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The Soapbox: MMO housing is so much more than a frivolous feature
When The Sims launched in 2000, what seemed like a dull and laughable concept on paper proved to be one of the most compelling...
Ashes of Creation shows off Alpha Two’s updated mage archetype in latest livestream
The excruciating but inexorable march to Alpha Two continues for Ashes of Creation as the game's devs have once more come together for a...
Star Citizen casts another spotlight on alpha 3.19’s updates to Lorville
Changes to Lorville have been a repeated topic for Star Citizen as it runs up to alpha 3.19's release, but apparently that horse has...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen recounts April’s pre-alpha testing and dates next pre-alpha for May 13
The word "pre-alpha" is going to appear a lot in this latest news story from Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. That's because the April...
Medieval fantasy MMO Past Fate beefs up early game and optimization
As it heads toward early access later this year, the freedom-happy medieval fantasy MMO Past Fate is keeping things spicy with both increased promotion...
Monsters & Memories has a public stress test coming this weekend
Ready to get your first hands-on look with a charming little indie MMO that's seeking to evoke the olden days of both MMOs and...
Star Citizen discusses design, development, and plans for mission content in latest livestream
If you're not answering beacons in Star Citizen, you're probably running the missions that are available. If that's the case, then you might be...
Multiplayer tactical battler Spellcraft recounts its first public alpha, maps a second test for June 19
The beginning of April saw Spellcraft, the "real-time battler" from studio One More Game, begin its first alpha test (aka Preseason 1). Now that...
Star Citizen releases alpha 3.18.2 as players express surprise at a partial wipe and outline several build bugs
Yesterday saw another Star Citizen patch go live as alpha 3.18.2 hit the PU with nothing more in its notes beyond "general stability and...
The Swordsmen X Survival quietly lists an April 27 early access release date on Steam and releases new trailers
Last month we took a peek back in the direction of Swordsmen X: Survival, a martial arts survival sandbox that first crossed our desk...
Pax Dei elaborates on its sandbox housing and building systems – check out the new video
Pax Dei's reveal at the top of March was a surprise of the welcome sort for fans of immersive fantasy sandbox MMOs, as studio...
Dark and Darker’s alpha playtest slammed by ‘sophisticated’ DDoS attack
Remember how, just last month, Ironmace studios urged fans "not to worry" about Dark and Darker's future? So... it might be time to start...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen ramps up enemy health and offers a look at the retooled Dire Lord class
No, Dire Lord isn't the name of a PvP FPS Twitch streamer who says "bruh" unironically; it's a class in Pantheon: Rise of the...
Ubisoft’s free-to-play arena shooter XDefiant runs closed beta for PC and console until April 23
Is it really a closed beta test if it appears to be open to those who register or snag access by watching a livestream?...
Dungeon crawler Dark and Darker goes to ‘Plan Z’ by releasing its playtest via torrent
The incredibly odd and unfortunate saga of multiplayer dungeon crawler Dark and Darker continues to vie for weirdest story of 2023. After getting the...
Betawatch: Wayfinder catches the delay bug
If you felt like Wayfinder was really just cruising along and fast-tracking its way to beta, well... we have a bit of bad news...
Kickstarted open-world MMO Past Fate posts new early access video
We've had an eyeball on skill-based open-world MMORPG Past Fate since at least 2019, when it first made it into one of our MMOs...
BitCraft’s next pre-alpha will test the game’s new backend infrastructure
We've had an eye on BitCraft, a procedural-gen MMORPG sandbox, since it first surfaced in 2019 as Clockwork Labs' well-funded new toy. In spite...
Kickstarted Fractured Veil delays early access to September after engine upgrade
Just about two years ago, we first learned about a new survival MMO called Fractured Veil. It pulled in $110,000 on Kickstarter to fund...
Anvil Empires solicits serious testers for upcoming technical pre-alpha tests
MMO players were treated to a delightful surprise at the end of March, when Foxhole developer Siege Camp took the wraps off its next...
