Star Citizen’s 3.0 alpha appears to have been delayed yet again - Ever wonder whether developers regret transparency? With Star Citizen, probably not so much when the money keeps coming anyway, even when the game's 3.0 alpha and persistent universe continue being…
‘Selectively multiplayer’ Shroud of the Avatar unleashes R44, plans August free trial, and expands around the globe - The Shroud of the Avatar team is sitting pretty on top of this past week's Release 44, but there is always more to be done to get the game ready…
Camelot Unchained’s big bot battle boasts benefits for beta-beseeching backers - What does a battle between hundreds and hundreds of bots have to do with fans eager to access Camelot Unchained's long-awaited beta? Plenty, it turns out. In this week's newsletter,…
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse makes parking your ship sound way hard to design - This week's episode of Star Citizen's Around the Verse isn't going to surprise anyone who's been watching the reaction to the game's latest concept ship, the Tumbril Cyclone rover and…
Crowfall announces the ‘mur-deerous’ Elken race - MMORPG players are no strangers to anthropomorphic races, particularly of the cat, lizard, and rat varieties. Leave it to Crowfall to explore some of the more interesting species as potential…
Tencent buys into Frontier, recruits Batman to give its MOBA western appeal - Two MMO forces are now bound together in will and purpose -- or at least in stocks and finances. Tencent, the world's biggest games publisher by revenue, recently purchased 9%…
Valiance Online kicks off its investor alpha today - If you've been eagerly awaiting the day when Valiance Online would open for testers, the day has come. The investor alpha is starting today (it was announced yesterday, albeit when…
Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 44 finishes episode one’s story - Shroud of the Avatar is complete. Not the full game itself, of course, but the storyline to episode one is now fully playable from start to end without any gaps,…
Chronicles of Elyria vows better communication, posts roadmap to release - Saying that the development team has drifted away from the high level of transparency that it originally demonstrated, Chronicles of Elyria's project lead vowed that the studio would become a…
Chris Roberts has ‘no intention of reducing the size of the Star Citizen universe’ - Last week, German-language German website Gamestar published an interview with Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium Games, noting that Roberts appeared to have said Star Citizen will launch with 5 to 10 star systems, an…
Frontier Developments plans a convention for Elite: Dangerous in October - Do you have a deep and abiding love for Planet Coaster? Probably not. How about Elite: Dangerous? Yes, that's good, many more hands are being raised. How would you like…
OrbusVR starts up open alpha on July 28 - If you've been longing for the chance to play an MMO in VR but haven't yet been in the closed alpha for OrbusVR, the good news is that you'll get…
City of Titans and Ship of Heroes team up for City of Heroes successor panel at PAX West - There will be a City of Heroes panel at PAX West... after a fashion. The game may be gone, but the City of Titans development team will be there to…
Star Citizen Q&A covers the Cyclone concept vehicle, which won’t make it into 3.0 - Earlier this week, we reported on Star Citizen's latest concept ship: The Tumbril Cyclone, a ground vehicle whose multiple variants will run up to $70 for those who buy in and whose…
MMO dev and astronaut Richard Garriott hosts a Reddit AMA on /r/space today - [pullquote]Curious about astrophysics? The Massively OP Podcast brought on a special guest for a fun holiday bonus 'cast back in 2015 to answer a ton of listener questions on the…
Shroud of the Avatar stymies insider trading at the perceived expense of backer privileges - Yesterday, Shroud of the Avatar's Starr Long announced a change to its testing forums that has ruffled more than a few backer feathers. "Due to the potential economic and gameplay advantages…
Albion Online introduces its character builder - Like any game with a surfeit of character build options, Albion Online can be a bit overwhelming at first. What are you supposed to do? How do you make a…
Crowfall’s in the middle of a massive day-long Q&A dev stream - So! It's almost noon, and you have nothing better to do but sit around and watch people talk about video games for 12 hours, right? Oh, no? You have a…
Shroud of the Avatar polishes, primps, and prepares for this week’s Release 44 - The Shroud of the Avatar team is staying quite busy this summer as it works to finish up the game world for launch later this year. The projects that it…
