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]

Dark and Light adds lava shoe sprinting and mobile fortress artillery

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Last week's Dark and Light patch made the game function better than ever before, with a noticeable decrease in the loading times and several...

Shroud of the Avatar on R52 and launch content, craftable housing, and player ambassadors

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Whether or not you agree that Shroud of the Avatar is already soft launched, it is most definitely hard launching on March 27th, meaning...

Fortnite mobile will see Xbox One cross-play, but not Xbox to PS4 cross-play

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Last week, when Epic Games announced it was porting Fortnite to mobile, there was one console conspicuously left out of the list for cross-play...
Oh, good, I was worried this would be a happy story.

The Repopulation delays its next update due to backend issues

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Almost every player of The Repopulation is eager to test the game's A.00.00.00 update, but it's going to take a little longer to arrive...
Not happening.

Saga of Lucimia argues GM events should be mandatory in MMOs, not an ‘optional service’

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A few months ago, we ran a Leaderboard poll asking players what kind of live studio-led events they want out of MMORPGs. By way...
Aw yeah.

Project Gorgon is officially in early access on March 13th

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It's happening! The official Project Gorgon early access date on Steam is Tuesday, March 13th, which means that owners will need to log in...

Smalland shrinks you down and throws you to the squirrels

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Did you ever watch Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and think to yourself that you would have done so much better in that unlikely...

The MOP Up: Dragonball Online kicks off beta testing (March 11, 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...

Mythic and Undead Labs’ Sanya Weathers jumps over to Legends of Aria’s Citadel Studios

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If you've been following the MMO industry for a while, chances are you've seen the name Sanya Weathers pop up from time to time....

Make My MMO: Pantropy’s Kickstarter ends Tuesday, Project Gorgon eyes Steam this week (March 10, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, it's not looking great for Pantropy, whose Kickstarter is only just over half funded with only a few more...
Nope.

Betawatch: Wild West Online is getting a big revamp (March 9, 2018)

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Remember Wild West Online? The game made a lot of noise through early testing, but it went fairly quiet. Turns out the reason for...

Bless Online’s concept art is so damn pretty

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How about some eyecandy for your Friday evening? Neowiz has posted up a ton of Bless Online concept art, specifically featuring the capital cities...
It takes some work to find new jokes to be made here.

Star Citizen’s Around the Verse talks persistent universe progress and optimization

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Were you in the audience for this week's live filming of Star Citizen's Around the Verse? Probably not, but some superfans were. Don't worry;...
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Crowfall details its upcoming vendor system

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Here's the next big system coming to Crowfall: Vendors! No, wait, come back, stop muttering that every game have those. This is different, this...

Sea of Thieves casts off on its final beta voyage

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This is it you pirates, scoundrels, and scallywags: Sea of Thieves' final beta is upon us, and only the most cutthroat and dastardly will...

Fortnite is launching its battle royale on Android and iOS, will be mostly crossplatform

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Have you been wondering which of the big battle royale titles would make a bid for mobile? Probably the first one that came to...
Come on and hurt this.

TERA offers stress test rewards for this weekend’s console beta

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The open beta for TERA's console edition has arrived, and as a result, the developers want the servers under pressure. It's the only way...
Daunt-nab it!

Dauntless gets its tubes untied in the name of free play

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It is probably safe to say that Dauntless will live or die based on the strength of its multiplayer component. Ergo, it is in...

Conan Exiles on The Purge, the combat overhaul, and the content lock countdown

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The Purge is coming to Conan Exiles. And that's not even the scariest thing in this week's newsletter! "The Purge mechanic will spawn in creatures...

Check out 25 minutes of State of Decay 2’s co-op

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It may not be as massively as some might have liked, but State of Decay 2's co-op mode opens up the franchise to multiplayer...

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