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]

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Crowfall goes over the history and perks of Humans and Elves

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Even Crowfall, as progressive as it is with its racial choices, must bow to the ironclad law of MMOs that state, "Every fantasy game...

Wild Buster runs limited alpha test while continuing to raise funds

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We've been covering Wild Buster with a mixture of interest and amusement, as this patchwork MMO is a little too weird and inexplicable to...

The Stream Team: Deck building in The Amazing Eternals

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Although she doesn't have a plethora of cards yet, Massively OP's MJ has reached the point where she can build her own decks in...
Everyone comes to our house.

Catch up with Legends of Aria’s final alpha with a town hall Q&A and a fresh start guide

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The word "final" certainly attracts the attention, which is perhaps why there's this excited buzz around Legends of Aria's final alpha. The test kicked...

Conan Exiles updates community on farming, PS4 development, and console/PC parity

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Conan Exiles' latest community update is a great example of why excessive community updates might not really be necessary. The team spends a ton...

Multiplayer backstab simulator Throne of Lies launches

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Don't have enough paranoia and doubt in your life? Here comes along Throne of Lies to help you with that. Somewhat based on the popular...

Fortnite buffs its PvE mode in this week’s Horde Bash update

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PvE players, this Fortnite update's for you: Epic's plotting what it's calling "Horde Bash" for the game's PvE side, due out on Thursday of...
We'll be fine, yes, just fine.

Shroud of the Avatar is not launching this year, but it will have a launch date this year

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There's a lot still to be done in the development of Shroud of the Avatar. Even with the most recent major patch for the...

Leaderboard: Which of the City of Heroes spiritual successors are you looking forward to?

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A few years ago, we counted basically three City of Heroes successor games, all made by indie studios. In 2017, we still have three...
And we shoot the varmint.

Wild West Online shows off the old-timey guns coming with its beta

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Here's a grand surprise for you: Wild West Online will feature old-timey weapons. It will, in fact, involve a fair amount of shooting things....
Three-point landing! Sort of.

Bless Online starts its second closed beta in Japan on October 12

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Let's take a moment to take stock of Bless Online, shall we? In South Korea, the game is testing its complete rebuild. In North...

Grim Dawn’s ‘massive’ Ashes of Malmouth expansion arrives October 11th

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If you've been watching Crate Entertainment trickle out teases for its big Grim Dawn expansion for months and months, wondering when it's coming, wonder...

Ship of Heroes puts out an alert for the Yekus Mercenary Clan

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Even though we are quite a ways out from playing Ship of Heroes for real, it is not too early to start becoming familiar...

The MOP Up: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits record concurrency (October 1, 2017)

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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...

Get an advance look at a few of Age of Wushu 2’s locations

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While we continue the long, long wait for Age of Wushu 2 to make its way over to the western world, at least we...
I'm sure it's fine.

Make My MMO: The Thargoids should win Elite Dangerous (September 30, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Elite has finally begun to sound "dangerous" indeed. After just a few days of owning players, the alien race that "returned"...

The Stream Team: Breaking the law in LawBreakers’ freebie weekend

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Have you wanted to get a peek at LawBreakers but haven't wanted to pony up the $30 price? Now is your chance to sneak...

Camelot Unchained strives for a well-rounded experience as it focuses on siege gameplay

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In making the transition from limited-focus tests to larger siege gameplay to the long-awaited beta, the team behind Camelot Unchained is "sprinting" as it...
Yes, this is ready.

Betawatch: Final alpha is go for Legends of Aria (September 29, 2017)

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Well, Legends of Aria fans, it's the final... alpha? That doesn't sound like a 1980s power ballad line at all, someone should get on...

The Stream Team: Devs deliver a newbie guide for Legends of Aria’s final alpha

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It's the final alpha! Do do do do do do do do do... sing it with us! Legends of Aria just started its final...

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