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Hawaii-themed zombie survivalbox Fractured Veil finally makes its early access release to mixed reviews
After a multi-year series of delays, Paddle Creek Games has made the early access launch for its survival sandbox Fractured Veil, inviting players to...
EVE Online’s board game Kickstarter is live – and it met its funding goal in under an hour
Apparently there are plenty of EVE Online fans who would like the board game version of the spaceship sandbox to be a thing. Yesterday...
Ashes of Creation officially makes good on its plan to stop selling Alpha Two backer packs
August of last year saw Ashes of Creation's Intrepid Studios announce its plans that it would stop selling pre-order packs of the gankbox MMORPG...
Star Citizen’s CIG was hit with a measly $190 fine for… not filing its 2022 financial report on time
"If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class," so sayeth the meme, and that...
Make My MMO: MMO crowdfunding at the top of 2024, from Ashes to Zenith
Welcome to our very first Make My MMO of 2024! When we last checked in on the crowdfunded games of our genre, we were...
Massively Overthinking: The 2023 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
This might be one of the most important Massively Overthinkings we do all year, and it's a pretty salty one. We always come away...
Funcom partners to publish multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion and its first expansion
Co-op space adventure sim Empyrion got an unexpected ally this week as its developer, Eleon Game Studios, announced a new partnership with Funcom to...
The Daily Grind: Which game, studio, or idea was the biggest contributor to killing the MMORPG genre in 2023?
When we first started running this annual Daily Grind, MMO players were most likely to point to the likes of Blizzard and Tencent. Then...
‘Open betas will be paid,’ The Quinfall declares amid fraud allegations
In the wake of a persistent hum of skepticism about The Quinfall, Turkish MMO studio Vawraek has posted more confusing information about its upcoming...
Star Citizen studio CIG claims increases in revenue, salaries, headcount, and costs in 2022 financial year report
The 2022 fiscal year for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 developer Cloud Imperium Games can best be described as "all the numbers were bigger":...
StarCraft-inspired RTS Stormgate rockets to crowdfunding success
Those missing the halcyon days of the real-time strategy craze may be in for a revival of sorts, as a group of ex-Blizzard developers...
The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any MMOs in 2024?
Hello friends. It's me, your mom, and the answer to today's Daily Grind question should be no, and I shouldn't even need to write...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023
Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...
Kickstarted solarpunk cozy MMO Loftia ends 2023 with 500K followers and an expanded vision
With $1.2 million raised from a Kickstarter campaign and a half-million people following it on social media, Loftia is ending 2023 on a decidedly...
Past Fate’s latest patch focuses on exploration with updated landscapes and new secrets
One of the more fun things to do in a sandbox MMORPG (for a certain type of player) is to roam around the game...
Cross-platform spellcasting MMO Wizard’s Wrath cancels its Kickstarter campaign
Were the promises too grand, the scope too big, or the marketing too small? No matter what the reason, Wizard's Wrath saw a miserable...
Star Citizen releases a new Legatus backer bundle that costs $48,000
Would you rather buy a reasonably reliable car or a whole bunch of internet spaceships? If for some reason you chose the latter, then...
Star Citizen brings three new vehicles, updated salvage, and more derelict settlements in alpha 3.22
Players of the alpha version of Star Citizen can now go from Wrecks to Riches, or at least they can do so provided they...
Kickstarted VR MMO Zenith is plotting a 2.0 overhaul guided by six core design pillars
VR MMO Zenith has a new blog post out from developer Ramen VR, promising to shake up the game with "fundamental changes" in a...
Make My MMO: Wagadu Chronicles’ early access, City of Titans’ surprise patch
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Indie Afrofantasy sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles launched into early access...
