early access
Project Gorgon baked you a cake to celebrate its sixth anniversary on Steam
On this week's MOP Podcast, I mentioned that I bought Project Gorgon when it first hit early access on Steam, but I couldn't remember...
Albion Online opens sales for European server launch founder packs – eight of them, in fact
Players eager to get their hands on Albion Online's European server will want to know that founder packs are officially live this morning. While...
First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway
At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
Nightingale rolls back last week’s patch after nasty bug deleted players’ housing
Losing a home in an MMO hurts like hell, as our readers can attest, and unfortunately, that's what's been happening to Nightingale testers this...
Kickstarted multiplayer sandbox ECO releases a roadmap from early access to launch
It's been a few months since we talked much about ECO, the Kickstarted sandbox that has enchanted pretty much everyone who gives in to...
The Stream Team: Sharing the classic action RPG world of Secrets of Grindea
Sometimes, a game falls into your lap that completely takes a hold of you. MOP's Chris has had that happen to him thanks to...
Nightingale’s roadmap includes a lot more QOL than the offline mode
If you were among those grumbling at Nightingale's mini-patch earlier this week, Inflexion's latest missive ought to make you feel better - or at...
Fractured Online’s latest update boosts soloers and grants free respecs ahead of F2P weekend
Dynamight Studios is all about the free this weekend: We've previously noted that the studio is setting its Kickstarted sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online free-to-play...
PSA: Fractured Online is hosting a free weekend and a sale starting Thursday
If you've been curious to try the sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online but you're nervous about buying an early access game or you're nervous about...
Stolen Realm brings co-op turn-based RPG combat to launch on March 8
Here's the downside of playing co-op turn-based RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3: Eventually, you run out of combat. Like, that's kind of the whole...
Palia embraces the steampunk life with this past week’s patch
Do you have dreams of turning your abode into a steampunk paradise? While your loved ones may reject your grand vision in real life,...
Massively Overthinking: Always-online vs. offline modes in multiplayer games
The Nightingale team's admission that players are clamoring for an offline version of the game - and that Inflexion is now planning to do...
10-year-old Camelot Unchained is launching ‘late next year’ following CSE rebrand and investment haul
So, remember Camelot Unchained? The throwback sandbox MMORPG that was Kickstarted way back in 2013, hit beta in 2018, then added a second game...
TerraTech Worlds is a new survivalbox for our vehicle-loving friends
It's not a traditional MMORPG, but Payload Studios' TerraTech Worlds is scooting right along the edge as a co-op PvE survival title that might...
Nightingale teases storage and crafting QOL plans as players build away and reviews sit at ‘mixed’
A week into its early access launch, Nightingale studio Inflexion has very briefly addressed the community on how the rollout went - and what's next...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 459: A Gigantic return
Justin and Bree discuss Nightingale's launch, Gigantic's return, Guild Wars 2's Realm of Dreams, and Last Epoch's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on Wagadu Chronicles and TTRPG-MMO crossovers.
Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles’ worldbuilding is epic, but the gameplay…
The Wagadu Chronicles has kind of made me sad. I wasn't really expecting this game to be some arbiter of a new age for...
Not So Massively: Last Epoch is a potential gem in dire need of polishing
Originally Kickstarted in 2018, Last Epoch has been in early access on Steam for about five years, but the developers at Eleventh Hour Games...
Age of Water provides a brief peek at its crew management features
No ship sails with one person at the helm, or at least it doesn't in Age of Water, which means that while players will...
Survivalbox Nightingale pivots on co-op design, promises offline mode ‘as soon as feasible’
Just three days into its early access release, Tencent's Nightingale is already backtracking on its always-online philosophy: Inflexion has announced that it's working on...
