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The MOP Up: Naruto Slugfest steps up to bat
Naruto Slugfest, the mobile MMO based on the hit franchise, just activated a soft early access launch, with no wipe to follow. Players can...
Survival MMO Last Oasis’ early access has been plagued by connection issues
"Problematic" is the term of the day when it comes to woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis. The title went into early access on Steam...
Woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis has officially launched on Steam early access
Woodpunk survival MMO Last Oasis is officially live in early access on Steam today - because we don't have enough apocalypse in our lives...
Perfect Ten: The stages of the MMO life cycle
To this day, no one has a quote as useful on the subject of life and death as E. B. White: "We're born, we...
The Survivalist: Last Oasis virtual dev tour highlights nomadic life and offline safety
At this stage of the survival genre game, you need more than just a novel idea for the setting. You need unique features to...
Art-curation MMO Occupy White Walls is running a $120K Kickstarter
Almost two years ago, we learned about a new game we called "the most bizarre new MMORPG we’ve seen in years" - and it's...
Hearthstone unveils the Demon Hunter class and new expansion as part of the Year of the Phoenix
During Blizzard's livestream yesterday, Hearthstone made a number of big reveals as part of a 2020 showcase, unveiling among other things content and updates...
High Treason is a low-fantasy PvP MMO with an optional permadeath mode
Just in case you're among those who are opining that MMORPGs are too easy and not hardcore enough, there's another incoming title to serve...
Woodpunk MMO Last Oasis sails into Steam early access on March 26
For the past year and change, we've been covering survival MMO Last Oasis, which developer Donkey Crew calls a "post-apocalyptic clan-based nomadic survival MMO"...
Legends of Aria announces $19.99 Dark Sorcery DLC launching this month
If you were figuring Legends of Aria was giving up last year roundabout the time it had those launch delays and see-sawing PvP do-overs,...
Dreadlands is a shared world turn-based tactics game set in a post-apocalyptic land
We've got a little something different arriving to Steam Early Access, and that is kind of saying something, all things considered. Allow us to...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on themepark design, SWG inspiration, and the MMO genre
Last week, we ran an interview with Stormhaven Studios' Tim Anderson, the boss behind upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia. That interview was focused on...
Hardcore sandbox MMO Trials of Ascension is back under a new team – with yet another Kickstarter
You folks remember Trials of Ascension, right? The hardcore permadeath sandbox MMO with all the messy Kickstarters and drama? The one whose last Kickstarter...
RuneScape Mobile gameplay is demonstrated on iOS in a developer livestream
RuneScape Mobile as been chugging along in early access for Android devices for quite a while now, but that's also left iOS users perhaps...
Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse ends its beleaguered early access
Ashes of Creation’s Apocalypse battle royale spin-off is going dark, according to a post on the game's site last night.
"On Tuesday, March 10, 2020...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on funding, development, launch, and business models
Upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia has been somewhat dark over the last year as its developers hunkered down to develop rather than hype. But...
Survival sandbox Stars End’s latest update promises to significantly improve performance
When you subtitle your game update with "No More Lag," you are either setting yourself up to stumble or are supremely confident that things...
Book of Travels’ first dev blog covers multiplayer endeavours
Despite (or perhaps, because of) being a small, quiet title, Book of Travels is one of our most anticipated MMOs for 2020. As they...
Temtem’s roadmap reveals chat, guild, matchmaking updates – and player housing in 2020
Last week, amid announcing 500,000 sales of Temtem, Crema teased that it'd be dropping a full roadmap for the game's development through early access....
The Survivalist: Is Conan Exiles done with free DLC – or are we getting a true expansion?
While Funcom's latest investor note focused mainly on DUNE, there was a little tidbit of big import nestled in there about the current IP-based...