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MMO Week in Review: New World’s roadmap, Corepunk’s early access
After weeks of needling, Amazon finally delivered a roadmap for New World this week: The studio is introducing what it's calling "seasonal worlds," the...
Star Citizen reportedly let go of more staff shortly after CitizenCon wrapped up
It would seem as if the shaky Squadron 42 prologue shared during this year's CitizenCon has caused some firings to occur. Or at least...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen passes $750M in crowdfunding because y’all have no self-control
It's been over 12 years since Star Citizen's record-setting Kickstarter, and while the game is still being dragged through alpha, its crowdfunding has only...
Star Citizen discusses larger adjustments coming to its divisive master modes system
The master modes system that was introduced last May in Star Citizen has, by CIG's own admission, generated mixed reception: Some players like what...
Whatever happened to RvR MMO Crowfall? (2024 edition)
In the annals of MMORPG history, Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall seems destined to be remembered for its impressive crowdfunding totals, imaginative character designs, strong developer...
Star Citizen teases the Polaris capital ship release and plans for capital ship combat
In internet spaceship naval warfare, sometimes bigger is better, and it doesn't get too much bigger than the Polaris, the upcoming corvette-class capital ship...
MMO Week in Review: World of Warcraft will be ‘home’ by Midnight
Most MMO players who thought World of Warcraft should have housing also never expected it to happen, largely because, you know, the devs kept...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you feel is spinning its wheels these days?
When we think of MMOs that have stalled out or are spinning their wheels doing a lot of nothing in particular, often our minds...
Star Citizen launches a new multi-stage Save Stanton event to pad the time until alpha 4.0
There's going to be some time between now and when alpha 4.0 arrives to Star Citizen. So what are players supposed to do in...
Terraria sells over 60.7M units worldwide with over half them on PC
Do you lack a copy of Terraria on your computer's hard drive? If so, you might be in the shrinking minority as this long-running...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’s Ascendancy, Embers Adrift’s misfortune
Kickstarted MMORPGs have been a rollercoaster over the last few weeks: Elite Dangerous is finally getting a major revival with the release of Ascendancy....
Star Citizen marks progress on alpha 4.0’s AI, server meshing, and backend tech in October report
This week is when Star Citizen looks back at the work of last October and condenses it into a developer progress report. Regular followers...
Star Citizen sees sales dip by a significant margin for the month of October
It's long been suggested, both by simple observation and direct developer reports that Star Citizen needs to keep the backer cash flowing in order...
Shroud of the Avatar revamps player dungeon rooms and prepares for Krampus in Release 131
We're literally just one day removed from Halloween, which means the Great Retail Calendar declares that it's Christmas now (Thanksgiving never existed unless you're...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Wizard’s Wrath and A Wizard’s World
When I first saw mention of A Wizard's World on Reddit this morning, I immediately confused it with another wizardy Kickstarter MMO, Wizard's Wrath....
Post-sunset, The Wagadu Chronicles team says it considered and rejected open-sourcing the game
One of the saddest sunsets of 2024 affected Kickstarted afrofantasy The Wagadu Chronicles. The MMORPG was Kickstarted by players for nearly $200K all the...
Loftia targets alpha testing by the end of this year and early access at the end of 2025
Since last year we've been keeping eyes on the "mediumly multiplayer" cozy title Loftia, a life sim RPG that puts players into a colorful...
Star Citizen player reports CIG is making him sign an NDA before getting a refund
We've chronicled the weird steps players have needed to take to get refunds from Star Citizen numerous times before, but now it looks like...
Star Citizen players raise the alarm over internet spaceship nerfs that conveniently favor newer options
Generally, official forums for games are unhappy places in the best of times, but backers of Star Citizen are getting vocally resistant to ship...
My Time at Evershine’s Kickstarter ends successfully with nearly $3M raised from gamers
The appetite for the multiplayer RPG My Time at Evershine was already pretty apparent when its Kickstarter campaign met its goal within 30 minutes,...
