crowdfunding
Meta: If you’re a Massively OP Patron on Patreon, could you take a moment to update your payment methods?
Patreon tweeted this afternoon that it's experiencing a rash of Patron payment method rejections on its system, which could negatively impact Massively OP as...
‘MMOPEG’ Codename Reality seeks half a million Kickstarter bucks to ‘redefine the MMO genre’
If immersion and realism are what you crave in a new MMORPG, take a look at Codename Reality, another new game in our field...
Star Citizen fans raise pay-to-win objections over removal of in-game currency stockpiling cap
Our inbox exploded last night with Star Citizen tips, and that can mean only one thing: money shenanigans. In-game money, that is, but this...
PvP-centric sub MMO/MOBA hybrid EverFeud has launched its $105K Kickstarter
As we foretold yesterday, the PvP-focused MOBA/MMO hybrid EverFeud has officially launched its Kickstarter today. Developer PSB Entertainment has described the title as a hyper-competitive...
Zeal is an upcoming MMOARPG with PvP, PvE, 15 classes, and no grinding
Here comes a new one to the MassivelyOP pages! It's an MMO called Zeal, which developer Lycanic Studios bills as "an indie action RPG...
Diablo franchise history book Stay Awhile and Listen nears the end of its Kickstarter
Has it really been a month since we covered Stay Awhile and Listen, the second volume in David Craddock's history of Blizzard's development of...
PvP-centric sub-based MMO/MOBA hybrid EverFeud launches Kickstarter tomorrow
Gotta love a friendly tweet in the morning that reminds me about a game I'd forgotten about! I'm talking about EverFeud, a game we...
Make My MMO: Camelot’s beta one, Fractured’s successful Kickstarter (July 29, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, anti-grind, PvP-optional MMO sandbox Fractured became the biggest traditional MMORPG to fund on Kickstarter this year (Temtem pulled in more cash...
MMORPG sandbox Fractured’s Kickstarter has just fully funded at over $130,000
Phew! A few weeks ago, I was not confident that Fractured's Kickstarter was going to make it, but it cleared its goal with just...
Fractured’s Kickstarter has just fully funded; stay tuned for this afternoon’s Q&A livestream
As Fractured counts down the final two days of its Kickstarter campaign, it looks as though the indie MMO has pulled it off: Just...
Project Oasis World looks like GTAO with all the murder and mayhem stripped out
So here's a new one for us: It's a game called Project Oasis World, and that name seems apt because while it's technically an...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen in small claims court, Fractured nearing the finish line (July 21, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Fractured ramped up its Kickstarter dev blogs as it nears the finish line of its crowdfunding effort, which ends...
Fractured’s Kickstarter stretch goals include a dungeon crawler inside an asteroid
Sitting at about 80% funded with under a week to go, Fractured's Kickstarter campaign may come down to the wire in the end. Even...
Temtem discusses Kickstarter backer rewards, November PC alpha, and 2019 early access
If you backed Temtem's successful Kickstarter, now is the time to collect at least some of your rewards. Spanish developer Crema has posted up...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 178: #womenarecosmetic
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Wild West Online, Star Citizen, Defiance 2050, Rend, and Fractured, with a mailbag question on in-game conflict resolution and a special interview on Blaugust Reborn.
Fractured pivots from global to regional servers as it pushes toward its Kickstarter goal
Quite often, you hear MMO gamers lament that their communities are artificially separated into different servers, with all of the problems that that entails....
Fractured is hosting a livestream on crafting and building today
Want to know more about crafting and building in Fractured as the game has passed its 75% funding mark? Good news, you'll have a...
German courts rule against companies using ‘coming soon’ marketing for preorders
Making its way through the German court system right now is a case that could be of considerable importance to consumer protections, and not...
Make My MMO: Aria’s second closed beta, Star Citizen’s protest, and Crowfall’s engine on the market (July 15, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we got our first hints of "emergent gameplay" in Star Citizen as a group of players took over a refueling...
Leaderboard: How much input do you expect to have into a developing game you’ve paid for?
Last week, a developer from Parisian developer Dreamz Studio posted about how early access was the best thing that happened to his game, specifically...
