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 announces its first player council, says the playerbase will pick the next round

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Longtime MMORPG fans will know that the concept of player councils and senates, liaisons between the playerbase and the developers, have long been a...

Ship of Heroes recaps its July progress, including work on characters, Unreal, and TrueSKY

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It was a bit of an unplanned superhero MMORPG weekend, what with news from City of Titans, Ship of Heroes, and City of Heroes'...

H1Z1 officially launches on PlayStation 4 next month

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The hopes, dreams, and (most importantly) finances of Daybreak go with H1Z1 as it officially launches on PlayStation 4 this August 7th. The original...

The MOP Up: Citadel gets reignited (July 29, 2018)

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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: Camelot’s beta one, Fractured’s successful Kickstarter (July 29, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, anti-grind, PvP-optional MMO sandbox Fractured became the biggest traditional MMORPG to fund on Kickstarter this year (Temtem pulled in more cash...

Space survival game ROKH has suspended development

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Following ROKH's early access debut in May 2017, the space survival game faced significant obstacles. It got bogged down in a legal dispute last fall...
Fish.

City of Titans shows off villain costuming and body parts

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Not every villainous group you will fight in City of Titans is exactly human. But the latest art development entry from the team shows...

Ship of Heroes introduces the mixed-race Meltdown, preps for August login test

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Superhero and... wealthy mixed-race intergalactic businessman? That's the intriguing makeup of Ship of Heroes' Meltdown, a character who is as much a CEO of...

The Stream Team: Life and death and pets in Rend

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Did you get enough Rend yesterday? Massively OP's MJ didn't! She's back in for more survival... or lack thereof. Her goal today is to...
The next few months, then.

Betawatch: Fallout 76 starts beta testing in October (July 27, 2018)

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Good news for those of you patiently (or not-so-patiently) waiting for Fallout 76 to enter beta testing, you have a date! Slightly worse news,...

Camelot Unchained’s beta is now set to launch on July 31st

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City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs has just announced on today's studio Twitch stream that RvR MMORPG Camelot Unchained's beta one will begin next week on...

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers ground races, 3.3 ships, and security checkpoints

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Hey guys, log into Star Citizen, I wanna do a Death Race! Yeah, maybe that isn't the best nickname for the Scramble Race, which...

The Survivalist: Hands-on with survival MMO Rend’s closed alpha

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It's been nearly a year since I met with Frostkeep Studios at PAX West and got an early first-hand look at Rend, the three-faction...

Crowfall reveals how its dynamically generated maps are made

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Not all randomly generated virtual worlds are created alike and from the same set of rules. With plans for multiple campaign worlds blinking in...

The Stream Team: Poking around Rend’s closed beta with devs

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You've gotten to read about Rend, but now is your chance to see it live. Massively OP's MJ is in the closed beta and...
Build a little dark-house in your soul.

Crowfall hosts an hour-long art Q&A stream

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When your game maintains an aggressive schedule of streaming, it can be a bit of a problem when your usual streaming host isn't available...

Rummaging through Rend: Alpha impressions of Frostkeep’s blissfully social survival MMO

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Early access for Rend is just around the corner, which means hype for the game is picking up. Frostkeep recently invited us to check out its...

MMORPG sandbox Fractured’s Kickstarter has just fully funded at over $130,000

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Phew! A few weeks ago, I was not confident that Fractured's Kickstarter was going to make it, but it cleared its goal with just...

Boundless dares to escape early access and launch this September with full crossplay capabilities

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How about news of an MMORPG launching here in the austere year of 2018? That's a pretty good way to pump up a day...
Art!

Occupy White Walls is heading to Steam

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Good news for cans of art curation, strange MMOs, or early access titles in general. The singularly unusual MMO Occupy White Walls is on...

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