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MMO Hype Train: Why are Monsters & Memories’ vibes so intriguing?
What attracts you to an upcoming MMORPG project? There are a few factors in my mind that result in a rather quick assessment of...
The Steam spring sale is upon us with deals on MMOs from New World Aeternum to Pantheon
Is it actually spring? No. But do you actually need an excuse for a Steam sale? Also no! But that's exactly what we got...
Velev is a PvPvE extraction RPG in ‘a hidden world where technology and nature merge’
Another indie dev studio is hopping on that sub-genre bandwagon that is the PvPvE extraction game. Today we cast our eyes to Velev, the...
Defiance’s revival team didn’t get the database, will start with the final patch, and can’t commit to major updates yet
Back on Tuesday, we reported on the news that Fawkes Games - which in the past has picked up multiple discarded Gamigo MMORPGs -...
Project Gorgon celebrates its seventh year of Steam early access with a gift of explosive love
When I saw the memo on Discord about Project Gorgon's seventh anniversary on Steam, I did a little double-take, as I knew the game...
Wyld Land is a top-down bullet hell roguelike MMO from a top Roll20 and OrbusVR dev
If you're into tabletop RPGs, then you're probably familiar with Roll20, the virtual tabletop (VTT) website that lets players enjoy their favorite TTRPGs without...
Devolve Online is a vehicular extraction shooter MMORPG that promises a fight for growth among hundreds of players
Yep, it's another extraction shooter. Only this time it's promising a battleground for hundreds of players at once and instead has people driving vehicles...
MMO Hype Train: Ship of Heroes’ greatest challenge is its spiritual predecessor
So Ship of Heroes is expected to launch this year, perhaps around summertime? That should be good news -- even great news -- for...
Little Orbit’s Matt Scott: ‘There is not a chance in hell that I am letting APB Reloaded shut down’
For almost three weeks now, we've been covering the unexpected downtime over at indie MMO studio Little Orbit, as Fallen Earth and APB Reloaded...
Book of Travels says future content updates ‘will be rare and far in-between’
Earlier this month, we covered the news that indie studio Might and Delight was working on a small patch for tiny MMO Book of...
Mobile MMO Eterspire crosses 100K downloads, adds controller support and more main story
Mobile MMO Eterspire continues to climb slowly but surely to long-term viability, as the indie title just crossed 100,000 downloads at the end of...
Grimrain is an indie MMORPG focused on co-op and alt friendliness headed for early access in late 2025
The wilds of Steam early access are seeing yet another indie MMORPG emerge. Today we're focusing on Grimrain, an indie effort from BecauseMonsters that...
Revived 2-D cozy browser MMO Lasuni renames and revamps as Ticuto
Back in January 2024 we chronicled the upcoming return of Lasuni, a browser-based 2-D MMORPG brought back to life after a sunset caused by...
MMO Hype Train: Rooting for Project Gorgon in light of tremendous loss
In a different timeline, I think I would've been one of those players who entered the MMO space through Asheron's Call. I remember going to...
Massively Overthinking: Reminiscing on 10 years of MassivelyOP
We're celebrating our Independence Day - our 10th birthday since launching as an indie site after the demise of OG Massively - so this...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO games, events, and ideas hitting the decade mark in 2025
A decade is a long time. It's kind of weird that we don't think much about games or shows or whatever hitting the decade...
Necesse sees over 200K players flood into its free play weekend, posts roadmap to release
Last week's free play weekend turned out to be a smash hit for the early access sandbox Necesse, as indie studio Fair Games reported...
Vague Patch Notes: Bad MMOs happen – but not because nobody cares
When I first started working at Massively-that-was, I got a bit of a wake-up call pretty early on when I made a joke about...
Palworld hands out Pal skins for Lunar New Year as Pocketpair’s publishing arm takes off
Last weekend, we noted that the developer of survival sandbox Palworld is looking to extend its reach beyond a mobile launch, crossovers, and a...
Obituary: Project Gorgon developer Sandra Powers has passed away
I'm horribly sorry to be the bearer of this dreadful news this morning: Sandra Powers, one of the two key devs behind Project Gorgon...
