early access
Pantheon extends pre-early access testing through December 1, with ‘record numbers’ showing up
With under two months to go until Pantheon launches into early access, you would think that studio Visionary Realms would be going all-out with...
Farm Together 2 has pumped out over 50 updates since its early access launch five months ago
Way back in May, we covered the launch of cozy multiplayer farming game Farm Together 2, the sequel to - you guessed it -...
Pixel art MMO Necesse is adding a new adventure journal and better crafting stations in today’s update
Back in August, we covered a new-to-us pixel art MMO called Necesse. The game, which allows servers of hundreds of people, had been in...
Post-sunset, The Wagadu Chronicles team says it considered and rejected open-sourcing the game
One of the saddest sunsets of 2024 affected Kickstarted afrofantasy The Wagadu Chronicles. The MMORPG was Kickstarted by players for nearly $200K all the...
Loftia targets alpha testing by the end of this year and early access at the end of 2025
Since last year we've been keeping eyes on the "mediumly multiplayer" cozy title Loftia, a life sim RPG that puts players into a colorful...
Elite Dangerous launches its Ascendancy update and teases a brand-new player colonization system
While today marks the big release of Elite Dangerous’ oft-delayed and much-anticipated revamp to the powerplay system along with the early access for the...
Nightingale suffers second round of layoffs in two weeks as staff say the game’s early access will continue
Last week, we covered some unfortunate news for co-op sandbox Nightingale when we learned that its studio, Tencent-backed Inflexion, had abruptly closed down its...
MMO Hype Train: Wayfinder is a genuinely good little RPG – but a missed opportunity to be an MMO
Look at that: I don't always talk a big talk -- sometimes I actually end up playing the game I said I will. Like...
Corepunk says it’s a month and a half behind schedule, but early access is on track for November 26
If you've been following the Corepunk's development over the last few years, you surely know that the team is running behind where it expected...
Hands-on with Lynked Banner of the Spark, an adorable roguelite with base building, crafting, and co-op
I typically gravitate towards intense, heart-pounding, combat games that go in hard and never let up. But every once-in-a-while, a game comes across my...
Path of Exile 2 delays early access to December 6 over account-linking database demons
If you were thinking that Path of Exile 2 was moving very quickly toward its early access on November 15th, you weren't wrong: Just...
My Time at Evershine’s Kickstarter ends successfully with nearly $3M raised from gamers
The appetite for the multiplayer RPG My Time at Evershine was already pretty apparent when its Kickstarter campaign met its goal within 30 minutes,...
Dreamhaven-pubbed co-op roguelite Lynked Banner of the Spark enters early access
Are you ready to take on adorable-sounding enemies known as Combots, befriend similarly adorable-sounding Unibots, and play with friends together in a colorful-looking co-op...
Nightingale patches in Halloween and confirms layoffs at Inflexion’s UK subsidiary
It's patch day over in co-op sandbox Nightingale, and it's a good patch too as it includes the game's Halloween event.
"Head on over to...
Brighter Shores’ closed beta begins behind an NDA as player trading is delayed
Brighter Shores, the new MMORPG from Jagex co-founder Andrew Gower, officially enters closed beta this week - but you won't be hearing much about...
NCsoft MOBA Battle Crush will sunset in November without ever leaving early access
With all the bad news out of NCsoft this week - and MMORPG players' fixation on the fate of NCsoft's core MMORPGs - it...
The Daily Grind: Which upcoming MMOs do you hope will be released next year?
The other day, for some random reason, I was reminded that Hello Games announced Light No Fire late last year, got us all hot...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 490: What’s old is new again
Justin and Bree discuss New World, Wayfinder, Pax Dei, Tarisland, DDO, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, New World, WoW, and LOTRO, with a mailbag topic on solo vs. group MMO play.
Pax Dei schedules a temporary test in its PvP province tomorrow to assess interest in ‘real PvP’
Sure, there's PvP to be had in Pax Dei, but is it really PvP if you're not also razing players' buildings to the ground...
Not So Massively: ZeroSpace is the last hope for multiplayer RTS fans
All right, that headline is a bit of hyperbole, but it does reflect how I'm feeling right now.
A bit over a year ago, I...
