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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Digital Extremes announces retro permadeath MMO ‘Survived By’

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Warframe developer Digital Extremes just announced that it's partnered with Human Head Studios for a new MMO "roguelite" with a pixel-art style. It's called...

Fortnite’s survival update dares you to outlast a storm for a literal fortnite

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After the wacky deluge of gotta-launch-before-school-starts releases creating a pileup on the video game interstate yesterday, one might almost have missed Fortnite's big update,...

Ashes of Creation previews all four classes’ skillsets

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With Ashes of Creation preparing for a major presence at PAX West this weekend, the team is bringing with it scads of reveals and...
Gosh, I love farming.

Destiny 2 lets players visit a nice farm upstate very briefly tonight

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The Destiny 2 beta on PC has thus far allowed you to explore things like "shooting" and "further shooting" and "yet more shooting, how...

Blade and Soul is so excited to come to Vietnam, it spawned a short, delirious movie

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Blade and Soul is heading into the jungle this fall, as Southeast Asian operator Garena agreed to publish the game in Vietnam. There's an...
Bye, no one will weep.

Mu Legend delays open beta from September to November

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Those who are eagerly awaiting the open beta test for MU Legend got hit with some bad news with the announcement that the game's...

Steam Hammer is half-off, promises an update soon

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It has been a rather quiet summer for the survival sandbox Steam Hammer. There haven't been any patches since early June, and even those...
BREAK BREAK BREAK

Guild Wars 2 devs on how mounts bring the ‘joy of movement’ to Path of Fire

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If you took part in the first Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire preview weekend, you surely got to play around with the first...

The Stream Team: Diving deeper into Citadel with the Blue Isle Studios devs

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Last time when Massively OP's MJ came across a dragon in Citadel: Forged with Fire, she noped the heck right out of there! Before...

Destiny 2’s PC open beta has arrived

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I dunno about you guys, but my guildies were up at literally 4 a.m. talking about buying Destiny 2 and leaping into the beta, which...

ARK Survival Evolved launches today; get caught up here with the trailer and roundup!

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Try to hold back your shock: Sci-fi-dino-themed survival sandbox ARK Survival Evolved is really, truly, launching today, so put all those delay gripes and...

Ship of Heroes talks indie scope, community positivity, and designing the world

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Ship of Heroes is gearing up for PAX with drop-ins with community vloggers, including The Positive Gamer, who has a flythrough video of Apotheosis...

Shroud of the Avatar’s R45 launches Thursday, Oktoberfest-themed fundraiser begins next week

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Shroud of the Avatar is gearing up for one of its like-clockwork monthly releases: 45 on Thursday. In preparation, this week's newsletter features a...
SUPER, ALL GOOD

Destiny 2’s PC beta gets off to a rocky start

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It's a shaky go for launch. As promised, Destiny 2 kicked off the headstart for its PC beta test today, preceding tomorrow's official start for...
We're friends, right?

Absolver teases tomorrow’s launch with a sweet new trailer

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Absolver's unique style of multiplayer online combat is set to go live on Steam and PS4 tomorrow, and Devolver Digital has a new trailer...
I FEEL PRE

Destiny 2 introduces you to a gallery’s worth of heroes and villains

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You know that thing that some inspirational or informative videos do where they throw giant words up on the screen to subtitle every. Single....

Ashes of Creation shows off live combat, preps for major PAX West push

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The growing Ashes of Creation community is abuzz over the team's recent livestream in which the MMO's combat system and UI was shown in...

Wild West Online sets alpha test for September 15

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Following some confusion and misinformation over Wild West Online's testing schedule, we now have official confirmation for when the alpha test will begin: September...

The MOP Up: State of Decay 2’s multiplayer mayhem (August 27, 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...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s Gamescom demo, Camelot Unchained’s beta progress (August 26, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen brought a playable (though tweaked) version of 3.0 to Cologne for Gamescom this week, a demo apparently endlessly...

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