early access
Pax Dei adds more features to its Discord chat system, including voice chat and chat bubbles
Pax Dei's switchover to a Discord chat client last November is about to get a substantial upgrade with the game's next patch.
The studio announced...
Brighter Shores says combat updates are on schedule as testing continues
The tuning of combat in Brighter Shores that Fen Research has been talking about for a couple of months is now updating behind the...
Midnight Murder Club unveils new game mode and ‘guest pass edition’ as it eyes March 13 early access
Since last summer we've been keeping an eye on Midnight Murder Club, a hide-and-seek multiplayer FPS that puts players into a dark mansion to...
The Quinfall promises better comms, dupe rollbacks, and avoidance of wipes as it adds a new anti-cheat
It's been a pretty bumpy ride through early access for survival sandbox MMO The Quinfall, particularly in recent weeks when a coin duping exploit...
Path of Exile 2 talks up tower changes arriving in March, shares stats from the latest week of early access
Previews for the 0.2.0 update of Path of Exile 2 will continue to release until morale improves: The OARPG's teaser thread for the patch...
PvPvE extraction RPG Dungeonborne will sunset in May after less than a year in early access
The yawning gulf of early access shutdowns has claimed yet another title. Dungeonborne, the medieval-styled first-person PvPvE extraction RPG that began early access last...
Monsters & Memories dates its next open playtest for April 11, firms up its early access launch plans
Monsters & Memories has had open test weekends a few times along its development track, so hearing about a new one isn't necessarily a...
Pax Dei’s team is ‘confident’ that the sandbox MMORPG will launch in 2025
Pax Dei has big plans for its future that it can't wait to share -- which is why the developers sat down to answer...
Stars Reach Kickstarter hits $450K, unlocks crafting appearance customization as devs say headstart isn’t P2W
As the Stars Reach Kickstarter nears half a million dollars, the Playable Worlds team is using Kickstarter memos to further explain how the game's...
Stars Reach crosses $400,000 pledged and unlocks waterworld Hansian species
The absolute juggernaut of Stars Reach's Kickstarter continues to barrel forward, with the fundraising campaign already doubling its starting $200K target and unlocking its...
‘Co-op PvE space adventure’ Jump Ship shifts early access to summer as closed beta rolls on
Do you all remember Jump Ship? It's a self-described "co-op PvE space adventure" for up to four players that lets teams seamlessly fly through...
CipSoft’s PvPvE zombie shooter MMO Persist Online has ‘all core mechanics now implemented’ as it plots its testing course
Last year we heard about Tibia developer CipSoft entering the PvPvE sub-genre with Persist Online, which the studio classed as "a true, old-school MMORPG...
The Soapbox: Difficulty is a means to an end in MMORPGs
A few weeks back, I took a peak into Corepunk's early access build, and I promptly got my ass kicked by even the most...
Co-op multiplayer roguelike 33 Immortals ties down March 18 early access release date
Back in 2023 one of the Not So Massively games we highlighted was 33 Immortals, a multiplayer co-op roguelike from Thunder Lotus that puts...
Seekers of Skyveil is heading to early access on March 3
It's just about time for Seekers of Skyveil to pass into early access, because as the Steam Next Fest is running the game is...
Raph Koster’s Stars Reach has launched its $200,000 crowdfunding campaign (and now it’s fully funded)
If you're seeing these words, then the Kickstarter for Stars Reach is finally live.
Longtime readers will know we've been covering this game since...
Path of Exile 2 previews March’s update and monster concept art
Path of Exile 2 is gearing up for a significant March update in a couple weeks, with Grinding Gear Games doling out previews of...
Stars Reach: ‘We’re not gonna break the economy for the sake of the Kickstarter’
If for some reason were home on a Saturday watching a stream instead of playing a game, then you likely just got an eyeful...
Nightingale’s first birthday patch has arrived with dye and customization for wearables
Believe it or not, it's actually been a full year since survival sandbox Nightingale hit early access, which means Inflexion Games is back heralding...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen plots Druid class and PvP servers and wrestles with ‘game-breaking’ bugs
There are a lot of things to ruminate on for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's latest news post, which is once again looking back...
