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Valheim, three years in early access, plods along on development of its Ashlands biome
It's apparently survival sandbox week here at the end of January, as Valheim has resurfaced with a fresh dev blog. The game, which next...
Blade & Soul NEO Classic details Cinderlands redesign, combat refresh, and the end of gear upgrades
Blade & Soul continues the impressive trick of talking about its NEO Classic server while also holding its cards close to its chest at...
EVE Online tweaks Havoc insurgencies, preps monthly EVE Vanguard tests for subbers
This week's EVE Online patch builds on the Havoc expansion CCP Games dropped before the turn of the new year, with both graphical and...
Palia will reduce its beta release cadence – but not its content quantity – in 2024
Singularity 6 is apparently back from holidays and ready with some downer news for Palia. The studio's dev update essentially begins by admitting to...
APB Reloaded is sunsetting its console versions – in fact, the Xbox server is already permanently offline
We've got some bad news for the APB community: Last night, Little Orbit announced that it's sunsetting APB Reloaded's console versions.
"The decision to discontinue...
Overwatch 2 admits talking about self-healing early was ‘a mistake’ and promises further clarity soon
Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller sent the shooter's community into a bit of a wobble earlier in the week when he discussed several gameplay...
Last Epoch offers a deep-dive into the faction-based item trade system arriving in February 21 launch
Loot. It's one of the big motivators for playing most OARPGs and Last Epoch is certainly no exception, so word that the game is...
Overwatch 2 considers adding party frames, tank and DPS passive self-heals, and spawn changes in Season 9
Overwatch 2 director Aaron Keller is apparently looking to shake things up significantly in Season 9 if his latest dev blog is any indication,...
Anvil Empires discusses seasons, weather, points of interest, and its next two months of pre-alpha
Siege Camp is continuing to keep interested players informed of where things are going with its persistent war MMO Anvil Empires, as its eighth...
Ship of Heroes recaps 2023 development, marking ‘dramatic progress’ toward its 2024 launch
Heroic Games had a bang-up 2023 in developing Kickstarter superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes if reading its year in review dev blog is anything...
Blade & Soul NEO Classic’s latest visual preview focuses on the Moonwater Plains
The visual previews continue to spill forth from Blade & Soul's NEO Classic server revamp. This time around, NCsoft is offering a close look...
World of Tanks forecasts new gameplay, new and returning events, and refined systems for 2024
Most games put out roadmaps or developer blog posts to look forward to the coming year's worth of content, but not World of Tanks...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023
Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...
BitCraft talks about terraforming, player buildings, and the goals of its next closed alpha
The close of December is bringing more technical and granular gifts from the developers of sandbox MMO BitCraft, with a new blog that's all...
CCP Games maps out six months of EVE Vanguard patches, feature updates, and testing
Did you miss out on the Vanguard FPS testing that was held in EVE Online? Worry not because CCP Games has a whole lot...
Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore launches a holiday event as its studio reaffirms the game isn’t its sole focus
Good news! Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore is still seeing updates! Bad news, the developer Blankhans is still repeating its earlier intention of focusing...
Guild Wars 2’s ArenaNet is working on expansions for both 2024 and 2025 already
Guild Wars 2 is ending 2023 with a traditional dev blog recapping the year and looking ahead to what will be the game's fifth...
Pax Dei ponders a box price with sub monetization balanced with a free trial and possible game time tokens
Where does the developing sandbox MMO Pax Dei stand on monetization? "Well, we’re sorry to say we haven’t figured it all out —...
Valheim targets Ashlands for the first half of 2024, shows off foods, plants, and ‘absolutely badass’ armor
Valheim has posted its final dev blog for 2023, which is once more all about the ongoing Ashlands biome update, and it leads off...
Nightingale’s team ‘flexes’ its creative muscles by adding fishies and grumpy critters
In its final dev blog of 2023, Victorian realm-hopping sandbox Nightingale hopes to end the year by "flexing" its creative projects and giving all...
