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]

World of Warcraft begins Legion’s beta testing

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Alpha? That's so early 2016, you guys. Starting today, World of Warcraft: Legion is all about its beta test, which will run until the...
Oh. Hunger beasties. Cool.

Crowfall delays features for more polish, looks at a ‘soft launch’

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ArtCraft came out yesterday and admitted that it will not be able to make its projected dates on certain Crowfall features without sacrificing quality,...

Atlas Reactor arrives on Steam early access today

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Trion Worlds has just announced that Atlas Reactor enters Steam's early access program today. The launch begins with a sale; the game will run...

Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade gets a big engine update

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson has penned an update for the game today that's branded with his usual form of wacky...

Perfect World will publish Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic

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Perfect World has just announced that it will be publishing Gigantic, Motiga's upcoming MOBA. "This partnership with Perfect World Entertainment expands the game’s reach, allowing...

Crowfall devs on stats, emotes, and chat bubbles

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Have a spare few minutes in your day to exchange for a little Crowfall enlightenment? Creative Director J. Todd Coleman and Lead Designer Thomas Blair...

Pantheon could begin testing at the end of the year

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Pantheon's development is coming along, according to a new state of the game newsletter posted by Visionary Realms' Brad McQuaid this week. "e are...

Atlas Reactor welcomes one and all this weekend

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Atlas Reactor is working hard to make a name for itself as a unique twist in the multiplayer PvP space. One of its challenges...

Asta’s Wrath of the Berserkers update brings a level cap increase and new area

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Shh. You hear that? The rustling of leaves on the industry wind? The tweet of birds engaging in social media? The far-off distant sound...
Star Citizen

How you dress in Star Citizen affects the galaxy around you

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Cloud Imperium's Adam Weiser and Omar Aweidah have the bridge of this week's Star Citizen 10 for the Developers episode as they answer... 10...
Forged.

Chronicles of Elyria nears its funding goal and talks stretch goal plans

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The Chronicles of Elyria Kickstarter is going pretty well; as of this writing, it's just about 80% of the way to funding with 24...

Tree of Savior has officially launched

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Tree of Savior is officially free-to-play and ready to download on Steam as of today's maintenance. "This means that our DLC products will no...
These fields may not be forever.

Shroud of the Avatar raised another $67K in last week’s telethon

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Did you tune in during the last Shroud of the Avatar telethon? If not, you missed singing, dancing, and the live footage of a...

Worlds Adrift’s deserts aren’t deserted

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Don't fall for the mistake of thinking that all deserts are boring and vacant wastelands. In both reality and in the hands of talented...

Paragon’s GRIM.exe hero is no gentle giant

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Epic's MOBA Paragon has revealed one more hero ahead of its early access launch this week: the robot GRIM.exe. The video begins as a...

Trinium Wars drops new Puton update and price

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What SPF sunblock works best in irradiated lands? The early access sci-fi MMO Trinium Wars just opened up a harsh, barren land of scorching...
IT'S ALL JUNK

Surprise: Overwatch gives an extra day of open beta to all

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Has your Twitter feed been inundated with talk about Overwatch this past weekend? You can thank Blizzard for making the game's beta open to...
You can't get far by just duplicating someone else's work.

Fragmented patches in localization, optimization, and siege

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A good portion of the latest Fragmented patch will be invisible to most players. That's not to say that it isn't a big patch,...

The MOP Up: Setting a VR world record (May 8, 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: Chronicles of Elyria might be the biggest MMO Kickstarter we’ll see all year (May 7, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the story-driven MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria stormed Kickstarter Keep and is still going strong. It raised a third of...

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