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]

Paladins video teases illusionist Ying: The Blossom

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Looks can be deceiving for Paladins newest champion, Ying: The Blossom. While we don't know much yet about the specific skills this veiled, raven-haired beauty...

Atlas Reactor’s open alpha kicks off on March 31

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Trion announced today that the open alpha for its turn-based sci-fi PvP action game Atlas Reactor will begin later this week. "Everyone’s invited to play in...

EVE Valkyrie launches today alongside the Oculus Rift

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CCP's VR shooter EVE: Valkyrie opens its doors today alongside the formal launch of the Oculus Rift platform and 29 other titles. "We intend to be...

H1Z1 vows to test builds better in the future

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H1Z1: King of the Kill issued a mea culpa to the community in a letter this past week, admitting that Daybreak has been rushing patches...

Soulworker Online starts Japanese open beta next week

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On the prowl for a new game to test? We might have something for you in the anime department next week with Soulworker Online. Soulworker...

The MOP Up: Easter springs upon us (March 27, 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...

Saga of Lucimia’s next public build is coming in April

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Now that Saga of Lucimia has emerged from the dark age of development, the team is proving to be quite communicative about the game's...

Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s Starfarer, Dragon of Legends’ Kickstarter win (March 26, 2016)

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This week in crowdfunded MMO development, Dragon of Legends' Kickstarter ended successfully, netting over $15,000 US for the OARPG studio; Star Citizen released alpha 2.3,...

Camelot Unchained’s weekly update focuses on lighting, armor, and clutter

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Camelot Unchained is crunching along, this week squeezing in time for another meaty update. "In terms of our biggest achievements this week, our lighting...

The Stream Team: A look at Chronicle: RuneScape Legends’ beta

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Tabletop meets CCG in Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, and now you can finally see just exactly what that means! MassivelyOP's MJ has been eager to show...

EverQuesting: First impressions of life after Landmark’s latest wipe

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When Daybreak drops a big Landmark patch, it apparently does so quite literally... onto hard, unforgiving concrete... from the top of a tall building....

The Stream Team: Bringing down ARK’s Broodmother

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So far, ARK: Survival Evolved has very few mega boss mobs. That's not to say that there isn't plenty of opportunity for death, but...
Supplies.

Betawatch: Crowfall’s Ranger surprise (March 25, 2016)

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The Crowfall team has stated its plans to release the Siege Perilous update this month for testers, and the Ranger archetype was originally scheduled...
No top guns here.

Star Citizen’s latest Around the Verse covers the parts of the game and the availability of ships

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If you're eagerly awaiting Star Citizen's next major version update, you can take heart that it's on its way. The latest issue of Around...

Tree of Savior outlines founder launch, F2P transition plan

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IMCGAMES has updated Tree of Savior fans on its founder server and future free-to-play plans. The studio says Tree of Savior's initial founder's server will...

Coding and cupcakes: The lawsuit against ARK

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Are cupcake and coding skills mutually exclusive? That might actually be a relevant question in relation to the recent lawsuit Trendy Entertainment filed in...

Eternal Crusade expands battle maps to 64 players, introduces stronghold mode

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To war! To victory! To patching! The battle cry has gone out for Eternal Crusade founders, who can now download and try out the game's...

Landmark hotfix patches bugs, Daybreak addresses currency issue

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Landmark's patch week has been a bumpy one, with repeated downtimes that made it hard for anyone to play consistently. This morning's downtime hoped...

Darkfall: Rise of Agon lays the foundation for player testing

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Darkfall's Rise of Agon reboot spent the last week prepping the servers for the game's eventual player test, according to a new developer diary....

Revival’s development has been indefinitely suspended

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We're sorry to report this afternoon that indie grimdark sandbox Revival is being put on indefinite hold. Illfonic's Adam "Snipehunter" Maxwell has posted that formal...

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