early access
PSA: Diablo IV is free to play through the end of the year
In a move that by no means is counter-programming to Path of Exile 2's recent early access launch, Blizzard announced that it is making...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2’s community shows off amazing player housing creations
It's no surprise that Guild Wars 2 players are thrilled to be interior decorators, thanks to this year's player housing system. And in a...
There’s still no ETA for the return of Corepunk’s servers, but there are test shards up now
We probably don't need to reiterate what dreadfully bad luck it is to have your early access MMORPG offline the whole week before Christmas,...
Once Human 2025 roadmap promises Visional Wheel system, new scenarios, and mobile launch
NetEase-owned Starry Studio looks to have some big plans for the survival MMO Once Human in 2025. That's the message being offered from the...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2024
So here's the disclaimer I put in front of this column every year when I do it (we alternate them): The biggest surprises list...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 498: Pantheon’s power play
Justin, Bree, and Chris discuss Pantheon's early access, Ship of Heroes' launch window, Warframe 1999's release, World of Warcraft's Siren Isle, Elder Scrolls Online's outage and union, and Old School RuneScape's sailing, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, Palworld, Dauntless, Guild Wars 2, and Farm Together 2, plus mailbag topics on midcore MMO players and abilities we wish were in every MMORPG.
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
Path of Exile 2 is adding inter-map fast-travel and a bunch of buffs and nerfs in its next update
As I type this, more than half of Path of Exile 2's peak Steam concurrency was playing the game - well over 300,000 humans...
Sandbox MMORPG The Quinfall announces early access release date of January 25
Over the past several months we've been covering The Quinfall, Vawraek Technology's open world sandbox MMORPG, which made its arrival to gamers' notice in...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s early access launch weekend saw over 2300 concurrent Steam players
After years of development, tragedy, course changes, and a few moments of controversy, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is now out in the wild...
The MOP Up: New World pulls back the curtains on its holiday event
New World's devs shared the inspiration behind the hodge-podge holiday event in the game, saying, "Our Audio and Narrative Teams took inspiration from various...
Elite Dangerous releases the Cobra Mk V and pits players against the final invading Thargoid Titan
Yesterday marked both a new ship's arrival and the final battle for Earth in Elite: Dangerous, as the spaceships sandbox's latest patch has officially...
Palia wants to be your ‘holiday homestead’ with next week’s update
Is it possible for Palia to get any cozier than it already is? Apparently so because this life sim is busting out a cheerful...
The Stream Team: Taking a peek inside of the early access release of Pantheon Rise of the Fallen
Today is the day when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen takes its next big step forward toward release with its early access launch, and...
Pax Dei invites you to go on a shopping spree as its Market Square update is live
As promised, Pax Dei's Verse 2: Market Square is live this morning for all owners of the early access sandbox MMORPG, and it's all...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024
You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...
Brighter Shores AMA confirms updates for combat, professions, and co-op play are en route
It looks as if the devs of Fen Research have plenty of updates planned for Brighter Shores, at least according to an AMA the...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen announces early access head start today and delay of buddy key delivery
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen continues to perform its pre-flight checks before it takes off for early access tomorrow, which means that once again...
Chronicles of Elyria dev claims development is ‘progressing steadily,’ but no, you can’t see it
When last we heard from Chronicles of Elyria, Soulbound Studio's Jeromy Walsh explained that the company was once again struggling financially and that he...
Path of Exile 2 is scrambling to hire more support folks following its massive early access launch
Grinding Gear Games warned Path of Exile 2 players ahead of early access that the first era of the game might be a little...
