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]

Ashes of Creation answers questions on progression, music, and (setting) forest fires

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Remember kids, only devs can prevent virtual forest fires! And it's probably a good thing that they do because apparently there are some Ashes...

Survival sandbox Steam Hammer has already seen a major world balancing pass

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We'd never heard of Big Way Games' Steam Hammer before last week's debut on Steam's early access platform: It's a multiplayer sandbox survival game (64...

The MOP Up: Life is Feudal’s building sim (May 14, 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...
Chairs

Identity announces SpatialOS integration, delays town square module

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It's time to play catch-up on another interesting indie MMORPG, Identity. You may remember this as the contemporary life simulator sandbox that has raised...
Get new things.

Astroneer isn’t an MMO, but it might scratch your co-op PvE sandbox itch

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If you've had a hankering for a multiplayer survival sandbox but want something more elegant than the typical gritty murderfests on offer, take a...

The Stream Team: A first look at Steam Hammer

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If you've been dying for a survival steampunk game (or hopefully living for one!), Steam Hammer is here for you. Early Access just started...

Make My MMO: Wild West Online debuts, Ashes of Creation nears $2M (May 13, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, 612 Games announced Wild West Online, a US western-themed game that the devs are definitely calling an MMO, though it looks...

Camelot Unchained completes ‘first 30 days of beta 1’ doc

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With the Seattle base a go, Camelot Unchained is pushing forward. City State's Tyler Rockwell says the team has been hard at work on...

Ashes of Creation meets Underrealm stretch goal, eyes $2M in crowdfunding

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With well over two weeks to go in its Kickstarter campaign, Ashes of Creation has already outpaced similar efforts from Chronicles of Elyria ($1.36M...

The Stream Team: ARK’s bees, glorious bees

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OK, so maybe ARK's bees aren't exactly glorious. In fact, they are downright pesky and dangerous -- especially as a swarm. But they do...
Who knows any more?

Betawatch: Secret World Legends is coming in June (May 13, 2017)

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Everyone who predicted Secret World Legends would miss its original spring target date gets a cookie. Turns out the game is launching soon, but...

The Stream Team: Carving out a life in Conan Exiles

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Massively OP's MJ is still carving out a life for herself in the harsh exiled lands, but the native inhabitants of Conan Exiles seem...

Dual Universe hits another stretch goal, shows seamless interplanetary travel

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Thanks to pledges through its website, Dual Universe recently crossed the €650,000 line and hit another stretch goal. Now the game will include combat constructs,...

Shroud of the Avatar stops supporting DX9

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Hope Shroud of the Avatar players weren't too attached to DX9, because the API collection is now being exorcised from the upcoming MMO. This...

Broke Protocol is Minecraft meets Grand Theft Auto

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If you took Grand Theft Auto and molded it into the visual style of Minecraft, would it have crowd appeal? Cylinder Studios sure hopes...

Star Citizen Around the Verse deep-dives its player interaction system

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On Star Citizen's Around the Verse episode this week, Erin Roberts checks in from the UK studios in Wilmslow, where the team is working...
Train, train away.

Day five of Crowfall’s teaser week: A ‘triad of confusion’

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Yes, Crowfall's teaser week is coming to a close today, with two new images and a story excerpt commenting on the insidious nature of humans. If yesterday's...

Microsoft is working on a secret VR MMO

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Microsoft and MMORPGs haven't had the best of relationship in history, with the company approving and then canceling several promising games over the past...
Nope!

Runescape Idle Adventures is shutting down on May 15

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Remember Runescape: Idle Adventures? Probably not, which is probably a good part of the reason why the game is rather quietly shuttering its doors...
This town is, in fact, big enough for the both of us. We need a fourth.

Wild West Online announced for later this year, Kickstarter coming soon

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If you've been wishing for horses and western MMORPGs, then saddle up par'dner -- we're about to ride off into a glorious sunrise. PC Gamer...

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