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]

MMORPG sandbox Arcfall is headed to Steam early access

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I'm always wary nowadays when a game bills itself as a massively multiplayer sandbox gaming world, especially one that says it's akin to "old...

Valiance Online posts development progress, beefs up backer rewards

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How much transparency do you want or demand from your upcoming MMOs? Valiance Online's team assumes that you're on the "quite a bit" end...

KingsIsle seeks support to get EverClicker on Steam; Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be next

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First there was EverQuest. Then there was Ever, Jane. Now there's EverClicker. This sort of trend could go on (wait for it) forever. KingsIsle, the studio...

Crowfall’s hellcat has a purr of doom

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One shouldn't forget that Crowfall's various campaign worlds will be populated by more than just irate players looking to make the world burn (and...
Boring plus boring equals still boring. Today in boring math.

Paragon walks through the mechanics of its upcoming character Revenant

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What do you know about Paragon's upcoming new hero, Revenant? If you were asked that before watching the video down below, it might just...

Elder Scrolls Online offers a new video glimpse of Morrowind’s Vivec

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The greatest city on Morrowind's island of Vvardenfell is Vivec -- and in The Elder Scrolls Online's expansion timeline, Vivec is still being built...
Nast

Conan Exiles patches in 50 emotes, exploit fixes

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Update 25 has landed for Funcom's in-early-access survival sandbox Conan Exiles, bringing with it 50 new emotes as promised. You've got the basics, like...

Video: Story vs. lore, Star Wars: The Old Republic vs. The Elder Scrolls Online

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In the ultimate battle for your dollar in the MMO industry, two MMOs with rabid fan bases duke it out by serving you a...

VR MMO MetaWorld plans summer early access launch, seeks financial support

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Hoping to see a full-fledged MMORPG with virtual reality take off in your lifetime? We may be witnessing the start of one with MetaWorld,...
Remember, you were the ones who couldn't wait for this game.

Bless Online shuts down Russian beta for revisions, preps Japanese test

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There's something a little hinky going on with Bless Online's beta test over in Russia. MMO Examiner reports that 101XP was not pleased with the...
Crucial.

What’s John Smedley building for Amazon Game Studios?

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Here's the million-dollar question of the day: What is John Smedley making for Amazon Game Studio's San Diego branch? Ever since being handed the...

The Daily Grind: Do you believe MMO studios release overpowered new classes on purpose?

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Yesterday's Elder Scrolls Online press embargo drop allowed us to talk a bit more about the overpowered state of the Morrowind Warden class --...

Shroud of the Avatar preps two more beginner zones, asks for localization help

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This Thursday, Shroud of the Avatar will be pumping out its latest monthly update, Release 41. There's a lot in store for the patch,...

Osiris: New Dawn teases planetary changes coming in this week’s update

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We're inching ever closer to the release of survival sandbox Osiris: New Dawn's "massive" next patch, all set to include new dungeons, better graphics, a...

Team Obey wins $180,000 in H1Z1’s TV tournament

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This week, one H1Z1 team is sitting pretty on a pile of $180,000 and fame, thanks to winning the televised H1Z1: Fight for the...

MMOARG dev sues Milwaukee county over Pokemon Go-inspired park ordinance

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Remember back in February when Milwaukee County in Wisconsin tried to handle the whole "Pokemon Go players are destroying parks and costing municipalities cash...

Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind will not blow your mind, but it will tickle your nostalgia

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Over the last week or so, ZeniMax Online Studios opened up parts of The Elder Scrolls Online's Morrowind test servers to the press and public,...
Stick it out, man.

Gigantic talks about player disconnection and player abandonment

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It sucks when you get into a match in Gigantic, you get ready for the thrill of competition... and then two of your teammates...

The MOP Up: Aion has spring fever (April 23, 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...
This may be overreaching.

Saga of Lucimia plans alpha troll-hunting expedition

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Time to check back in with that most groupy of group-centric upcoming MMOs, Saga of Lucimia. You know, if this game was a fish,...

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