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Albion Online launches an Asian server on March 20 with multiple founder packs
Albion Online, recipient of our own Best PvP MMO award two years running, is expanding its horizons eastward with an Asian server launching on...
Jagex details plans to beta test RuneScape’s updated account system starting January 26
Apparently the account system that powers Jagex's MMORPGs is at the end of its road, so the devs of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape...
Betawatch: The Repopulation says goodbye once more
So The Repopulation has been through the wringer over the years, having been spirited away from its creators and original stewards by Idea Fabrik...
Wayfinder drops lore blog ahead of next week’s beta testing
One of our most-anticipated releases of 2023 is preparing for another round of closed beta tests. Wayfinder reiterated that it's planning its first PlayStation...
Betawatch: Pantheon schedules its first monthly pre-alpha for later this month
So some people may have been a bit skeptical when Pantheon promised it would have monthly pre-alpha tests in 2023. And, you know, there's...
EVE Online says lowsec murder and ship production are up since Uprising
In its first producer's letter of 2023, CCP Games is once again talking up EVE Online's active players, but if you're hoping for an...
Mad World recaps everything added since the last closed beta
Just yesterday we were wondering what Mad World was up to and found that it was kicking out armor previews and all the videos...
Betawatch: Book of Travels disambiguates content and features
Have you tried to find the difference between content and features in Book of Travels? According to a new dispatch from the team on...
Social life sim MMO Polity enters free-to-play early access
Back in April 2021 we caught wind of Polity, a social-centered life sim MMO from Turkey's Jib Games. The crux of the gameplay loop...
Betawatch: Waven’s alpha testing is active and rolling
So, how are things going with Waven's testing? Well, the good news is that the team is sharing regular patches and updates with fans....
Corepunk has suffered yet another delay but says beta is finally ‘close’
Despite previous promises that it would have a closed beta test running by the end of 2022, Corepunk and its team announced that it's...
The MOP Up: Chimeraland heads to the Epic Game Store
The unholy, unnatural, unbelievable Chimeraland has its sights set on a new conquest: the Epic Game Store. The studio announced that it's releasing on...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2022
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's column keeping track of all the crowdfunding MMOs in our genre. Last year, the...
Betawatch: Evercore Heroes delays its beta testing
Evercore Heroes is like a competitive PvE MOBA. No, really. Player-controlled teams take on enemies in a race to see which team can clear...
Betawatch: Fractured Online adds in primal forms for Wildfolk
Is it completely a coincidence that after a new Transformers film trailer for Rise of the Beasts, Fractured Online has added a beast mode...
Amazon Games will launch Blue Protocol in the west by the end of 2023
Those who have been patiently waiting for any news about Bandai-Namco's Blue Protocol coming to western shores can finally rest easily: Tonight at The...
Airship Syndicate reveals Wayfinder, a gorgeous multiplayer RPG inspired by MMOs
It almost went unnoticed at this year's TennoCon thanks to the big reveal of Soulframe and Warframe's latest content round, but Digital Extremes actually...
Mobile shooter The Division Resurgence debuts a new CGI trailer and kicks off another closed beta
Ubisoft's The Division Resurgence, the mobile version of the multiplayer shooter The Division, is starting to spin up its hype engines with a new...
Betawatch: Dysterra springs ahead to launch and falls back due to cheating
Good work, Dysterra! It can be a rocky road to launch, even to early access launch, but you braved the difficult path and oh,...
Mad World continues to tease videos, but all we want is a launch notice
If we were to give out an end-of-the-year award to the most delayed MMO, well, Mad World's not going to take the crown away...