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The Repopulation-spinoff Fragmented has reached release on Steam
Gosh, I had almost forgotten about Fragmented - it's been a while! But it's formally launched on Steam as of today for a discounted...
Checking out RIFT 4.2: Celestial Storm
Summertime does seem to be ripe territory for MMORPGs to release sizable content updates in the hopes of keeping players occupied and luring back...
Albion Online plans huge beta finale ahead of July 17 launch
Albion Online is finally making the transition from beta to launch this month. Sandbox Interactive has posted a timeline of events leading up to...
The Repopulation posts teeny, tiny image teaser
It's small. It's ambiguous. And it might be pointing to the future of The Repopulation.
The new team handling this sci-fi MMO posted a rather...
The Daily Grind: Has a soundtrack ever inspired you to try out an MMORPG?
Massively OP reader Andrea has a fun question for us today. "I've been perusing through different MMO soundtracks these past days and some of...
The Repopulation moves forward with huge patch, alpha plans
Back in January, we learned the fate of The Repopulation: The Hero Engine team from Idea Fabrik would be taking over development of the game from...
Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
The Repopulation updates graphic shaders, QA pipeline ahead of May update
How's The Repopulation coming along? Well, it's coming. Last week, the newly installed Idea Fabrik developers discussed how the planned May update is progressing with...
The first new patch for The Repopulation should be in about five weeks
When The Repopulation returned under new management, it was an understood fact that it would be a while before the game got its first...
The Survivalist: Massively OP’s guide to multiplayer survival sandboxes
Welcome to The Survivalist! Ya'll might have noticed that I have gravitated a bit from my happy home of deep, immersive virtual worlds (possible...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 109: We are all Dragonborn
Justin and Bree discuss our PAX awards, Guild Wars 2, Wizard101, WoW, LOTRO, DDO, The Repopulation, EverQuest, Eternal Crusade, and Pathfinder, with mailbag questions on Funcom's mystery game and Landmark-like sandboxes.
The Repopulation is back, but major bugs ensure the next patch is a ways off
Idea Fabrik's internal dev team published a dev update on The Repopulation this morning, following the game's relaunch last week. The studio says it's...
One Shots: The Candy Man
If you have a sweet tooth or diabetes, you may want to avoid the temptation that we're about to put in your path with...
The Stream Team: The Repopulation has resurfaced
It's definitely been a long, long time since Massively OP's MJ has played The Repopulation, but that's that's not on her! The game had...
The Repopulation is back up and running
It might not have been everyone's ideal scenario, but the fact is that The Repopulation has come back under new management -- and you...
The Repopulation will be playable Sunday, back on Steam later in March
The Repopulation is indeed on track to resume early access later this month as planned.
"Servers will be opening up to all current players on...
Idea Fabrik will have The Repopulation back online in the next few weeks
Idea Fabrik is forging onward in its plan to re-start The Repopulation game servers, forum posts from the last couple of weeks suggest. The...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most unclear futures in 2017
A little while back, I took a look at the healthiest games in the MMO space at this time. That was a nice, uplifting...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 100: The nesting instinct in Elder Scrolls Online
Justin and Larry discuss Elder Scrolls Online housing, ARK, The Repopulation, the Switch, Nostalrius, HeroWarz, Pathfinder, and Star Trek Online.
The Repopulation’s new owners say pay-to-win is off the table
Still reeling over the news that The Repopulation has been acquired by Idea Fabrik and will launch in Hero Engine later this quarter after...