early access
Nightingale teases 2024 stress test, recaps last playtest, and talks cash shop offerings
Last week saw the gaslamp fantasy survivalbox Nightingale unveil plans for a sizeable stress test at the beginning of 2024, though details were still...
Indie Afrofantasy MMO Wagadu Chronicles has opened its early access doors today
"Today is a big day. The Wagadu Chronicles is finally accessible to the world." So begins Twin Drums' announcement that its Afrofantasy MMORPG has...
Survival shooter The Day Before shows off Times Square ad space ahead of December 7 early access
Having personally been in Times Square for a couple of days, I can say that the giant video billboards that highlight the streets there...
The Stream Team: Exploring ICARUS for its free Steam weekend
When Steam offers a free weekend for a survival sandbox that Massively OP's MJ hasn't been able to play yet, how could she possible...
Diablo IV surveys suggest Vessel of Hatred bundles will sell early access to ‘functional items’ and stash tabs
While Diablo IV's Vessel of Hatred expansion isn't expected until sometime later next year, Blizzard has decided to apparently burn some goodwill early. According...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: IdleRune, Don’t Die in the West, Ikariam
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! This time I'm the one steering this...
Nightingale opens Steam stress test signups ahead of 2024 launch
Like many of you, we were sad to learn back in August that steampunk sandbox Nightingale was being delayed yet again - its third...
Nexon’s early access 5v5 action shooter Veiled Experts will sunset December 14
You may not have heard of Veiled Experts, a free-to-play 5v5 tactical action shooter from Nexon: The company billed it as a game that's...
Choose My Adventure: I still don’t know if I like Tree of Savior even after hitting triple-digit levels
You'd be forgiven for thinking that I would have made up my mind about Tree of Savior after making it to character level 150,...
Evercore Heroes talks upcoming remaster, says its ‘fighting for Vela’s survival with this next bet’
It's been an exceedingly rough year for Evercore Heroes, the fusion of MMO, MOBA, and bad luck. The project went into closed beta this...
Sandbox MMO Eco lets players establish towns, countries, and federations in December 12 update
Do you remember Eco? It's a Kickstarted sandbox MMO that tasks players to work together in order to maintain global ecology that started early...
PvPvE extraction shooter Hawked begins early access on PC November 30, pushes a pre-registration raffle
If you haven't gotten tired of the PvPvE extraction shooter bandwagon yet, or you're electing to ignore the thin walls of this latest sub-genre...
Fractured Online sold 5000 copies, devs post short-term update roadmap and more stats
Most of the time we're left to educated guesses, supposition, or cutting through the Gordian knot of investor report double-speak when it comes to...
WoW Factor: Fine, let’s talk about Blizzard being dumb with early access
All right, let's get it over with.
I didn't really want to write this column, not because I didn't think there was anything to talk...
Corepunk hopes to have early access launched by the end of winter
Momentum is building for Corepunk this season. The long-in-the-coming cyberpunk MMOARPG ran through two limited-scope tests earlier this fall and is gearing up for...
Waven introduces a new boss fight and refreshed battle pass in second chapter of the Lance Dur season
The Lance Dur season of early access tactical MMO Waven that started last month continues today with Chapter 2: Belladonna, the second portion of...
Reign of Guilds targets early access launch in early 2024 and an open playtest in mid-December
Reign of Guilds developer Atlant Games is proudly declaring that it's in the final stretch of its current development cycle as the PvP sandbox...
Early access co-op horror title Lethal Company tops Steam’s sales charts and rakes in over 100K players
By now most gamers of all stripes have heard of Lethal Company, a multiplayer co-op title from solo developer Zeekerss that casts players in...
Fractured Online’s player city restoration is underway following malicious hack last weekend
Since this past weekend, the fledgling second early access of Fractured Online has been tarnished by the actions of a malicious hacker, who according...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas claims War Within early access won’t grant long-term advantages
So let's recap for people who have missed out on this. World of Warcraft's next expansion, The War Within, is available for pre-order. This...
