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The Daily Grind: Which MMO would be most improved by an engine overhaul in 2025?
On MOP, we can seldom go a single day without someone in the comments wondering when a specific MMO will get an engine upgrade...
Fractured Online’s revamp will swap prefab player housing to a fully modular building system
It's not every day that an MMO launches twice and closes down twice and then launches again after being bought by another company and...
Fractured Online’s new dev team previews the first phase of its world revamp
If you've not been paying attention to the new Fractured Online team's developer videos on everything it's doing to revamp the game, you might...
F2P action MMO Crystal of Atlan hits PC, PS5, and mobile today, reiterating that it’s not a gacha game
As promised, Crystal of Atlan - which kinda came out of nowhere back in March - has officially launched today on PC, PS5, and...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 519: Kit and kabang
Justin and Bree discuss Chrono Odyssey, Blue Protocol Star Resonance, Fractured Online, Defiance, Lynked Banner of the Spark, and Wildgate, with adventures in World of Warcraft, LOTRO, Palia, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus a mailbag topic on AI in MMOs.
Fractured Online’s new owners are tinkering with everything from crafting to housing in their revamp
As Fractured Online prepares to go offline for the rest of the year and then some under its new ownership with big plans for...
Fractured Online is going offline until 2026 for yet another reboot
Stop me if you've heard this one: Fractured is going offline for a reboot. Not, it's not 2023. It's 2025. And it's happening again. Bright...
Fractured Online shows off Kickstarter reward concepts, revamped customization, and updated visuals
Fractured Online's Happy Cauldron Games is once again keeping its comm lines aflame with yet another development progress post that grants followers of the...
Fractured Online takes a deep-dive into its new class system’s archetypes, skills, and gear
This past weekend saw another chonky info drop from Fractured Online's new team as developer Happy Cauldron Games came together in another livestream to...
Fractured Online’s new studio talks plans for combat, monetization, and wider design vision
Last week Happy Cauldron Games, the indie studio reviving Fractured Online, encouraged fans to tune in to a livestream to hear more about its...
Fractured Online’s new studio is now ‘eight people strong’ as devs talk background update efforts
Yes, having eight developers working on the slowly rebuilding Fractured Online is not a lot, but considering this game had three unpaid workers at...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy XI is worth a second look after two decades
The second part of an interview with famed manga artist Mamoru Nagano is out, in which he talks about what he likes about Final...
Fractured’s new owner outlines plans for comms and changes to combat, building, PvP, and progression
The beginning of March brought a surprise announcement for the struggling sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online as Dynamight Studios confirmed that the game has been...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 509: Lord of the Transfers
Justin and Bree discuss the LOTRO transfer mess, the return of APB Reloaded and Fallen Earth, Throne and Liberty's Wilds of Talandre, Guild Wars 2's Repentance, Elder Scrolls Online's Fallen Banners, and Fractured's new owners, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, Diablo 3, and Farm Together 2, plus a mailbag topic on gating story beats with raiding.
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Unova Tour was functional but no fun
Pokemon GO's just announced the next Go Fest, but the recent Unova Tour LA Tour and now the Global Tour have both recently concluded,...
Fractured Online and its dev team have been bought out by a new studio – and it’s not a crypto scheme
Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured has been teasing something big coming for the last month, punctuated by a promise from Dynamight's Jacopo Gallelli earlier this...
Fractured Online boss says he’s signed a ‘big deal’ to secure the future of the MMO
Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured has either had a terrible year or a startling year, depending on how you look at it. In January, the...
Fractured Online is ‘not being abandoned,’ devs vow while teasing some sort of new investment
When last we checked in on Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured, Dynamight Studios was telling players that it was laying off four of its seven...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s February shows a little love
Pokemon Go's Dual Destiny season trudges on in February, though there is at least some reasonable progress being made in terms of "getting" the playerbase....
Fractured admits that it has ‘performed way below expectations,’ scales back team to just three devs
While most MMO studios are putting out positive pep talks at the start of the new year, Fractured Online has little uplifting news to...
