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MapleStory Worlds makes its soft launch as it tries to entice creators with monetary incentive programs

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Korean fans of MapleStory have already had their hands on Nexon's MapleStory Worlds since April, but now it's time for players in the Americas...

Here are some of the MMORPG, MMO, and multiplayer demos waiting in this week’s Steam Next Fest

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It's one of the biggest weeks in PC gaming, when disk drives shudder in fear and digital vendors offer up their wares, previews, and...

Everbloom is a cozy co-op farming sim where players grow popcorn and raise chocolate milk cows

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Where does chocolate milk come from? Well if you're living in the world of whimsy that is the upcoming co-op farming sim Everbloom, it...

NetEase officially announces mobile FPS Destiny Rising, with closed alpha starting November 1

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Last month insider reports from Bungie confirmed the existence of Destiny: Rising, a NetEase-developed mobile prequel of the multiplayer looter shooter where players control...

Not So Massively: Songs of Silence is a stylish blend of multiplayer 4X and auto-battler

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Considering I don't even do that it often, you'd be surprised how often I find interesting games just by scrolling through Steam's home page....

Sil and the Fading World is an upcoming ARPG that pits solo players against MMO raid bosses

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We obviously are about MMORPGs, MMOs, and multiplayer gaming here at MOP, but as we've demonstrated before, we're not averse to highlighting games that...

Landing Party is a new mobile alternate reality RPG from an old-school Turbine founder

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Old salts of MMORPGs are likely familiar with the name of Johnny Monsarrat. He effectively had a hand in creating the genre with Asheron's...

Project Friendship, Spry Fox’s new cozy MMO, just opened tester signups

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Way back in 2021, we first caught wind that indie developer Spry Fox was hiring for a new "non-violent" MMO, essentially a cozy game....

343 Industries rebrands to Halo Studios for ‘new games’ and UE5 switch

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What's in a name? Well if you ask Halo fans and mention the name of 343 Industries, you might get a curled lip in...

Rodent Rumble is a multiplayer mix of party games and battle royale arriving to Steam next year

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What would happen if squirrels were armed with wacky weapons, fought in battle royale, or participated in party-style minigames? Players of Down Smash Studios'...

Four Winds: Throne & Liberty’s opening hours were fun AF, but I’m still on my guard

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After what feels like an absolute eternity, Throne and Liberty is finally here. In my younger, less jaded years, I'd feel excited and elated...

Throne & Liberty adds 41 new servers to handle global launch pops, peaking at 326K Steam players so far

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Welp, we knew that Throne and Liberty was going to see a big blast of players when it switched from its paid headstart to...

Synduality Echo of Ada is a dystopian sci-fi PvPvE third-person shooter arriving January 24

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Sure, Bandai Namco, we didn't want a new MMORPG; what we actually wanted was another PvPvE shooter instead. That's right, this is what we're...

NCsoft’s MMORPG Throne & Liberty has officially arrived at its global F2P launch

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All right folks, if you've been waiting for Lineage 3 aka Lineage Eternal aka Project TL for the last decade, your moment is finally...

Super Mario Party Jamboree confirms 8-player and 20-player online party modes

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As we get closer to Super Mario Party Jamboree's October 17th, 2024 release date, we haven't gotten much more info out of Nintendo than...

The Day Before studio Fntastic is back on Kickstarter to try to fund a multiplayer obstacle course platformer

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Most gamers in our sphere are very familiar with the meteoric crash of The Day Before, a survival shooter MMO from developer Fntastic that...

First Impressions: Throne and Liberty blends the overly familiar with the intriguingly unique

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Throne and Liberty represents a new big-label MMORPG launch, which is something that feels like a rare occurrence, particularly as most players are likely...

MapleStory’s player-made creation game MapleStory Worlds confirms October 16 soft launch in the Americas

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Have you ever wanted to make your own MapleStory game world but couldn't land a job at Nexon America? Well that dream became a...

Duckside is a new PvPvE survival shooter and not something I just made up I swear

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Don't look at me like that. Duckside is a real game, not an MJ-inspired fever dream, and it's from tinyBuild, which is a real...

Co-op cozy game My Time at Evershine funded on Kickstarter in just 35 minutes

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Last week, MOP's Chris took a look at My Time at Evershine, the latest multiplayer cozy game from Pathea Games, best known for My...