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Star Citizen outlines February events – including Lunar New Year – and recaps work on alpha 4.0
If you take Star Citizen's word for it, the month of February is going to be "epic," as its already got a lineup of...
Stars Reach expands its pre-alpha to Kickstarter followers, begins refinery skill branch testing
Playable Worlds' Stars Reach has several news bits this week, and those of you tired of hearing about the Kickstarter that hasn't even happened...
MMO Hype Train: Why it’s hard to hold on to hope for Star Citizen
My very first PC was a 386 Pentium that I purchased with my own money in the early '90s. And I dearly loved that...
The Daily Grind: What rewards are actually worth backing for in an MMORPG Kickstarter?
News of Stars Reach's impending Kickstarter has been the big MMORPG story of the last week and change, but there's been one tidbit that's...
Vague Patch Notes: The unsettling optics of the Stars Reach Kickstarter
As soon as I saw the news that Stars Reach was going to be launching a Kickstarter, I immediately stood up, got dressed, and...
Working As Intended: Stars Reach could be the demographic revolution MMORPGs need
When Raph Koster started talking in Discord on Saturday night, I was super annoyed because I knew I was going to lose my whole...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2025
I am the sort of person who derives no small amount of ongoing satisfaction from the idea that I have had an influence upon...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 501: Moving, money, and modding
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's new server plan, Stars Reach's Kickstarter plan, PlanetSide 2's limbo, Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, and roadmaps for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, SWG Legends, and a ton of smaller games, plus a mailbag topics on modding and MMOs.
Early access VR MMO Ilysia announces public testing of its ‘largest update ever’ on January 15
It's been a few months since we heard any major peeps out of Ilysia, the early access VR MMO being developed by Team 21...
The Daily Grind: So… are you going to Kickstart Stars Reach?
Over the weekend, Raph Koster's studio formally announced that it's going to do a Kickstarter for Stars Reach - you know, the spiritual successor...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen sheds execs, Pantheon tops 6K concurrent, Stars Reach eyes Kickstarter
Welcome to our first Make My MMO of 2025! Make My MMO is a long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both...
Raph Koster’s Stars Reach MMORPG is launching a Kickstarter in February – and could launch as early as 2026
Raph Koster and Playable Worlds announced during their fireside chat this evening that they're launching a Kickstarter campaign for sprawling sci-fantasy sandbox MMORPG Stars...
PSA: Star Citizen followers raise the alarm over continued conflicting refund policy messages
If you've been following the discussions around Star Citizen, you might have seen the topic of the sandbox's refund policy come up, perhaps even...
Creature capturing MMO Untamed Isles resumes development after being bought up by a blockchain studio
It's been almost three years since we heard anything out of Untamed Isles, a cute-looking creature capturing MMORPG from developer Phat Loot Studios that...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond
As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...
The names of multiple Star Citizen execs ousted before the new year are finally surfacing
Yesterday we reported on the resignation of Carl Jones from his position as chief strategy officer for Star Citizen developer CIG, which appeared to...
MMO Hype Train: Pantheon Rise of the Fallen was not ready for early access
It's absolutely surreal to see that, despite the odds against it, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen actually released -- albeit in early access --...
Van camping sim Outbound aims to deliver an alpha in the first half of 2025
Maybe it's completely silly to be this excited over what amounts to a mobile life sim in which you live in a van down...
The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any MMOs in 2025?
It's actually been several years since we had a pure MMORPG blow up on Kickstarter, but we've certainly seen survival sandboxes and mini-MMOs do...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2024
Welcome to a Very Special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where - most weeks - we keep track of the...
