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Atlas Reactor’s Oz will restore your faith in humanity
Yesterday Trion Worlds' turn-based PvP title Atlas Reactor launched a special open alpha event for the world at large. The limited-time test is meant...
Webzen reveals new MMOs Light Fall, The Beast; teases MU Legend’s closed beta
Webzen has seven games on the way for South Korean players, which very often means a trickle-over for us across the pond.
MU Legend (MU2)...
Paladins video teases illusionist Ying: The Blossom
Looks can be deceiving for Paladins newest champion, Ying: The Blossom. While we don't know much yet about the specific skills this veiled, raven-haired beauty...
Atlas Reactor’s open alpha kicks off on March 31
Trion announced today that the open alpha for its turn-based sci-fi PvP action game Atlas Reactor will begin later this week.
"Everyone’s invited to play in...
The Game Archaeologist: The Wish that wasn’t
First of all, "wish" is one of those words that ends up looking dang strange the more you focus on it. Wish, wish, wish,...
Betawatch: Crowfall’s Ranger surprise (March 25, 2016)
The Crowfall team has stated its plans to release the Siege Perilous update this month for testers, and the Ranger archetype was originally scheduled...
Chronicle: RuneScape Legends transitions into open beta
Advertising itself as having "no mana, no minions, and definitely no random number generation," Chronicle: RuneScape Legends offers players a different kind of digital...
The MOP Up: TERA’s mood clouds (March 20, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and often we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some of...
Betawatch: Landmark is getting storytelling and further wipes (March 18, 2016)
The loss of EverQuest Next is bad news, but Landmark appears to be poised to absorb the strength of its fallen sibling with its...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon looks to sub-only model, aims for public beta this fall
Darkfall: Rise of Agon (not to be confused with the other Darkfall reboot, New Dawn) revealed its plans for getting off the ground by the end...
The Game Archaeologist: The sad saga of Stargate Worlds
In 1994, a science-fiction movie called Stargate took the idea of alien portals that allowed people to travel instantaneously across the universe and turned it...
Betawatch: EverQuest Next is gone, Landmark is launching (March 11, 2016)
We cannot wave farewell to EverQuest Next in this column because it's never actually been in testing. We will be able to wave farewell...
Infestation: Survivor Stories (fka The War Z) is being republished as Infestation World
Thai publishers Electronics Extreme and OP Productions (no relation to Massively OP) have today announced they're bringing open-world survival sandbox Infestation World to... well,...
The Repopulation looks to its existing testers to fill out Fragmented’s test pool
It's been a rocky few months, but The Repopulation is getting back on track with development of the main game and its interim survival...
Long-running Korean shooter Gunz is getting a second lease on life
After launching way back in 2003, South Korea's Gunz: The Duel had an impressive 10-year run as an online PvP shooter (it launched in...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained hits the beta crunch (March 4, 2016)
The Camelot Unchained team is in the midst of a hard crunch period to get the game ready for full beta testing. The good...
Mobile MU: Origins starts second closed beta
For the next three days, the upcoming mobile version of MU Online -- called MU: Origins -- will be running another closed beta. This...
SMITE’s PlayStation 4 closed beta kicks off today
Heads up, console MOBA fans: SMITE officially enters closed beta on PS4 today. "All of SMITE’s game modes will be made available," says Hi-Rez, "and...
The MOP Up: Top raiding guild quits World of Warcraft (February 28, 2016)
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...
Leaderboard: What do you think of Black Desert so far?
Headstart for Black Desert's began this morning, at least if you preordered. Are you watching from the sidelines or already lost to the grind? If you're in and enjoying...