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 Stream Team: Doling out Das Tal alpha keys

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Back in June, MassivelyOP's MJ explored Das Tal during a playtest with devs. Now you have the chance to jump in and see what...

Otherland devs deny buying positive Steam reviews

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Drago Entertainment has today denied allegations that it paid for positive Otherland reviews on Steam. Website MMOs.com accused the developer of directly paying for fake reviews,...

Das Tal opens persistent testing server

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It's one small step for test servers but one giant leap for Das Tal. The "open-world survival arena" has kicked off a nine-day run of...

The MOP Up: Free Tribes for all (November 1, 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...

Star Citizen finalizes details for Alpha 2.0

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Hark! Can you hear that? It's the siren call of Star Citizen's Alpha 2.0 update, which is so near that you can hear, smell,...
Make My MMO

Make My MMO: Updates, reveals, and more (October 31, 2015)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, the usual suspects kept us abreast of their progress with developer blogs, class reveals, status updates, and the like....

Worlds Adrift UI is a mixture of the ‘diegetic’ and the traditional

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The latest Worlds Adrift dev blog talks up the game's user interface, and more specifically a "diegetic UI" that is included in the game...

The Scream Team: Hunting the dead and the DodoRex in ARK: Fear Evolved

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Nothing beats a good Halloween event, and ARK's transformation into ARK: Fear Evolved is one of the best. From fighting roving skeletal dinosaurs to...

The Stream Team: Another date with Devilian

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MassivelyOP’s MJ was pleasantly surprised at how much she was enjoying her first romp in Devilian. And now that the second closed beta weekend...
Beta botch.

Betawatch: Closed beta explosion (October 30, 2015)

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It's a week of games entering closed beta. That is the joke here, if you want to call it a joke. Front and center,...

Camelot Unchained’s Scouts sound pretty badass [Updated]

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Camelot Unchained has revealed its Scout archetypes, and they are the Arisen, the Wisp, and the Specter. Arisen are "the most powerful of the...

Be the Lord of Darkness in Shards Online this weekend

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Shards Online has published its October newsletter, which includes a project update letter from lead dev Derek Brinkmann as well as information on new...

Grab an Armored Warfare collector’s edition key (All gone, thanks everyone!)

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Get your clicking fingers ready! Thanks to Obsidian Entertainment and My.com, we've got 30 collector's edition keys for tank MMO shooter Armored Warfare to...

Black Desert will start selling pre-orders soon but won’t be having an open beta

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While more closed beta tests will be coming before Black Desert's western launch early next year, Daum Games said that it will not be...
Just go full-speed into everything at all times. Ram enemies at .2c as your attack.

Star Citizen makes major flight model changes for alpha 2.0

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Modeling deep-space flight in Star Citizen involves thinking a lot about vectors, acceleration, and maneuvering thrusters. That's always been the case. The game is...

Camelot Unchained’s terrain will adapt to realm control

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The latest Camelot Unchained newsletter reveals that taking territory in the game will change more than just what's on the map: The terrain will...

Crowfall plans busy November

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With October coming to a close, Crowfall is gearing up for a big November, with more frequent news updates and the next phase of...
Can't we go back to mushroom people? That'd be keen.

Take a walk on the abomination side in EverQuest II’s Kralet Penumbra

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The various residents of EverQuest II's Terrors of Thalumbra expansion are not necessarily pleasing to the eye. That having been said, the Abominations of...
Save the date. Or don't, if you're not in.

Albion Online closed beta starts November 23rd

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Is everyone ready to tear down the gates and jump into Albion Online? Well, not everyone gets to do so just yet; the game...

Black Desert gets a new action trailer and some other videos

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Does Black Desert's combat make you dizzy? Me neither, but I've heard some people say that, so I had to ask. In any case,...