snail-paced legal fight between CIG and Crytek has taken one more step, but this one seems to have some direct...

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