Make My MMO: February 21, 2015
Welcome back to Make My MMO, a recurring column from Massively-that-was which covers crowdsourced MMOs of both the fully funded and the not-so-much variety....
Star Citizen’s space mining sounds pretty fun
Here's a novel concept: pounding space rocks into space dust could actually be fun! At least it appears that way in reading the latest...
Skyforge preps for NA and EU closed beta
Closed beta testing for Skyforge will be coming soon to North America and Europe, according to a new producer's letter. While Skyforge is already...
Pantheon video update shows visual upgrade, new art assets
Visionary Realms posted a new Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen video update this weekend. Creative director Chris Perkins narrates approximately four-and-a-half minutes of footage...
EverQuest Next severs ties with Storybricks
Daybreak continues to trim its asset portfolio, as the former SOE studio has cut loose artificial intelligence software company Storybricks from the EverQuest Next...
Betawatch: February 20, 2015
What do you get when you combine the the quirkiness of Glitch or Wakfu with the voxelboxiness of Trove? That'd be SkySaga, the UK sandvox that's...
Diablo III previews the armor, powers, and rift improvements of patch 2.2
Diablo III's next major patch is a quality-of-life patch, meaning that it's not going to come with a huge influx of new content. If...
Trials of Ascension attempts another Kickstarter campaign
Permadeath, corpse looting, and no mini-map: Will this be tempting enough to get the community on board with donations? Trials of Ascension hopes so,...
Ex-Bioware doc Zeschuk building virtual playground apps
When last we heard from Greg Zeschuk, it was 2012 and the games industry was swiftly receding in his rearview mirror. Now, though, one...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Starr Long on gameplay vs. graphics
Shroud of the Avatar executive producer -- and original Ultima Online director -- Starr Long was interviewed by The Escapist this week. Long discusses...
Elite is getting wings but not wing commanders
Elite: Dangerous lead designer Sandro Sammarco spoke with PC Gamer this week about the sci-fi title's upcoming 1.2 patch. The major feature is of...
Otherland beta test focuses on server stability
Otherland continues its trek back to public consciousness and notability after being dropped by Real-U and picked back up by Drago. Currently, the multi-world...
Defiance switches up leads while ArcheAge and RIFT elaborate on game worlds
Trick Dempsey is out as Defiance's creative lead, but he's pleased to pass the project on to his successor: Carble Cheung. Cheung has been...
Star Citizen developers respond to feedback on Rental Equipment Credits
When Star Citizen recently announced its plans to sell temporary rental equipment this week, the online response was pretty mixed. While most backers seemed...
Camelot Unchained teases alpha start, ‘major feature’
Yesterday's Camelot Unchained update delivered quite a bit of good news to fans of the fantasy RvR sandbox. City State boss Mark Jacobs revealed...
WoW’s Iron Docks have been delayed to patch 6.2
Are you looking forward to the Iron Docks quests in World of Warcraft's patch 6.1? Even though they haven't been mentioned in any patch...
Old School RuneScape releases permanent F2P servers
Originally released back in 2001 when the MMO genre was in its infancy, browser MMO RuneScape has endured through over a decade of development...
The Division is on track for a 2015 release
Getting your next Tom Clancy gaming fix shouldn't be too hard this year. Ubisoft announced this past week that The Division will be coming...
APB: Reloaded improving server tech for console launches
Twitch reflexes are all for naught if an MMO's servers are super-laggy, which is why the APB: Reloaded team is dedicating itself to the...
Marvel Heroes to start selling limited edition costumes
One of Marvel Heroes' big money makers is the game's sale of iconic costumes for player heroes. In addition to creating and selling normal...
