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MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: IdleRune, Don’t Die in the West, Ikariam

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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...

Early access co-op horror title Lethal Company tops Steam’s sales charts and rakes in over 100K players

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By now most gamers of all stripes have heard of Lethal Company, a multiplayer co-op title from solo developer Zeekerss that casts players in...

Pirate 101 has a surprise mobile spinoff called Pirate101 Plunder Hunt

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Every so often, something comes across our desks at Massively OP that makes us go, "Huh," and then say louder across the office, "Did...

Smilegate unveiled a playable version of Lost Ark Mobile at G-Star 2023

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Remember back in 2019 when we were all still waiting on Lost Ark's arrival to the west? Then you perhaps also remember that we...

First Impressions: Warcraft Rumble is a slick but shambolic multiplayer romp

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I won't say that Warcraft Rumble was at the top of my most-anticipated games of 2024, but I've been low-key excited about this title...

G-STAR 2023: NCsoft previews not just Throne & Liberty but Battle Crush, LLL, Project BSS, Project G, and Project M

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Throne and Liberty may be the most interesting MMO in NCsoft's pipeline for MMORPG players, but it's far from the only multiplayer title the...

Krafton confirms PvPvE extraction RPG Dark and Darker Mobile is releasing next year

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Remember back in August when Krafton inked a licensing partnership with Dark and Darker developer Ironmace for a mobile edition of the extraction RPG,...

Wizard’s Wrath is a developing cross-platform VR spellcasting MMORPG on Kickstarter now

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No, it's not a wizard's dream, but it is Wizard's Wrath, which might not have Christopher Lee singing but does plan to bring some...

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Astral Ascent, Stalcraft, High Energy Heroes

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you've (probably) never heard of! Astral Ascent - The team at France-based Hibernian...

Jeffrey Butler’s metaverse MMO Avalon reveals trailer and AI-driven player content tools

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This past March we reported on the existence of Avalon, a blockchain-linked metaverse MMO from Avalon Corp, a company that has former SOE and...

Order of the Elements is a new old-school MMO hoping to launch on Steam in 2025

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Howasabout another upcoming MMO to watch on Steam? Order of the Elements is stepping up to be just that MMO. Developer TigerRoll has the...

Ikonei Island is a cozy co-op multiplayer game that your friends can hop into without buying

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MMOs, MMORPGs, and multiplayer games are naturally better with friends along, but sometimes you can't really force your friends to buy a game and...

Pixadom is an indie 2-D pixel art MMORPG that focuses on social gameplay

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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...

Cozy sandbox My Time at Sandrock has launched – with online co-op multiplayer

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If you're a fan of cozy survival sandboxes of the Stardew Valley variety but prefer the graphics of Palia, you're in luck, as this...

BlizzCon 2023: Diablo is getting a tabletop RPG and a ‘co-op adventure’ board game

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BlizzCon hasn't even begun and we've already got our first announcement of the day: Diablo is getting a tabletop game and a board game. "Glass...

Greg Street announces his new MMORPG, dubbed Ghost and funded by NetEase

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Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street has been talking big on Twitter about his new game studio and new MMORPG following his exit from Riot Games and...
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The Day Before just delayed to December with its post-trademark-dispute early access

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I know you're shocked, but The Day Before has delayed its launch once again - although it's not as bad as you're thinking. Readers will...

Kingdom Hearts: Missing Link is a mobile ‘GPS action RPG’ that’s headed for limited beta testing in November

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Square Enix is taking a fresh stab at the mobile gaming market. Or considering the IP, perhaps it's more like taking a fresh swing...

Dungeon Stalkers is a third-person medieval fantasy PvPvE extraction RPG with multiple difficulty wrinkles

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Dungeon crawlers by their general nature are usually pretty unforgiving, challenging, and sometimes deeply unfair gaming experiences. So what if you melded some of...

Classic anime MMORPG Legend of Edda has resurfaced under new stewardship

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Do you remember Legend of Edda? We touched on it in a recent Battle Bards episode but also covered it back on Ye Olde...