alpha testing
Crowfall Q&A tackles skills and ‘big world’ testing
As 2016 comes to a close, Crowfall finds itself in pre-alpha testing involving the so-called "big world." At this point the community has many...
Worlds Adrift takes on new team members as alpha 5 begins
Worlds Adrift's alpha 5 has kicked off today with new dev team members in high places. Bossa Studios announced on Friday that it's picked up...
Neos Land starts light pre-alpha testing
The doors have been opened -- albeit only a crack -- to admit the first few testers into Neos Land. NeoJac announced that last weekend...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation shows up out of nowhere (December 9, 2016)
Man, how can I not notice this? Out of nowhere we first hear about Ashes of Creation, then we did a little interview asking...
New MMORPG Ashes of Creation demos environments in new video
The Ashes of Creation team has released a new video to cap off the week, this first one literally a first look at the...
Sea of Thieves announces its first technical alpha
After months of waiting and some tongue-in-cheek speculation that the game was nothing but a series of audio design diaries, Sea of Thieves is...
Exclusive interview with Ashes of Creation’s Jeffrey Bard, formerly of Daybreak
Yesterday we covered a tip about a new MMORPG in the making: Ashes of Creation. Apparently we caught wind of this title before it was...
Gloria Victis promises faster town creation, improved character models
Speed is picking up with Gloria Victis' development. The dev team reports that it is close to finishing a new building system that will...
Mobile space title Hades’ Star starts alpha testing in December
The next big space strategy game might be able to fit in the palm of your hand. Or two hands, if you have a...
Betawatch: These are the dates of our lives (December 2, 2016)
I never wanted to be writing about betas for a living, you know. I wanted to be a novelist (once I realized that "combination...
Star Citizen begins testing 2.6 alpha, aims to release it on December 16
In this week's episode of Star Citizen Around the Verse, Sandi Gardiner is joined by Technical Director Sean Tracy to issue the latest big...
Hero’s Song adds dungeon boss encounters, friends list, and roadways
It's always important to keep in mind that early access is quite often just an alpha in need of a great amount of construction...
LawBreakers releases new trailer, plans 2017 beta test
LawBreakers has been super quiet all fall following Boss Key's announcement that it planned to dig back into development based on the feedback from...
Nature cops who punch kraken: Catching up with Project Gorgon’s Eric Heimburg
As many of you are well aware, we here at Massively OP are pretty fascinated with the work being done by MMO industry veterans...
The Exiled begins its closed alpha today, and we’ve got keys!
The closed alpha for The Exiled -- the game formerly known as Das Tal -- has begun!
From December 1st to December 21st, early backers...
Global Chat: Evaluating the latest MMORPG expansions
This week in our tour through MMO blog posts, we're going to witness a lot of evaluations of recent update and expansion launches that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 93: Free-to-EVE
Justin and Brendan discuss EVE Online's recent free-to-play transition, the Ascension patch, the need for the newbie experience overhaul, playing as a casual, surviving as an alpha clone, what's in it for vets - and what's next.
Worlds Adrift announces Q1 2017 early access launch
While it was originally slated to come out this year, the sky sailing World Adrift announced on Friday that it is delaying its early...
Betawatch: The unexpected drama of Project Genom (November 25, 2016)
Sometimes, stories are just so weird that you can't help but find them fascinating. Take the unexpected removal of Project Genom from the Steam...
Project Genom assures fans it will be back on Steam soon
If you've been following the news swirling around Project Genom, you know that the game got removed from Steam recently over a storm of...