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]

The Stream Team: Celebrating Paladins’ console closed beta with Inara

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Paladins just started closed beta on console today, so Massively OP's MJ is diving in to celebrate by trying out the new champion introduced...
Whip it, whip it good.

Paragon celebrates a year of early access with a big patch

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Has it really been a year since Paragon first went into early access? It certainly has according to the developers, and they would know....

Trove officially launches for Xbox One and PlayStation 4

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Voxel sandbox Trove has formally launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One today, having been in open beta on both consoles since December. Trion says it's...

Ship of Heroes salutes City of Heroes in its network demo video

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Ship of Heroes has a new video out today that is ostensibly a network demo showing off half a dozen remote developers spread across...
Details, details.

The Repopulation is back up and running

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It might not have been everyone's ideal scenario, but the fact is that The Repopulation has come back under new management -- and you...

PAX East 2017: Introducing Rend, a three-way survival sandbox from Frostkeep Studios

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I don't really like survival games, typically -- I understand why a lot of people do like them, don't get me wrong, but I don't...

Shroud of the Avatar’s Starr Long on the pros and cons of early access

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Construction continues apace at Shroud of the Avatar, where the team reports that two new areas are being crafted for future releases. There's the...
I HAVE COME AFLAME

Dark and Light has special mounts for faction leaders

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Here's some incentive for climbing the political ladder in Dark and Light to become the leader of one of the game's three factions: your...

Project Gorgon teases the musical Bard skill

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It's an undeniable fact that Bards are flat-out awesome, and soon they'll be bringing their musical magic to the alpha of Project Gorgon. The dev...

Dual Universe announces alpha delay

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You're going to have to wait a little while longer to see a playable version of Dual Universe, as the team announced last Friday...

Revelation Online kicks off a guild propaganda poster contest

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Remember last winter when Skyforge ran a propaganda poster contest? My.com has now ported the idea over to the newly-soft-launched-into-open-beta Revelation Online, asking players...

Ship of Heroes will seek $400,000 in Kickstarter funding

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Indie superhero MMO Ship of Heroes has just announced the details of its planned Kickstarter campaign, which was previously noted to begin on April...

OrbusVR has fully funded on Kickstarter

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OrbusVR, the blocky indie VR sandbox from Ad Alternum, has finished out its Kickstarter successfully this morning. The studio had originally promised a brief, one-week...
Sol Badguy comparisons seem apt.

PAX East 2017: Hands-on with the surprisingly fun Kritika Online

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It's pretty much a rule of nature that at least one game is going to be far better and more fun to play than...
Ramp everything.

PAX East 2017: Jumping and climbing through Chronicles of Elyria’s pre-alpha

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I admit to my weakness: Despite years and years of games using it again and again, I still enjoy the simple gameplay benefits of...

The MOP Up: Wakfu hikes up a mountain (March 12, 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...
ahhhhh tentacles ahhhhh

PAX East 2017: Talking Conan Exiles on the show floor with Funcom

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If you're a fan of Funcom and the games it makes, Conan Exiles probably has you breathing a bit easier than you have in a...

Make My MMO: Shards becomes Legends of Aria, The Repopulation revivifies (March 11, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, Shards Online surprised the gamer community by announcing a namechange -- to Legends of Aria -- and a scope-change, the...
Just so we're clear, I did not put this picture here to make a subtle point. It's not subtle at all.

Star Citizen unlocks Sabre for free flight this weekend, talks about Star Marine weapons and economic chain

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In honor of PAX East this weekend, Star Citizen has unlocked its Sabre fighter for anyone to try. You'll just need to use the...

Camelot Unchained’s very busy, very productive week

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If there's one thing to be learned from reading Camelot Unchained's weekly updates, it's that MMORPGs take a whole lot of work in so...

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