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Pantropy works to simplify crafting and protect players from offline raids
With $24k out of $94k raised so far, the German mech shooter Pantropy has a long road ahead of it in its Kickstarter campaign.
The...
Multiplayer sci-fi sandbox Pantropy has launched its $91K Kickstarter
Last September, we first heard about Pantropy, a "sci-fi faction multiplayer shooter with mechs and focus on building and crafting" and a really cool...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2017
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...
Chronicles of Elyria dives into friends and family alpha
While Chronicles of Elyria's backers should be getting into the game's alpha and beta tests next year, a select fortunate few are already enjoying...
Survived By arrives on Steam as its closed alpha progresses
The love child of bullet hell shooters and permadeath MMORPGs is now on Steam, and it's taking no prisoners. That's just not how it...
Yeehaw, Wild West Online’s early access alpha has begun
The Wild West Online early access alpha has officially begun, at least if you shelled out for the higher tiers of founder pack. According...
Warframe developer Digital Extremes is building a new ‘free-to-play action MMO’
Sharp-eyed readers caught some interesting information in Digital Extremes' latest company report.
The Warframe developer slipped in a line that it was working on a...
Massively Overthinking: The state of early access, alpha, and beta ‘testing’ in the MMO genre
I remember years ago when then-Massively-columnist Rubi Bayer let loose with a blistering rant on the state of faux beta MMOs. She helmed Betawatch...
Valnir Rok launches its early access longships
It is time to tap into brutality, savagery, and primal struggles. No, we're not talking about football season but rather the early access launch...
This week in survivalboxes: Valnir Rok, Hellion, Next Day Survival, and ARK
It’s time for another survivalbox roundup! What's new in the world of eternal building, unbuilding, ganking, ganking buildings, and consuming adequate food and water...
Wild West Online’s first closed alpha has officially begun
"Open-world action-based, online multiplayer" game - somewhere between a survival sandbox and an MMO - Wild West Online officially hits closed alpha today, or...
En Masse is bringing Closers Online to the west this fall
We are glad to say that the rumors were 100% correct: En Masse Entertainment is indeed bringing Closers Online (which it is now simply...
Retro shooter Keystone rebrands as The Amazing Eternals ahead of founder beta
Remember back in 2015 when a gamer sneaked into Digital Extremes' headquarters and wandered around for a day, tricking the unassuming Canadian devs into...
Signups begin for Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics’ Xbox One and PS4 alpha
Hi-Rez has just announced that its SMITE-spinoff online card battler Hand of the Gods: SMITE Tactics is launching on both Xbox One and PlayStation...
LawBreakers muses on the competitive shooter market ahead of launch tomorrow
Be honest: Would you even know what LawBreakers is if it weren't for the fact that CliffyB is attached to it? Nexon and Boss...
Video games on Kickstarter continue to struggle thanks to fading consumer confidence
Earlier this week, we got SuperData's mid-year report on the booming video game industry, the enormous multinational congloms rolling around in piles of cash-shop...
Valnir Rok brings Viking survival to Gamescom
If you like the refined mead flavor of Vikings and Norse mythology, then you're the ideal audience for Valnir Rok. This survival sandbox is...
Valiance Online kicks off its investor alpha today
If you've been eagerly awaiting the day when Valiance Online would open for testers, the day has come. The investor alpha is starting today...
OrbusVR starts up open alpha on July 28
If you've been longing for the chance to play an MMO in VR but haven't yet been in the closed alpha for OrbusVR, the...
The MOP Up: SamuTale’s massive new world (July 23, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
