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]

The MOP Up: RuneScape’s big anniversary plans (December 20, 2015)

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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...

Project Gorgon explains Steam delay

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Earlier this year, Project Gorgon said that it would be releasing on Steam early access by the end of 2015. This isn't going to...

Crowfall comic continues to tease ‘big reveal’

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Back in November, ArtCraft promised that it would soon be revealing a significant design element for Crowfall that would "require a shift in the...
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Make My MMO: Elite’s new Horizons (December 19, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Elite: Dangerous launched the first chunk of its planned Horizons campaign, Albion Online celebrated 60,000 founders, and Ultima Online...

The Stream Team: Inside Black Desert’s closed beta

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We've been hearing about Black Desert for quite a while now, but what's it really like? Today's your chance to find out! MassivelyOP's MJ...

Maplestory 2 gets Chinese publisher, shows off Rune Blader class

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MapleStory 2 looks to be quite the different beast than MapleStory, most notably with its 3-D cube-dominated visual style. Hey, what can you say?...

Valiance Online roots for City of Titans

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Valiance Online doesn't see itself in direct competition with City of Titans for the throne of City of Heroes spiritual succession. How do we...

Overwatch’s theatrical teaser will give you goosebumps

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"We are hope. We are honor. We are courage. We are justice. We are compassion. We are determination. We are harmony. We are Overwatch!" Thus...
We chill.

Betawatch: WoW Legion takes a holiday break (December 18th, 2015)

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If you're really in love with the current PvP experience in World of Warcraft... oh, whom am I kidding? Pretty much no one is...

Wild Terra looks back at its first year of alpha

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A year can make a massive difference for an MMO, especially one in development. The upcoming sandbox Wild Terra took a short breather this...

Albion Online talks about its novel and community feedback patch

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As the year wraps up, Albion Online continues to handle several irons in its alpha fire. One of these is release of a community...

Take a tour of Star Citizen’s $10,000 club

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Chances are that you and pretty much everyone you know won't be allowed in one part of Star Citizen: its Million Mile High Club....
Well, it was nice of you to call.

Valiance Online releases screenshots and a promise of more to come

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The team behind Valiance Online has been rather quiet lately, but a long string of silence was broken recently with a quartet of new...
I repent.

Hands-on: Blade & Soul’s early beta has solid mechanics, but not much else

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I've had some time to think about Blade & Soul, and I'm still not sure exactly what I want to say about it. I...

SkySaga’s alpha gets into the spirit of the holidays

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I was just remarking the other day how odd it is to me that so many early access and alpha games are taking the...
IMPASSIONED SHOUTING

Eternal Crusade outlines the balance of army compositions

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The forces of Eternal Crusade should be evenly matched but not identical, but that poses a bit of a mechanical problem. In the game...

Shroud of the Avatar beefs up story while adding agriculture and guild warfare

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Shroud of the Avatar's Release 25 hit the digital streets today, taking the fantasy title one step closer to a launch (and no, we...
Good work, great idea.

New Overwatch video explains progression systems and the two that didn’t work

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Progression is a nice thing. Everyone likes the feeling of being better in some small way after playing a game for two hours. When...

The Division video shares player testimonies

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Believe it or not, some players have actually gotten their hands on The Division, including those trying out the Xbox One alpha last week. Recently,...

WoW Legion aims to flatten the PvP gear curve

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Last night, Blizzard posted a dev blog to explain just how World of Warcraft Legion plans to drive a wrecking ball into the game's...