early access
Book of Travels promises gameplay footage this fall, delays early access to Q2 2021
Book of Travels effectively took Massively OP's most anticipated award last year, especially since the game that tied with it no longer really exists....
Conan Exiles adds a bunch of new servers for Asia and Europe to meet Isle of Siptah demand
Even though the Isle of Siptah expansion is only in early access, and for only about a week at that, it's still garnering a...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: LiteBringer, SamuTale, IcarusM, Stellar Warfare, Primordials of Amyrion, A3, Raid Shadow Legends, Second Extinction
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've probably never heard of (or have entirely forgotten about).
LiteBringer: Tibia fans who aren't...
Conan Exiles’ producer explains healing and food tweaks, outlines update plans for the Isle of Siptah
I haven't read many of the Conan the Barbarian books, but I'm reasonably sure that whenever he was brought low in a fight, he...
Torchlight III promises a date for final data wipe and launch ‘soon’
So the last patch for Torchlight III took a little while to arrive, but you can rest easy knowing that launch approaches! A date...
Echo of Soul is sunsetting yet again, this time on Steam, and no it’s not giving refunds
We return now to the confusing story of Echo of Soul, which as we've previously chronicled has at least a million versions and has...
Conan Exiles’ Isle of Siptah expansion launches today as Funcom celebrates 10M users
It's expansion day for Conan Exiles as Isle of Siptah officially launches. You might be tempted to quibble over the use of the word...
The Daily Grind: How much do MMOs succeed on faith vs. mechanics and fanbases?
A while back, MOP's Eliot, Chris, and I were discussing Last Oasis and why it didn't take off. Collectively, I think we determined it...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Age of Ascent, Little Sim World, Arcane Showdown, Riders Republic
It's tiny titles time, friends! One of the best parts about working with (and before then, reading) MOP is the fact that we all...
Conan Exiles discusses the Isle of Siptah expansion in a stream, begins testing temperature changes on PTS
As one would expect, Conan Exiles is all about its impending Isle of Siptah expansion with a focus on the new content in the...
Isometric co-op zombie roguelike OARPG Darksburg exits early access on September 23
While we've been busy keeping eyes on all the games as best as we can, developer Shiro Games has had its head down working...
Project Gorgon’s latest patch sends you to the dungeon(s)
At this point, it wouldn't surprise us if Project Gorgon never actually launched but rather stayed in its early access cocoon indefinitely. At least...
Torchlight III delays its next patch once again to next week
Remember when we were young and innocent and were looking forward to the next early access patch for Torchlight III this week? How foolish and...
Funcom reveals Conan Exiles Isle of Siptah expansion, offers free Steam weekend and sale for original
Back in January, Conan Exiles players were wary when Funcom told its investors about "continuing to develop the game with a paid map DLC";...
Kickstarted multiplayer RPG Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff goes into Steam early access
Maybe it's time to take a break from looking for the next big thing -- and look at the next small thing. It may...
Craftopia focuses primarily on bug fixing in its most recent patches
With JPRG-like survival sandbox Craftopia now in early access, the focus of developer Pocket Pair has turned almost exclusively to attacking bugs in the...
Torchlight III’s next early access patch reworks Dusk Mage, adds a training dummy
Get ready, get set, and go... wait a little while until Torchlight III's next patch arrives. You won't have to wait long, as the...
Craftopia has entered early access on Steam
When is a launch not a launch? When it's early access, naturally. However, the idea of things being a bit rough around the edges...
Wild Terra 2 adds in the joys of agriculture with its latest patch
They say that you reap what you sow, which feels unfair. After all, if you had expected to reap the consequences of your earlier...
‘Circular economy’ MMO Virtuverse schedules public early access test for this fall
Over the past two years, we've been lightly tracking the development of Virtuverse, an episodic online sci-fi RPG with a curious business model, and...
