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Crowfall releases patch 5.8, the first campaign patch, without the first campaign
Good news, Crowfall fans, the long-awaited patch for the game's first real campaign releases today! Except it does so without the actual just-referenced first real...
Torchlight Frontiers recaps the progress of its second alpha test
The second alpha for Torchlight Frontiers has guttered to a close, and it turns out that the players involved were fools of the highest order...
Global Chat: A WildStar goodbye
How do you say farewell to an MMO that meant a lot to you? With tears, sorrow, screenshots, and words. Lots and lots of...
Betawatch: Atlas delays alpha a week, Division 2 hits tech alpha
Studio Wildcard, you... er... wild cards. Yeah, that seems right. You announced the big surprise splash of Atlas, and then you delay the launch from...
Dual Universe opens winter alpha to all Kickstarter donors next week
If you put any money at all into sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe back during its 2016 Kickstarter, you're about to have a happy Christmas...
Ashes of Creation shows off alpha gameplay while prepping fans for the Apocalypse
With the public battle royale-style Apocalypse mode coming to Ashes of Creation next week, Intrepid Studios is leveraging the increased attention as best it...
The Division 2 is hosting its first technical alpha test this weekend
Although Ubisoft's upcoming MMO shooter The Division 2 isn't set to launch until March of next year, some lucky players will be able to...
Prosperous Universe blasts off to early access today
Call it early access, call it first access, just don't call it late to space dinner. The sci-fi sim Prosperous Universe is taking one...
Population Zero starts selling founder’s packs, lays out 2019 testing schedule
Russian-made survival MMO Population Zero plans to head into alpha testing at the start of 2019 -- and hopes to end the year with...
Pantheon’s full world begins to emerge as pre-alpha winds down
One of the big hopes of the future of the MMO genre is finally putting all of its pieces together. Pantheon announced in its...
Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall is preparing to test its first real campaign
Crowfall's on a "fast track" to its first campaign, ArtCraft says. Getcher "it's happening" gifs: "After a few weeks of testing, our final pre-alpha...
Anthem player learns why you don’t break NDAs. Or why you don’t use Origin. It’s one of those.
With the line between live and beta in online games blurring more and more by the year, it's no wonder some folks have gotten...
EVE Evolved: How could Project Nova live up to its true potential?
I think it's fair to say that EVE Online developer CCP Games hasn't had much success when it comes to avatar-based gameplay. The studio's...
Population Zero is an upcoming crafting-survival MMO inspired by classic sci-fi
Survival crafting games are all the rage these days, it seems, and the genre's about to get just a little bit bigger with the...
The MOP Up: TERA’s Valkyrie goes to console while Vainglory comes to PC
No matter what platform you're on, there's good stuff coming your way! TERA's Valkyrie update is finally making the jump to Xbox One and...
Betawatch: Legends of Aria pushes back its Steam early access
It's been a week of some speed bumps for Legends of Aria; after it reset progress with its karma system ahead of its early access...
Crowfall’s first campaign is the last phase of its pre-alpha testing
The ramp-up for Crowfall's first campaign in pre-alpha 5.8 continues, with the team kicking off the first snap testing on the game's test server. No,...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2018
It's become a tradition on Massively OP to include among our end-of-the-year roundups and editorials and retrospectives a run-down of our favorite - and least favorite - MMO dev quotes of the year, be they obscure, poignant, or just plain dumb. So once again, for this week's Massively Overthinking, I've asked our staff to offer up those quotes and then reflect on what we from the year and reflect on just what we've learned from them.
Star Citizen shows off Lorville business district for 3.4.0 as alpha 3.3.7 goes live
Sean Tracy and Steve Bender helm this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, and the dev update focuses on the culture and business district...