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]

All good, sure, why not.

Legends of Aria starts closed beta testing today

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Welcome to the Beta Club, Legends of Aria! Enjoy the full benefits of membership, such as free snackies, the comfy couch, and increased attention...

MMO players have laid claim to 12% of the Life is Feudal world to date

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While Life is Feudal MMO has existed for only 10 days on Steam early access, players have been testing the online title for considerably...

The MOP Up: Aion makes a date with the Divine Fortress (January 28, 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...

Conan Exiles gets a handle on giant two-handed swords

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It's hard to imagine barbarians without gigantic weapons that take a whole lot of muscle to swing. So it's good to see Conan Exiles...

Make My MMO: Camelot’s new producer, Star Citizen’s alpha 3 features, & SOTA’s R50 (January 27, 2018)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained devs say they're getting really close to finalizing the date for beta one. This week, in addition...

Wild West Online: Farming in, ranching out

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Due to enthusiastic player response on the topic of farming in Wild West Online, the developers have gone back to the drawing board to...
We're in it now, children.

Chronicles of Elyria isn’t afraid to enter the ugly zone of character creation

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It's a no-brainer that a lot of your MMO audience is going to want to create good-looking, attractive, and physically fit characters. But if...

Players datamine Sea of Thieves to find out what content is being held back in beta

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While there is a lot of fun being reported from players in this past week's Sea of Thieves closed beta (for the ones who...
Arrrrrrrr Pee.

Betawatch: Sea of Thieves hits closed beta (January 26, 2018)

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It was foretold, and then it happened. Sea of Thieves hit its closed beta this week with play anywhere functionality fully intact. The bad...

City of Titans’ paths will throw players into their own ‘personal comic book series’

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Ever feel like MMO quests are impersonal and disconnected from how you see your own character interacting with the game world? City of Titans...
Ah, yes.

Snail Games introduces PixARK, heading to early access in March

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So you're a Minecraft kind of soul. You like that sort-of-pixelish-but-not-really look. Your friend is an ARK: Survival Evolved junkie. She's more about dinosaurs...
Chance!

Crowfall addresses randomness, streaking and deck-style random outcomes

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How much time do you spend thinking about random chance? If you play video games, probably a fair amount. The designers working on Crowfall...
Still ugly.

Choose My Adventure: Brain bug mischief in Project Gorgon

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As soon as I knew I was going after something called "brain bugs" in Project Gorgon, my mind immediately jumped to images of the...

Star Citizen: The alpha 3.0 feature trailer and Squadron 42’s

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On this week's Around the Verse, the Star Citizen devs are dipping into Squadron 42 specifically to explain the design behind the Coil, a...

Sea of Thieves extends closed beta through January 31

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As we've been documenting, Sea of Thieves' closed beta test has proved to be both incredibly popular and incredibly unreliable since starting earlier this...

Shroud of the Avatar delivers Release 50 with balance, polish, and optimizations

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Focusing on its top launch priorities for Shroud of the Avatar, Portalarium pushed out Release 50 today with tons of balance tweaks, optimization improvements,...

Crowfall pores over Patch 5.4 improvements

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Crowfall's pre-alpha test is back in business, having restarted with a brand-new build on January 23rd. The team braved an ice storm to record...
what

Sea of Thieves fans decipher a fix for a common beta error… if you don’t mind getting a refund and rebuying

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The seas of closed beta be choppy ones for the stoutest ship to navigate, but many captains who seek the blue in Sea of...

BioWare shifts resources to Anthem and debates SWTOR’s future

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Talk about putting all of your eggs into one basket. While BioWare is nominally working on both the next Dragon Age title and Star...

Villagers and Heroes mobile coming to iOS next month

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It has been almost a year and a half since Villagers and Heroes released on Android devices, during which the Apple-toting community has been...

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