early access
Post-layoffs, Palia is celebrating its alpha anniversary with a new buyable bundle
We've all been figuratively holding our breaths to see what would happen with Palia after the last month of mess, and now the game...
Not So Massively: Godsworn made me break my ‘no early access’ rule
I'm pretty blasé about most monetization in games, but there are a few things that I don't like, and charging for early access is...
Fractured adds new playable demon races and cash shop with its May 8th Invasion update
Dynamight Studios formally announced Fractured Online's next patch last night: Dubbed The Invasion, it heralds the arrival of two new player demon races, specifically...
Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria is relaunching as Legends of Aria Classic on May 9
When last we looked in on Legends of Aria, it was fading fast into unfortunate obscurity. The Kickstarted MMORPG - originally known as Shards...
Last Oasis, four years in early access, finally releases its modkit and teases season 6 (again)
Last Oasis has been a side-eye magnet in the MMO world for a few years now. The "woodpunk" survival MMORPG had the misfortune to...
Gaijin’s ocean adventure MMO Age of Water delays early access a week
Gaijin's seafaring survival MMO Age of Water was intended to rolled into the smooth ocean of early access tomorrow, but it's choppy waters instead,...
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...
Abyss is open now for playtesting ahead of its early access launch, delayed to May 7
It wasn't all that long ago that the PvP MMORPG Abyss promised it was going to open testing for free ahead of the game's...
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...
World of Warcraft opens beta signups for The War Within
The hour of testing has arrived for World of Warcraft's next expansion... well, sort of. The hour of signing up for the hour of...
Final Fantasy XIV shares pre-Dawntrail schedule, releases the benchmark on April 14
Want to make yourself a Hrothgal in Final Fantasy XIV? Want to see what you'll look like Vipering about? (Yes, Viper is not a...
Cozy multiplayer game Farm Together 2 is launching early access in May
You might not know this about me, but I really love the idea of farming in video games. I just... almost universally hate the...
PlayStation players are flooding the Sea of Thieves PS5 closed beta servers
Sea of Thieves officially rolled into closed beta on PlayStation 5 early this morning, continuing its forked path far away from the exclusivity it...
V Rising teases Dracula, new difficulty modes, and its Castlevania DLC ahead of the May launch
V Rising is barreling along toward its May 8th launch and 1.0 update with a new landing page that outlines what players can expect...
After months of retooling, Evercore Heroes comes back as a three-player co-op roguelite
Back in October 2022, we were all first introduced to Evercore Heroes, an isometric "competitive PvE" title that tasked opposing teams with completing PvE...
Donkey Crew sets Bellwright early access for April 23 – still no update for Last Oasis
Snail Games and Donkey Crew have announced today that they're pushing gritty co-op survival sandbox Bellwright into Steam early access on April 23rd. The...
Valheim’s (hopefully) last patch before Ashlands upgrades Unity and addresses a long list of issues
If you were hoping for more concrete news on Valheim's impending Ashlands update like a date... well, we don't have any because Iron Gate...
Stormgate studio Frost Giant opens equity crowdfunding campaign to make players into investors
Back in February, we covered the eyebrow-raising story that Frost Giant, the studio behind multiplayer RTS Stormgate, was planning to make a push for...
Cozy MMO Sky Children of the Light launches F2P early access on Steam today
Thatgamecompany's five-year-old Sky: Children of the Light officially debuts on PC today, one of the rare few multiplayer titles these days that seems to...
Albion Europe flings open the doors to its open beta – yes, everyone can play now
European MMORPG gamers - and really any gamer looking for a fresh start - will find the doors of Albion Online's new European server...
