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]

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Worlds Adrift developers offer up a half-hour developer walkthrough

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11When you have a sprawling game like Worlds Adrift, it can be hard to know where you're supposed to start playing. That's where walkthrough...

Here’s how to increase your chances of getting into Black Desert’s alpha

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With Black Desert coming to both North America and Europe next year, getting into the test just became one of the hottest -- and most...
Cool players don't look at explosions.

Guild Wars 2 shows off its new action camera

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The combat of Guild Wars 2 sits in an interesting place between full-on action combat and more traditional combat mechanics, but it definitely edges...

Camelot Unchained reveals its heavy fighters

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Next up on Camelot Unchained's class reveal docket is the upcoming MMO's heavy fighters, a brutal group of muscled pain that will be sure...

The MOP Up: Heart of Thorns countdown (October 18, 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...
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Make My MMO: Divergence ‘goes for broke’ (October 17, 2015)

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It was another good week for Star Wars Galaxies offshoot Divergence Online, which cracked the top 10 on Steam's Greenlight list and settled into...

Black Desert’s Warrior awakens with a greatsword next week

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Last month Pearl Abyss announced the Awakening system for Black Desert, which is basically a weapon-swapping mechanic that allows traditional sword-and-board classes like the...

Shroud of the Avatar highlights zones, player-made music

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Shroud of the Avatar's latest weekly update is a meaty deep dive into everything from the fantasy sandbox's musical system to its zones to...

You’ll need to manage fuel and choose your jump points wisely in Star Citizen

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Cloud Imperium is expanding its weekly Star Marine update to include news relating to Star Citizen's upcoming 2.0.0 alpha patch. CIG says that brand...

Crowfall conducts pre-alpha postmortem

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Crowfall's first "Hunger Dome" pre-alpha test is complete and ArtCraft has many, many numbers to share in its postmortem. During the test, the Confessor was...

Camelot Unchained talks stretch goals, frost giants, and more

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Camelot Unchained posted a new update on its website last night. It describes another productive week on the crowdfunded RvR sandbox, and it confirms that...

Leaderboard: Have you tried Albion Online?

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There's something about Albion Online that appeals to me. I like the top-down perspective and the stylized visuals, and of course I love the...

The Stream Team: Playing Sword Coast Legends with devs

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If you've been wanting to see what Sword Coast Legends is all about, now is the perfect opportunity! Not only are MassivelyOP's MJ and...

Echo of Soul update brings in the Warlock

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The soft-launched Echo of Soul has a new player on the scene today, as Aeria Games introduced its six class, the Warlock. Warlocks can specialize...

Albion is getting a tie-in novel and a lore revamp

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Sandbox Interactive posted a lore blurb about Albion this week. The piece highlights an NPC faction called the Royal Expeditionary Forces, which the devs...

Devilian’s dungeons include multiple difficulty levels, LFG system, CBT starts next week

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Believe it or not, Devilian will feature a lot of grouping as part of its dungeon mechanics. Trion Worlds promises that when it comes...

Tree of Savior closed beta 2 begins on October 27

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The next Tree of Savior English closed beta test is right around the corner. On the official site, the team announced that the second closed beta...

Bossa Studios boss on Worlds Adrift’s business model, PvP, and more

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I've been keeping one eye on Worlds Adrift for several months now, as many of the concepts put forth by developer Bossa Studios are...

Star Citizen publishes a starmap Q&A

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Cloud Imperium has published the first part of a Q&A session with the designers behind Star Citizen's starmap. Last weekend's CitizenCon saw the first...

H1Z1 adds female zombies and a bloody hospital

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H1Z1 has become an equal opportunity undead employer. The zombie sandbox patched in female zombies yesterday, expanding the variety of the walking dead that players...