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Massively Overthinking: The MMO things we’re grateful for
Call it sappy, but I'm gonna stop joking about turkey and emptying my wallet on Steam for a sec for tonight's Overthinking. It's Thanksgiving, and we've got some thanking to do.
Darkfall Rise of Agon patches in old-school mobs, opens supporter pack funding program
Sanctioned Darkfall spinoff Rise of Agon has been busy since its 2017 launch with multiple content and quality-of-life patches - it's even been teasing...
Star Citizen’s Chris Roberts: ‘No one is attempting to do what we are doing’
As we noted on Saturday, Star Citizen hit $200 million in crowdfunding - and that prompted a letter from the chairman penned by Chris...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen hits $200M in crowdfunds, Reddit drama ensues
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen officially broke the $200 million barrier for total funding collected from the proverbial crowd. That's a...
Whatever happened to Empyrion Galactic Survival?
Anybody remember Empyrion Online aka Empyrion Galactic Survival? It's one of those space sandbox multiplayer survival games that went for a Kickstarter back in...
Make My MMO: Space sim 3001SQ is put on hold, Star Citizen rolls out 3.3.5 to the Evocati
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, we've got some sad news from MMO space colonization sim 3001SQ: Development on the game has been halted...
Valiance Online promises bi-weekly news updates going forward
With the first phase of its crowdfunding campaign a success, Valiance Online looks ahead to the next steps for this superhero MMORPG. The creation...
Path of Exile is launching buyable, moddable private leagues this week
Remember how Grinding Gear said it had a bunch of Path of Exile announcements queued up for the next couple of weeks, including the...
Star Citizen on underground bunker design, looking ahead to alpha 3.4, and closing in on $200M
This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse continues the post-CitizenCon catch-up, this time featuring the underground bunker on Hurston, including the layout, design, and...
Massively Overthinking: Is there too much negativity in the MMO genre?
MassivelyOP reader Threespeed posed us an interesting question for this week's Overthinking that I thought was particularly appropriate given the Trion Worlds situation.
"Everyone has...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’ exploration reveal, Star Citizen’s $1650 ship
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Frontier has been showing off what's coming in Elite Dangerous' Beyond - Chapter Four, specifically the exploration bits...
Vampire MMO Shadow’s Kiss makes good on mature content
If you were super sad when Revival and World of Darkness closed up shop, you should probably point your eyeballs over at Shadow's Kiss....
Star Citizen’s CitizenCon didn’t help make as much money as last year, but damn it made a lot
So, how much money did Star Citizen make last week as a result of its CitizenCon push and concomitant ship sale? A lot. Eurogamer's...
Lead programmer: ‘There is no hope for Greed Monger’
The long-troubled Greed Monger, a Kickstarted sandbox MMO that produced a remarkable project implosion, took an interesting turn last week when its former lead...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen’s dazzling CitizenCon
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen wowed audiences in Austin and at home with its annual CitizenCon event, plus CIG rolled out...
AdventureQuest 3D’s Kickstarter pets will be delivered early — this week
If you never thought you'd see a Kickstarter deliver on its promises early, have a look at this: AdventureQuest 3D and AdventureQuest Worlds are...
Greed Monger’s original lead programmer now says he’s working on a prototype for the failed Kickstarter MMO
The Greed Monger saga never freakin' ends. But hey, at least we're getting some twists and turns for the Kickstarter money that got pissed...
TUG studio Nerd Kingdom owes its Kickstarter backers an explanation – or their money back
We've been following the sad story of TUG, The Untitled Game, for years now, ever since its May 2013 Kickstarter. At the time, studio...
Fractured announces the opening of its virtual store
Developer Dynamight Studios, creator of in-development crowdfunded MMO Fractured, has announced the opening of the Fractured store, "which marks the reboot of crowdfunding for...
Mark Kern’s crowdfunded MMO shooter Em-8ER has ‘nearly’ finished its demo characters
It's been a while since we checked in on Em-8ER, Mark Kern's frustratingly named "massive planetary wargame," so we're rectifying that today.
MMO players will...