alpha testing
Wild Terra looks back at its first year of alpha
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
As the year wraps up, Albion Online continues to handle several irons in its alpha fire. One of these is release of a community...
Valiance Online releases screenshots and a promise of more to come
The team behind Valiance Online has been rather quiet lately, but a long string of silence was broken recently with a quartet of new...
SkySaga’s alpha gets into the spirit of the holidays
I was just remarking the other day how odd it is to me that so many early access and alpha games are taking the...
Eternal Crusade outlines the balance of army compositions
The forces of Eternal Crusade should be evenly matched but not identical, but that poses a bit of a mechanical problem. In the game...
The Division video shares player testimonies
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
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...
Worlds Adrift demos alpha progress
We might not have flying cars here in the year 2015, but we do have a game that's trying its hardest to create flying...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 42: Starstruck
Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, Devilian, WoW, WildStar, Landmark, Cube World, and Mytheon, with mailbox questions on multiboxing and MMO monogamy.
World of Warcraft’s Legion testing is taking a holiday break, too
We hope you weren't planning on playing any of the World of Warcraft: Legion alpha during your own holiday break (assuming you have one)....
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online predictions for 2016
Speculation can be dangerous because I tend to be too hopeful for the MMOs that I play. I've been critical of The Elder Scrolls Online in...
Not So Massively: Counter-Strike nerfs all the guns (December 14, 2015)
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
Crowfall aims siege warfare at February
If you're enjoying the current round of testing for Crowfall, we have both good news and bad news for you. The bad news is...
World of Warcraft: Legion tosses in more celeb cameos
World of Warcraft is no stranger to hobnobbing with real-world celebrities, from hiring them for commercials to putting them into the game as not-so-secret...
The MOP Up: GTA Online makes every bullet count (December 13, 2015)
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 just dinged to 100 million dollars
Crowdfunding efforts for Cloud Imperium's Star Citizen space sim have just crossed the $100,000,000 mark. Over a million gamers have contributed to the game, which...
Star Citizen launches 2.0 alpha for all Citizens
Cloud Imperium has just launched Star Citizen's 2.0 alpha version to the public.
"Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 is here! Today, we are proud to make...
Betawatch: Albion Online celebrates the season and its backers (December 11, 2015)
Who loves Albion Online? The game is clearly doing something right enough to celebrate 60,000 founders backing the game in its current beta test;...
SkySaga commemorates a year of alpha testing and teases holiday events
Let's get this out of the way before having any sort of serious discussion about SkySaga: The developers have tweeted a picture of a...
Crowfall explains the design of its skill trees
How do you get better at things in Crowfall? Obviously, there's personal practice, but in the more abstract sense, there are the game's skill...
