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Ashes of Creation previews new dungeon, new races, and player housing added in Alpha Two phase two
It's a sequel to a sequel to an alpha! OK, not really, but Ashes of Creation is indeed moving forward to phase two of...
Betawatch: SWTOR’s Mac test, Stars Reach’s preview, Steel Hunter’s beta weekend
Some weeks, everyone is going whole-hog on beta developments. And some weeks you have two back-to-back holidays coming up so everyone decides "eh, let's...
Star Citizen alpha 4.0 releases as a ‘preview’ version that runs parallel to the ongoing alpha 3.24.3
CIG promised over and over that Star Citizen would get its alpha 4.0 release before the end of this year, and technically speaking, it...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2025
This might just be my favorite roundtable of the year: It's time to lay down our predictions for the MMORPG genre for 2025. And...
Ashes of Creation starts up the second phase of Alpha Two this weekend
So how glorious are you feeling these days? We know that Ashes of Creation loves to call its community glorious, and this glorious Friday...
Sandbox MMORPG The Quinfall announces early access release date of January 25
Over the past several months we've been covering The Quinfall, Vawraek Technology's open world sandbox MMORPG, which made its arrival to gamers' notice in...
The Soapbox: The Dauntless Awakening update is just as bad as advertised for veteran players
I was hoping against hope that I wouldn't have to write that headline.
I've been a Dauntless fan and player for many years now, getting...
Betawatch: Pantheon enters early access at long last
If you were worried that Pantheon would ever reach any form of release, before or after the untimely passing of Brad McQuaid, we're happy...
Star Citizen rounds up the features for alpha 4.0, which is still on track for release by year’s end
There are only a few more weeks left in December, let alone 2024, but Star Citizen is still claiming in its final video digest...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024
You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...
Old School RuneScape provides an updated deep-dive into its new Sailing skill, confirms alpha for 2025
It's been quite a while since Old School RuneScape talked about the development of its new Sailing skill, but that's not because Jagex has...
SMITE 2’s last closed alpha patch of 2024 brings three more gods and a Lord of the Rings crossover event
It's time for the last patch for the closed alpha of MOBA SMITE 2, and this one is going out with another set of...
Chronicles of Elyria dev claims development is ‘progressing steadily,’ but no, you can’t see it
When last we heard from Chronicles of Elyria, Soulbound Studio's Jeromy Walsh explained that the company was once again struggling financially and that he...
Past Fate vows to address the unintentional nudist colony it’s become
Open world MMO Past Fate has a nudie problem that's, for once, not of the players' own making. Apparently there's a replication bug plaguing...
Soulframe talks up December pre-alpha updates, promises open testing and wolf mount next year
The very last dev livestream of 2024 for MMO Soulframe wrapped up over the weekend, and developer Digital Extremes was once again ready to...
The MOP Up: World War II Online bids farewell to the fishbowl
World War II Online aviators will be pleased to hear that a disliked visual is about to be killed: "The long-awaited, long-hated fishbowl effect...
Betawatch: Path of Exile 2’s early access has begun
All right, let's not front, the only thing we're really worrying about in the MMO-ish (it's flagged MMO on Steam) beta space right now...
Star Citizen highlights the music that will accompany alpha 4.0’s Pyro system
If you're a fan of the music that thrums along as you play Star Citizen, then you're going to be getting some new audio...
Grab a King of Meat alpha test key courtesy of Amazon and Glowmade – alpha is live right now!
Back in August, Amazon and Glowmade took the wraps off a new co-op dungeon-runner called King of Meat, and I think you can tell...
MMO Hype Train: My growing obsession with Stars Reach
As much as I respect Raph Koster for all of his passion and pioneering of MMORPGs, I've rarely crossed paths with his games, notably...
