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Indie mobile MMORPG Eterspire switches to active combat model and releases on Android
Over the past couple of years, we've been keeping tabs on Eterspire, an indie mobile MMORPG effort from Stonehollow Workshop that first entered our...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: AQ2 Expanse, Project Baxter, Tombstone
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! In today's edition, we've got an indie...
Kind Words 2 expands multiplayer note-writing into a real social sandbox
Back in the spring of 2020, the games industry was rather hungry for something feel-good (you know why), so it was the perfect time...
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2023
When it comes to making a judgment call about the "healthiest" MMORPGs on the market at any given time, there are always plenty of...
Indie Afrofantasy MMO Wagadu Chronicles has opened its early access doors today
"Today is a big day. The Wagadu Chronicles is finally accessible to the world." So begins Twin Drums' announcement that its Afrofantasy MMORPG has...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: IdleRune, Don’t Die in the West, Ikariam
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! This time I'm the one steering this...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we’re happy still exist – even if we don’t play them
Earlier this month, following the news that Project Gorgon was in dire financial straits as the MMO wasn't making enough for full development and...
World of Warcraft may be considering a Vampire Survivors-style bullet hell mode
World of Warcraft seems hell-bent in destroying any predictive bingo cards for 2023. At the tail end of a year of surprises, the fantasy...
Fight or Kite: Netmarble’s Paragon The Overprime resurrects Epic’s lost MOBA Paragon (again)
Some things never change. The sky is blue – except at night. The grass is green – except in winter. And Paragon is dead...
Cinderstone Online has apparently sunsetted after just two months as devs plan F2P relaunch
Over the last couple of years, we've kept an eye on Cinderstone Online aka Fioresia Online, a cutesy indie MMO that actually made it...
Project Gorgon, buffered by player donations, has been spared from maintenance mode – for now
The fate of quirky indie MMORPG Project Gorgon has hung in the balance over the last few days following the news that the soft-launched...
Order of the Elements is a new old-school MMO hoping to launch on Steam in 2025
Howasabout another upcoming MMO to watch on Steam? Order of the Elements is stepping up to be just that MMO. Developer TigerRoll has the...
Xbox announces plans for AI-based gamedev tools that generate game dialogue and quests ‘at scale’
The invasion of generative AI text and large language model (LLM) tools like ChatGPT into game development and design has gotten the backing of...
Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured Online relaunches early access on Steam today
We say this with nothing but kindness in our hearts: The return of Fractured Online is not something most people would've bet on at...
Pixadom is an indie 2-D pixel art MMORPG that focuses on social gameplay
The MMORPG subreddit is once again gracing genre followers with another indie game introduction. This time it's Pixadom, an in-development cutesy and colorful 2-D...
PvP MMO Gloria Victis has officially sunsetted as Siege Survival Gloria Victis marches on
Back in August, we relayed the unfortunate news that Polish indie studio Black Eye Games was sunsetting siege PvP MMORPG Gloria Victis after a...
Devolver Digital just snapped up Astroneer studio System Era for a cool $40M-ish
Astroneer studio System Era Softworks is making a big move: The company announced today that it's been acquired by Devolver Digital. The move will...
Vague Patch Notes: So what are MMORPGs meant to be?
I don't know exactly why I've spent so much time this year fixating on the question about what MMORPGs are meant to be and...
Massively Overthinking: Are there any MMOs for which a spin-off mode would be welcome?
Pantheon's announcement that its developers are working on spinning out a monetized "247" extraction mode hasn't engendered a whole lot of hope for the...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Mortal Kombat Onslaught, DC Dual Force, Definya, Project Mist
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you've (probably) never heard of!
Mortal Kombat Onslaught: This Warner Bros. multiplayer mobile...
