Crowfall preps beta, raises another $12M from investors to bring total funding to $35M - Crowfall's founder update hit the ArtCraft site this afternoon, and it's a doozy. The studio's J Todd Coleman says development progress is "fantastic," and he should be excited, since the…
Chronicles of Elyria is still working on the botched Settlers of Elyria event – and future events too - Chronicles of Elyria has returned after winter holidays with a new newsletter for backers. As usual, the newsletter is pretty fluffy (I mean, there's literally a meme about pigs-in-blankets), but…
Dual Universe hires former CCP technical director as its chief technical officer - Talk about a wealth of experience in internet spaceship sandbox development. Dual Universe developer Novaquark has hired CCP's former technical director Högni Gylfason as the company's chief technical officer. Gylfason…
Elite Dangerous’ latest update will launch ahead of schedule on January 14 - Last fall, Frontier announced that in response to player feedback, it was holding off on Elite Dangerous' December fleet carriers update, bumping it to 2020 in favor of some hefty…
Shroud of the Avatar outlines plans for Episode 2’s arrival and additional updates in 2020 - So, just where is Shroud of the Avatar's Episode 2? That question is mostly answered in a rather beefy dev forum post which outlines Portalarium's vision for development in 2020,…
Temtem announces dates for the end of alpha and the beginning of stress testing - The developing critter collecting MMO Temtem has some dates for you to remember as it moves through its development cycle from alpha to early access on PC. Specifically, it's dating…
Albion Online’s Queen update is crowned January 20 with Outlands rework, hideouts, and new faction - Albion Online's next big thing, Queen, is launching on January 20th, and fans of the PvP sandbox will want to prep for this one, as Sandbox Interactive is calling it…
Shroud of the Avatar clarifies its stance on multi-boxing - In the interest of clearing the air and apparently settling some unrest regarding multi-boxing in Shroud of the Avatar, Catnip Games has gone on record to outline its current stance…
J Todd Coleman promises Crowfall will be ‘the most strategic virtual universe’, hints at launch details - A tweet from Crowfall prompted some responses from creative director J Todd Coleman that could perhaps perk a couple of ears, offering some promises for the game's future both in…
Crytek’s latest legal maneuvering against CIG suggests Squadron 42 won’t release this summer - The long, drawn out, snail-paced legal fight between CIG and Crytek has taken one more step, but this one seems to have some direct correlation to Squadron 42 and its…
Star Citizen SOCS socks promise to revolutionize foot warming in the first quarter of 2020 - You can wear your heart on your sleeve regarding Star Citizen, but everyone kind of expects that. What you really want to do is wear your heart for the developing…
Elite Dangerous clarifies a misunderstanding regarding its Arx cash shop currency - Cash shop currency purchases are always a pretty sensitive thing, understandably, so when an Elite Dangerous player reported that deleting a character wiped out their Arx cash shop balance, it…
NCsoft follows up City of Heroes code copyright filing with fresh trademark application - Do you folks remember last summer when we learned that NCsoft had filed copyright documentation for the City of Heroes game code? The June revelation came just a few months…
See City of Titans’ Alexandria beginner zone in action - After stumbling a couple of years ago when it had hoped to hit alpha testing, City of Titans and its team are projecting confidence that forward momentum is happening with…
Albion Online takes a look at its 2019 and shares a mid-season report on the Avalonian Invasion - It's time to look back at the past and report on the present of Albion Online, as the devs have written up a couple of posts wrapping up the sandbox…
Camelot Unchained to reveal a ‘massive, immersive experience’ this month - What will the new year bring for the long-awaited, long-brewing Camelot Unchained? You might find out sooner rather than later according to the very last post from 2019 that City…
Ashes of Creation’s 2020 outlook includes Alpha One, castle sieges - Promising "exciting announcements" and "significant team growth" in the new year, Intrepid Studios' Steven Sharif penned a letter that attempts to wrest attention back to the upcoming Ashes of Creation.…
Choose My Adventure: The perfect sandbox MMORPG already exists in Project Gorgon - You know, I don’t think I’ve ever delighted in being so lost in an MMORPG before. Most of the time, being kicked out into the pasture and told to figure…
The Stream Team: Ending 2019 in AdventureQuest 3D - What better way for Massively OP's MJ to close out 2019's OPTV streams than with the game that impressed her the most this year: AQ3D! There are still events going…
Shroud of the Avatar boots real-money transactions off its forums - Real-money traders, you are no longer welcome on Shroud of the Avatar's property. At least, that's the message being sent by Catnip Studios, which declared a unilateral ban on RMT…
The Stream Team: Storytime in AdventureQuest 3D - Massively OP's MJ discovered that she'd been missing out on some of the best story in AQ3DÂ -- Ashfall. That conclusion has become one of her favorite moments in game,…
Demi is a free-to-play online TCG with battling pantheons and online card trading now on Kickstarter - To read the crowdfunding pitch of Demi, you'd be forgiven for thinking that card games have lost some of the plot, and if you want something done right you better…