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Make My MMO: Zenith’s spinoff game, EVE Online’s board game Kickstarter
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks!
It's been pretty hoppin' for Kickstarted MMOs lately, as Elite Dangerous is...
Final Fantasy XIV starts another free login campaign running through February 21
Have you been taking an extended break from Final Fantasy XIV? Because you can take a little trip back into the game as part...
Kickstarted VR MMO Zenith is launching a spinoff F2P co-op RPG called Zenith Infinite Realms
Zenith - the Kickstarted VR MMO that has yet to actually produce the PC-centric version promised during that campaign - has been hinting at...
The Quinfall discusses its business model, gameplay, and beta testing plans in Q&A video
Vawraek Technology has posted a new video for its upcoming MMORPG The Quinfall featuring some player Q&A about the title, and the answers provided...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO shows little love for February
Pokemon Go's roadmap for February is out, but once again leakers have deflated some of that potential hype Niantic tends to squander anyway. While...
Interview: Survival MMO Age of Water on monetization, sandbox play, and the Q1 early access launch
Way back at the end of 2020, we first caught wind of a new sandbox called Age of Water: Developed by Three Whales Studio...
City of Heroes players filled Homecoming’s latest $8.6K monthly donation round in three hours
When NCsoft granted Homecoming LLC a license to operate City of Heroes at the top of January, one of the questions a lot of...
The Daily Grind: What will be the next MMO to undergo a big business model shift?
2023 turned out to be a weird year for business models in MMOs. It was certainly the year of cadence shifts and seasonal shifts,...
Baldur’s Gate 3 boss pushes back against the industry’s renewed ambition over games subscription models
This week offered another example of executive foot-in-mouth disorder when Ubisoft director of subscriptions Philippe Tremblay suggested in an interview that games subscription business...
Ubisoft talks up its subscription services and making gamers ‘comfortable’ with not owning titles
Allow us a moment to lean back in our rocking chair, coddle a cup of sarsaparilla, and look up at the sky as we...
Tibia-inspired MMO Ravendawn launches today – without the NFTs of its sister game
Those looking for a new MMO launch to start the year or a spiritual successor to one of the genre's oldest titles may want...
Make My MMO: MMO crowdfunding at the top of 2024, from Ashes to Zenith
Welcome to our very first Make My MMO of 2024! When we last checked in on the crowdfunded games of our genre, we were...
Nexon Korea hosts ’emergency livestream’ over recent MapleStory cube manipulation fine
Last week we reported on a fine levied by Korea's FTC against Nexon Korea, which was found to be manipulating the probability of earning...
The Soapbox: Hearthstone is probably in for another boring year in 2024
I recently got a survey in my email on Hearthstone and its future. The last time a Hearthstone survey got sent out, the idea...
Timezones and compensation cause Mortal Online 2 to count free sub time a day early
Considering the length of time it has taken for Mortal Online 2 to get to this point, we'd agree it would be easy to...
Into the Super-Verse: Reflecting on City of Heroes, back officially at long last
As a dedicated fan of superheroes, I have to be honest that yesterday's news feels downright poetic. City of Heroes died in November of...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023
Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...
Massively on the Go: A slow New Year start for Pokemon GO events
Pokemon Go is still not bringing its A-game. After a buggy end of the year complete with utterly breaking Beware and accidentally releasing-and-taking-back unreleased...
Pax Dei promises ‘several milestones’ and shares new screenshots in an end-of-year message to fans
Pax Dei has had a pretty productive year by all accounts, with a first-ever alpha test that drew in over 12,000 players and plenty...
Vague Patch Notes: The ever-changing costs of playing an MMORPG
It was a pretty big deal back when I had first started working at original Massively when the trend started, and I can still...
