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Betawatch: Pixel MMORPG Drakantos kicks off its weekend movement overhaul and PvP CBT
The promised Drakantos test weekend has kicked off and is running until May 24th. I, for one, am very upset about this fact because a...
Betawatch: Subnautica 2 dives into early access with a big splash
Have you ever made a really bad call, tried to cover it up, and then found that this actually not only did not fix...
Betawatch: Farever glides into early access while Loftia lands from closed beta
Folks, I'm sorry, the most obvious song joke I could make about Farever ties into a Beach Boys song that Brian Wilson didn't even write...
Betawatch: Neverness to Everness and Heroes of Might & Magic Olden Era open their gates
We are never, never, never, never getting back to ever. That's the refrain for Neverness to Everness, but we are getting to play the game now...
Betawatch: Closed beta for Loftia and EQ Legends, delay for Monsters & Memories
Eliot is toiling away in the Final Fantasy XIV mines tonight, so you're all stuck with me for Betawatch, the "hey guys what's going...
Betawatch: Camelot Unchained opens another ‘early access’ weekend, Windrose goes viral
So Camelot Unchained is running another "early access weekend" that's live now and open through Monday. The actual forum link to the patch notes...
Betawatch: EverQuest Legends sets beta, Lord of Mysteries sets expectations
Have you heard about EverQuest Legends? Yes, it's the original EverQuest but a bit different, which means it's both a new game and not, but functionally...
Betawatch: RuneScape Dragonwilds’ dedicated servers, Heroes of Might & Magic Olden Era’s release countdown
Before now, you could not have them, but RuneScape Dragonwilds has added dedicated servers with its latest update! That's right, unlike other updates where the...
Betawatch: Eternal Tombs and EverQuest Legends prepare for beta testing
This is not a drill, folks; Eternal Tombs is doing a closed beta test this weekend. I don't know why we would have a drill...
Betawatch: Hollowed Oath is happening, The Cube Save Us will not save us
"Kids, what are you doing out in the yard?" yells the mother. "We're making a new MMORPG with multiclassing called Hollowed Oath!" the children yell back....
Betawatch: Shadowstone kicks off playtesting, EVE Frontier plods onward
It's Shadowstone time, people! What is Shadowstone, you ask? It's the new game from Secret Door and Dreamhaven that's starting its playtest this weekend. Didn't you know...
Betawatch: Marathon and Equinox Homecoming both enter launch waters
If you hang around with us a lot, you probably are used to us saying that running an online game is a marathon, not...
Betawatch: Marathon slams, Gloria Victis returns
This week's Betawatch is, we're sorry, just overstuffed. There's so much stuff going on this week. Sure, Marathon is holding its big pre-launch server blitz...
Betawatch: Star Wrath enters closed beta, Time Takers gets signups
Boy, people in space get angry, huh? That's the takeaway from Star Wrath, a new game in close beta that hits that good old-fashioned PvPvE...
Betawatch: Vaultbreakers breaks open and Crimson Desert zeroes in on launch
Open tests are like a tidal wave driving on to the servers, drowning new games in eager players the games hope to divert. You're...
Betawatch: The Quinfall launches, Ashes of Creation immolates
There's no two ways about it, this has been quite a week in the beta sphere, starting with The Quinfall launching out of early access...
Betawatch: Project Gorgon launches for real and Epitome tries to Kickstart AI slop
This week is a real feast-and-famine week for beta news, I tell you. Like, on the one hand, we have to say goodbye to Project...
Betawatch: Star Citizen tweaks its patch cadence, Duet Night Abyss launches
Have you found yourself thinking that Star Citizen's current patch schedule provided you with just too dang much content? Well, it you did think that,...
Betawatch: Past Fate apologizes for its rough launch as Hytale joins it in early access
Here are two things that Past Fate did over the past week: apologized for the rough launch while making immediate improvements and then resetting player...
Betawatch: Project Gorgon really, truly has a launch date
I'm not exactly surprising anyone when I say that we here on Massively Overpowered love us some Project Gorgon and we would love it even...
