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‘It’s all coming back, just as you left it’: Fawkes hypes the return of Defiance with a new teaser video
Last week, we got the surprising but welcome news that Fawkes Games is unsunsetting Defiance, Trion Worlds' old "transmedia synergy MMO, come April 18th....
Interview: Mother Machine talks inspiration, platforming, and pining for an MMO
I'm generally pretty picky when it comes to roguelikes, but I also really adore cute-looking platformers, so when I was first introduced to Mother...
Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia recaps worldbuilding and MMO-inspired social systems
Kickstarted cozy MMO Loftia is back with another development blog this week, this time recapping the last month of effort over at indie studio...
Spry Fox has finally named what it once called its ‘non-violent MMO project’: Spirit Crossing
We don't often have occasion to cover Spry Fox here in the MMO world, but readers might remember that way back in 2021, the...
PSA: Project Gorgon has launched its spring 2025 sub addon package
In the midst of its seventh anniversary on Steam, Project Gorgon is tidying up its monetization and making way for the future.
The indie MMO's...
Anachronia is an indie survival MMORPG with dimensional gates to zones with unique gameplay rules
We've got a fresh survival sandbox MMORPG hoping to break its way into the scene and raise some extra Kickstarter money in the process....
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...
