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The Stream Team: A sneak peek at Defiance 2050’s closed beta
Whether or not you were a fan of Defiance, you might be interested in seeing what Defiance 2050 is about. Massively OP's MJ gets...
Betawatch: Defiance 2050’s closed beta, ESO’s Summerset on the PTS (April 20, 2018)
Beta testing for Elder Scrolls Online's Summerset expansion - as well as the free update 18 that'll launch alongside it - began this week...
Old School RuneScape starts mobile beta testing
The first wave of invites have been sent out for Old School RuneScape's mobile closed beta, and the test has begun.
While both versions of...
Defiance 2050 blasts its way into closed beta this weekend
Defiance 2050's closed beta - for PC, anyway, since the console version's beta testing has been delayed - is set to launch here not...
MapleStory 2 unveils North American website, closed beta starts next month
It seems like a no-brainer to bring the sequel to the popular MapleStory westward. And yet we've been waiting for a while now to...
Defiance 2050 delays its console closed beta event, but the PC event will go on as planned
A couple of weeks ago, Trion announced that it was prepping a big closed beta test for Defiance 2050 across all platforms - this...
Betawatch: Radical Heights springs out to predictable lows (April 13, 2018)
Good news, Boss Key fans! After the studio pretty blatantly gave up on LawBreakers, it turned around and quickly launched its next project, a...
Lost Ark prepares for its final Korean closed beta test
Ready to raid Smilegate's Lost Ark? You'll still have to be this Korean to ride the ride, but if you're able and willing to...
Dauntless charges into open beta on May 24
Dauntless is a game in which fleshy mortals willingly attack beasts twenty times their size, so this is not a title that deals in...
Worlds Adrift heads into early access next month
Ready to take to the skies? All aboard Worlds Adrift's custom-made airships, then, because Bossa Studios is bringing its "community-crafted" MMORPG to Steam early...
Betawatch: Defiance’s beta, TERA’s console launch, and Eliot’s in the brig (April 6, 2018)
Welcome back to another look at all the MMO beta happenings of the week! I've stashed Eliot in the brig so that I can take...
Defiance 2050 puts out the call for beta testers
With Defiance's reboot scheduled for this summer, Trion Worlds needs as many testers as possible to help run the game through its paces.
This is...
GDC 2018: Games can help humanity, be profitable, and get support from gamers
Games alone won't make the world better. They won't even make gamers better. We publish some articles that certainly seem pretty pro-games, but we're...
Betawatch: Shroud of the Avatar launches for real (March 30, 2018)
Did it happen? Are the rumors true? Yes, my friends, Shroud of the Avatar is actually launched now. The game has launched. Which probably...
GDC 2018: The Legends of Aria devs talk closed beta, gankbox PvP, and the MMORPG genre
One thing I love about GDC compared to other conventions I cover is how many actual developers I get to talk to, especially without...
Betawatch: A Bless Online-ed event (March 23, 2018)
After all of the false starts, delays, and dearths of information, we finally know the truth this week. Bless Online is coming to early...
Trion plans Defiance 2050 closed beta for April – here’s how to sign up
Defiance players itching to give the game's reinvention as Defiance 2050 a spin are going to get that chance in April.
"We’re thrilled to announce...
Magic: The Gathering Arena moves into the next phase of its closed beta
Wizards of the Coast's most famous card game continues to prepare its newest multiplayer version for public consumption. This Thursday, Magic: The Gathering Arena...
The MOP Up: Enter the Phantom Halls — if you dare! (March 18, 2018)
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...
Pantropy cancels its Kickstarter, rejects publishing offers, plans a new Kickstarter
As we've been covering in Make My MMO, the Kickstarter for sci-fi MMO shooter Pantropy hadn't been going as well as developer Brain Stone...