early access
Pantheon sets ground rules for character names and support ahead of early access
This Friday, December 13th, will see the early access floodgates open for sandbox MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, but before then, Visionary Realms...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 497: Walking down the Path of Exile 2
Justin and Bree discuss Path of Exile 2's early access, Elder Scrolls Online weird event snafu, EverQuest's The Outer Brood, and ArcheAge's second sunset of the year, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the normalization of bad MMO monetization and why some gamers melt down over every bit of MMO news.
Brighter Shores celebrates Christmas by randomly handing out hats
It's the season of Hatsgiving in Brighter Shores! OK, it's actually a Christmas event where players can find and trade hats, but Hatsgiving rolls...
Path of Exile 2 plans to change dodge rolling, rewards, and checkpoints as it nerfs an over-performing build
Path of Exile 2 is in early access, so obviously things are going to change; it's just a question of whether or not those...
The Stream Team: Pouncing on Path of Exile 2
It's here! It's here! Massively OP's MJ has been eagerly awaiting the release of Path of Exile 2, and now it's finally here for...
Past Fate vows to address the unintentional nudist colony it’s become
Open world MMO Past Fate has a nudie problem that's, for once, not of the players' own making. Apparently there's a replication bug plaguing...
Marvel Rivals’ similarity to Overwatch apparently annoyed former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra
It's not too much of a surprise that NetEase's free-to-play superhero shooter Marvel Rivals is being compared to Blizzard's Overwatch; the DNA is clear...
Corepunk outlines plans for early level combat, loot updates, and additional new features
Following what it calls a "very informative and active week," developer Artificial Core is ready to share the next series of updates planned for...
Pax Dei clarifies economy overhaul, addresses concerns over new Discord chat system
Pax Dei's communications team has its hands full this week with upcoming and arriving updates in the early access MMO. One of these covers...
Path of Exile 2 wrestles with database issues and half a million Steam concurrent players
So how did your early access to Path of Exile 2 go? Because in the macrocosm sense, it was an extremely busy start to...
Fera The Sundered Tribes is a new multiplayer monster hunter with village building and aerial combat
Looking for a new RPG that's got a bit of everything stuffed into it? You might want to check out Fera: The Sundered Tribes...
SpaceCraft is an online sci-fi exploration and building sandbox headed for early access next year
If you like interstellar travel, space exploration, and sci-fi empire building, and you're willing to take a chance on a smaller game in early...
Path of Exile 2 warns of launch queues and server issues as preorders surpass one million
Man, I wouldn't want to be an RPG or MMO launching right about now because everything's about to get wrecked by Path of Exile...
Lost Skies preps its Worlds Adrift-esque island creator tool for a Steam launch next week
Back in the spring of 2023, the studio behind the defunct MMO Worlds Adrift Bossa Games popped back on the scene with a new...
Brighter Shores zeroes in on improving quality-of-life across its recent and upcoming patches
Brighter Shores players asked for it, and boy howdy are they getting it: The early access indie MMORPG has deployed a wide swath of...
Path of Exile 2 shares all 12 of its early access ascendancy classes
With Path of Exile 2's pre-download starting tomorrow and the early access launch coming on the 6th, fans of this online ARPG franchise have...
Path of Exile 2 confirms pre-download of its early access PC client is coming December 5
If you're the kind of Path of Exile 2 fan who is staring at the clock, fruitlessly willing it to tick down faster in...
The Diablo franchise boss seriously suggested that ARPGs should be called ‘Diablo-likes’
Another member of the Blizzard C-suite has opened his mouth on social media again, but at least this time it isn't to say something...
Pantheon lists its 22 early access launch servers opening on December 13
With launch day for Pantheon's early access coming in just a couple weeks on December 13th, potential players are running out of time to...
Corepunk clears ‘significant technical issues’ and gets its in-game cash shop functioning
Corepunk has apparently managed to get two important things working better: the game itself and the way it gets players' money. That's effectively the...
