Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on guilds, groups, and the social systems that make an MMORPG go ’round - Over the weekend, the studio behind crowdfunded RvR MMORPGÂ Camelot Unchained released a hefty chunk of its ongoing beta one document, revealing extensive insight into the way the game's social systems…
Elite Dangerous’ 2.4 update today heralds ‘The Return’ of the Thargoids - When Frontier's servers return to service today, Elite Dangerous will have a shiny new update. Patch 2.4 The Return promises "more mysterious and exciting things," a plain allusion to the…
Star Citizen is down to just five critical issues to tackle before the Evocati see alpha 3.0 - Another week, another countdown to Star Citizen alpha 3.0, and we are getting close. In this week's Around the Verse, Cloud Imperium says it's still got 5 issues left to…
Crowfall clarifies Kickstarter ‘proof-of-concept’ statements - The folks at Procedural Worlds have a new interview-slash-testimonial from Crowfall Lead Environment Artist Jon O'Neal, in which he talks up that company's enviromental design tools as employed in the…
Brad McQuaid: MMO devs are ‘making the very, very early foundations of the Holodeck’ - Pantheon and MMOs like it are bringing our dream future one step closer (or at least, Lt. Barclay's dream future), Brad McQuaid suggests in a new interview this week. MMORPG veterans know McQuaid…
Shroud of the Avatar’s R46 is live, with a stealing update, better load times, and plenty of polish - Shroud of the Avatar's 46th Release is live today, the first monthly update in which Portalarium says it is beginning to "truly focus on [its] top 10 priorities for launch."…
Legends of Aria begins final alpha - Rest time's over, boys and girls, so dust yourself off and get back into the thick of the alpha. In this case, it's Legends of Aria and its final alpha…
Camelot Unchained strives for a well-rounded experience as it focuses on siege gameplay - In making the transition from limited-focus tests to larger siege gameplay to the long-awaited beta, the team behind Camelot Unchained is "sprinting" as it rounds out the MMO experience with…
Crowfall’s Raph Koster explains why MMO systems stagnate and die - The man who pretty much wrote the book on many MMORPG systems shared another piece of keen insight about a pitfall in many competitive systems. In a short blog post,…
The Stream Team: Devs deliver a newbie guide for Legends of Aria’s final alpha - It's the final alpha! Do do do do do do do do do... sing it with us! Legends of Aria just started its final alpha test today, with lots of…
Crowfall details the obdurate Stoneborn race - The Stoneborn of Crowfall are not dwarves. They sometimes get referred to as dwarves, but it's a ridiculous name because they're as large as normal people. They're also not a…
Elite: Dangerous players are putting together fragmented accounts of fighting the Thargoids - One of the first players to encounter the Thargoids in Elite: Dangerous provided a video of the encounter, and the bad news is that it doesn't go well for the…
Albion Online adds 5v5 PvP arenas with today’s Joseph update - The long-awaited Joseph patch has just landed in Albion Online, its first update since its launch this past summer. Albion heard you liked PvP, see, so it's adding a side of…
Crowfall introduces the half-elf race, promises racial choices offer ‘significant gameplay elements’ - Remember this lovely ranger lady from Crowfall's original concept art? We sure do, since we're pretty fond of using it. Turns out in the new split archetypes system, she's a…
Shroud of the Avatar preps 46th release, focuses on ‘player direction’ inside the world - It's almost the end of the month, and you know what that means: Shroud of the Avatar's monthly update. R46 is due out this Thursday, a day after the current…
The Repopulation’s next patch is on the way, and so is more visual lore - Fans of The Repopulation have been waiting for the game's next patch for a little while, but it shouldn't be much longer now. A new post on the official forum…
