Star Citizen as the ‘unwieldy, ever-changing dream project’ - Kotaku has a long piece on Star Citizen out today, cobbled together over months of discussions with Star Citizen developers, anonymous and not. Julian Benson's Inside the Troubled Development of…
Massively OP’s guide to the best upcoming indie MMORPGs, part one - When you write for an MMORPG website that covers literally hundreds of games and could probably add in hundreds more that are extinct, are in operation only overseas, or are…
The Stream Team: Derek Brinkmann dishes about Shards Online - How would you describe Shards Online? MassivelyOP's MJ found the perfect way to answer that question: She nabbed Derek "Supreem" Brinkmann to do it! Who better to answer all your…
Camelot Unchained makes progress on the ‘long road’ to beta - It's been a "longer road" to the first beta test than Camelot Unchained's team originally anticipated, but the good news is that progress is definitely being made. Need proof? Then…
The Stream Team: Fishing and frolicking in Shards Online - It's been quite some time since MassivelyOP's MJ dived into Shards Online to show it off to you, and much has changed since then. She's excited to get back in…
The Exiled is thoroughly revamping its user interface - Indie PvP sandbox The Exiled, formerly known as Dal Tal, is in the middle of a massive upgrade to its user interface. Fairytale Distillery's Alexander Zacherl says that the team's been…
Forsaken Legends brings you up to speed on its ‘massive’ updates - The small team at Forsaken Legends wants to bring fans up to speed on the "massive" updates that it has rolled out for the upcoming fantasy sandbox over the past…
Crowfall’s Raph Koster and Thomas Blair on the challenges of MMORPG harvesting - Harvesting in an MMORPG is just the boring gruntwork you have to trudge through before you can get to the glory of crafting -- or it is? That's just one…
How voxel tech is powering sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe - Dual Universe has a fresh dev diary out this week on how it's employing voxel technology for its builder-centric space sandbox. "The idea of voxel is not new," Novaquark's Jean-Christophe…
Star Citizen unmasks its intricate facial design system - This week's Star Citizen 10 for the Chairman is being called a special edition in that Chris Roberts and Head of the Global Character Pipeline Josh Herman selected questions from…
Dual Universe dev on single shards, launch schedule, consoles, and VR - WCCFtech has an interesting interview with Dual Universe's Jean-Christophe Baillie out this week that sheds some fresh light on the upcoming sci-fi sandbox. Baillie says that even if five million…
Shards Online adds fishing before it hops to alpha - What are the most crucial features to have in an MMO before you go into alpha testing? Shards Online already has a lot of mechanics in place, but it was…
ECO’s ecosystem will release October 5th - Total War: ArenaAn ecosystem is coming to ECO! Though if you consider the survival sandbox's name, that probably doesn't come as much of a surprise. The devs told Kickstarter backers this…
Elite: Dangerous adds more fighter support, ‘mysterious’ planetary discoveries - Feeling lost among the stars, especially when you run out of fuel and find yourself drifting in the cosmos and contemplating a new line of work? Elite: Dangerous' development team…
Hero’s Song updates Indiegogo backers on funding, AI, and Steam - Hero's Song's Indiegogo update today reveals how far the game has come, both in terms of its finances and its design. "We're hard at work on finishing the game," writes…
Gloria Victis debuts its dynamic events system - Gloria Victis has a way of downplaying its updates for its fiercely loyal tester playerbase, but this past weekend's announcements deserve a spotlight. The star is the game's new global…
Chronicles of Elyria teases online store, taiga biome - Chronicles of Elyria's weekly update to Kickstarter watchers is brief, but it heralds the 2.1 release of the website, which now includes a private messaging system, better moderation tools, improved…
Fragmented makes Xbox One plans, experiments with VR - The Repopulation's spun-off survival sandbox, Fragmented, is pivoting in a big way, MOP reader DK pointed out to us over the weekend. In a message on its official forums last…
Shroud of the Avatar teases Halloween content, Estgard, and SOTAcon - Shroud of the Avatar has the honor of being one of the first MMORPGs to tease Halloween content this year, meaning it's only about two months behind all the damn…
