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Jeff Strain’s indie studio Crop Circle Games lays staff, reportedly without severance

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Back in 2022 we saw former ArenaNet and Undead Labs co-founder Jeff Strain open his own indie studio called Crop Circle Games with the...

Monsters & Memories recaps player testing – and teases in-game housing

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Niche Worlds Cult is back this week with an update on everything the indie studio accomplished in January on its throwback MMO Monsters &...

The Daily Grind: When was the last time an MMO studio truly impressed you?

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Embers Adrift is probably never going to be my MMORPG, but damn I'm proud of Stormhaven Studios. Yes, I have a soft spot for...

Indie MMO sandbox Fractured Online unveils its Endgame Changer patch coming February 21

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Kickstarted sandbox Fractured has been teasing a big endgame overhaul for a few weeks now, setting the date for February 21st, and now the...

Kickstarted solarpunk ‘mediumly multiplayer’ Loftia picks up investor seed funds and support

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Loftia was easily one of the biggest MMOs to fund on Kickstarter last year: The self-described "mediumly multiplayer" sandbox pulled in $1.27M US for...

Embers Adrift’s 2024 roadmap promises more solo support and a free trial coming this month

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Embers Adrift's Stormhaven Studios is the latest MMO team to deliver a juicy roadmap - and it's promising "big steps" for the indie title,...

Wayfinder studio Airship Syndicate is laying off a dozen staff as execs reduce their own pay

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If you've seen the rumors on Twitter this afternoon that Wayfinder's team is suffering layoffs, well, I'm sorry to report that they're true, and...

Embers Adrift and Monsters & Memories devs come together to talk indie MMORPG devlopment

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This week saw the developers of two classically styled MMORPGs come together to talk shop, as Monsters & Memories creative director and producer Shawn...

GDC’s 2024 industry survey: Game devs weigh in on AI, layoffs, unionization, RTO, and more

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Every year, GDC conducts an industry-wide survey of game developers and compiles the results in its State of the Game Industry, the 2024 edition...

Choose My Adventure: Returning to Genshin Impact in 2024

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I'm irritated to admit that this week's edition of Choose My Adventure was more like a misadventure thanks to technical issues, to my surprise,...

Lost Skies developer Bossa Studios sheds 19 employees owing to a ‘perfect storm of events’

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We're sad to report that layoffs in gaming and tech appear to be continuing even among the smaller studios out there. The most recent...

Project Gorgon’s Sandra Powers on the MMORPG’s features, its fiscal future, and the broader genre

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The story of 2023 for Project: Gorgon was a remarkable one to say the least, as it faced possible maintenance mode and serious illness...

Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2024

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For our first Massively Overthinking of the year, we're drawing a hard line between what we think will happen, what we mean to make...

Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding stories of 2023

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Welcome to a special end-of-the-year edition of Make My MMO, the MassivelyOP column where we - well, I - keep tabs on all of...

The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2023

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This traditional roundup of the best Daily Grinds of the year is actually one of my favorites because it demonstrates just how long we've...

Cross-platform spellcasting MMO Wizard’s Wrath cancels its Kickstarter campaign

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Were the promises too grand, the scope too big, or the marketing too small? No matter what the reason, Wizard's Wrath saw a miserable...
The scholar sees when you do not index things, and he is not impressed.

End-of-year Eleven: The best value MMORPGs at the end of 2023

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I have been told that if I start another one of these columns musing on the abstract meaning of "value" as I have for...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 451: MMO mailbag-o-rama!

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Justin and Bree deliver a mailbag show for the holiday, tackling MMO food, indie news blogging, streaming for charity, granular MMO quests, kids and MMOs, MMO content cadence, stuff we wish we knew when we started in MMOs, and IPs we want turned into MMOs.

Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon

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Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offered the best advances in crafting in 2023?

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For today's Daily Grind, I am not asking you which MMO has the best crafting of all time. That game is dead and lives...

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