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Heavy Gear Assault’s development may be in trouble
Remember Heavy Gear Assault? Maybe not, but it was announced last year as a satisfyingly stomp-happy arena-based PvP game. It's in early access now,...
Eternal Crusade preps for Steam early access launch
Eternal Crusade is preparing for Steam early access, says Behaviour Interactive Senior Producer Nathan Richardsson.
"We are now preparing to fully move over to the...
Choose My Adventure: In which my Shroud of the Avatar plans are foiled
Hello friends, and welcome to the next installment of the Shroud of the Avatar edition of Choose My Adventure. Last week, as I'm sure...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 46: The high price of VR
Justin and Bree discuss the Oculus Rift's pricetag, Marvel Heroes' David Brevik, Divergence Online, Smed on emus, and TUG, with mailbag questions on tstories, MOBAs, and skill trees.
Shroud of the Avatar’s alpha testing is ‘on the horizon’
Alpha testing for Richard Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar is "on the horizon," says a newsletter published for followers this past weekend. It's been in...
SWG-inspired sandbox Divergence Online is now on Steam early access
If you've been waiting over the last week for Valve to approve Divergence Online for its inevitable Steam early access release, wait no longer:...
Choose My Adventure: Trying on the Shroud of the Avatar
Hello friends, and welcome to the new year's first installment of Choose My Adventure. As you may have noticed, I took a bit of...
Origins of Malu is launching in stages early this year
Wondering whatever happened to Origins of Malu? Apparently the devs were working elsewhere for a while but have now turned their attention back to...
Project Genom turns on open world system
There are those moments in MMO game development when titles go from being a limited series of features to an integrated, expansive world. For Project...
Studio Wildcard creative director cautions against using Early Access as a funding method
Early access has become a bit part of the gaming landscape over the past few years, with many games launching into it. ARK: Survival...
ARK: Survival Evolved launches in preview status on Xbox One today
Ready to get your dinosaur survival antics on while playing from the comfort of your couch? ARK: Survival Evolved is making the console jump...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO Trend of the Year
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the best MMO trend of 2015.
Last year, we chose sandbox and social gameplay as the awardee...
Ghost in the Shell Online starts early access next week
The future is coming to you a little sooner than expected. Ghost in the Shell Online, the shooter based on the cybernetic police squad...
Albion’s Aurelius update to add PvE dungeons, usability tweaks, and more
Sandbox Interactive says that Albion's closed beta launch has been "very successful," and as such the firm is now giving fans a glimpse of its near...
Grab a Wild Terra early access key from MOP and Juvty Worlds [All gone now!]
If you missed out on our giveaway for survival sandbox Wild Terra back in September, then today marks a second chance.
Juvty Worlds has granted...
Life is Feudal: Your Own launches out of Early Access with a 40% discount
How do you feel about medieval building sandboxes with titles based around wordplay? If you are intensely excited by them, you'll be happy to...
Pantheon has a playable core build
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's first newsletter is up, and in it Brad McQuaid has given an update on the team, its finances, and its...
Paladins has founder’s packs
I guess founder's packs are the new early access, that being the developer weapon of choice for separating gamers from their money in the age...
Revival looks back at its first year of development
On the eve of its the first anniversary of its development, Revival and its team are looking back at the year that was while...
Saga of Lucimia prides itself on group-based teamplay
Soloers, you are not welcome in Saga of Lucimia. At least that's the tone of developer diaries for the upcoming sandbox in which the team boldly...