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]

Ship of Heroes will let players save and share a costume file

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"Okay, so which blue is it again?" "The third one down." "Down from the top?" "Yes, Frank, that's what down means." "Okay, is this good?" "...dammit, Frank, no, you...

ArcheAge Unchained will open its PTS to everyone October 7 but delays character reservations again

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Up until this point, the only way you could hop in to the PTS of ArcheAge Unchained was to have pre-ordered the game. That...
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Betawatch: Star Citizen brings update 3.7.0 to the test server

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Watching Star Citizen development can feel a bit like watching Zeno's MMO development at times, but joking aside, reaching update 3.7.0 is a milestone of...

Woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis previews its combat philosophy and design

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Donkey Crew's woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis may have been delayed - twice - but the devs are still planning to push out dev...

Chronicles of Elyria closes domain and settlement selection and shows off a dungeon

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The chance to plant your virtual flag in the not-fully-created virtual world of Elyria has ended. Chronicles of Elyria has wrapped up its sometimes...

Star Citizen recounts alpha 3.7.0 feature development in its September report as the update hits PTS

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Alpha 3.7.0 for Star Citizen is a pretty big deal for the game. It's been the subject of numerous Inside Star Citizen videos for...

Population Zero’s second beta test asks over 5,000 players to stress the servers

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Servers are machines. They don't feel emotions. They can't complain. What they do, however, is buckle and fail when they're put to the test...

PlanetSide Arena’s next update will dynamically tweak safe zones and pain fields for low population matches

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When your battle royale game is designed for 1,000+ player fights but nowhere near enough players show up, you've got to make some adjustments....

Star Citizen studio releases UK Annual Companies House Report for 2018

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Star Citizen and money: It's one of MMO players' favorite topics, right? Back in December of last year, Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium announced a...

Angeldust offers a large-scale sandbox MMO world with a selectable visual style

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The world of early access gaming still has a few surprises out there for us MMO players. One of these is the game Angeldust,...

Dot Big Bang is a voxel sandbox that lets you create your own objects and worlds for multiplayer shenanigans

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I miss the ever-loving heck out of Landmark. Way more than I expected to, actually. Or, perhaps more specifically, I miss the potential that...

Ship of Heroes teases character creator tool beta with new preview video

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It's happening, folks: Ship of Heroes is set to announce the date for its character creator tool this week, which means it's cranking up...

Dark and Light is launching revamped Chaos PvP servers to bolster populations

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Back in October 2017, the folks at Dark and Light had elected to liven up the PvP scene with Chaos servers, which feature faster...

Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter-versary funding drive crests $560k, keeps on adding new goals

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There must be a pastime of throwing cash in Soulbound Studios' direction among the members of the Chronicles of Elyria community because the kitty...

Snag an Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Swordbrand Cloak from Intrepid and MOP

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In celebration of the launch of Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse battle royale mode into early access, Intrepid Studios has granted Massively OP a stack...

Camelot Unchained’s latest newsletter covers class design and differentiation in MMORPGs

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Camelot Unchained's latest newsletter has arrived, and in it, apart from the recap of development progress, is a deep-dive into how City State approaches...

Multiplayer monster sandbox Day of Dragons just funded for over half a million dollars

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Day of Dragons has gotten just a sliver of coverage here on Massively OP as it headlined a crowdfunding column, but today it's getting...

Eternal Magic publisher denies accusation that it plagiarized WoW and Guild Wars 2, shades accusers

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Over the weekend, we covered a brewing storm in the world of Eternal Magic. The MMO, developed by Chinese studio Duoyi, just hit open...

Choose My Adventure: Torchlight Frontiers and the mindless catharsis of ARPG gaming

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Sometimes, you’ve just got to run around and blow up hordes of enemies with big flashy skills and hoover in the goodies. You have...

ArcheAge Unchained pushes name reservations to this weekend, but the PTS is up today

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If you're all-in for ArcheAge Unchained with a preorder already made, you've probably been anxious to know when exactly you can take advantage of...

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