alpha testing
Star Citizen tops one million accounts, rewards its community
There's no doubt that Star Citizen has a legion of followers, as RSI announced that it has reached its one millionth account (or "citizen").
"If...
Buy a founder’s pack, get into this weekend’s Blade and Soul alpha
If you're looking for a sure way to get into Blade and Soul's alpha test, then it won't hurt to hand NCsoft a little...
Stick and Rudder: The best bits of Star CitizenCon 2015
Wow, so, where to start with this week's Stick and Rudder? I guess I picked the wrong time for a vacation, and shame on...
Das Tal opens up its first persistent test server on October 31st
An MMORPG is going to put any set of network architecture under an incredible amount of strain. It's going to dropkick your netcode and...
Eternal Crusade’s alpha is meant as a dry run of the live experience
Are you of the mind that Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade jumped into alpha a little bit too early? A new state of the game...
The MOP Up: Skyforge’s new raid (October 11, 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...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained begins beta next year (October 9, 2015)
The good news is that Camelot Unchained will indeed be hitting the shores of the land of betas. The bad news? It's not going...
Blade and Soul starts technical alpha, talks closed beta features
The very first technical alpha for Blade and Soul is live, according to the game's official Twitter feed. The studio is sending out alpha...
Face a Dodorex in ARK’s upcoming Halloween event
ARK: Survival Evolved is transforming to ARK: Fear Evolved -- at least for one week at the end of this month! The survival game...
Shards Online’s latest newsletter on playtesting and ‘managing’ PK behavior
Shards Online has posted its latest newsletter on the heels of last weekend's pre-alpha 3 preview event, which included over 100 testers. Citadel's Derek...
Life is Feudal gets more stable, adds barter system
A new alpha patch for Life is Feudal has made living in that game a little less futile. Ahem. Anyway, the big ticket items...
ECO shows off its development progress as it heads toward alpha
ECO isn't ready for testing just yet, but Strange Loop Games is aiming to change that by the time the end of the month rolls...
Gloria Victis patches in headshots
Just a week after adding combat and fortress improvements into its pre-alpha, Gloria Victis is back with another patch that should make fighting even...
Novus Inceptio sorts out the first days of alpha testing
The sci-fi survival sandbox Novus Inceptio has launched its early access program, and the team is sorting out feedback and metrics from the alpha...
Valiance Online moving into alpha development
On September 25th, the Valiance Online developers announced that the game was soon moving into its alpha testing phase with non-combat power use, crafting,...
The MOP Up: How long would you last in your MMO? (October 4, 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...
The Daily Grind: How closely do you follow MMOs prior to launch?
MOP commenter Tandor Shadewalker recently made me think about what the game industry was like prior to widespread use of the internet. If you'll...
Betawatch: October 2nd, 2015
Bad news for fans of elegant turns on the dance floor and all of the delicious accompanying politics that Ever, Jane promised - the...
Massively OP’s first impressions of Devilian
Call my stance on Trion World's upcoming Devilian "oh-so-cautiously interested."
Personally, I think Trion invited more grief than it wanted with the importation of ArcheAge to...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of WildStar Reloaded so far?
It's been a day since the free-to-play update came out for WildStar, giving veteran, returning, and new players a chance to check out the business...
