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MMO Burnout: We Happy Few is a single-player virtual world
After having it on my radar for many years, I've finally gotten around to playing indie stealth/survival game We Happy Few. It's a good...
Kickstarted cyberpunk MMO Zenith features footage of the pre-alpha, teases alpha
One of the big Kickstarter MMO hits from 2019 was Zenith, which leaped onto the scene and raised over a quarter of a million...
Star Sonata 2 plans a June 12 release on Steam
Steam, the platform of kings! Or the platform that almost everyone has installed on their PCs, making it vital for obtaining widespread notice; one...
Project Gorgon’s next update, ‘a couple weeks away,’ will let you breed your pets
Leave it to Project Gorgon not to stop at merely allowing players to own pets but to breed them as well. The indie MMORPG...
Ship of Heroes is enthusiastic about Unreal Engine 5 – but practical implementation is a long way off
Last week, Epic dropped a bunch of news and a headline-grabbing video showcasing Unreal 5. While a lot of the ensuing discussion centered on...
Everland is a sprite-based social MMO about logging in and hanging out with friends
If you're looking for a 16-bit-styled MMO that's less about being an adventuring murder hobo and more about just hanging out with others, then...
Dual Universe is still not going to consoles… but it could, with these specs
With everyone all agog over the specs for the PlayStation Five and the Xbox Series X, the team at Novaquark has looked at these...
Former Diablo and Marvel Heroes boss David Brevik announces Skystone, a new game publishing house
David Brevik has been a fan-favorite in the online gaming world for years. Though probably best known for his founding role on the Diablo...
Massively Overthinking: Canaries in the MMO coal mine
A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...
Into the Super-verse: Catching up with the big superhero MMOs
With the weirdness of the quarantine and how it's been impacting game development, I thought it might be a good time to take a...
Massively Overthinking: What generates trust in MMO crowdfunding for you?
Last week, an anonymous game developer posted on the MMORPG Reddit about the broader MMO playerbase's frustrations with crowdfunding. See, this dev says he's...
Fractured hosts its first ‘all-backers access’ test to stress the servers and de-stress you
Come one, come all (buyers) to Fractured! The indie MMO is secure and excited enough in its current alpha build that it feels comfortable...
Indie MMO Starborne accidentally exposes alpha tester contact info in email blast
If you participated in the alpha for indie MMORTS Starborne, you might wanna check your email: Multiple alpha participants are now reporting that they...
Villagers and Heroes has announced its next expansion, called Eclipse
Villagers & Heroes is a staff favorite here on MOP - it took our indie of the year award in 2019, after all. And...
Shroud of the Avatar extends an olive branch to Chronicles of Elyria’s community
With this week's announcement of the collapse of Chronicles of Elyria's studio and development, you can bet that there are a whole lot of...
Co-op RPG Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff is too much stuff for you to handle
Besides having a name that is giving our editor conniptions, Swords 'n Magic and Stuff is charming fans into opening their wallets for this...
Coronavirus roundup: Blizzard, free APB Reloaded, EA esports, HPWU, and how your PC can help humans win
Feel pretty surreal to be reporting on a global crisis like the coronavirus in our indie pages here on MOP, but it affects everyone...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on funding, development, launch, and business models
Upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia has been somewhat dark over the last year as its developers hunkered down to develop rather than hype. But...
Massively Uplifting: DragonCon announces official charity, more studios support Australian wildfire relief
This past month has been filled with its share of dark news, not the least of which is the coronavirus that is plaguing the...
Google Stadia apparently has offered insufficient incentives for devs on the platform
So why exactly is Stadia - a major platform launched pushed by Google of all the companies in the world - floundering so badly? The...
