Following the deployment of patch #24 yesterday, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is finally prepared to launch today. Players who jumped in last night found themselves in a surprise headstart period after the game’s last wipe, but the servers technically open today at 2 p.m. EDT in conjunction with a developer stream on Twitch. This launch is aimed at PC players, with a Steam price of $39.99; a European and console launch is expected eventually too.
The game has come under fire over the last couple of years for reducing its scope; some players argue it’s not even an MMO anymore, though Behaviour Interactive has repeatedly said no content plans have been deleted, just delayed.
Check out the launch trailer and our roundup of coverage since we became Massively OP below!
NetEase announces another new MMO studio: Rich Vogel’s T-Minus Zero Entertainment - NetEase has made no secret of its goals for expansion in the west: It managed to snurch Jack Emmert away from Daybreak to build a Warhammer 40K MMO, and its heavy funding of Ben Brode's Marvel…
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Warhammer Eternal Crusade is sunsetting on September 10 - So who remembers Warhammer Eternal Crusade? I sure had forgotten all about it. When last we checked in on it, it was 2018 and already the subject of a "whatever happened to" article, which is never…
Jagex picks up EVE Online vet Nathan Richardsson, is still working on multiple secret MMOs - If you've been reading Massively OP for a while, you're not going to be surprised whatsoever to once again hear the news that Jagex is working on another MMO. For one thing, Jagex is well known…
Whatever happened to Divergence Online, Tree of Life, and Eternal Crusade? - Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy for MMOs to fall through the cracks and become buried as more…
Behaviour’s DEATHGARDEN survival shooter hits early access, is free-to-play right now - What's Behaviour Interactive been up to since taking Eternal Crusade free-to-play, pondering a battle royale mode, and being sued by Bethsoft? Getting its caps lock button stuck, for one, or so it appears from the title…
Warner Bros. denies wrongdoing in Bethsoft’s Fallout Shelter/Westworld copyright lawsuit - Last week, we reported on an emerging lawsuit lodged over the new Westworld mobile game. Bethsoft is suing Behaviour Interactive and Warner Bros. over what it characterizes as copyright theft from Fallout Shelter. Behaviour (you know it from…
Bethsoft alleges Behaviour and WB ripped off Fallout Shelter in the new Westworld mobile game - A trio of companies known best to our audience for their MMOs are gearing up for a big court battle in the streets of Sweetwater. Bethsoft is apparently suing Behaviour Interactive and Warner Bros. over alleged…
More MMOs pledge to fully remove Red Shell spyware, including Secret World Legends - At the beginning of June, we covered The Elder Scrolls Online's implementation of spyware program Red Shell, which is designed to track specific information about players and PCs logging into the client, like where on the…
Eternal Crusade promises a new update coming this month - The last time we heard from the team behind Eternal Crusade, there were some vague plans of stuff to be done about a battle royale mode and ambiguities with the game's lead designer. Now, though, there…
Eternal Crusade considers battle royale mode, can’t comment on status of lead designer - Even Warhammer 40K Eternal Crusade might be jumping on the battle royale bandwagon. That's according to Behaviour Interactive's latest pair of player-directed Q&A posts. "We already have a series of Battle Royale game mode ideas, since…
All the best MMO sales of Black Friday 2017 - Step aside, turkey and fambly rage: It's time to buy stuff. Because we don't already unload our wallets the rest of the year on MMOs! Oh wait, yes we do. In any case, here's a quick…
Eternal Crusade deploys challenges and the Eldar campaign in its newest patch - Do you long to get your Eldar on in Eternal Crusade? We're unsure of exactly how the Eldar get themselves on, but we assume that's one of the topics covered in the Eldar campaign from the…
Eternal Crusade patches in melee balance and matchmaking improvements - Considering that Eternal Crusade takes place in a very far-flung future, you could be forgiven for thinking that the game was set long after the point when firearms had become the only real method of hurting…
MMOs you’ve never heard of: NosTale, Aeon Rivals, War of Conquest, War40K Inquisitor Martyr - Welcome back to our intermittent series on MMOs and other multiplayer games you you've never heard of! Tonight we have four titles to highlight. NosTale Remember NosTale? Yeah, we didn't either, but it's a super old anime…
The MMOs of the Steam Summer 2017 Sale - After some ups and downs this afternoon -- everybody loves the "try again later" message, right? -- Valve's summer Steam sale is finally underway and stable. Here's what we're looking at in our corner of the…
Perfect Ten: Exploring MMORPGs from the far corners of the world - Have you ever noticed that while there's an entire world out there, most all of the MMORPGs we discuss and play tend to either be ones crafted in the USA or imports from China or Korea?…
A trimmed-down Star Citizen 3.0 alpha is coming this summer - You can stop fidgeting about what might or might not arrive in Star Citizen this year: Cloud Imperium has released its promised development roadmap for the rest of 2017. The studio stresses that quality will trump…
Eternal Crusade unleashes an Ork waaagh! campaign - If there's one thing that has always been associated with the Warhammer franchise, it's the terrible and overwhelming crusades that its greenskins occasionally unleash. Eternal Crusade is in the midst of one of these right now,…
Massively OP’s spring and Easter MMORPG event roundup - Bunnies and eggs! Flowers and grass! Lots and lots of chocolate as we hoard every Cadbury thing we can find! (Or maybe that's just me?) Yep, Easter is this weekend, making it a convenient time for…
Perfect Ten: More terminology the MMORPG genre needs - Many moons ago (so, a few months), I wrote a column about terminology that we need for the MMO genre. This made our Editor-in-Chief Bree extremely happy, and she informed me immediately that we would be…
Eternal Crusade triples daily active users after free-to-play switch - Thanks to this past week's introduction of a free-to-play model, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade saw a massive jump in its player population. The team reports that concurrency doubled practically overnight while daily active users tripled to 44,619.…
Eternal Crusade prepares for its free-to-play shift - It is important to note that the official Eternal Crusade line is that the upcoming free-to-play option is not a full conversion to free-to-play, and that's largely accurate. Free players will still be limited in what…
Eternal Crusade adds new map, revenge cam - A new patch rolled out in Eternal Crusade earlier this week, making it easier than ever to plot your grand revenge upon those who wrong you. This is thanks to the new death camera, which will…
Eternal Crusade discusses the rationale and timing behind its free-to-play shift - In the near future, Eternal Crusade is offering a free option for players to jump in and start playing without any need for purchase, although there will be limitations on the speed of advancement for free…
Eternal Crusade makes loadouts more flexible with widespread balance changes - It's been a bit quieter than normal on the Eternal Crusade front this month, but that was due to a large-scale rebalancing patch being in heavy testing. That patch is up for testing now for players,…
PSA: Eternal Crusade is available via Humble Bundle for $10 - It's possible that you were very excited for Eternal Crusade, but the launch impressions turned you off of the game's asking price. That happens, it's even normal. However, if you're still curious to see what the…
Eternal Crusade’s fourth patch in a week has arrived - Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade has been patch-happy this week: Behaviour Interactive says that yesterday's 1.2.2.4 is its fourth in a week, resulting in just under 3 GB of downloading for players. That also means the patch…
Here are all of the online gaming deals from Amazon’s Digital Day sale - Wake up! Are you awake? Good, because you've got less than 24 hours to take advantage of Amazon's first ever "Digital Day" sales event. Until midnight today, a whole bunch of digital content (movies, ebooks, and…
Massively OP’s MMO guide to the Steam Winter Sale - Do you have any money left after all of that holiday shopping, travel, and dining out? Steam would very much like to have what remains, if you please, and is willing to trade you some discounted…
Eternal Crusade Q&A covers map imbalances and short-term development plans - Overwhelming force is a valid tactical decision, but it's not fun when you're playing a severely lopsided match in Eternal Crusade on either side; either you're outnumbered beyond your ability to cope, or you're just steamrolling…
The best Thanksgiving and Black Friday MMORPG deals - Getcher credit cards ready, folks. It's time. (New additions are at the bottom!) The Secret World is part of the Humble Bundle this week; you can pick it up for a song. Everything in TSW's item…
Eternal Crusade’s Tactical Escalation update is live - Like a Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, Eternal Crusade's first major content update is meaty and chock full of goodies.There's plenty to sink your teeth into. Called Tactical Escalation, v 1.1.1 is now live, offering…
Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs - Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch, so you either just go with "patch" or a synonym, like "update."…
Eternal Crusade promises its first major content update next week - A content update is coming to Eternal Crusade next week, which means that the developers need to explain how this content update (which most games would just call a patch) is different from the game's regular…
Eternal Crusade wages war on bugs - Eternal Crusade might be officially out of the door, but the game still has a lot of work left to be done. One might even say that this project will be... eternal. Yesterday, the team released…
Eternal Crusade on why it’s rolling out ‘intermediate patches’ - Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson has updated Steam players on what's on the way for the newly launched Warhammer MMO. Next week's patch isn't the "big monthly update," he says, but it will include progression tree…
Eternal Crusade greatly improves its user interface - The cleverly named Update 1.0.15c arrived in Eternal Crusade this week, helping to bolster the fledgling PvP title. Major attention was given to the game's user interface, which now boasts a new inventory screen, better tooltips,…
This other Eternal Crusade challenges players to become the lord of the rings - All right, kiddos, it's time to get very confused -- and perhaps a little bit bemused -- over the announcement of a new mobile game. So the MMO in question is called Eternal Crusade, and no,…
Launch impressions of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, part two - On Monday, I delivered to you the first part of my impressions of the newly launched Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, laying out both the basics of the game and whether it measures up as an MMO. Today,…
Launch impressions of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, part one - In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war. That may be unfortunate for the inhabitants of the planet Arkhona and the rest of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but you have to admit that…
Eternal Crusade plans pre-launch patch with guild-vs.-guild, new world map, and the return of PvE - Behaviour Interactive is counting down the days until the launch of Eternal Crusade. Yes, the game is officially launching on September 23rd for the North American PC market, with a European boxed release and console launch…
Perfect Ten: The worst-squandered IPs in online gaming - There are always going to be differences in opinion about what should be done with an IP based upon a franchise. That's just natural. The same core universe could be used to make a sprawling sandbox…
Why Eternal Crusade is launching on Steam first - Last week, Behaviour Interactive and Namco Bandai announced a release date for Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade -- September 23 -- but it surprised gamers by its apparent exclusion of the European and console markets. In Behaviour's…
Eternal Crusade is launching on September 23 for PC - Eternal Crusade's launch date nears. Behaviour Interactive announced in a press release this evening that it is "launching in the Americas for PCs on September 23, 2016, with the console version to follow at a later…
Eternal Crusade promises news on its MMO mechanics - Behaviour Interactive has a new Eternal Crusade Q&A up with a question that addresses the MMO component of the game and how it relates to its promised 120 unique points of interest. Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson writes that…
Eternal Crusade welcomes Tyranids to the fight - Hope you don't have any reservations about fighting giant bugs that can snap off your head faster than you can flick a flyswatter: The insect-like hive mind of the Tyranids has arrived in Eternal Crusade as…
Orks, maps, and more coming soon to WAR40K: Eternal Crusade - The Orks are almost here. Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is moving forward in development to a phase where -- as Nathan Richardsson, Senior Producer and self-proclaimed Destroyer of Worlds, Dreams and Unicorns, put it -- "core…
WAR40K: Eternal Crusade releases the Eldar for early access players - Bandai Namco, which is publishing Behaviour Interactive's Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade MMO, has released new assets today for the Eldar faction, live this week in the game's early access program. "Though they once ruled the stars,…
Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade gets a big engine update - Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson has penned an update for the game today that's branded with his usual form of wacky humor. At the heart of the note is the announcement that Eternal…
Eternal Crusade welcomes Unreal Engine 4.11 and shares mo-cap sessions - The next Eternal Crusade patch is preparing to change the game from the inside-out, as the title will upgrade to Unreal Engine 4.11. This should allow for much better performance of the gritty sci-fi title: "We're…
Eternal Crusade expands battle maps to 64 players, introduces stronghold mode - To war! To victory! To patching! The battle cry has gone out for Eternal Crusade founders, who can now download and try out the game's fifteenth patch. There are two significant changes with this update: the…
Eternal Crusade preps infographic for its launch outlook - Behaviour Interactive says Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade is at a "critical juncture in [its] development," and the only solution is... an infographic. Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson explains that staff setbacks and technical uncertainties led his team…
Eternal Crusade says Eldar and Orks soon, introduces the loadout system - Soon, Eternal Crusade won't just be Space Marines duking it out in PvP. In a new State of the Crusade, the devs said that Eldar and Orks will arrive within two months for early access players.…
Eternal Crusade on the Eldar faction and the Warhammer curse - Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade studio Behaviour Interactive has gone in depth on PC Gamer about the Eldar faction currently under construction for the lobby shooter that will someday become an MMO. The faction will boast seven…
The Stream Team: Entering Eternal Crusade’s early access (+ giveaway) - What's the deal with Eternal Crusade? Massively OP's MJ aims to find out. And from what she hears, aiming appears to be a bit of a big deal: Friendly fire is a thing. That might make…
Eternal Crusade is now live on Steam early access with a new publisher - As promised, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade has closed down its founders program and gone live on Steam's early access platform. Now labeled a "massively multiplayer shooter" giving a "massive-scale third-person shooter experience," the game is apparently…
PSA: Last call for Eternal Crusade founder packs before early access Steam launch - If you were hoping to pick up an Eternal Crusade founder pack, today is the last day to hand over your money. Behaviour Interactive announced earlier this month that it would be closing down the founder…
Eternal Crusade’s Steam early access program isn’t a ‘cashgrab,’ says Behaviour - Following its announcement that it will discontinue Eternal Crusade's founder pack program in favor of a Steam early access launch on January 25th, Behaviour Interactive has penned an FAQ for players about what that launch entails. Senior Producer…
Eternal Crusade preps for Steam early access launch - Eternal Crusade is preparing for Steam early access, says Behaviour Interactive Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson. "We are now preparing to fully move over to the Early Access program on Steam, where you can easily get into…
Eternal Crusade shows off the frozen Pegasus Station - The new hotness in Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is definitely the Pegasus Station map. This industrial base is set in the frozen arctic and is apparently quite the piece of prime real estate. From the looks…
Eternal Crusade outlines the balance of army compositions - The forces of Eternal Crusade should be evenly matched but not identical, but that poses a bit of a mechanical problem. In the game fiction, Ork units should be mostly charging into battle with melee units,…
Eternal Crusade shows off a trailer’s worth of alpha footage - It's entirely possible that you're very interested in what Eternal Crusade is doing with its gameplay but not quite interested enough to throw down money for a founder's pack. Or maybe you have but you don't…
Eternal Crusade’s alpha is meant as a dry run of the live experience - Are you of the mind that Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade jumped into alpha a little bit too early? A new state of the game dispatch from the development team explains that having the game in its…
Eternal Crusade: There are holidays in the grim darkness of the future - If you learn nothing else this morning, know that there are holidays in the grim darkness of the future. This means that as much as Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade sells itself on the idea that aforementioned…
Eternal Crusade starting closed alpha testing on September 14 - It may not be as big or as soon as Behaviour Interactive originally wanted, but Eternal Crusade's closed alpha test is finally ready to begin next Monday, September 14th. The closed alpha will be quite limited…
Eternal Crusade loses creative director, plans closed alpha sooner than expected - Eternal Crusade has reported that another one of its team has fallen on the field of development battle, as Creative Director David Ghozland announced his resignation yesterday. "I am telling you with a heavy heart that…
Territory control is explained in the latest update for Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade - Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is part of a universe that is all about people fighting and killing over inches of mud on a battlefield. Naturally, that makes up a fairly good part of the gameplay, and…
Eternal Crusade upgrades to Unreal Engine 4 - Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is about to start looking a whole lot more attractive when you oogle its screenshots. This is because Behaviour Interactive decided to make the switch to the Unreal Engine 4. Behaviour CEO…
Eternal Crusade reveals Belial, gears up for sub-faction vote - Did you catch the Eternal Crusade livestream earlier today? If not, you missed the reveal of Belial, the new Space Marines leader and the Grand Master of the Deathwing. Which is kind of an impressive title,…
Eternal Crusade reduces scope, promises earlier delivery - Are you willing to take a swirl of good news and bad news with your alpha? Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade fans have no choice, as Creative Director David Ghozland confirmed that the title has reduced its…
Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade puts the fifth Chaos Space Marine legion to a vote - Do you have strong feelings about the Chaos Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade? If you're a fan, you probably do, seeing as how the entire Warhammer universe is full of strong feelings. But if…
Eternal Crusade lays out its plan for open world conflict - Just because Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade will be primarily a PvP title doesn't mean that it's going to section itself off in tiny little instances. On the contrary, Behaviour Interactive recorded a livestream recently in which…
Why Eternal Crusade can’t do a global megaserver - The dream to create a PvP-centric game on a single global megaserver might be just that -- a dream. Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardson said that current tech can't support such a server,…
Eternal Crusade lead level designer is the latest in a string of desertions - Eternal Crusade seems to have a retention problem with its employees, as Lead Level Designer Steven Lumpkin just became the latest of a series of devs who have left the project this year. Lumpkin announced that…
Eternal Crusade updates players on design goals and founder packs - The melee combat in Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade has gone through several revisions, and it's going to go through several more. The latest State of the Crusade letter to fans makes it clear that the development…
Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade shows off its ork leader - Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade has revealed the leader of the game's Orks, to the extent that the Orks can really have a leader, and he certainly looks the part. He's the usual combination of soccer hooligan…
Eternal Crusade kills early game modules to focus on founder’s access - Changes have been afoot over at Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, and new Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson posted a second State of the Crusade post to explain why the team is shifting some of its focus away…
Warhammer 40,000 livestream talks Eldar faction, stealth - Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade's third developer livestream spent a good amount of time talking about the Eldar and its sub-factions, although that's not all that was discussed for this upcoming title. The team also revealed that…
Warhammer 40K aiming for early access this fall - Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson posted a State of the Crusade letter today, saying that the team is moving forward with "a rapidly advancing schedule." Richardsson revealed that the team has been quiet…
Warhammer 40k: You’re a soldier, not the chosen one - If you are bone tired of the MMO trope where you (and millions of other players) are the chosen hero fated to rescue the entire world, then Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade's ego-busting approach might be right…
