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Kickstarted cozygame Solarpunk didn’t make its Q1 alpha, but devs say they’re ‘making significant progress’
One of the top multiplayer Kickstarters of 2023 was for Solarpunk, when indie outfit Cyberwave Games and Rokaplay pulled in $330,000 US on a...
Metaverse MMO Avalon gets $10M investment, talks up its game features, AI tools, and Web3
Depending on one's point of view, this news is either the next step forward for Jeffrey Butler's gestating MMO Avalon or proof that investors...
PvP MMORPG Abyss begins signups to an upcoming open playtest on Steam
Before it begins its early access release on April 18th, the PvP sandbox MMORPG Abyss has one more playtest to run - and this...
CCP Games’ blockchain EVE Online spinoff Project Awakening plots next test phase for May
I can't blame you if you can't temper your skepticism for CCP's Project Awakening, both because CCP Games is notorious for failed EVE Online-universe...
Abyss MMO begins testing on Mac, plans early access for April 18
Abyss aka Abyss Online first caught our attention last summer, when gamers figured out that it was actually a clone of the supposedly satirical NFT...
Besieged by bitcoin bots, BitCraft reiterates that it’s not a crypto or NFT MMO
We've been shaking our head ruefully at BitCraft's name for several years now, as it seemed clear to us that the name could be...
‘Survival crafting MMORPG’ BitCraft plans closed alpha for April 2 – here’s how to sign up
That upcoming MMORPG sandbox BitCraft is heading into closed alpha is not a shock: Clockwork Labs has been teasing it for months. The new...
EVE Online adjusts spaceship balance as CSM member pivots on CCP’s Project Awakening NFT project
With ships and interstellar warfare being expanded in EVE Online's Havoc update, it was only a matter of time before some adjustment knobs were...
Axie Infinity co-founder’s personal Ethereum wallets are caught in $9.5M crypto theft
It's time yet again for another bit of bad news to come out of Axie Infinity, the pay-to-earn crypto-grinder MMO that's most famous for...
Pearl Abyss Q4 2023: Well at least EVE Online had a good financial year
Pearl Abyss, best known to MMO fans for Black Desert and CCP Games' EVE Online, has continued its humdrum financial performance in Q4 2023,...
Crowfall owner Monumental hit with layoffs while eyeing blockchain
The question of Crowfall's existence has been an unanswered one for quite some time ever since the game was purchased by Mythgard publisher Monumental...
Magic to Master goes crypto, ties down a publisher, and eyes a nebulous February early access release window
With all of the loud goose honking that came out of the gaming industry in 2023, it would be understandably easy to have forgotten...
SoulWorker hands publishing duties off to Valofe ‘for its continued enhancement and maintenance’
SoulWorker is another one of those action MMOs that has had a history of being passed about more frequently than a football: The game's...
Kritika Zero is yanked from Steam hours before its launch in favor of Valofe’s platform
In the annals of unpleasant last-minute surprises for MMO launches, this one may take the cake. Yesterday we reported that the originally NFT-infested Kritika...
Kritika Global is officially shut down on Steam today while Kritika Zero heads for release tomorrow
This is a tale of two Kritika Online titles, which might be a mercy since this game has come back four different times. Specifically,...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Wildmender, Kaetram, and Kingdom the Blood
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! This time around we're checking out an...
GDC’s 2024 industry survey: Game devs weigh in on AI, layoffs, unionization, RTO, and more
Every year, GDC conducts an industry-wide survey of game developers and compiles the results in its State of the Game Industry, the 2024 edition...
Tibia-inspired MMO Ravendawn launches today – without the NFTs of its sister game
Those looking for a new MMO launch to start the year or a spiritual successor to one of the genre's oldest titles may want...
PSA: Cryptocurrency scammers are stealing Solarpunk’s assets for use in NFTs and a supposed metaverse
At this point we'd like to believe that the vast majority of our readers are assured that cryptocurrency games, metaverses, and NFTs are all...
The Daily Grind: Which game, studio, or idea was the biggest contributor to killing the MMORPG genre in 2023?
When we first started running this annual Daily Grind, MMO players were most likely to point to the likes of Blizzard and Tencent. Then...
