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The Stream Team: Getting a taste of seasons and events in Stars Reach’s pre-alpha
It's time once again for MOP's Chris to get his paws on the pre-alpha of Stars Reach this week as the sandbox is giving...
MMO Hype Train: Why are Monsters & Memories’ vibes so intriguing?
What attracts you to an upcoming MMORPG project? There are a few factors in my mind that result in a rather quick assessment of...
Massively Overthinking: Toxic positivity in the land of MMORPGs
As I type this, we've been watching the Lord of the Rings Online transfer situation unfold for over a week now, and I've personally...
Defiance’s revival team didn’t get the database, will start with the final patch, and can’t commit to major updates yet
Back on Tuesday, we reported on the news that Fawkes Games - which in the past has picked up multiple discarded Gamigo MMORPGs -...
Stars Reach’s Raph Koster discusses plans for outer space and ‘full-blown sandbox MMO’ mechanics
Right now the pre-alpha for Stars Reach is pretty much focused entirely on ground-based things like mining, killing creatures, and during this week, seasons...
Trion’s 2013 transmedia synergy MMO Defiance is being revived by Fawkes Games
Two days ago I was explaining to my gen alpha children the origins of Trove's Heckbugs event and how the whole game was a...
Medieval MMO Anvil Empires’ next update wants to put you in the back of its cart
While other MMORPGs try to impress you with gigantic dragon mounts or fully decked-out spaceships to transport your lazy butt from Point A to...
Wolcen Studio’s PvPvE extraction ARPG Project Pantheon plots its second closed alpha
The beginning of this year marked the reveal of the next game to come out of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem developer Wolcen Studio -...
Betawatch: BitCraft prepares for early access in May
We do not hand out an annual award for most unfortunately named MMORPG, but you have to imagine that if we did, BitCraft would...
The Stream Team: Starting over with a different character in Blade & Soul NEO
The voting public spoke and MOP's Chris is listening: He'll be starting afresh in Blade & Soul NEO with a new character that's a...
Blockchain MMO EVE Frontier hires a real-world economist to help refine its in-game economy
EVE Frontier, the "hardcore" survival space MMO that CCP says can't possibly do what it does without being on the blockchain, is apparently taking...
Star Citizen outlines progress on base building, crafting, and mission updates in February report
Like clockwork, Star Citizen has pulled together another monthly progress report to recount development steps made for the previous month, and so that means...
‘Infinite’ sandbox MMO DreamWorld unveils a gameplay trailer and runs an open playtest until March 16
Four years ago we first started covering Kickstarted game DreamWorld, a so-called "infinite sandbox MMO" that made some sky-high promises and hung its hat...
Star Citizen details updates to character item recovery arriving in alpha 4.1 and beyond
The penalty for character death in Star Citizen is going to get a fresh new wrinkle, as CIG has begun to test item recovery...
Devolve Online is a vehicular extraction shooter MMORPG that promises a fight for growth among hundreds of players
Yep, it's another extraction shooter. Only this time it's promising a battleground for hundreds of players at once and instead has people driving vehicles...
Soulframe previews new social hubs, factions, and caster weapons coming in its next pre-alpha
Digital Extremes has once again poured informational maple syrup all over the waffle faces of Soulframe players in its most recent dev stream, specifically...
Ashes of Creation’s February devstream looks ahead to tropics, Phase 3, and the Rogue class
There's an awful lot to digest from Ashes of Creation's latest two-hour developer livestream. Currently, the MMO is in the middle of its Alpha...
Stars Reach’s Kickstarter broke half a million dollars already, deep-dives the fishy princess Hansian species
Less than a week into its whirlwind Kickstarter - remember, we didn't even know there'd be a Kickstarter two months ago! - Stars Reach...
RuneFest 2025: Old School RuneScape’s new Sailing skill enters open alpha later this month
The revivified RuneFest event brought Old School RuneScape fans a 2025 update plan of its own, and as one might expect, there was a...
Betawatch: Monster Hunter Wilds lands with quite an impact
While I tease our editor-in-chief occasionally about the games that we highlight here in Betawatch, she is not the only person who plays video...
