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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Mark Kern’s Em-8er lore combines Nazis, ghosts, and terraforming

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"Welcome to the world of Ember, or as star charts designate it, Em-8ER ('E-M-Eight-E-R')," says a new dev blog from Mark Kern's Em-8ER MMO...

Ship of Heroes demos combat ahead of April Kickstarter

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Ship of Heroes studio Heroic Games is clearly conscious of the MMORPG playerbase's demand for gameplay videos before Kickstarter, which is likely why this...

Sparc is CCP’s new non-EVE VR sports simulator, due out 2017

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A couple of weeks ago, I was puzzling over the fact that besides a few golfing and racing games, we don't have many sports...

Ashes of Creation demos combat gameplay and UI in new alpha video

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Ashes of Creation sprung a brand-new alpha video on MMORPG players via PC Gamer this morning. It's not, as suggested there, the team's first...
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Revelation Online welcomes early access players to the soft launch

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It's happening, people. It's happening. After months of anticipation for the next big Asian import, Revelation Online is finally (soft) launching. Open beta starts...

H1Z1’s newest $300,000 tournament will be televised

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In April, you won't have to turn to Twitch to see professional teams beat the crap out of each other in H1Z1 -- you'll...

The MOP Up: FFXIV’s triple world records (February 26, 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...
Now is the winter of our discontent.

Make My MMO: The Exiled arrives to mixed reviews on Steam (February 25, 2017)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding, The Exiled was released to the wilds of Steam early access. Formerly called Das Tal, the buy-to-play indie sandbox attempted to...

The Stream Team: Exploring deeper into Conan Exiles

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Massively OP's MJ can get sidetracked for a long time building, but she's still very much an explorer at heart and there is so...

Star Citizen promotes Spectrum, begins Anvil Hurricane ship sale

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Star Citizen's weekly Around the Verse treks to the Los Angeles studio for a check-in, but the real meat is the behind-the-scenes look at...

The Stream Team: See monkey raid, do monkey raid in ARK

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Last weekend Massively OP's MJ and her team successfully beat down ARK's Broodmother (even if it was on easy mode). But that's only the...

Camelot Unchained completes first pass on working armor, shields, and weapons

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Beta 1 is mentioned 14 times in Camelot Unchained's latest update. I'm not saying it means something, but I'm sure feeling like we're making...
And this time, we mean it.

Betawatch: Albion Online announces its launch date (February 24, 2017)

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After extending its beta well into 2017, Albion Online has announced its date for officially leaving that hallowed state: July 17th, 2017. Just a...

The Stream Team: Hellion launches into Early Access today

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How's Hellion? Massively OP's MJ is glad you asked! Because the space survival game just launched into Early Access today and she's flying in...

Gigantic’s Eternal Dawn heralds the arrival of new hero Zandora

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MOBA Gigantic has a new update live in the open beta this week: Eternal Dawn. The patch features the bizarrely pink new hero Zandora,...
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Crowfall shows off the design of the Fort architectural set

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The next big development milestone for Crowfall is work being done on the game's Eternal Kingdoms, a place for players to build a spot...

Worlds Adrift preps next alpha round with biome, lighting, and respawn tweaks

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Hey, Landmark fans. Missing your game? Wondering where you'll go next? How about Worlds Adrift? It's a purty buildy sandboxy toy heading into its...

Conan Exiles preps player modders, patches up modding fails

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Conan Exiles' big dev blog out today ought to be a big help for gamers looking to run their own survival sandbox servers and tricking...

Ship of Heroes plans April Kickstarter, alpha to run into next year

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Are you watching the Ship of Heroes Kickstarter countdown? Have you set it to your main tab when you boot up your browser? Our...
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Hi-Rez addresses the Paladins pay-to-win uproar

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The Paladins community has been flipping tables this week over the game's new Legendary cards and Essence currency, which players argue are blatantly pay-to-win....

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