early access
Mike Morhaime’s Dreamhaven will publish co-op rogue-lite Lynked Banner of the Spark
Most of the news coming out of former Blizzard dev Mike Morhaime's company Dreamhaven has been about its ambitions and an open call for...
Throne & Liberty releases patch notes ahead of early access, teasing everything from lifeskills to better PvE
Blink and you'll have missed it: Fall is almost upon us, and that means so is Throne & Liberty's global launch. Early access begins...
MechWarrior Online shifts September patch content into October and readies annual rewards
What does the third quarter of content updates hold for MechWarrior Online? Well, some bad news, some good news, and some goodies if you've...
Palworld shoots down business model shift rumors after ambiguous CEO interview
Palworld is a buy-to-play early access game. There's no cash shop, no DLC, no battle pass, and to this point, no suggestion that was...
Throne and Liberty details its early access and full launch server strategy
With Throne and Liberty effectively having two launches - pre-purchase early access on September 26th and full F2P release on October 1st - players...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Tidal Nexus Online, Kaetram, and Shin Megami Tensei Imagine
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games that you've (probably) never heard of!
Tidal Nexus Online: This underwater MMO-lite came to...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen confirms the arrival of guild functionality in its next update
Having guild features in MMORPGs seems like such a given that it can often surprise us when we learn a game hasn't had them...
Throne and Liberty answers ‘top questions’ about its business model
While MMO fans continue to wait for the September 26th early access and October 1st launch for Throne and Liberty, NCsoft did address a...
Early access survival sandbox Nightingale just released its huge Realms Rebuilt update
September 12th just keeps cooking, and now it's serving up the long-promised overhaul update for early access survival sandbox Nightingale.
Realms Rebuilt officially goes live...
Last Oasis heralds Season 6’s full-throated return to FFA PvP as it puts out a call for testers
Last Oasis, the woodpunk survival sandbox that has been in early access for over four years now and appeared to be dismissed by developer...
Satisfactory launches into 1.0 with console versions promised for the future
It might be hard to believe over the past several years of the game feeling remarkably comprehensive, but Satisfactory has been in early access...
You can still play your old Nightingale characters offline even after Realms Rebuilt launches
We're just two days away from the launch of Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt, which is less an update and more a full-scale revamp and reset...
Interview: Wayfinder on the latest patch, October launch, mod support, and Critical Role collab
Wayfinder has already stealth-launched its "quality-of-life 2" patch on Steam as of this past weekend, and now it's live on the the PlayStation console...
Pax Dei provides first details of an autumn refinement update while explaining its ‘very raw’ early access
When MOP's Chris hopped in to Pax Dei for our Choose My Adventure column, he almost immediately bounced off it, finding his initial forays...
The Spell Brigade is a ‘hectic bullet-heaven’ multiplayer co-op title headed for early access September 16
If you've got three friends who all love the chaos of a bullet heaven shooter, then you probably already have the ingredients to enjoy...
World of Warships turns nine years old in September with a new event, port, and rewards
Believe it or not, World of Warships is turning nine years old later this month - on September 17th, in fact - so naturally,...
Here’s what to expect from Nightingale’s massive Realms Rebuilt update when it lands next week
Nightingale fans have been waiting for Realms Rebuilt all summer - since even before we knew it was called Realms Rebuilt. But your wait...
Open world MMO Past Fate focuses on optimization with its recent closed alpha patch
It's looking dubious that Ivy North Games' Past Fate will make its formerly stated goal of an early access release by the end of...
Throne & Liberty cranks up the marketing machine with a new video series ahead of launch
Don't look now but we're less than four weeks away from the new launch of Throne and Liberty here in the west, which means...
Seven-year-old multiplayer sandbox Astroneer announces its first DLC, Glitchwalkers
Hey, we did not see this coming, and we're not even mad: Multiplayer space sandbox Astroneer is getting a full-fledged DLC.
"Over 7 years and...