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]

Massively OP’s sneak peek of Atlas Reactor, Trion’s turn-based strategy MOBA

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I first experienced Atlas Reactor just before Trion made its big announcement at the PAX Prime party last summer. At the time, I didn’t...

Red rover, red rover, SMITE sends Grover on over to Paladins

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One advantage to owning multiple properties under one roof is the ability to do crossovers at your pleasure. Hi-Rez is certainly taking advantage of...

The MOP Up: Anarchy Online opens its Reck room (February 14, 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: Inside The Repopulation & Hero’s Song (February 13, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, two studios spoke to Massively OP in-depth about their major crowdfunding decisions in 2016. Pixelmage Games' John Smedley told...

The Stream Team: ARK’s grappling hooks and greenhouses

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There's never a shortage of new ARK: Survival Evolved stuff, so it can be hard to keep up sometimes! MassivelyOP's MJ has fallen behind...

City of Titans gives a sneak peek at four iconic heroes

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As a framework for City of Titan's narrative, the team has created "The Twelve:" 12 NPC superheroes that exemplify each of the 12 positions...
A time to be so small.

Betawatch: Gigantic’s developer undergoes further layoffs (February 12th, 2016)

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This week has brought some pretty terrible news for fans of Gigantic, as developer Motiga has had to lay off a significant portion of...

Worlds Adrift opens player alliance creation

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This week, Bossa Studios announced a new feature for Worlds Adrift: alliances. Designer Luke Williams explains that alliances are the game's version of guilds. "Alliances...

Shards Online delays alpha, early access; adds new stretch goal

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Shards Online's latest newsletter has arrived, and in it, Project Lead Derek Brinkmann says the development team is hard at work on two features:...

Interview: The Repopulation’s lead dev on its new engine and survival spin-off Fragmented

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Following Above & Beyond Technologies' January announcement that it was solving The Repopulation's HeroEngine crisis by getting the heck away from HeroEngine, we spoke...

Grimm: Dark Legacy is a multiplayer prequel to the TV show

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Fans of NBC's Grimm might be excited to learn that the station has commissioned an online multiplayer spin-off that's coming soon called Grimm: Dark...

The Culling crafts a bloody battle royale

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In a happier, more peaceful world we would be sharing with you a new game called The Cuddling, in which everyone hugs and no...

Crowfall talks about the connection between currency and skill

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A new five-part video community Q&A with Crowfall's developers tackles an interesting range of questions, such as the recent combat revamp and what happens...

Activision-Blizzard Q4 2015: WoW sees ‘growth,’ Legion still on track for summer

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Activision-Blizzard has posted its Q4 2015 financial report, touting record digital revenues up 20% year over year, thanks in part to game exports to Chinese...

How Shroud of the Avatar is making a fortune on the housing market

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For a game that isn't even released so far, Shroud of the Avatar is making serious bank on player housing. From entry-level plots that...
Hashtag-will-fight-you.

Crowfall explains its testing status and testing invitation patterns

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Good news, fans of Crowfall! The team has done some initial testing with the new client controller and combat performance does appear to be...

Interview: John Smedley on Hero’s Song crowdfunding and the future

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Following the abrupt cancellation of the Kickstarter for Pixelmage Games' sandboxy OARPG Hero's Song, we chatted with studio CEO and MMORPG veteran John Smedley about...
Black Desert

Giveaway: Black Desert closed beta keys from Daum and MOP [All gone!]

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Are you ready for Black Desert's next closed beta round, which kicks off next week? If you haven't already preordered, you're going to want a...

Funcom’s Conan Exiles dev vlog illuminates PvE and PvP

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In Funcom's first dev diary for the upcoming Conan Exiles survival sandbox, Creative Director Joel Bylos introduces the setting and hook of the game. "Survival...
Challenge: Get queued up.

Eternal Crusade on the Eldar faction and the Warhammer curse

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Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade studio Behaviour Interactive has gone in depth on PC Gamer about the Eldar faction currently under construction for the lobby...