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Massively Overpowered’s Betawatch feature chronicles the adventures and misadventures of MMOs in various stages of testing. You might also be interested in Make My MMO, which focuses on crowdfunded games in particular. [Follow this feature’s RSS feed]

Yay, I guess? Who cares.

Betawatch: MultiVersus rises from its grave

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Everyone was a little suspicious when MultiVersus shut down and promised it would be back again some day, since we were all pretty sure...
walk without rhythm, blah blah blah

Betawatch: Dune Awakening shows off but stays sleeping on a release date

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Hey, will you look at that, Dune Awakening finally has some of the forward motion happening! It got gameplay previews! It got film references!...
More soon.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained claims it’s finally launching late in 2025

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Well, what do you know, Camelot Unchained has declared a launch window of late 2025. It's going to launch! Can you believe that? Can...
Trumpets!

Betawatch: Nightingale heads into early access at last

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After what feels like it has been forever - well, wait, that's not fair. Nightingale has actually been in not-early-access for a reasonable length...
See? SEE?!

Betawatch: Islands of Insight launches straight out the gate

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So it does not matter what you think about Islands of Insight because that game just launched. Do you know how long that game...

MMO Week in Review: Skull & Bones departs drydock

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Skull & Bones finally drifted into its soft launch open beta after eleventy billion delays and do-overs, and... it's actually not terrible? And it's...
head, shoulders, skull and bones (skull and bones)

Betawatch: Skull & Bones lands washes ashore in open beta at long last

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If you didn't believe that Skull and Bones would ever hit open beta, or really any beta, you aren't alone. I have been making...
Trumpets!

Betawatch: Nightingale’s Friday stress test is still underway

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It's time for Nightingale to enter the beautiful, sometimes dangerous world of stress testing as it kicked off a stress test this afternoon, which...
We remember so you don't have to.

Betawatch: Survival sandboxes aplenty with Enshrouded, Palworld, and Fractured Veil

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Today, we celebrate Enshrouded entering into early access this week. Not because this is a game I am deeply invested in or anything like...
Fracking! Yes? No.

Betawatch: Fractured Online is rolling with its latest round of rollbacks

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It's just hard out here for Fractured Online, sadly. We all know about the struggles that the game had when it was being published...
Smite, then smite again.

Betawatch: SMITE 2 encourages you to smite what has already been smitten

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So, who had SMITE 2 on their watchlists for this year? Probably not many people, but Hi-Rez Studios has announced that the game is...
great

Betawatch: The Quinfall wants you to pay money for its beta

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The Quinfall - so named to apparently distinguish itself from the other, lesser quinfalls - made news during a slow beta cycle by deciding...
Like a boss.

Betawatch: Camelot Unchained promises good news in 2024

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Look, Camelot Unchained, I see you promising good things for 2024. I am glad that January will mark a new push of the game...
I'm fine. We're fine. This is fine. Everything's fine like wine.

Betawatch: Ashes of Creation and Age of Water target next year for more testing

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Turns out that this week you were obligated to have some testing plans ready for 2024 if your game title is structured as X...
head, shoulders, skull and bones (skull and bones)

Betawatch: Skull and Bones kicks off closed beta, Corepunk launches closed test with no NDA

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Apparently Skull and Bones is now in closed beta. According to the game's "official Twitter account" and "sources familiar with the matter," anyhow. Do...
like the song from cats I guess

Betawatch: Monsters & Memories throws a testing party for all

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Hey y'all, Monsters & Memories is throwing a testing party and you're all invited! You might think that this would make me happy, but...
Trumpets!

Betawatch: Nightingale’s stress test invites you to join

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Our editor-in-chief will be quick to point out that if Nightingale has been stress-testing anything up to this point, it has been her patience...
I want to eat the sun.

Betawatch: City of Titans’ map falls into place in its latest test build

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The past decade has been weird for a City of Heroes fan, and that extends to games like City of Titans. And now, the...
Duel.

Betawatch: Pax Dei, Tarisland, and Perfect New World walk into a bar

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What does it mean when both Tarisland and Pax Dei launch limited time testing events on the same week? Is it just a random...
One convenient location.

Betawatch: The Wagadu Chronicles heads to early access on December 4

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It's happening, folks: The Wagadu Chronicles is heading into early access on December 4th, just like the headline says. That means you'll get your...

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