Kickstarted MMO Fractured Online to fully launch on July 24th
While an official launch date is cause for celebration under normal circumstances, it seems doubly so for the rough road that MMO sandbox Fractured...
Betawatch: Bree said if I don’t talk about Stars Reach my cats are gonna get it
No, really, I am not kidding. Bree has been freaking out nonstop since she found out literally anything about Stars Reach. It is all...
Survivalbox Osiris New Dawn, now back on Steam, is testing a new planet and space station realism
Osiris New Dawn has been one of the more puzzling development stories we've covered over the last few years, owing almost entirely to the...
Soulframe discusses new weapons, enemies, and zone activities coming in its next testing round
Digital Extremes' Soulframe is moving forward with what it calls its "prelude" releases, which are basically test builds for players to try out. In...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2
It's June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies' 21st birthday, and I'm sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG...
Guild Wars 2’s land spears beta is officially underway – even for F2P accounts
As promised, Guild Wars 2 is offering MMORPG players who maybe aren't about to be preoccupied with something else all weekend a taste of...
MOBA-like battle royale Battle Crush begins its free-to-play early access to scathing Steam reviews
What do you get when you take shrunken mythological heroes as well as a couple of random mascots and pit them against one another...
Mortal Online 2 begins testing of a new mastery system on PTR
What do you do when you've climbed the top of the clade leveling mountain in Mortal Online 2? You find a new peak to...
Dungeons and Dragons Online begins public testing of its Magic of Myth Drannor expansion
Does the setting of Myth Drannor fill you with intense levels of glee? Then you're the kind of Dungeons and Dragons Online player who...
Once Human claims to have taken the ‘Triple Crown’ on Steam with wishlist numbers and demo players
Can you win at being on Steam? If you ask NetEase, the answer is not only "yes," but it's also followed up with, "and...
First impressions of ASKA, Sand Sailor’s brand-new colony-building survival sandbox
Thanks to the press preview hosted by Thunderful and Sand Sailor, I recently had the opportunity to play around with survival sandbox ASKA a...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with The First Descendant, plus a chat with the Nexon devs
You thought our Summer Game Fest coverage was over, didn't you? Well, in all fairness, Nexon not only brought The First Descendant to SGF but provided...
Pax Dei addresses more bugs, appeals to content creators, and outlines ‘DNS debacle’
Pax Dei continues to provide updates both general and granular across its various communications channels, though the one that most players will likely care...
Palia’s Bloomin’ Bounties patch gives players loot and cheevos for partying up
Against all odds, Palia and its slimmed-down development team are pushing forward to flesh out the cozy mini-MMO, as the Bloomin' Bounties patch rolls...
Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds teases housing, planetary governance, and languages for the unnamed MMORPG sandbox
It's pretty clear now that Raph Koster and Playable Worlds are not just counting down to something dumb and we're going to get something...
Pokemon Company’s threat of potential legal action against Palworld appears to have fizzled out
During the height of Palworld's popularity, gamers threw a lot of accusations in the direction of developer Pocket Pair, claiming plagiarism of Pokemon's designs...
Fractured’s latest early access patch adds an optional sub, token exchange, and cosmetic perks
As promised, Fractured Online is rolling out patch B.2.1 today. It's got a low-key name, but it's a pretty sizable offering out of the...
Greg Street’s Ghost dev studio talks prototypes and progress from a recent ‘innovation week’ session
The way Fantastic Pixel Castle is putting together its upcoming MMO Ghost certainly appears to be quite different from the usual game dev trajectory....
Corepunk preps for an early July alpha test with some massive changes
The next bout of testing for mixed genre Corepunk is almost upon us, as studio Artificial Core prepares a third alpha test to run...
Guild Wars 2’s new housing looks like WildStar’s islands plus the old Hall of Monuments
Ever since ArenaNet announced Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds expansion, there's been considerable debate among core Guild Wars 2 players and dedicated MMORPG housing...
