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Star Citizen’s new Pillar Talk series stars key devs discussing the 3.6 alpha
Your eyes aren't deceiving you: Cloud Imperium has brought back Pillar Talk as a real thing for the Star Citizen community, and it's not...
The MOP Up: Project Torque revs back up for another race
Car racing MMOs have endured bumpy runs in the genre, including the late Project Torque (also called Level R and HEAT Online). Torque ran...
Betawatch: It’s a Crowfall sort of week in alpha-beta-land
Considering that this past week was the fabled E3 week, you might have expected something else to just keep throwing out beta updates, but...
Amazon Game Studios is apparently suffering layoffs and game cancelations
Next week, we've got a piece coming in which one of my colleagues remarks that Amazon Game Studios' greatest claim to fame right now...
City of Titans drapes buildings with banners and players with capes
In a superhero MMO, what's more important to dress: characters or buildings? The answer is, obviously, both, which is why City of Titans' art...
Temtem announces ‘huge’ alpha update, will offer pre-orders (and alpha) via Discord store
Crowdfunded, Pokemon-inspired critter-catching MMO Temtem has been in alpha since late last year, and the folks at Crema are continuing to make great strides...
World of Warcraft Classic preps a weekend battleground test
At this point, WoW Classic already has been tremendously successful in recreating the same frenzy over beta testing that veterans of The Long Wait...
Star Citizen’s monthly report promises new missions, improved AI, and caves
The month of May has seen lots of development done in Star Citizen according to the game's monthly report. Now having typed that sentence,...
Indie sandbox MMORPG Dual Universe just raised another $11.2M from investors
We've had an eye on Dual Universe for the last three years, since even before its official reveal in 2016. Since that time, it's...
E3 2019: Minecraft Dungeons delays to 2020, drops new trailer
In the oddly specific Venn diagram where Minecraft fans and small-group co-op lovers collide, the center offers a tantalizing solution to appeal to both...
The MOP Up: KurtzPel’s early access rolls out globally
While it was already accessible to North American players, the anime-styled KurtzPel is now open to a much wider audience thanks to this past...
Betawatch: ReWorld beta is due in two months
Look, over that way! Is it a beta announcement? No, it's an announcement of a beta announcement, as the ReWorld Online Twitter has announced that there...
Star Citizen’s alpha 3.5.1 is live as CIG seeks feedback on ship customization pricing
Ship customization rolled out to PTU testers this week as part of Star Citizen's alpha 3.5.1, but CIG didn't waste much time pushing it...
Mad World’s alpha footage features hungry frogs and players freaking out over cheese
Even as Diablo-clone Mad World debates whether or not to dip its toes into crowdfunding, the action MMORPG is chugging along in its alpha...
WildStar’s Nexus Forever emulator shares a slice of progress
Could a WildStar emulator be closer to reality than we previously thought? Back in May, we reported that a community project known as "Nexus...
WoW Classic’s test server raises level cap and reopens Arathi Basin
After the fourth or fifth million battle over the same tiny swath of farmland, the question of "is this truly worth the bloodshed?" comes...
Star Citizen pushed alpha 3.5.1 and ship customization to the PTU
It's happening: Star Citizen's next iteration, alpha 3.5.1, has rolled out to the PTU. Of course, as usual, this is for the early waves...
New World’s always-on test phase comes to a close as Amazon posts alpha infographic
A month ago, Amazon Game Studios told testers of its upcoming MMORPG survival sandbox New World that it was pulling down the always-on alpha...
Mad World debates diving into crowdfunding
Grimdark 2-D MMORPG Mad World has had our attention for a while now with its fantastic visuals and promises of a horror-tinged fantasy land...
The Game Archaeologist: 1998’s Mankind
In the annals of the MMO genre, the massively multiplayer RTS has had perhaps the worst go of any variations on these online games....