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]

Albion Online’s black market is a brilliant solution for a sandbox economy

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Albion Online Game Director Robin Henkys has a fresh video out today explaining the game's black market. Albion is one of those fairly rare MMORPGs...

Master X Master launches June 21; check out the cinematic trailer

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Master X Master is launching in North America and Europe on June 21st, NCsoft just announced. The game is a hybrid MOBA-MMO with PvE...
DARK DARK KNIGHT

Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood preview: Tank jobs

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Don't miss the rest of our Stormblood preview coverage!I really wanted Samurai to be a tank. There's not a lot of specific reasoning for...
Aw yeah.

Project Gorgon finishes coding brand-new graphical user interface

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Anyone who has ever played Project Gorgon knows that its graphical user interface is as basic and utilitarian as possible. Well, soon that is...

Kritika Online sends beta testers into the danger zone

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First things first: You need to open this up in your browser while you read this post. Trust us. Be careful if you are playing...

The Repopulation moves forward with huge patch, alpha plans

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Back in January, we learned the fate of The Repopulation: The Hero Engine team from Idea Fabrik would be taking over development of the game from...

Leaderboard: What’s the most important part of MMORPG character customization?

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Valiance Online has a dev thread up this week asking backers and devs to propose hairstyles for the game's characters, something that immediately yoinked...

Indie multiplayer VR ARPG Prevent the Fall lands on Steam early access

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So here's a new one to our games list today: Indie developer D.W.S's "all the things" ARPG Prevent the Fall. It's one of those...
Shoot car.

Crossout’s open beta (and soft launch) is here today

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It's time for everyone to build their own post-apocalyptic death cars and drive them about a wasteland whilst shooting at one another. Yes, Crossout...

ARK: Survival Evolved gets working potty, is dirt cheap on Steam

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Who patches a video game on Memorial Day? Studio Wildcard, apparently. It pushed out a big PC patch for dino survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved...

You’ve got mail in Shroud of the Avatar

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Just ahead of the long weekend, Shroud of the Avatar rolled out one of its distinctly consistent monthly updates for early players. The so-dubbed...
Tell me.

Caravan Stories to bring cross-platform Pokémon-style action to Japan

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While Japan is not exactly the hotbed of MMORPG development, there are a few studios working to put the country on the map for...
You can't play me!

Wild West Online FAQ says the game is ‘not historically correct’

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Remember the days when MMOs used to post clear and concise FAQs instead of messy AMAs and lengthy developer livestreams? Wild West Online does,...

The MOP Up: Pox Nora’s PS4 launch (May 28, 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...

Dark and Light continues to woo the elemental demographic

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Apparently Dark and Light's elemental scene is so captivating, so rich, and so diverse that it requires a follow-up developer diary to fully cover...
Where am I? No one gets to know.

Make My MMO: Legends of Aria’s alpha, Ashes of Creation’s lofty ambitions (May 27, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Legends of Aria -- which we'll probably never stop accidentally calling Shards Online -- began its alpha, introducing testers and...

The Stream Team: A first look at Legends of Aria (and a giveaway!)

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If you've had an interest in Shards Online but wanted something bigger and more MMO-y, we've got someone we'd like you to meet. Well,...

Camelot Unchained implements torches (bring your own pitchforks)

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City State's Mark Jacobs is back at the helm of the Camelot Unchained weekly update this round, with news of his team's efforts on...

The Stream Team: A very volcanic ARK adventure

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Have you ever climbed a volcano? Massively OP's MJ has. But she's never climbed into a volcano. Thanks to ARK, she's getting to cross...

Ashes of Creation revises referral program, unlocks Underrealm race, and shows freehold housing

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With less than a week to go in its fundraising campaign, Ashes of Creation has raised over $2.5 million and become the most successful...

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