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The Stream Team: Heading into Nightingale’s multiplayer Watch hub
MOP's Chris has come pretty far in his climb through Nightingale. After lots of crafting and hunting and trying to find one tree beast,...
Dune Awakening teases its movable, taxable, base-buildy but cozy player housing
Fans of Funcom's Conan Exiles will eagerly point to the game's building as one of its strongest features, so it's no surprise that the...
Massively Overthinking: Is there a feature or item in MMORPGs you won’t play without?
I was jolted into a near panic earlier this past weekend when I saw a tweet from Lord of the Rings Online in which...
Pax Dei testing wrestles with stability and bugs, Abyss testing adds refinements and dragon attacks
It's been a busy time for the developing sandbox MMORPGs of Pax Dei and Abyss, as both games entered into their respective alphas this...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and...
Albion Online has kicked off early headstart for its new European server – no more wipes
There was a bit of a hiccup in getting it off the ground this morning, but it's here now: Albion Online's Albion Europe server...
Mad World adds new dungeons and refines gear enhancement to mark its first anniversary April 25
Mad World's upcoming April 25th patch is bringing a lot to its table, not the least of which being a first anniversary celebration along...
New World’s latest economy video tackles coin balance, inflation, and PvP wealth, and bread
New World's Forged in Aeternum video this week homes in on one of my favorite things in MMOs: the economy. Amazon lead seasons designer...
Nightingale’s 0.2 update goes live this afternoon with new weapons and crafting QOL
It's patch day for Nightingale: Tencent-owned Inflexion's early access multiplayer survivalbox is rolling into Update 0.2 at noon EDT today following maintenance.
While full patch...
Nightingale confirms crafting and quality-of-life improvements with next patch
While Victorian-era survivalbox Nightingale has mostly been focused on fixing things and adjusting features, the devs at Inflexion Games appear to be ready to...
The Stream Team: A first foray into Planet Crafter multiplayer
Massively OP's MJ definitely loves sandbox games where she can terraform the land somewhat. But what about when the entire premise of a game...
Planet Crafter is a new multiplayer survival sandbox where you geo-engineer an entire planet
Last week, multiplayer survival sandbox were treated to yet another entry in the field: Planet Crafter, a game I've had on my own wishlist...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing Update 40’s load balancing changes
Even as Lord of the Rings Online's 17th anniversary gets underway this week, Standing Stone Games is already laying the foundation for the MMO's...
New World’s Springtide Bloom is here with new rewards and a host of Slayer Script fixes
New World players are waking up this morning to the 5.0.1 update and the dawn of Springtide Bloom, an event that has quickly become...
Kickstarted cozygame Solarpunk didn’t make its Q1 alpha, but devs say they’re ‘making significant progress’
One of the top multiplayer Kickstarters of 2023 was for Solarpunk, when indie outfit Cyberwave Games and Rokaplay pulled in $330,000 US on a...
Siege Camp’s Anvil Empires plans a four-day alpha this weekend – here’s how to sign up
Foxhole studio Siege Camp is gearing up for another major test for its sandbox MMORPG Anvil Empires (as compared to all of its minor...
Metaverse MMO Avalon gets $10M investment, talks up its game features, AI tools, and Web3
Depending on one's point of view, this news is either the next step forward for Jeffrey Butler's gestating MMO Avalon or proof that investors...
Embers Adrift begins testing ‘content compression’ that seeks to address several gameplay issues
Does climbing up to a maximum of 50 levels in Embers Adrift fill you with a sense of dread? Would climbing up to 30...
Albion Online is shaken to its Foundations with today’s massive territory update
While Albion Online is currently in the middle of open beta for the Albion Europe server - players have just under nine days to...
EverQuest II devs address everything from hardcore servers and Player Studio to Isle of Refuge and Legends of Norrath
Back in February, Daybreak's Darkpaw Games opened up an ask-me-anything thread on the EverQuest II official forums - and now the dev team is...
