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Guardians of Ember headstart access begins today
Sometimes you want to play a game that offers you nuanced morality and a careful examination of your place in the universe. Other times,...
Identity creates a cops-and-robbers life simulator
Are you a good or bad person at heart when you play pretend? Either way, you will have a place in Identity, an upcoming...
Gaijin begins crowdfunding multiplayer war shooter Enlisted
War Thunder studio Gaijin announced today that it's publishing Darkflow Software's "fan-driven" MMO squad-based multiplayer PC shooter called Enlisted. "Gaijin Entertainment Promises to Reinvest Game...
Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation aims for Kickstarter, Elite Dangeous aims for PS4 (December 10, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news -- or future crowdfunding news, as the case may be -- we learned all about Ashes of Creation,...
Ask Mo: Scoring last year’s Massively OP MMORPG predictions
As we do every year, today we're going to squint back a year, into the depths of a Massively Overthinking from the tail end...
New MMORPG Ashes of Creation demos environments in new video
The Ashes of Creation team has released a new video to cap off the week, this first one literally a first look at the...
Exclusive interview with Ashes of Creation’s Jeffrey Bard, formerly of Daybreak
Yesterday we covered a tip about a new MMORPG in the making: Ashes of Creation. Apparently we caught wind of this title before it was...
Project Gorgon crosses fundraising halfway mark, introduces the Fairy race
Good news for Project Gorgon: The indie MMO has crossed the halfway point in its current Indiegogo campaign, raising over $10,000 toward its $20,000...
Ashes of Creation promises a sandbox MMO full of organic events
A wild MMORPG appears! Your excitement or skepticism is super effective!
So here's your out-of-the-blue MMO reveal for Tuesday. The game is called Ashes of...
Make My MMO: Crowfall’s big world playtest, Star Citizen’s alpha 2.6 (December 3, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, ArtCraft says over 9000 gamers have been invited to try to break the three alpha servers active during Crowfall's "Big...
Ship of Heroes becomes the fourth City of Heroes spiritual successor
How many spiritual successors will it take to fill the void that was left by City of Heroes' shutdown? We now know the answer:...
Nature cops who punch kraken: Catching up with Project Gorgon’s Eric Heimburg
As many of you are well aware, we here at Massively OP are pretty fascinated with the work being done by MMO industry veterans...
Crowfall crosses minimum goal for its equity crowdfunding effort
ArtCraft announced today day that it's "officially crossed the minimum necessary threshold" for its latest crowdfunding effort for Crowfall. It's now raised $152,084 with...
Crowfall is retiring 2016 pledge packages on December 5
There's just a few days left for you to pick up older Crowfall pledge packages, ArtCraft reminded players this week. "We had originally planned...
Mark Kern renames Ember to Em-8ER, picks up Nostalrius programmer
Earlier this month, Mark Kern's "massive planetary wargame" shooter Ember got a new name and logo: Em-8ER.
"While still pronounced 'Ember,' we changed the official...
Crowfall is running its biggest test to date this weekend
The Crowfall team is not taking Thanksgiving off but is instead running its biggest to date. Doesn't that make you feel like a slacker...
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude for the people of the MMORPG genre
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and we wish you all a happy one, whether you're celebrating locally or not. For this week's Massively Overthinking...
Dual Universe’s new crowdfunding portal is now live
Didn't get around to backing Dual Universe back when it busted through its Kickstarter goal? Novaquark announced today that it would still like your...
Where is Jeremy Soule’s Kickstarter symphony?
Back in 2013, Composer Jeremy Soule (Landmark, Guild Wars 2) launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $10,000 to fund his personal project of creating...
Project Gorgon patches alpha while holding an Indiegogo contest
A smaller build went live in Project Gorgon's alpha this past week, bringing revisions to the hammer and ice magic skill sets. The hammer...
