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The Daily Grind: What exactly defines an ‘indie’ MMORPG studio?
Earlier this week, I happened to see a mainstream website refer to ArtCraft as an indie studio, and it jolted me. ArtCraft, as anybody...
Star Citizen offers a speedy look at some of what’s coming in alpha 3.3
Star Citizen's Around the Verse this week is even shorter than the last few weeks' episodes, clocking it at under five minutes as alluded...
Former Star Citizen dev refutes fake Glassdoor review made by troll on his behalf
The battle of the trolls in the Star Citizen community reached new lows this week as someone apparently impersonated a former dev on Glassdoor...
Star Citizen’s 3.2 quarterly alpha update is fully live, with new ships, mining, and cash-shop features
Star Citizen's alpha 3.2 has finally and formally released to all comers, CIG announced this weekend.
"In the new patch, Star Citizen players can use...
Star Citizen’s 3.2 alpha contains utter rubbish, literally – and Squadron 42 won’t make 2018
This week's edition of Star Citizen's Around the Verse is taking a detour into a recap of Squadron 42. CIG says it's been working...
The Daily Grind: What are your ‘must have’ features for an MMO space sim?
With Star Citizen on the way (eventually) and smaller efforts like Prosperous Universe, Starfighter Inc, and Dual Universe in the works and titles like...
Star Citizen deep-dives its new grouping mechanics in a shortish Around the Verse
According to this week's Star Citizen Around the Verse, the team's been hard at work on facial rigging, mining, audio effects (yes, pew pew...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Descent, the future of space mining
Fallout 76Â wasn't the only Interplay throwback at E3 2018:Â Descent, one of the games that defined the six degrees of freedom genre, is no longer...
Star Citizen alpha 3.2 hits the PTU as backers play with mining, grouping, and pixel ships
The Star Citizen Reddit is abuzz today - and no, not just about EVE Online's "Venture Capitalist" skin bundle joke, although they're doing that...
EVE Online sells a bundle of ‘Venture’ skins for 120 Plex, poking fun at Star Citizen
Someone at CCP Games is obviously having quite a lot of fun with the latest EVE Online skin bundle. The bundle of skins for...
The Daily Grind: Do you carry a torch for any MMOs that were killed in development?
Maybe I'm alone on this, but the more I examine MMO history, the more it troubles me how many potentially great games never even...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 175: Virtual heartbreakers
Justin and Bree discuss E3, WoW Classic, Crowfall's delay, Defiance 2050's release date, Fortnite's Sony mess, Black Desert's dating mechanics, and EVE and Star Citizen's ship squabble, with mailbag questions on midgame MMO play and why MMO studios won't shup up and take our money.
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers character concepts and the Vulture, while CCP throws shade
Set aside the many Star Citizen dramas of the week and feast your eyeballs on the game's latest edition of Around the Verse, which...
Star Citizen and EVE Online players unite to call out lookalike concept ship
Fancy staring at some pixel spaceships this morning to weigh in on the latest Star Citizen drama? 'Course you do. The ship on display...
E3 2018: Star Citizen’s ‘alpha 3.2 teaser’ trailer is gorgeous, and it’s not alpha 3.2
During last night's PC Gaming Show at E3, Cloud Imperium showed a nifty video of Star Citizen that has the community abuzz. Considered out...
The Star Citizen subreddit is in the middle of a massive flamewar as a big backer loses faith
Star Citizen drama on the internet - who'd have seen that coming, right? If you run a search for Star Citizen drama just on...
Massively Overthinking: Why is no one meeting the obvious player demand for big MMORPGs?
Massively OP reader ichi_san has a burning question about the state of the industry.
"Lots of people seem to be looking for an MMO they...
Star Citizen deep-dives personal weapons as alpha 3.2 heads to the PTU
Star Citizen's Around the Verse this week begins with a recap of what the studio is working on, including character animations, missions, planetary resources,...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers Squadron 42, scanning mechanics, and the Aegis Eclipse
This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse takes a quick detour into Squadron 42 development. CIG zips through weapon animations, ship AI progress, spacescaping,...
The Daily Grind: What are some useful alternatives to the term ‘pay-to-win’?
Deep into the Relay article on whether Star Citizen is pay-to-win that we covered a while back, the author, Commander Llama, said something I...