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Epic and Improbable pledge $25M to rescue MMO studios affected by Unity’s SpatialOS license suspension
We've continued updating this post at the end as more events unfold, including Unity's rebuttal and Unreal's intervention. The original post from 9:55 a.m....
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2018
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's regular recap of what's going on in crowdfunded MMOs, which we do specifically...
The Daily Grind: Will you kickstart any MMOs in 2019?
Last year, I realized that I hadn't backed any video games. I didn't back any this year either. Oh, sure, some of the games...
Perfect Ten: MMOs to watch in 2019
The MMO genre is in a strange and uncertain place right now -- but also one that is quietly thrilling. We've long passed the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 199: Delay after delay
Justin and Bree discuss delays and do-overs for Project Nova, Path of Exile, Fractured, and Blades, plus WildStar's sunset, Red Dead Online, and Fallout 76's many messes, with mailbag questions on keeping up with new MMOs and combat-free titles.
The MOP Up: Neverwinter comes under siege
The Cult of the Dragon is throwing the city (and game) of Neverwinter under siege once more, and players are going to need to...
Betawatch: Red Dead Online is alive and possibly not red
Yes, it's possible that Red Dead Online is not very red, and it is definitely very much alive in beta testing. But calling it that...
Fractured announces first pre-alpha test starting this month, delays alpha until next year
The team at Dynamight Studios has announced that its crowdfunded sandbox MMO Fractured will be entering pre-alpha testing this week. The test phase will...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation tests battle royale, Occupy White Walls hands out beta keys
So... all right. Ashes of Creation has a secondary side battle royale mode that's going to be entitled Ashes of Creation: Apocalypse and is...
Fractured ‘sprints’ toward pre-alpha test, shows off day/night cycle
For those suffering with MMO wanderlust this fall and looking for new territory to explore, Fractured might have a rather unique prospect available soon....
MMO Business Roundup: Fractured Space, Runic Games, Michael Jordan esports, Epic investment, and the China problem
Welcome back to another quick trip through some of the week's business bits and bobs.
First up, some bad news. Edge Case's gorgeous F2P MOBA...
Fractured announces the opening of its virtual store
Developer Dynamight Studios, creator of in-development crowdfunded MMO Fractured, has announced the opening of the Fractured store, "which marks the reboot of crowdfunding for...
Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained works on Mages, the WoW Diary is about to Kickstart
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Camelot Unchained has been working on everything from earrings to pathfinding, though the effort on Mages is probably going...
Kickstarted MMO Fractured shows off its Alpha 1 map of Myr
The first alpha test for Fractured has not yet begun, but you can get a taste of what it'll be like with a look...
Path of Exile shares improvements being worked on for Delve upgrades
If the world takes only one lesson from Path of Exile, it should be the virtue of improving things steadily based on feedback. Players...
Chinese MMO company NetEase invests $50M into SpatialOS MMO platform
Improbable's SpatialOS is moving on up in the world: The company announced this week that China's NetEase has invested $50 million to acquire a...
Make My MMO: Camelot’s beta one, Fractured’s successful Kickstarter (July 29, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, anti-grind, PvP-optional MMO sandbox Fractured became the biggest traditional MMORPG to fund on Kickstarter this year (Temtem pulled in more cash...
Betawatch: Fallout 76 starts beta testing in October (July 27, 2018)
Good news for those of you patiently (or not-so-patiently) waiting for Fallout 76 to enter beta testing, you have a date! Slightly worse news,...
MMORPG sandbox Fractured’s Kickstarter has just fully funded at over $130,000
Phew! A few weeks ago, I was not confident that Fractured's Kickstarter was going to make it, but it cleared its goal with just...
Fractured’s Kickstarter has just fully funded; stay tuned for this afternoon’s Q&A livestream
As Fractured counts down the final two days of its Kickstarter campaign, it looks as though the indie MMO has pulled it off: Just...