Official Site:Â Albion Online
Studio:Â Sandbox Interactive
Launch Date: July 17, 2017
Genre:Â Fantasy PvP Sandbox
Business Model:Â N/A
Platform: PC
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Make My MMO: Fractured’s June alpha will include its first attempt at proper player cities
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Fractured's current alpha test will come to a close, but don't fret: Dynamight is plotting the next round for June,...
Albion Online’s PvP meta-disrupting ninth guild season begins May 16
Early this morning, Albion Online's Sandbox Interactive laid out the roadmap for the next Guild Season - its ninth so far. The key dates...
First Impressions: Fractured’s alpha playtest begins to put the pieces together
As we reported at the end of last week, MMORPG sandbox Fractured opened up its alpha test to all backers. With this test phase,...
Make My MMO: Following Chronicles of Elyria reports, state attorney general addresses crowdfunding scams
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Spring and Easter events drop in Albion Online, Roblox, Runes of Magic, and ARK
Spring is in the air, and if you're largely stuck at home, you may as well enjoy it in your MMOs. Yep, it's getting...
The MOP Up: Darkfall Rise of Agon heats up
No, Darkfall Rise of Agon's map up there didn't just contract chicken pox; that's a "heat map" showing all of the bloodthirsty hot spots...
COVID-19 roundup: Final Fantasy MMORPG disruptions, Xbox Series X release, and philanthropy from Sony and Albion Online
Yes, we're doing another roundup of stories from the novel coronavirus' impact on our slice of the gaming pie. This one, though, has some...
Albion Online wants to boost players’ ‘incentives for backstabbing and going to war’
Over the last few months, Albion Online's Sandbox Interactive has continued its push to rebalance the endgame meta - specifically, the power and potency...
Choose My Adventure: Albion Online, chestnut logs, and terrible mistakes
I regret to inform you all that my final moments in Albion Online were something of a bellyflop. A number of smaller frustrations just...
Make My MMO: Chronicles of Elyria becomes the highest-profile MMORPG Kickstarter to crash and burn
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Soulbound Studios, the team behind MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria, announced that the game was on indefinite hold and all...
Choose My Adventure: In which Albion Online decides to beat me up
OK, Albion Online. I get it. You're a tough guy. You see a soft, doughy person like me and decide to lull me into...
Make My MMO: Occupy White Walls, Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff, and Saga of Lucimia
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we've actually got two new relevant-to-us Kickstarters to linger over. Art-curation MMO Occupy White Walls, which has been in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 263: Cantha or bust
Justin and Bree discuss the coronavirus' impact on online gaming, Guild Wars 2's Cantha expansion and recent departures, WoW's essence switcharoo, Phantasy Star Online 2's open beta, Albion Online's roadmap, with adventures in WoW Classic, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends, and mailbag entries on so-called dead games and new engines for old MMOs.
Choose My Adventure: The end of the breadcrumb trail in Albion Online
Well, that didn’t take long.
This week was all about following the rest of the breadcrumb trail in Albion Online to see where it led,...
Albion Online’s 2020 roadmap promises more solo and small group content, improved faction warfare
The remainder of 2020 in Albion Online looks to be an important one for a number of different playstyles in the game if the...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’ Fuel Rats have rescued 70,000 ships
This week in MMO crowdfunding, I needed something heartwarming, so there it is: The Fuel Rats, the folks who run around in Elite Dangerous...
Albion Online works to limit alliances, ganking, and underwhelming loot in its latest patch
It'd be unfair to call the latest patch for Albion Online a course correction; rather, it's more of an ongoing course adjustment. Alliances, for example,...
Choose My Adventure: An impressive and empowering first few steps in Albion Online
Albion Online has been one of those sandbox MMORPGs that I’d always had a passing curiosity about, but was never really eager to take...
Make My MMO: OrbusVR gets a permanent price cut, Book of Travels talks art
This week in MMO crowdfunding, OrbusVR, one of the few virtual reality MMOs out there, announced and implemented a permanent price cut to $19.99...
Choose My Adventure: Black Desert should have gotten MMO of the Year
I can admit when I'm wrong. It happens often enough, that's for damn sure, and part of learning from a mistake is admitting that...
