early access
Former Wildstar devs call Wayfinder ‘the second coming’ of the sunsetted MMORPG
Are you excited for Wayfinder? Good for you because it's more fun to like things than to hate on them. You know who else...
World of Warships introduces British submarines, World of Tanks launches Battle Pass Season X February 28
The Wargaming Worlds of Military Vehicle Battlers are back under our spotlight this week as both World of Warships and World of Tanks each...
Warhaven discusses maps and modes, cross-platform aspirations, and its PvP focus in interview
Warhaven is continuing to make its interview rounds - including one with us - and Nexon game director Eunseok Yi has once more offered...
Wayfinder begins closed beta next week, plans no-wipe early access for May
MMO-inspired but smaller-scale co-op PvE hack-and-slasher Wayfinder wormed its way into our hearts last year with its familiar visuals and splashy combat, and now,...
Baldur’s Gate 3 announces August launch date with multiplayer
After years in early access, Baldur's Gate 3 finally got a Baldur's Date... of release. That is to say that this multiplayer co-op CRPG...
Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore offers up its open world co-op survival sandbox to alpha testing March 2
Another survival sandbox is making its way into our radar (and likely part of our list of beta titles). This time we're casting our...
Whatever happened to Creativerse? For starters, it went fully buy-to-play
It's been a terribly long time since we checked in on Creativerse, a cutesy multiplayer voxelbox that launched out of early access way back...
EG7 Q4 2022: Revenues are up thanks to mobile as LOTRO sees ‘mainstream resurgence’
Enad Global 7's Q4 2022 investor report dropped over the weekend, with a recap of the year for Swedish games corp EG7 and its...
Valheim confirms a March 14 early access release to Xbox consoles
Have you looked in jealous contempt at Valheim's upcoming hat toggle because you play on the Xbox One or Xbox X|S systems? Do you...
Blizzard preps two Diablo IV betas for March – including an open beta
Well, we can't exactly call it a surprise since Blizzard had already telegraphed its intentions about Diablo IV at IGN's Fan Fest this weekend,...
Indie MMO Past Fate opens its alpha to all this weekend
Do you have plans this weekend? Not pretend plans to save face, I'm talking about actual engaging commitments. No? Then here's one option for...
Craftopia announces the terrain for its open world update is ‘almost finished’ in monthly dev report
Do you remember Craftopia? We certainly do. This distinctively odd survival sandbox, which first entered early access in 2020, has mostly been focused on...
Crossplatform multiplayer monster-hunting game Wild Hearts is live today
Electronic Arts officially leaps into the beast-hunting genre today with the release of KOEI TECMO's and Omega Force's Wild Hearts, live now on Steam,...
Nightingale will have only official dedicated servers at early access launch
As Nightingale heads into its launch year, slavering fans (like us!) are eager to hear any word about its testing process. So try not...
The Daily Grind: Do you shun early access MMOs and multiplayer games?
The MOP community tends to be pretty strict about crowdfunding; the majority of you tell us how much you hate Kickstarter all the time....
Not So Massively: Voidtrain’s Next Fest demo leaves a terrible first impression
It's hard to find a survival game with an original premise these days. Dinosaurs? Done. Alien worlds? Done. Zombies? Done to (un)death. But how...
Open world mobile MMO Hero of Aethric leaves early access with its Towers of Olympia update
Last week we reported on the development of Hero of Aethric, the open world mobile MMORPG from Northern Forge, the studio behind the mobile...
V Rising’s long-delayed first major update will finally arrive in May as a free expansion
So Stunlock Studios has good news and bad news for V Rising fans today. The good news is that it's talking more about its...
The Stream Team: Happy 4th birthday, Astroneer
While Astroneer came out in early access on Steam in December of 2016, its official launch anniversary is today. Of course, Massively OP's MJ...
Sandbox MMORPG Reign of Guilds reels back its early access feature set and holds Steam playtests
Ideally, a game in a form of open testing/open access adjusts its plans as necessary, and that appears to be the case for Reign...
