New Games

Here’s the stuff we’d never heard of before we covered it for the first time here. You wanted bleeding edge… here it is! [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Citywars Savage is a Minecraft-like sandbox MMORPG with programmable NPCs

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We here at MOP like to cast a pretty wide net in our little corner of the videogame universe, which means we also see...

Path of Titans is a new survival sandbox on Indiegogo, slated for early access this year

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At this point, when a new online game crops up with no PR outreach asking for money, I think a lot of us hesitate,...

Meadow developer Might & Delight announces a new unnamed online RPG

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Last year, I hopped on our podcast to talk about an obscure but long-running and adorable MMO: Meadow. It's one of those games that...

Co-op action RPG Killsquad is in early access and already topping Steam’s sale list

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OARPG fans, it's been a good week for you, and it's gotten even better with the release of Killsquad. It's a co-op action RPG...

Persistent world VR MMO Neon Exile is slated for Steam early access this summer

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So here's a brand-new MMO we'd never heard of until today, thanks to its feature on the SpatialOS blog: It's called Neon Exile, and...
Boring, boring, boring.

MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Decentraland, Monster & Me, and Grand Fantasia

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!). Up first:...

The Soapbox: Hoping for Amazon to succeed where Lord of the Rings Online failed

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It's not often I really get excited about an upcoming MMORPG. Partly this is because of the industry slowing down, and partly this is...
Please. Use titles.

Shengqu Games unveils the upcoming mobile MMO Project A

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All right, we need to have a talk about this practice, folks. You can't keep titling every untitled game project "Project Such-and-such," especially when...

Black Desert has begun preorders for its PlayStation 4 edition launching August 22

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Back at E3, Pearl Abyss dropped a big announcement for Black Desert: The PC and Xbox One versions of the game were getting another...
Da-boo-di.

Blue Protocol travels through time and space to bring you a new anime MMO

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Here's a fun surprise for those who need something those not into Naga and Viera this week: a brand-new MMORPG announcement from Bandai Namco. The...

Steambirds Alliance is a new co-op bullet-hell shooter from the creators of Realm of the Mad God

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The creators of Realm of the Mad God are back with another chaotic co-op bullet hell, but this time they're abandoning the realm of...
Such a compelling narrative of 'gun'

PUBG Corp has a new studio working on a game creating a new narrative in the PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds universe

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So, how much do you know about the universe of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds? It's perfectly valid if your reaction to that question is incredulity that...

Not So Massively: Blizzard cancelled a(nother) game, and I couldn’t be happier

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Recently news broke that Blizzard had cancelled an unannounced game that had been in development for several years. This was followed closely by some...

Massively on the Go: First Impressions of Harry Potter Wizards Unite

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I know I've given Niantic hell when it comes on iterating on its Ingress formula, especially in terms of Pokemon Go, but Harry Potter: Wizards Unite...
Oh.

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite has generated about 15% of what Pokemon Go made on launch

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How big were you betting on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite? If you look at it in terms of developer history, the obvious point of...

Abstract Era Entertainment announces new sandbox MMO Seconds from Silence

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Shh, do you hear that? That's the sound of a new MMORPG, as this week fledgling studio Abstract Era Entertainment announced the existence of...

Monster Hunter: World devs discuss Iceborne development as the game’s first beta test draws near

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It won't be long now until hunters will be able to get their first taste of Monster Hunter: World's upcoming Iceborne expansion, with the...

MMOARG Harry Potter Wizards Unite has officially launched – a day early

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"A wizard is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to." -Obi-Wan Kenobi, probably. Now that we've ticked off all...

‘Classic’ MMO Dekaron announces mobile adaptation

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The trend of giving old MMOs new leases on life by turning them into mobile titles continues: Korean developer ThumbAge has announced that it...

MMOARG Harry Potter Wizards Unite is launching globally on Friday

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Well, that was sudden: After just two months in beta in Oceania, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will roll out globally this Friday, June 21st....