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 March Q&A video feels the walls closing in all around

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You have questions and Crowfall's dev team has (some of the) answers. For example, "How are you going to keep me from getting killed...

Shroud of the Avatar claims higher concurrency heading into launch

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Is the buzz starting to grow louder for Shroud of the Avatar as it rounds the corner to launch? There are a couple of...
I HAVE THE POWER

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth gets its first preview of Azerite spells

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The Heart of Azeroth is the big new expansion improvement players will be contending with in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. We know...
Working for the weekend.

SoulWorker Online will not wipe servers but will apparently be IP blocked

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There are certain expectations you have when a free-to-play game is in open beta with a full launch planned for later. For example, you...

Check out TERA’s console features preview video ahead of this weekend’s beta

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Still pumped for TERA's Xbox One and PS4 launch this spring? En Masse sure is. The publisher has pushed out a new trailer today...
Everyone shoots everyone else!

Fortnite is now more popular on Twitch than PUBG

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Who saw this one coming? Fortnite has officially pushed past PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in terms of games that get the most playtime on Twitch. That's...

Pearl Abyss calls Black Desert Mobile’s soft launch a ‘domestic success’

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Does Pearl Abyss have a hit on its hands with Black Desert Mobile? In Korea it appears to be so. The company sent 'round...
Jeez.

Worlds Adrift works on lag problems and boasts a crapton of new hires

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Ahoy, Worlds Adrift fans: You're gettin' a patch this week. It may not be fancy, but it'll hopefully clear up the awful lag situation...

Shroud of the Avatar changes up trial program as it prepares for launch

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With just a few weeks away left before its official launch, Shroud of the Avatar is going nuts in its home stretch. Portalarium is...

Dark and Light pushes the Air Temple PvE update to the end of March

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Dark and Light players are probably still irritated over last week's patch delay and rollback - Snail hears you. "February was a hectic month,...

The stream Team: An exclusive exploration of Ship of Heroes

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Back in January, Massively OP's MJ got to tour Ship of Heroes while chatting with Heroic Games’ Founder Casey McGeever and Lead Developer Matt...

Here’s how Saga of Lucimia says it’ll ‘keep toxicity to an absolute minimum’

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This week's dev-written Saga of Lucimia blog asks everybody over the age of 35 to think back to bygone days "when reputation used to...
Party in the everything.

Project Gorgon optimizes its client in its latest pre-Steam patch

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It may not be a show-stealing spectacle, but optimization is a vital aspect of a game's pre-launch preparations. So let not your eyes be...

Fractured is close to a funding deal, hints at upcoming spotlights

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If the recent silence in Fractured's neck of the woods has troubled you, just remember that sometimes quiet can mean good as well as...

Em-8ER lands Firefall’s composer, works on demo

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So what has Mark Kern's Em-8ER been up to these past couple of months? The team shared the latest news about the giant mech...

The MOP Up: Closers chooses its next character (March 4, 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...
More soon.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained is working for its beta on July 4 (March 2, 2018)

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After a lengthy wait, the first beta for Camelot Unchained is here at last! That's what we'll be saying in about a hundred days,...
oh boy

Chronicles of Elyria starts taking surname reservations

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Clutterbuck. Butterworth. Pigfat. McSneezy. Featherbottom. Wisenheimer. Horsefeathers. Dizzydame. Readmassivelyop. All of these surnames -- and more -- are up for grabs over at Chronicles of...
Train, train away.

Crowfall continues its discussion over the vassal system

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The team behind Crowfall continues its behind-the-scenes discussion of the upcoming vassal system in the eternal kingdoms. Vassals are a way for players to...

Star Citizen talks ship progress, character customization, and what’s not making the 3.1 alpha

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Another week, another episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse. CIG's Los Angeles branch kicks it off with a check-in and says it's reorganized...

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