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]
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Betawatch: Destiny 2 previews and preloads (July 14, 2017)
Fans hotly anticipating Destiny 2 will be able to start testing the game on consoles next week, and you can pre-load the game now......
Betawatch: Albion Online gets ramped up for launch (July 7, 2017)
It's really just about time for Albion Online to launch, isn't it? Less than two weeks to go, now, so the title is winding...
Betawatch: Secret World Legends is here (June 30, 2017)
Yes, it happened; Secret World Legends has launched for everyone, although it did have a bit of a problem with a whole lot of...
Betawatch: Dark and Light enters closed testing (June 23, 2017)
One game enters the list and another leaves. Dark and Light has started its closed testing, although there's a very small number of people...
Betawatch: E3 2017 brings launch dates, new titles, and delays (June 16, 2017)
Oh, E3, always a magical time full of promises when some aren't meant to be kept, some are meant to be kept but won't...
Betawatch: Secret World Legends opens the beta doors (June 9, 2017)
If you're an active player of The Secret World, you can get into the Secret World Legends beta at this point. Really, you can!...
Betawatch: Master x Master sets a launch for this month (June 2, 2017)
No to worry, ladies and gentlemen, your long Master x Master-less nightmare is almost over. The game has officially announced a full launch on...
Betawatch: Shot Online Golf is hosting its first beta test (May 26, 2017)
Golf! It's technically a sport, but it's mostly a waste of space and resources under the guise of one. Rather than actually wasting water,...
Betawatch: Crowfall lets races and classes mingle at will (May 19, 2017)
The teaser week for Crowfall is over, and it turns out the tease was all about decoupling races and classes altogether. No longer will...
Betawatch: Secret World Legends is coming in June (May 13, 2017)
Everyone who predicted Secret World Legends would miss its original spring target date gets a cookie. Turns out the game is launching soon, but...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation is burning up the Kickstarter (May 5, 2017)
Remember when Ashes of Creation showed up out of nowhere? We sure do, and now it's hit Kickstarter. It's also hitting stretch goals left...
Betawatch: Pantheon has a class that’s too cool for you (April 28, 2017)
Remember when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen bombed pretty badly on Kickstarter? The good news for fans is that the day when that happened...
Betawatch: The Elder Scrolls Online heads off to Morrowind (April 21, 2017)
Good news, The Elder Scrolls Online fans: Morrowind is now in beta testing! It's in closed beta, so you probably don't get to take...
Betawatch: SkySaga’s alpha is coming to a happy end (April 14, 2017)
It's very rare that this job allows us to use the terms "shutdown" and "good" in the same sentence, but the upcoming alpha shutdown...
Betawatch: Secret World Legends is a very different game, probably (April 7, 2017)
If you were hoping that Secret World Legends was essentially just The Secret World, well, you were wrong. You were told that you were...
Betawatch: Destiny 2 is coming to the PC (March 31, 2017)
All the speculation and hopes turned out to be true; Destiny 2 will be coming to the PC as well as consoles, with a...
Betawatch: Pathfinder Online isn’t dead yet (March 24, 2017)
You could be forgiven for kind of thinking that Pathfinder Online was dead in the water, but it turns out that there's still hope....
Betawatch: The Repopulation is back in the saddle again (March 17, 2017)
It has been an odd and not altogether happy ride for The Repopulation, but the good news is that the game is back into...
Betawatch: The soft launch of Revelation Online (March 10, 2017)
Revelation Online departs the hallowed halls of Betawatch this week, having emerged from closed beta into open beta. No more wipes are planned, and...
Betawatch: Robocraft hits beta testing (March 3, 2017)
Life is weird. You would think that once Robocraft was a thing I would never have played anything else, simply because it's a game...
