early access
Perfect Ten: How MMOs can become more accessible
Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I was remarkably reluctant to enter into the field of MMORPGs despite being a perfect candidate...
Returning to Conan Exiles: Praise for Funcom’s progress on PvE and PvP
As some of you may remember, I wasn't terribly impressed with Conan Exiles when it first went into Early Access last year. It wasn't exactly that...
The Stream Team: Skydiving back into Worlds Adrift
Worlds Adrift development has been cruising along and the title will be launching through Steam's Early Access program in just two days. Massively OP's...
Boss Key shutters after Radical Heights, LawBreakers fizzle
Boss Key is closing down following the struggles of LawBreakers and Radical Heights, though the latter will apparently remain playable for now. Cliff Bleszinski...
Conan Exiles boasts about its concurrency while looking to stability improvements
While Conan Exiles may have made a fairly quick trip out of early access compared to its peers in the genre, there's always the...
Hands-on with Bless Reborn at Neowiz’s San Francisco media reveal
As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers...
The Survivalist: The good, the bad, and the barbaric of Conan Exiles’ launch
If the survival genre is any indication, Early Access is a nigh indestructable beast! Time and time again we've seen where so many have...
The Wild West Online MMO officially launches out of early access today – here’s the new trailer
It's been quite a ride for Wild West Online, the survivalish MMO that came out of nowhere last spring to take on Red Dead...
Worlds Adrift plans to launch by launching a real-life skyship
If you've been working on a title like Worlds Adrift for years, it's likely that the impending launch will leave you feeling a bit......
The Stream Team: Conan Exiles slayed the early access beast and launched!
It has happened! While some games can never escape the grasp of the early access beast, the mighty Conan Exiles has strangled this beast...
Conan Exiles has officially launched with 1M copies sold to date and a huge day-one patch
Funcom's survivalbox Conan Exiles has officially shed early access and entered final launch as of today - that's on PC, PS4, and Xbox One...
Next Day survival MMO devs apologize for badly received updates, plan launch for May 21
May 21st is a big day for self-described survival MMORPG Next Day: It's formally launching out of early access, where it's been since last...
Shroud of the Avatar has swapped all store credits for gold crowns as of today
Update 52 is old news - Shroud of the Avatar is already looking ahead to release 53 and beyond. So sayeth the game's latest newsletter,...
Project Gorgon lets players get more stabby, enlists them into the clergy
If you've been missing meaty dev blogs from the Project Gorgon team, then turn that frown upside-down: There's a massive new article up about...
Two new battalions march into the Civil War MMO War of Rights
The conflict between the North and the South continues to escalate as both the 5th Alabama and 87th Ohio battalions join War of Rights...
Vantage throws players into a primitive survival situation
We're no tiger experts or anything, but from a careful analysis of the above picture, we're going to say that guy is not long...
Conan Exiles outlines its day-one patch plans as players grumble over preorder bonuses
With less than a week to go before launch, the Conan Exiles team is putting out one last newsletter with the plan for the...
S.O.S. ditches survival mechanics to become a full-on battle royale game
What's that sound? It's the sound of a genre becoming even more saturated, that's what, as SOS is converting into a battle royale game...
Conan Exiles teases next week’s launch with three amusing live-action Conan trailers
Conan Exiles is officially launching next week on May 8th, but in the meantime, it's putting out all the videos. All of them.
"Thought experiment:...
Global Chat: Shroud of the Avatar confounds
What to make of Shroud of the Avatar? The few MMO bloggers who have looked into this recently released but already long-running title have...