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SGF 2024: Previewing Funcom’s Dune Awakening, from PvP philosophy to the survival MMO label
I must admit I went into Summer Game Fest with pretty low expectations. I was MOP's "E3 guy" back when E3 was a concern,...
EverQuest II’s Anashti Sul progression server is live with its 2006 throwback vibes
As promised and foretold, EverQuest II has a new toy as of last night, as its new progression server - the Origins server dubbed...
Sandbox MMO Pax Dei has officially entered early access for at least the next year
If you're a Pax Dei founder pack owner, you're about to have a fun Tuesday, as Mainframe Industries has officially launched the survival-tinged sandbox...
Solarpunk life sim Loftia talks about its sun, moon, and stars
In a game that describes itself as "solarpunk," you'd rightly expect that Loftia is giving serious attention to making sure that its skybox is...
Pax Dei outlines update plans for housing, combat, and economy over its year-long early access
Ready or not, the MMORPG world is less than 24 hours from the early access release of the sandbox Pax Dei, which is occasion...
The Daily Grind: What uncommon crafting skills would you like to see in MMOs?
Just as how MMOs tend to skew toward a standard array of generic classes, so to do these games' crafting systems seem to be...
Space survival sim Planet Crafter crosses one million units sold
Following its launch in early April, indie survival sim Planet Crafter announced that it's just crossed one million units sold to date.
"Today we are...
Elder Scrolls Online stocks up for a crafting revival, plans next anniversary event in Italy
Just because it's summer doesn't mean you get to loaf off and do nothing. Here comes Elder Scrolls Online to tell you to get...
Pax Dei bluntly outlines what it is – and is not – ahead of next week’s early access release
In a world where games have waffled about their MMO-ness, the devs at Mainframe Industries have made it very clear what kind of gameplay...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with PvE-centric sci-fi horror survival shooter MMO Once Human
For those who saw Once Human and thought, "Gee, that kind of looks like a mix of H1Z1 and The Secret World," you're not wrong based on...
BitCraft outlines the Empire system coming in its second alpha as a main source of monetization
The good news is that anyone can be the emperor in BitCraft's Empire system, which will be available for testing within the game's second...
SGF 2024: Aloft is a cozy Ghibli-inspired PvE-centric survival sandbox in the sky
When I first heard about Aloft while planning for Summer Games Fest 2024, I figured it would just be a cute multiplayer survival game;...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing Update 41’s new crafting event and PvP improvements
The first beta test for Lord of the Rings Online's summer content update is here, as Update 41 revved up on the Bullroarer server...
The Quinfall offers a video overview of farming, animal husbandry, and building a personal plot
Sandbox MMORPG Quinfall has once more shared a narration-free video preview, this time offering interested fans a look at how to stake a claim...
SGF 2024: Airship sandbox Echoes of Elysium releases new trailer about the fun of sky captaincy
Ready to take to the virtual skies in your own hand-crafted airship? After its initial reveal earlier this spring, Echoes of Elysium is making...
Stormforge is a new multiplayer survival sandbox inspired by D&D and The Stormlight Archive
Among the new multiplayer games announced this weekend during not-E3 is a fresh "open-world fantasy survival crafting game" called Stormforge (you might have heard...
One Shots: The portents of the heavens
When you look up at the night sky and everything's going nuts, it's either the end of the world as we know it or...
MMO Burnout: Cozy Caravan brings an incomplete yet instantly charming chore-filled break
One of my dream jobs in sandbox MMORPGs is to run logistics. Whether it's flying space trucks around or steering a caravan, delivering goods...
World of Warcraft answers crafting questions about The War Within
World of Warcraft's The War Within beta is in full swing, and that means that this is the ideal time for players to advocate...
Massively Overthinking: If you lost your account in your main MMORPG, would you start over?
The other day, MOP's Justin came into our work chat understandably nervous because he couldn't log into his Lord of the Rings Online account;...
