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Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse plans open beta 2 for the end of January
Didn't get your fill of Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse battle royale last round? Here comes another beta event to cap off the month, running...
Lost Ark updates with more storage while outlining future content plans
The update train for Lost Ark keeps rolling on in the game's beta. The most recent patch (which has translated notes here, if for some...
With the Improbable/Unity dispute lingering on, MMOs like Worlds Adrift are literally adrift
Last week, Improbable and Unity stunned the gaming industry with their ugly spat over SpatialOS integration and licensing, as both companies issued statements about their...
Black Desert’s battle royale mode, Shadow Arena, hits early access for current players today
Black Desert is formally hopping on the battle royale bandwagon this week with the "early access" release of Shadow Arena today. How does a...
Camelot Unchained recaps reabilitation, trebuchets, dances, and ongoing testing
The Friday updated for Camelot Unchained wasn't actually posted until Monday, but hey, we'll take it, am I right? City State Entertainment's Tyler Rockwell...
Interview: Astellia’s western team on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early access and battle royale
Yesterday we covered the news that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity classes, solid PvE and...
South Korean MMO Astellia is coming westward in 2019, vows to steer clear of P2W
It's official: Astellia is launching in the west this year. "Let the Stars Guide You this Summer 2019," the official site says. As we've...
Ashes of Creation kicks off another Apocalypse beta, previews castle siege and classes
During last night's much-heralded Ashes of Creation livestream, Intrepid Studios demoed a trailer previewing its castle siege mode. Hey, that ought to perk up...
Betawatch: Anthem shows off a mission and a Javelin ahead of its demo
You still have to wait a little while longer to try out the Anthem beta, or "demo" if you will. But you can get some...
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is holding an open beta this weekend – here’s how to play
If you missed out on Ashes of Creation Apocalypse while it was live back in December, you're getting another crack at it this weekend....
Grab a key for AVA Dog Tag’s second closed beta test, planned for January 18-31
Back in September we covered the resurrection of Alliance of Valiant Arms as AVA Dog Tag by its original developer, South Korean studio Red...
Red Dead Online’s beta expands with battle royale mode Gun Rush as Rockstar eyes griefing fixes
We've known since at least November that Red Dead Online, the in-beta multiplayer component of Red Dead Redemption 2, was due for a battle...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs to watch in 2018
Love it or hate it, MMOs are going mobile in ever-increasing numbers. Last year saw a crop of acclaimed titles making their way to...
The best Massively OP MMO community polls of 2018
Polls are a quantitative sort of magic that we don’t often get from our other articles - at least when they aren’t being brigaded...
Superhero MMO Ship of Heroes shows off group combat and shopping
Ship of Heroes just keeps on churning out the content videos! This week's entry in Heroic Games' long list of previews (26 videos and...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Trulion, Morna Tales, Laplace M, Project BBQ, Genesis, Endless Battle, Achaea, Lord of Chains, Star Sonata
We have a perilously tall pile of MMOs (and MUDs and MOBAs and such) that you've probably never heard of for today's roundup. We're gonna just jump right in, starting with Trulion Online, a new open-world sandbox MMORPG that just hit beta on Android. Yes, it's a mobile title with retro graphics, but not all of what we're looking at today falls into that category!
RuneScape has thoroughly revamped mining and smithing just in time for its 18th birthday
You might think that an 18-year-old MMO wouldn't keep needing to tweak basic skills like mining and smithing, but in the case of RuneScape,...
Here’s what’s up with Ashes of Creation’s borked forums and website
Let's recap on what's going on with Ashes of Creation, shall we? Just ahead of the holidays, Intrepid rolled out Apocalypse, its battle royale...
Camelot Unchained is building a new siege scenario test map as backer siege testing continues
Last week, I saw some commenters discussing how Camelot Unchained had nothing to show from years of development, but of course, testers know better....
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2018
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's regular recap of what's going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically...
