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NetEase’s adorable cozy game Floatopia invites you to ‘live your best life in the sky’

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One of the bright lights of Gamescom's Opening Night Live was the reveal of a new NetEase multiplayer title called Floatopia that is clearly...

Massively Overthinking: Do you have a ‘mental block’ in MMORPGs?

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Back in June, MMO blogger Belghast from Tales of the Aggronaut penned a fun blog about having had a mental block against tanking. "Something happened...

Cozy co-op game Ikonei Island launches 1.5 overhaul on PC March 21 alongside console debut

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It's been a tick since we peeked at cozy co-op Ikonei Island, a cutesy blend of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing New Horizons that...

Cozy multiplayer sci-fi life sim Galactic Getaway crosses the Kickstarter finish line

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While its final tally may not be record-breaking in the annals of crowdfunding, a win is a win for multiplayer life sim Galactic Getaway. The...

Animal Crossing-inspired cozy MMO Galactic Getaway launches $50,000 Kickstarter

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Twice last spring, we covered a new-to-us MMO called Galactic Getaway, a game that had been in production already since 2021. We originally binned...
treasure hunting is one step from lockboxes

The Soapbox: The ‘problem’ with MMO hoarding

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I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...

A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch

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Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...

BitCraft delicately balances social interactions and private ownership with its player housing

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The fact that BitCraft, Clockwork Labs' upcoming investor-funded sandbox MMO, will feature player housing is something that one might take for granted. But what...
Days late and many dollars short.

The Sims 5 developers are looking to Animal Crossing and Among Us for multiplayer inspiration

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If the promise of multiplayer in The Sims 5 (technically still Project Rene but let's not front) brings you memories of The Sims Online,...

Transmedia madness roundup: PUBG’s KFC collab, Animal Crossing’s LEGO figs, and Roblox’s Barbie experience

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The strange bedfellows made of game studios and other brands has been A Thing for a while - we've even made a whole Golden...

First impressions: Palia is a half-baked project that could rise to be a masterpiece

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For a reviewer, there is nothing more frustrating than something that is equal parts amazing and terrible. All awesome? That's an easy, glowing recommendation....

Singularity 6 interview: Palia is the cozy cottagecore sandbox to beat as it begins closed beta

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The label "cozy" is in increasing danger of becoming a watered-down label thanks to how much it's being used in culture these days. Yet...

The Soapbox: The day my son lost his first online video game to a sunset

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It was a few weeks back that I walked into our family room and saw my 14-year-old son crouched over the iPad with a...

The Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs and online worlds with super cozy vibes

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In this age of increased anxiety and friction, there's a natural desire to retreat into safe spaces. And yet not all of us have...

Loftia is yet another ‘cozy solarpunk’ life sim MMO in the making

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You know what's a recent trend we can get behind here at Massively OP? The rise of so-called "cozy" multiplayer life sims that prioritize...

Massively Overthinking: Are we in an ‘MMO hype vacuum’?

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James "MMO Folklorist" Crosby recently penned a piece using a term that seems so apt I feel we should all adopt it: the MMO...

Galactic Getaway will let you make your own outer space vacation resort

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It's the end of March -- are you ready for a vacation? We could all use one, no doubt, and if you can't get...

Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3 is dividing players in fantastic ways

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I feel like Splatoon 3's release has been oddly quiet, though it's doing quite well in Japan. Selling over 3.45 million copies in 3...
No mom.

Wisdom of Nym: Highlights from Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory patch notes ahead of launch

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The nice thing about having the patch notes always released well ahead of time for Final Fantasy XIV is that we can always pick...

Global Chat: Dispatches from Blaugust 2022

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By now, you may have caught wind of Blaugust 2022 -- the latest season of a community effort to encourage, promote, and educate new...

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