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World of Titans plans ‘major facelift,’ November 2023 release, and closed testing soon
World of Titans, aka TitanReach (or Titan Reach depending on the chronology), has had one extremely weird and eyebrow-raising journey in case that opening...
Star Citizen will now invite players into its PTU based on their activity in an effort to stress test builds
For the past several years, access to the PTU builds of Star Citizen has gone out in waves - that's nothing new - but...
Dark and Darker launches into paid early access in spite of ongoing legal battle with Nexon
It has been quite a while since we heard from the PvPvE dungeon crawler Dark and Darker, but readers might remember that all through...
Solarpunk MMO Loftia nears $500K on Kickstarter, addresses stretch goals and pledge tiers
As Loftia inches ever closer to the $500K crowdfunding mark after its blowout Kickstarter debut, the "medium-ly multiplayer" solarpunk game has offered up some...
Star Citizen sees roughly $55M in crowdfunding to date this year as it nears $600M in total
Today in "Math News That Will Make Your Head Hurt," we're taking a look at some of the latest data points out of Star...
Make My MMO: Loftia Kickstarter backers blow past $400K, unlocking pets, aquaponic farms, and more housing
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks!
Loftia isn't due to finish out its Kickstarter until the end of...
EVE Online’s studio is Kickstarting a Titan Forge-built EVE-themed board game
The trend of large and long-established game companies turning to Kickstarter to fund board game spinoffs continues today, as Pearl Abyss-owned CCP Games announced...
Star Citizen shows off the development tool it uses to build underground facilities
Have you ever had some random kid charge up to you and excitedly show off the toy that she just got? That's kind of...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the best way a studio can save a struggling mid-size MMO?
Temtem's Crema Games raised eyebrows earlier this week when it admitted that in spite of Temtem's successful launch, the game is having trouble; the...
Star Citizen recaps July work on ships, rat behavior, gameplay features, and skill progression experiments
The month of August begins, and that means Star Citizen is filing its July update report to keep players abreast of what work has...
‘Medium-ly multiplayer’ cozy MMO Loftia just fully funded with $150K on Kickstarter
Loftia, the "cozy solarpunk" "medium-ly multiplayer" title we covered earlier in July, has officially launched its Kickstarter - and it's one of the slickest...
Chronicles of Elyria boss explains how Soulbound burned through nearly $7M in three years
"I wanted to give current and future business owners - particularly game developers - an understanding of the actual and hidden costs of running...
Star Citizen shares a prototype of its upcoming full ship salvage gameplay
Prototyping gameplay elements is pretty important work, but it's also very often work that's not seen by anyone outside of the studio. However, the...
Kickstarted VR MMORPG Ilysia announces beta 1 starting tomorrow
Readers might recall that Kickstarted VR MMORPG Ilysia has been in alpha since 2021, when it picked up a chunk of investor funding, but...
Star Citizen kitbashes a hovertank together and talks about vehicle creation in livestream
We'll start with a bit of a vocabulary lesson just in case that headline confuses you: Kitbashing is a term usually used in tabletop...
Fractured’s PvP-centered server war relaunch pretest has begun and runs through July 30
As promised, the indie team at Dynamight Studios has officially begun Fractured's relaunch pretest as of today. This is expected to be the largest...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs and online worlds with super cozy vibes
In this age of increased anxiety and friction, there's a natural desire to retreat into safe spaces. And yet not all of us have...
Fractured Veil completes its Unreal Engine upgrade, puts founder’s pack bundles up for sale
Over the past couple of months, survival sandbox Fractured Veil has been talking up its upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.1, sharing details and previews...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen has zero incentive to ever launch
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks!
A Star Citizen player who applied for a refund finally got it...
Whatever happened to early access VR MMO Neon Exile?
Back in May 2021, the early access VR MMO Neon Exile broke its two-year-long bout of radio silence with word of an upcoming PvP...