Star Citizen’s $1700 Kraken Privateer mobile space mall drives fundraising past $250M - Remember during our Star Citizen interview when we went wink-wink about a commerce-based announcement? That announcement has been fully realized with the Kraken Privateer. While the Kraken light carrier is…
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Past Fate, Rulers of the Sea, Legend of Mir Eternal, Dragon Raja, Fantasy Earth Genesis - Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've (probably) never heard of - or have totally forgotten about until now! First up: Past Fate, which we learned…
Creature survival sandbox Day of Dragons flaps its way into early access - Have you ever found yourself the khaleesi of an exotic nation and, somehow, misplaced your dragons? You could throw beautiful temper tantrums about it -- or you could get smart…
Star Citizen takes a closer look at wormhole creation and the planet microTech - CitizenCon had a number of reveals for Star Citizen players, but not many of them were quite as dramatic as the trip into a jump gate, through a wormhole, and…
Temtem announces an early access launch on PC January 21 - The massively multiplayer critter collector Temtem is taking its next big step forward with the reveal of an early access launch, as Crema Games is making the game more widely…
Dual Universe’s roadmap dates beta for summer 2020, release in 2021, and outlines post-release content - So, yes, summer 2020 seems like a long way away, but we're also literally weeks away from the new year, so the new stuff coming to Dual Universe will be…
The Repopulation’s new tutorial area is expected to arrive with December’s patch - Getting started in a sandbox like The Repopulation always seems to be the hardest landing to stick. I should know; I've played more than a few sandboxes where the onboarding…
Pantheon’s Visionary Realms and Brad McQuaid’s family are sponsoring a design scholarship in his memory - Given that Visionary Realms has already made clear its commitment to continuing development of Pantheon in the wake of studio head Brad McQuaid's untimely death, you probably shouldn't be too…
Crowfall’s J. Todd Coleman looks back at past progress and ahead to 2020 milestones - As we close out 2019, we all tend to get the urge to look back at past accomplishments and feel proud, even if they are small. Crowfall has certainly made…
Fans are invited to a real-world memorial for Brad McQuaid later this month - MMORPG fans have been in mourning for the last few weeks following the death of Brad McQuaid, one of the most popular veteran developers in our genre thanks to his…
Frolic in Fractured’s alpha public stress test this weekend - If Fractured had a theme song right now (which it probably does but ignore that right now), it's got to be Simple Minds' Don't You Forget About Me. It might…
BBC tech program Click promises investigation into Star Citizen’s delays - No matter what sorts of progress the alpha builds of Star Citizen make, there's always going to be a question of when the game will actually be considered fully complete,…
Learn how to play Project Gorgon with this community video series - You have listened to us fawn over the unique spirit -- and mechanics! -- of Project Gorgon here on MOP, but chances are if you've ever tried out this fantasy…
Ashes of Creation revels in the majesty, the lore, and the creation of the Beer Bear mount - Ashes of Creation seems to really be in love with this particular mount they've made. It's a bear mount. A bear mount with two immense beer kegs attached to its…
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen offers a look at class resource bars - When is a resource bar more than a resource bar? When it gives you a sneak peek at what a class is capable of. The most recent devstream from Pantheon:…
Camelot Unchained’s knockback will send your heart (and torso) soaring - Just because Camelot Unchained is switching from a weekly to a monthly developer update doesn't mean that it is skimping on the news. From Skald testing to ragdoll tech to…
Chronicles of Elyria starts selling $75 Longest Night advent calendars - There has to be a measure of masochistic joy in stocking up account items that you can't use (yet) for a game that is not out (yet). But if this…
The first PC beta for Elite Dangerous’ January update has begun - Elite Dangerous is in the middle of a major bug fixing phase, so big it delayed the originally planned December content update. "Our first and foremost priority is to ensure…
Ashes of Creation highlights work on castle sieges in its latest devstream - Yes, castle siege mode in Ashes of Creation is still coming. The first half of the latest livestream from the Intrepid Studios devs was almost exclusively about siege mode, laying…
Fans hold a solemn memorial of Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid during a livestream - The death of developer Brad McQuaid is still being acutely felt by many in the MMO gaming community, and no more is that apparent than during a memorial livestream that…
Sales of the Carrack exploration ship appear to create a funding spike for Star Citizen - It's perhaps no surprise that this year's CitizenCon would cause a quick jump in Star Citizen funding, but it would seem that the presentation surrounding the Carrack exploration ship may…
MMO Book of Travels’ Kickstarter finishes successfully with $261K, hitting all stretch goals - It's been one small step for video game crowdfunding, but one large step for Book of Travels. The "serene" tiny online RPG ultimately raked in $261,183 by the conclusion of…
Dual Universe shows off a community race from the Earth to the moon and back - The thing that keeps me intrigued about sandboxes is the fact that the community can come together to create its own events, and one such event was held in Dual…
CitizenCon 2019: Star Citizen previews alpha 3.8, details Theatres of War, teases next star system - While the opening beats of Star Citizen's CitizenCon event may have started with some disappointment, the remainder of the event had lots of things for fans of the space sandbox…
Shroud of the Avatar adds Krampus, Lua integration, and the ability to make unicorn stew - Have you ever looked upon a unicorn and been hit with, not a child-like sense of wonder, but the desire to turn it into food? Shroud of the Avatar's Release…
CitizenCon 2019: Star Citizen keynote kicks off Carrack delay and community disappointment - The start of Star Citizen's CitizenCon convention appears to have arrived with a bit of a thud, if the community temperature is any indication. During the keynote presentation, players got…
Book of Travels talks roleplaying, meaning, and being an ‘oasis’ in a world of frenetic Steam games - A glossy spread in Killscreen may not be what anyone was expecting out of Might and Delight, the Swedish studio whose adorable little indie MMO Book of Travels just ticked…
Interview: CIG’s Jake Muehle on the player economy and doing crimes in the Star Citizen universe - We're zooming on toward CitizenCon tomorrow, when Cloud Imperium will deliver its annual live showcase of the state of Star Citizen - and drop the requisite tantalizing nuggets that tease…
Remembering the life and work of legendary MMO designer Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid - When the news hit last night, it brought everything to a screeching halt in the Massively OP office: At the age of 51, veteran MMORPG designer Brad McQuaid had died.…
Book of Travels provides a quick primer on how combat will operate - The tiny multiplayer online world of Book of Travels is not going to be without its dangers despite its painterly style and promise of roleplay-focused community gameplay. There will be…
