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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]

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Betawatch: July 31st, 2015

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I'm not going to pretend to fully understand why people are super excited about Tree of Savior, but I'm still very happy that the...
lol

Betawatch: July 24th, 2015

3
John Smedley is no longer with us, by which I mean that he is still entirely alive and has not left us in the...
My authority as principal is total.

Betawatch: July 17th, 2015

9
If you were excited for Camelot Unchained opening its doors for the first time next month, we've got some bad news for you. The...
store

Betawatch: July 10th, 2015

6
Star Citizen managed to seize everyone's attention this week. Was it the opening of a new office for the game's development studio? The latest...
Some people just won't let go.

Betawatch: July 3rd, 2015

5
I freely admit that I never actually played Glitch, but I was glad it existed and sad at the people who never even had...
Open the door, get on the floor, fly on a pterodactyl, you are doing this wrong.

Betawatch: June 26th, 2015

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Is there anything as marvelous as finding out that your game got so heavily exploited that the whole game needs to be wiped? If...
It lives!

Betawatch: June 19th, 2015

8
You could be forgiven for sort of forgetting about The Division. No matter how much it might have interested you at first, the game...
Well, at least they're honest.

Betawatch: June 12th, 2015

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Could it be? Is Skyforge going to release soon, or go into an open beta which is indistinguishable from release? It certainly seems like...
It's about time.

Betawatch: June 5th, 2015

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It's always nice when a game finally launches after a seeming eternal beta. Assuming it doesn't, you know, die shortly thereafter. Trove is the...
Not this one, but it is happening.

Betawatch: May 29th, 2015

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We don't usually list expansions in our little master list, but Guild Wars 2 has started doing some testing of its first expansion. In...
Holy holy.

Betawatch: May 22nd, 2015

5
It's been a busy week for the folks at Blizzard. We've gotten a quartet of videos for Overwatch characters showing off early gameplay, and...
AND NOW - I DIE!

Betawatch: May 15th, 2015

7
I'm not going to lie to you, dear readers: I don't care much about Star Citizen. I am aware, though, that the actual big news...
So long my honey, so long my baby, so long my ragtime gal.

Betawatch: May 8th, 2015

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This week, Landmark was consumed in a fiery explosion, by which we of course mean that it had a big old wipe. But it's...
Still kicking!

Betawatch: May 1st, 2015

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So why isn't Pathfinder Online attracting more players? Goblinworks CEO Ryan Dancey apparently feels that it's a matter of the game's fans not stumping...
Depr derp smash lul

Betawatch: April 24th, 2015

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Rather than languishing in beta for all eternity, Heroes of the Storm is launching on June 2nd! Sure, there will be no further wipes...
That beta testing steez.

Betawatch: April 17th, 2015

5
Path of Exile has another big update on the way! It has fun new skills like Golems, Warcries, and Golemcries! Maybe not so much...
All the things.

Betawatch: April 10th, 2015

7
Would you like to talk about Black Desert? Stuff's happening with the game. You can learn how to hunt whales, white or otherwise, and...
No word on whether or not you can also sketch a bunch of stuff in your spiral-bound notebook after playing.

Betawatch: April 3, 2015

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Good news, ladies and gentlemen looking forward to Ghost in the Shell Online. Not only is the game nearing its first Korean closed beta...
If people had been this enthusiastic the first time around... nah, never mind. Too much speculation.

Betawatch: March 27, 2015

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If you had told me that one of the big bits of news this week would be the release of Dungeon Fighter Online into...

Betawatch: March 20, 2015

3
H1Z1 this week announced and then canceled plans to charge a monthly pass for its battle royale mode; it's still happening, Smed says, but not...

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