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The MOP Up: CDPR lays off the rest of Gwent’s dev team
As CD Projekt Red prepares to end development of its card battler Gwent, it announced that it'll be letting the remaining 30 developers on...
Betawatch: Niantic’s Monster Hunter Now winds down beta on June 13
On a scale of New World to MultiVersus, how much does it worry you when an ongoing beta is abruptly shut down? Monster Hunter...
Amazon confirms Blue Protocol’s western delay and closed beta test on the way
Blue Protocol has been delayed! Oh, you knew that? Because Bandai Namco announced it 11 days ago? Yeah. Fair.
Well, Amazon has finally roused itself...
First Impressions: Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis’ player housing aka ‘creative spaces’ has huge potential – and a huge learning curve
One of the best methods for MMORPG players to feel connected to their game's world is through the avenue of player housing. It's an...
Tarisland sets its scene in new video with new animated art and more questionable narration
"Most in your progression these millions of years, still low in rank, no wiser than a fool."
"Plague, hatred, war, and death; come as I...
Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore plans week-long open beta during Steam Next Fest June 19
The co-op survival sandbox Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore already announced plans for its next big step in a July 18th Steam early access...
Perfect Ten: Get out of my dreams and get into my (MMO) car
Cars. They go vroom-vroom, and then they go really fast, and how do we live in a country where you basically need a car...
The MOP Up: Netmarble and Take-Two finances are powered by MMOs
We have a couple more earnings reports to, er, report to you today. Netmarble's Q1 2023 financials reported $472.4M in revenue, with MMORPGs making...
Betawatch: Blue Protocol delays global launch to next year
Can a game break your heart even before it launches? Yes. Yes it can. Case in point, Blue Protocol has broken what little remains...
Pow Vista is an open beta mobile MMO that blends skateboarding, old-school combat, and creature collecting
Skateboarding, mobile MMO gaming, combat reminiscent of Old School RuneScape, and Pokemon-like creature collecting mechanics is quite the ingredients list for a game stew,...
Cube World creator emerges from hibernation to announce Cube World Omega
I admit I did a double-take last night when Wolfram von Funck aka Wollay's Twitter account whirred to life after nearly four years of...
Throne & Liberty kicks off Korean closed beta as we wait for the fall launch
In a year when we've seen some pretty extreme delays already for anticipated titles, it falls to the least-delayed MMOs to offer the most...
Whatever happened to Osiris New Dawn, Cinderstone Online, and Magnificent 5?
Welcome back to a fresh edition of Whatever Happened To, the randomly occurring column in which we realize some MMOs have fallen off our...
Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened
Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...
Wayfinder’s largest global beta test to date kicks off today and runs all weekend under NDA
Wayfinder's multiple-times-delayed global beta is finally underway today, inviting back all past participants as well as some additional testers. Apparently, the latter type of...
Corepunk says beta delay is due to unfinished optimization, but it’s making progress with bots
Corepunk is back in the news today with its May developer update, and with everything this game's been through - including the evacuation of...
Multiplayer game Sky Children of the Light unveils plans for MMO-sized social hub
While Sky: Children of the Light looks like a wonderfully bright and emotion-filled piece of gaming, it also falls solely into the category of...
Ashfall delays release to summer 2024, promises multiple beta tests beforehand
As the self-described "adventure shooter MMORPG" Ashfall moves closer to its first closed beta test in July, developer Legendary Studios has had to follow...
The MOP Up: Don’t fear Last Epoch’s Reaper form
Last Epoch's Reaper is getting a glow-up with this week's update! The studio said that it's improving the visual effects, outfit, and groovy scythes...
Betawatch: Bossa in the Skies with Lost
Yes, we're back! And so is Bossa Games, it turns out, with Lost Skies on the way. It's actually very similar to Worlds Adrift,...
