early access
Vague Patch Notes: Early access is just game development as performance art
I was reminded recently about Valheim. I do not own the game and thus have not played it; I cannot tell you if it...
Palworld tops 2M concurrency on Steam as the Pokémon company ‘intends to investigate’
When we started 2024, I don't think any of us had "bizarre Pokémon shooter was going to blow up huge in January," but, well,...
Valheim, three years in early access, plods along on development of its Ashlands biome
It's apparently survival sandbox week here at the end of January, as Valheim has resurfaced with a fresh dev blog. The game, which next...
The Stream Team: Taking a first peek into the early access of Palworld
You've been reading about its headlines for the past few days here at MOP, but now it's time for Chris to actually play it:...
Wayfinder previews the optimization and performance upgrades coming in its February patch
Wayfinder is shining another light on its upcoming patch: In its Discord last night, Airship Syndicate told players that the next patch will include...
Co-op survivalbox Enshrouded just launched into Steam early access
When I logged into my guild's Discord this morning, I realized half my crew was excitedly chattering about Enshrouded, multiplayer survival sandbox that we...
The Day Before has officially sunsetted, bringing its early access drama to a final ending
This year's popcorn drama is currently being provided by the likes of Palworld, but last year, it was The Day Before - and now...
Nightingale is less than a month away – here’s a six-minute preview of its features
This is your formal heads-up that one of the most anticipated online games of 2024 is less than a month away. After years of...
Fractured Veil’s early access launch is delayed once again as the build’s first patch notes go live
Paddle Creek Games just can't seem to catch a break when it comes to the early access release of its survival sandbox Fractured Veil:...
Project Gorgon’s Eric Heimberg talks influences, design, and the future of the MMO
The beginning of January saw YouTuber MarleMMO host an interview with Project Gorgon's Sandra Powers, when she talked about her experience with design, her...
Palworld touts huge sales and players concurrency as AI plagiarism accusations mount
This weekend was a big one for Craftopia developer Pocket Pair and its survival sandbox Palworld, which made its early access debut to resounding...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2024?
Every year when it comes time to update this poll for January, I consider tossing it out. But the last few years of Daybreak...
Pokémon-like Palworld launches early access today, aims to be ‘the best game ever’
Trust us: You haven't begun to catch 'em all. But the good news is that you can take a crack at a new Pokémon-like...
Nightingale shares the first 20 minutes of gameplay in a video
The visuals of Nightingale haven't exactly been a secret, what with all of the picture and video previews that Inflexion Games has been kicking...
Fractured Online suffered two more rollbacks and replaced server in nasty ‘streak of bad luck’
Fractured Online just can't catch a break: Following a duping exploit, hard drive failure, and day-long rollback, the early access sandbox MMORPG is now...
Fractured Veil makes more roadmap tweaks for 2024 but still projects January 18 early access launch
Fractured Veil has been changing its plans more frequently than people change their underwear, so it's probably not too big a surprise to learn...
Fractured Online’s duping and hard drive downtime turns into 24-hour rollback
Fractured Online is dealing with yet another round of chaos this week. Readers will recall that a duping-related downtime this weekend was compounded by...
Last Epoch offers a deep-dive into the faction-based item trade system arriving in February 21 launch
Loot. It's one of the big motivators for playing most OARPGs and Last Epoch is certainly no exception, so word that the game is...
Project Gorgon unloads an even bigger boss gauntlet challenge with last week’s patch
Smacking down the rogue's gallery of crazy bosses in Project Gorgon isn't exactly the goal of the game, but it is an amusing and...
Fractured Online weathers downtime over a dupe exploit and a failing hard drive
If there's an MMO community that's more twitchy about hacks than Fractured Online, we haven't met it. Nervous attitudes are to be expected, too,...
