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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...
Progress Bar: Inside the latest 24-hour pre-alpha test of Pantheon Rise of the Fallen
This past Saturday was when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen elected to open up its floodgates and let a whole bunch of people into...
New World’s Season of the Guardian teases new trial, cooking revamp, animation buffs, and OPR mounts
Amazon has taken the veil off New World's Season of the Guardian this afternoon, and it sounds as if it'll have a little bit...
You can now buy River Hobbits in Lord of the Rings Online with store currency
Even with Update 39 undergoing testing on Lord of the Rings Online's Bullroarer server, things are pretty quiet for our favorite Middle-earth MMO right...
First Impressions: Nightingale’s survival and realmwalking blend could make it a stand-out in the sub-genre
Our regular readers know that the survival sandbox sub-genre is suddenly getting very crowded in very short order, which means that the upcoming gaslamp...
Diablo IV is bringing the ability to craft uber unique items on February 13
When is a Diablo IV item more unique than unique? When it's uber unique, of course! This tier of item has been a farming...
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...
WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery moves into its second phase with Gnomeregan raid
It's a little strange to think that WoW Classic's Season of Discovery server is only just now moving into its second phase, but here...
Star Wars Galaxies’ Restoration rogue server launches Schisms of Heretics with new Jedi content
If there were an award for slick rogue server promotions, Star Wars Galaxies Restoration 3 would win it this month, as the announcement newsletter...
Scars of Honor is a throwback to the ‘golden age’ of MMOs with a $200K Kickstarter
Another day, another MMO that seeks to "bring back the golden age of the genre." But will the emerging Scars of Honor capture the...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen shifts to a six-week seasonal dev cadence with boosted backer accessibility
Kickstarted MMORPG Pantheon has a big announcement this afternoon: It's swapping over to a seasonal dev schedule. Visionary Realms presents the plan as a...
Nightingale, counting nearly 50K testers, is launching early access two days earlier than originally planned
Hope you didn't take the original launch date off because Nightingale's early access release has been pushed up two days.
"Inflexion Games announced the launch...
Wayfinder previews interface quality-of-life and damage reduction balancing
Pay no attention to the rogue sdsds at the top of Wayfinder's patch notes: This is a real patch and not just the ramblings...
‘Supermax open world survival’ title SCUM removes garage locks, releases vehicle skins, and seeks player opinons
One of the things we always ask for in our Betawatch column is for readers to let us know if a game in testing...
Aion Classic EU confirms Executioner class, new instances, and level cap raise for the first half of 2024
The roadmap bug continues to proliferate across our genre, as Aion Classic EU shared its own 2024 roadmap last month in snazzy video format,...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Under A Rock, Farworld Pioneers, Cyborg Immortal
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs you've probably never heard of (but if you have, awesome!).
Under a Rock
If you're not living under a...
Into the Super-Verse: Early SOs pose a perplexing problem in City of Heroes Homecoming
Last week, I talked a bit about how to gear yourself up in City of Heroes. Just yesterday, Bree gave an example for how...
First Impressions: Palworld copied all the right homework to graduate as its own enjoyable game
You know how the back of a box of Hamburger Helper or other boxed dinner mixes encourage you to toss in extra ingredients to...
Embers Adrift’s 2024 roadmap promises more solo support and a free trial coming this month
Embers Adrift's Stormhaven Studios is the latest MMO team to deliver a juicy roadmap - and it's promising "big steps" for the indie title,...
Loric Games, founded by Mythic vets, picks up fresh investment and Jeff Hickman to build a survival game
Remember back in 2022, when we first learned a trio of Mythic vets - Brian Johnson, Ray Soto, and Mythic co-founder Rob Denton -...
