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Betawatch: Eternal Crusade’s entry into early access (January 29th, 2016)
In the grim darkness of the future, there is no more launch or beta or alpha testing, just early access for eternity. Fortunately, Eternal...
Crossout enters its next phase of testing complete with factions
If you've ever played a game focused around vehicle combat and thought "hey, this would be better with Mad Max-style customized war vehicles," you...
Giveaway: Pick up a Forsaken World Volos pet and gift pack from PWE and MOP
Forsaken World's latest expansion, Awakening, went live earlier this week, and to celebrate, Perfect World has granted Massively OP a thousand key bundles to hand...
WoW Factor: Why Legion’s alpha/beta label is a hair worth splitting
The Legion alpha is back, and it is still an alpha. And I want to to stress, not for the first time, that I...
Waitlisted for The Division’s beta? ‘Check back tomorrow,’ says Ubisoft
Were you assuming that handing over a stack of cash would secure your spot in The Division's beta this weekend? Well, that much is...
Marvel Heroes 2016 launches today with new story chapter, visual updates
Marvel Heroes is about to reinvent itself as Marvel Heroes 2016. And it's even 2016! What a coincidence!
Launching today, the upgrade will download for...
Massively Overthinking: The cynicism of modern MMO Kickstarters
This week we've been abuzz about Smed's Hero's Song Kickstarter cancellation - the KS more than the game, mostly because the game is happening...
Post-apoc MMO Trinium Wars previews the Human faction in new video
Revealed last week, Trinium Wars appears to be a remake or rerelease of Nitrozen's Living After War, a post-apoc/sci-fi mashup MMO that went into...
The Division plans three paid season pass expansions alongside free updates
Adding further hype to the multi-platform beta tests kicking off this weekend, Ubisoft has opened up on the company blog about The Division's post-launch...
Shroud of the Avatar drops Release 26 update with a full character wipe
Here's the bad news for players looking forward to the next major Shroud of the Avatar patch: A character wipe is happening. All of...
Bless Online stumbles in its open beta
If you're not part of Bless Online's Korean open beta, you might want to count your... um, blessings right now. Instead offering a fun-filled...
Perfect Ten: How to play MMOs on a limited time budget
One of the most frequent questions I'm ever asked here at Massively OP or on my own blog is, "How do you do it?...
Get ready for The Division’s weekend closed beta test
With little more than a month to go before its alleged March 8th release date, The Division needs to get some serious testing under...
The Underground becomes The World of Akria
A while back we reported on a small indie sandbox called The Underground that placed a premium on allowing players to craft and be...
Listen to Crowfall’s devs discuss crafting scenarios
Have you ever wanted to sit in on a meeting with MMO developers and hear how they work their way through the design process?...
Gigantic’s closed beta is now open 24/7
Do you sit around on your couch, wailing and gnashing your teeth over the fact that you can only play Gigantic's closed beta during...
Black Desert’s Beauty and the Beast character screenshot contest has begun
The "Beast" part of Black Desert's Beauty and the Beast contest officially kicked off this morning.
Daum invites future players to download the game's character...
Perfect World Entertainment announces Livelock, a top-down cooperative shooter
How do you feel about robots shooting other robots? If you would rate your feelings in that department as "Strongly Positive" or better, you...
Otherland opens the doors to Water Isle, goes on sale
Hey everyone -- Otherland would like a minute of your time. It's raising its hand for you to call on it because it has...
Chris Roberts talks Star Citizen two-step verification, griefing, and Star Marine’s status
Star Citizen's Chris Roberts is taking a break from signing swag for PAX South to answer another batch of 10 questions from the community....