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First Impressions: Craftopia is an enjoyably laid-back but extremely unrefined bit of survival sandbox gaming
You start by blowing up the world.
Literally – a button is pressed and then the entire planet explodes. But that’s OK because you’re then...
Survival RPG Frozen Flame outlines updates and an event coming to closed beta
As of tomorrow - Tuesday, September 15th - the "action survival MMORPG" Frozen Flame will have made its way to closed beta testing, and...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s second Ishgard season is a touch underwhelming
In the days of my youth, you usually got introduced to a new band via the radio. (The radio was like YouTube, but no...
Ilysia VR launches Kickstarter, vows to bring back ‘the glory days of MMORPGs’
Several years now into the latest virtual reality "revolution," we've yet to see many breakout hits on the platform -- nevermind the promised MMOs...
Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs streams refund payments from inside the City State Entertainment office
There's been another stream from Mark Jacobs regarding Camelot Unchained, but it might not be quite the content some would expect of a livestream....
Craftopia’s fourth consecutive patch keeps hunger from killing you and adds window frames
Last week, a patch arrived each day for four straight days over in Craftopia, but the most recent patch is notable because you can stop...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration III is a new rogue server blending the CU with the NGE
One of the best (and arguably also worst) parts of the Star Wars Galaxies emulation community is just how many servers we have to...
Corepunk is aiming for a ‘WoW Classic difficulty level,’ with housing and farming in the works
With closed beta on the way for this December, Corepunk is generating some degree of interest among cyberpunk MMO fans. To feed the hype...
Perfect Ten: How to speak with your family members about playing MMOs
The nice part about growing up with serious social awkwardness as "the weird one" in my family is that really, every strange fixation I...
Kickstarted multiplayer RPG Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff goes into Steam early access
Maybe it's time to take a break from looking for the next big thing -- and look at the next small thing. It may...
Trove begins testing a ‘hubdate’ that reworks the game’s main hub on PC
Ah, the main hub. Landing point for new players, social space for veteran players, and generally the first impression made to all players. If...
Final Fantasy XIV brings a fresh batch of Ishgard restoration with patch 5.31
It's time once more for rebuilding the Firmament in Final Fantasy XIV, as the latest patch has launched today and brings with it a fresh...
New World dev discusses gameplay mechanics, the preview event, and planned changes in an interview
With the preview event behind us, it's time to unpack things and see what the next steps are for New World, and that was...
Crowfall plans guild alliance features, mounts, and mass production crafting features
As the beta test of Crowfall continues to roll on, the folks at ArtCraft Entertainment are keen to add what it considers to be...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s second season of crafting PvP
Let's call this side of Ishgard Restoration what it is, yes? This is Final Fantasy XIV giving people another form of PvP in competitive...
Craftopia has entered early access on Steam
When is a launch not a launch? When it's early access, naturally. However, the idea of things being a bit rough around the edges...
Massively Overthinking: How we deal with burning out of MMOs
Back in August, MOP's own Justin wrote a piece on his Bio Break blog about moderation in gaming that resonated with me. He described...
Squadron 42 heads back to the mocap studio, fleshes out aliens, and fills out narrative lulls
August was busy not just for the devs of Star Citizen but also for the team working on the single-player Squadron 42, at least...
‘Circular economy’ MMO Virtuverse schedules public early access test for this fall
Over the past two years, we've been lightly tracking the development of Virtuverse, an episodic online sci-fi RPG with a curious business model, and...
The Stream Team: A magical 12th birthday for Wizard101, complete with gifts
Being 12 years old is magical, especially if you're Wizard101! This cheery game filled with fun pets and mounts is celebrating its 12th anniversary...
