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International sanctions cause Steam payment snarl-ups for indie game devs in Russia and Ukraine
The effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine have already been felt across the gaming industry in a variety of ways, but a new effect...
Fractured’s closed beta begins April 6 amid Gamigo’s corporate chaos
Never mind that this information was supposed to land last week; it's here now. It's the news that Fractured Online's beta is rolling out...
Tabletop board game-styled MMO World Seed enters early access
It's been quite some time since we checked up on World Seed, an interesting and laid-back MMO done up in a tabletop board game...
Ship of Fools is a co-op seafaring roguelite full of sea monsters, island exploration, and loot
What if the dangerous co-op sea exploration of a game like Barotrauma or We Need to Go Deeper held hands with a co-op roguelite...
Itch.io’s Bundle for Ukraine, Cyberpunk 2077 review-bombing, and Twitch withholds pay to Russian streamers
Back in 2020, as BLM protests were ramping up across the United States, multiple game devs contributed to the cause of racial equality, including...
Mortal Online removed two alternate continents in favor of increasing server capacity
You might have noticed that the angry chanting surrounding Mortal Online 2's long queues and server woes has died down since launch, though we're...
Zenith’s Ramen VR joins chorus of MMO studios donating to support Ukraine
Large gaming companies, organizations, and esports teams have been raising their voices - and wallets - in support of Ukraine following the Russian invasion...
The Wagadu Chronicles has kicked off its alpha-1 phase today
As promised, The Wagadu Chronicles begins what Twin Drums is calling alpha-1 as of today. "The first closed Alpha-1 will last a week from today...
Project Gorgon acknowledges development delays as key dev contends with a ‘rare form of cancer’
Fans of the upcoming indie MMORPG Project Gorgon were given incredibly disheartening news this week as it was revealed that one of the lead...
The Daily Grind: How many scams will it take before MMO players stop falling for it?
A couple of years back, MOP's Eliot wrote a lovely thinkpiece about MMO scams. He pointed out that it's genuinely hard to tell incredibly...
Legends of Aria’s new owner discusses the revamp, Classic, and blockchain implementation
Just before Christmas, we learned that Citadel Studios and Legends of Aria, originally Kickstarted as Shards Online, were being bought out, along with the...
TitanReach’s mystery investor actually existed, and the lead dev is accused of misappropriating the investment
Just ahead of the weekend, we covered the news that TitanReach, an indie MMO that had taken significant sums of money from players and...
Past Fate makes changes to the Newharbor area to make it more open and less ‘annoying’
Past Fate, the indie sandbox MMORPG from developer Icy North Games, had introduced a region called Newharbor. It was, by the team's own account,...
Just months after supposed angel investment, indie MMO TitanReach has ceased development – again
Raise your hand along with us if you saw this one coming: Indie MMO TitanReach has apparently ceased operation just half a year after...
Vague Patch Notes: Looking back on the MassivelyOP magic, seven years in
As of tomorrow, we're seven years out from the launch of this site. This means that we're actually into the point when I've been...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Eterspire, Dead Event, and Archewood
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs you've (probably) never heard of before. And if you've heard of them, awesome - here's what they're...
Project Gorgon adds horses and riding in this week’s early access update
Mounts have come to Project Gorgon in this week's patch, Elder Game announced on its forums yesterday afternoon.
"In this update, you can learn to...
Embers Adrift plans beta and NDA drop for March 1, launch later this year
Embers Adrift has been teasing an announcement all week, as now we know what's up: beta. "Stormhaven Studios is excited to announce that Embers...
Massively on the Go: Orna vs. Pokemon GO in the battle of the MMOARGs
I've recently been playing Orna: The GPS RPG as a way to further explore a genre that's still small and niche, but studios keeps trying...
VR MMO Zenith hits the ‘big red launch button’ today
Zenith, a virtual reality MMORPG project that crowdfunded successfully back in 2019, is hitting the "big red launch button" today, according to its indie...
