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Planet Nomads patches up ahead of new May 25 early access launch date
One of the many, many, many multiplayer survival sandboxes under the purview of our The Survivalist column is Planet Nomads, a title that Kickstarted...
Atom Fishing 2 delivers extreme post-apocalyptic angling
Mash-ups are a common creative exercise, especially in entertainment where authors and makers slap two different elements together to see if the result feels...
Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
Guild Chat: How do you deal with chronically inactive MMO guildies?
Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which I band together with the Massively Overpowered readership to solve the guild-related issues of readers...
Realm Zero seeks funds for its ‘evolving’ world vision
What can one man do with four years of spare time, a computer, and a fondness for video games? If you're Hank Newman, you...
Dev stream highlights Secret World Legends’ weapon abilities
Fans are eager to see and learn more about Secret World Legends, and devs complied with a new livestream. While they couldn't answer all...
Massively OP Interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO
Today, Ashes of Creation takes a big plunge into an all-or-nothing Kickstarter campaign. Over the past few months, the MMO seemed to come out...
Wanna try new MMORPGs? Join the MMO Book Club
Long ago when we were between MMOs, my guild went through several months of playing a new game every week thanks to the magic...
Dark and Light explains its item-based magic system
How do you merge a survival sandbox game with a magic system? This is the challenge that Dark and Light's team has been grappling...
Life is Feudal MMO begins another round of its closed beta
Bitbox is unleashing another round of closed beta testing for the MMO fork of Life is Feudal, expected to run two weeks. Accompanying the...
MMORPG sandbox Arcfall is headed to Steam early access
I'm always wary nowadays when a game bills itself as a massively multiplayer sandbox gaming world, especially one that says it's akin to "old...
Global Chat: Which MMO developer do you most appreciate?
Recently, Ravalation carried on an annual blogger tradition called Developer Appreciation Week. During this week, gamers would put aside their usual vitriol and criticism...
LOTRO Legendarium: A marvelous decade of Middle-earth
The first I ever heard of Lord of the Rings Online was flipping through the pages of some gaming magazine back in early 2007....
Mortal Online’s modular housing gets even more robust
With the game's next "beast of a patch," Mortal Online will offer even more options for the game's revised modular housing system.
The upcoming patch...
The Soapbox: Lessons Secret World Legends failed to learn from Final Fantasy XIV
I've mentioned many a time that I like Funcom quite a bit. I want to like Funcom quite a bit. Heck, I want to...
Rend sends out first wave of pre-alpha invites
In a small planned surprise, Frostkeep sent out a wave of unannounced pre-alpha invites for Rend this week. The studio says that the additional...
Feast your eyes on one of Project Gorgon’s ongoing graphical updates
I can't tell you how many times I've heard MMORPG gamers say they love everything about the weird and wonderful sandbox of Project Gorgon......
OrbusVR’s alpha begins tomorrow, includes instanced player housing prototype
Indie VR sandbox OrbusVR is whooshing along toward the start of its closed alpha tomorrow, available to Kickstarter backers (it raised $34,000 in its...
‘Single-player MMO’ Tanzia coming to early access this month
Cast your mind back to February, during which we introduced you to a single-player RPG called Tanzia that was structured eerily similar to an...
Choose My Adventure: Learning to appreciate Black Desert
First and foremost, I'd like to thank the many people who informed me about how to hide the UI in Black Desert. I shouldn't...
