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]

Big time.

The Daily Grind: Should gamers be able to make money off MMORPGs?

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Last week, newly unveiled MMORPG Ashes of Creation explained that one of its seemingly unique features: the chance to make money from the game...

The MOP Up: The worst Overwatch players ever (December 11, 2016)

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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...

Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation aims for Kickstarter, Elite Dangeous aims for PS4 (December 10, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news -- or future crowdfunding news, as the case may be -- we learned all about Ashes of Creation,...

Neos Land starts light pre-alpha testing

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The doors have been opened -- albeit only a crack -- to admit the first few testers into Neos Land. NeoJac announced that last weekend...

The Stream Team: Exploring ARK’s revamped ice cave

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One of ARK's recent changes included a complete reworking of the island's cave systems. That means that all of the caves that Massively OP's...
Just assume one of these people is Susan. I do not like Susan.

Camelot Unchained to integrate Discord, including voice chat

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Camelot Unchained has a powerful new ally in its fight against your personal boredom. Mark Jacobs revealed a partnership this week that should bode...
At this point it's debatable if anything will come out of here.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation shows up out of nowhere (December 9, 2016)

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Man, how can I not notice this? Out of nowhere we first hear about Ashes of Creation, then we did a little interview asking...
Of course, sometimes you get away with a lot without calls of copyright infringement anyway.

Paladins has over five million players from beta testing

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For all of its major system overhauls, Paladins appears to be doing something right. A new video on stats from the game's open beta...

The Stream Team: Diving into Gigantic’s sorta open beta

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The whole it's-open-beta-but-it's-not-really-open is a weird thing to Massively OP's MJ, but since she did just happen to get a new laptop with Windows...

Ever, Jane’s third big update of open beta begins today with house ownership

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Do you want to own the grandest mansion in the land? Of course you do. That's why you're reading an article about Ever, Jane,...

Project Gorgon’s latest patch improves the newbie island dungeon

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Project Gorgon's latest patch is live this week. Its centerpiece? A major expansion to the newbie dungeon, making it a good time to give...
How am I supposed to remember you if you won't let me forget?

Pantheon debuts the Shaman class on stream this afternoon

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Visionary Realms has been chattering about its big Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen stream for over a week now, and the day has finally...

Osiris: New Dawn blasts off to the icy moon of Aziel

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There's a galaxy out there to explore, kid, so why confine yourself to just one planet? The space survival sandbox Osiris: New Dawn isn't about...
Same as it ever was.

Crowfall shows off its unique server maps

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In most MMOs, it doesn't matter what server you play on, the world still has the same shape. You don't log in to a...

New MMORPG Ashes of Creation demos environments in new video

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The Ashes of Creation team has released a new video to cap off the week, this first one literally a first look at the...
NOW PUNCH! YOUR FRIEND! PUNCH, PUNCH YOUR FRIEND! GET OUT ON THE FLOOR AND PUNCH YOUR BEST FRIEND!

Check out closed beta footage of Lineage Eternal’s PvP and player killing

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The upcoming Lineage Eternal is going to feature player killing. That's kind of the nature of the game; it's part of the franchise, after...
Whatever, right?

Check out some Twilight Spirits gameplay and an evaluation from the end of beta

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Remember Twilight Spirits? Possibly not, but there was a lot of hype around the game before its testing kicked off in full swing, or...
This genre clings to life like... well, zombie survival.

Obsidian’s Armored Warfare team hit with layoffs

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Obsidian Entertainment has announced layoffs for an unknown number of staffers working on military MMO Armored Warfare. Gamasutra reports that the cuts are planned to...
Shut up woman, get on my boat.

Sea of Thieves announces its first technical alpha

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After months of waiting and some tongue-in-cheek speculation that the game was nothing but a series of audio design diaries, Sea of Thieves is...
pants plz

Revelation Online gears up for its second closed beta later this month

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Weep no tears if you miss being able to play Revelation Online, for its closed beta will return soon. It's got plenty of improved...

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