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Star Citizen’s March report marks progress on new ships, AI tools, and overheating for ships and weapons
With alpha 4.1's release as the milestone marker for March in Star Citizen, the progress report for that same month out of CIG is...
Vague Patch Notes: What’s so hopeless about horizontal progression in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, I talked about power creep when it comes to MMOs in general, and one of the things I mentioned as...
Star Citizen’s $10M pledge haul in March caps off a first quarter YoY funding increase for 2025
Yet again, the unfinished alpha spaceship sandbox Star Citizen continues to break crowdfunding records despite its long years in early development: CIG's sci-fi magnum...
Clash of Adventurers is a free-to-play sandbox MMORPG in pre-alpha development with all the trimmings
There's something to be said about splashy introductions being tossed aside for succinct and forthright descriptions, and that most certainly is the first impression...
Soulframe talks about pre-alpha updates while being distracted by live animals
What do chinchillas, bunnies, chickens, and Soulframe have to do with each other? They were all brought together for the game's latest dev stream...
RuneScape Dragonwilds is Jagex’s new co-op survival game, coming to early access this spring
Jagex has officially announced another game in the RuneScape franchise: RuneScape Dragonwilds. Before you get too excited, it's not a new MMORPG; it's an...
Blue Protocol’s mobile remake, Star Resonance, continues testing in China
Massively OP's biggest disappointment of 2024, the premature cancelation of Blue Protocol, isn't about to be reversed by the development of a mobile remake...
Ashes of Creation provides a look at its first version of naval gameplay in latest video
The latest Alpha Two build for Ashes of Creation wasn't only about bringing the stab-happy Rogue class; it's also offering up the very first...
Betawatch: Stars Reach’s Kickstarter did indeed reach the stars
It's not exactly a shock that Stars Reach hit its funding goal, but it is still newsworthy! Like, it would have been a real...
Early access MMORPG Pax Dei releases a new roadmap, saying its next update will be a ‘significant step forward’
Pax Dei is doing some hardcore, take-no-prisoners self-reflection in its March development update letter. The studio recapped its journey through early access so far,...
Ashes of Creation showcases the ‘stealth, precision, and deadly strikes’ of the Rogue archetype
Backstabbing, stealth, tricks, and lightning-fast attacks that whittle an enemy down are the hallmarks of any good Rogue class, and Ashes of Creation isn't...
Stars Reach Kickstarter ends with over $750K raised – plus fresh investment and a new vampire species
Stars Reach, Raph Koster's grand sci-fi MMORPG sandbox adventure, has officially funded on Kickstarter this afternoon, soaring past $739,000 in crowdfunding with over 5,200...
Star Citizen highlights the Drake Golem, alpha 4.1’s upcoming new starter mining ship
If you're the kind of Star Citizen player who's looking to break into ship-based mining, doesn't want to cough up the credits (or real-world...
Voxel-y MMORPG EverCraft Online rebrands as Adrullan Online Adventures ahead of May 2 stress test
What's in a name? Well, at least a few more syllables in the case of Adrullan Online Adventures, which is the new name for...
‘It’s all coming back, just as you left it’: Fawkes hypes the return of Defiance with a new teaser video
Last week, we got the surprising but welcome news that Fawkes Games is unsunsetting Defiance, Trion Worlds' old "transmedia synergy MMO, come April 18th....
The Daily Grind: Do you appreciate brutal honesty from MMORPG devs?
A few weeks back, the few remaining Might and Delight developers admitted in print that Kickstarted MMO Book of Travels is basically in maintenance...
Evercore Heroes admits that it ‘should have waited a little longer’ before putting out a demo
Last month's run of a demo for co-op roguelike Evercore Heroes was largely a positive experience for the studio, but it still admits that...
RuneScape polishes quests while Old School RuneScape goes Sailing
Have you ever felt as though your feedback was heard by an MMO studio? Some RuneScape players are going to answer in the affirmative...
Star Citizen studio shutters its LA offices as players argue CIG’s whaling is anti-consumer
Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium has announced in its Chairman's Club newsletter that it is officially shuttering its Los Angeles studio. Last year, the...
Stars Reach adds procedural creature variance, combat updates, and new mining tweaks in latest build
Stars Reach has put forth another update to its pre-alpha, and this one has some pretty impactful additions that players will want to know...
