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RuneScape-inspired Brighter Shores plans AFK character advancement
Ever since hearing how one of Jagex's co-founders is bringing a cozy RuneScape-like MMO to us later this year, we've been keenly interested to...
Noah’s Heart is sunsetting April 29 as Archosaur diverts players to Dragon Raja
Cozy multiplatform MMO Noah's Heart has never been a loud and splashy MMO, with news about its updates since its official global launch in...
Cozy MMO Palia handwaves its bizarre beta obfuscation on the grounds that it’s free-to-play
Yesterday, we recapped the ongoing drama with Singularity 6's cozy mini-MMO, Palia. The short version is that the game hit beta last summer and...
The Stream Team: Making a return trip to Palia as part of its Steam platform release
The open beta of Palia has hit new shores as the cozy multiplayer title launched on Steam this week, which is good enough of...
PSA: Palia is still in open beta and should be flagged that way on Steam too
If you've been watching our coverage of Palia over the last few articles, you'll know we've had to keep pointing out an inconvenient fact:...
AdventureQuest 3D invites you to move into its new player housing
AdventureQuest 3D is the latest MMORPG to jump on this newfangled "player housing" fad: Artix Entertainment opened up the ability for players to construct...
Palia expands its open beta to Steam today alongside Temple of the Roots and flora update
If you have been waiting for cozy mini-MMO Palia to come to Steam - as I have - then your wait is over today,...
Stardew Valley adds new festivals, a new farm, a mastery system, and eight-person multiplayer in 1.6 update
The single-player/multiplayer life sim RPG darling Stardew Valley has received one of its rare but absolutely loaded content updates, touching pretty much every aspect...
Palia has racked up 3 million players since hitting open beta last summer
It's not every day that we get cold hard numbers from a games studio, but Singularity 6 is providing a very large one today:...
Well Fed: An exploration of the Final Fantasy XIV official cookbook
Welcome back, my fellow gaming gourmands, to Well Fed, the column that answers the question: Are gaming and MMO cookbooks any good? And this...
Cozy co-op game Ikonei Island launches 1.5 overhaul on PC March 21 alongside console debut
It's been a tick since we peeked at cozy co-op Ikonei Island, a cutesy blend of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing New Horizons that...
The MOP Up: Lost Skies gets downright cozy inside of its ships
Lost Skies'Â February dev blog showed off some UX work, early prototypes of its weapon damage system, and some super-cozy ship interior concepts. Also, the...
Cozy multiplayer sci-fi life sim Galactic Getaway crosses the Kickstarter finish line
While its final tally may not be record-breaking in the annals of crowdfunding, a win is a win for multiplayer life sim Galactic Getaway.
The...
Co-op survival RPG Coreborn permanently slashes price, adds new town management features
Developer Blankhans is once again reaffirming that its multiplayer survival RPG Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore didn't quite meet its initial standards: The studio...
Cozy multiplayer sandbox Palia heads to Steam early access on March 25
If you've been watching Palia's journey through F2P open beta early access and wished you could just play the game through Steam instead of...
Nightingale’s latest trailer teases crafting, combat, and stunning player housing
With its early access release only five days away, gaslamp-fantasy survivalbox - sorry, "open-world survival crafting game" - Nightingale is dropping yet another trailer to...
Not So Massively: Lightyear Frontier is a charming blend of survivalbox and life sim
Like many people, I spent a lot of last week downloading and trying demos on Steam's Next Fest. There was one I almost didn't...
Sky Children of the Light celebrates emotional connections in its updated Days of Love event
Love takes a lot of forms, whether it's romantic, platonic, or familial, and that wide spectrum of affection is the heart of Sky: Children...
Working As Intended: A guide to City of Heroes Homecoming’s best player-crafted portal bases
A few years ago, I was wandering around in City of Heroes when someone advertised a cool base in chat. All I had to...
Animal Crossing-inspired cozy MMO Galactic Getaway launches $50,000 Kickstarter
Twice last spring, we covered a new-to-us MMO called Galactic Getaway, a game that had been in production already since 2021. We originally binned...
