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Brave the American frontier in Virtual Basement’s upcoming Outlaws of the Old West, published by Snail Games
Step aside, Red Dead Online; there's a new wild-west sandbox moseying into town -- the newly announced Outlaws of the Old West from developer...
Darkfall Rise of Agon has officially soft-launched its hybrid free-to-play ‘freemium’ model
Remember back when free-to-play was still a pretty rare thing, and we used to run polls on which MMOs would go free-to-play next? And...
Project Gorgon drops big patch with solo dungeon and tons of balance adjustments
Yesterday, we covered Project Gorgon's development cadence and Elder Game developer Eric Heimburg's explanation for why he hadn't just hired on more devs to...
Brad McQuaid’s Pantheon elaborates on its alpha timeline modifications
If you've been watching Visionary Realms' MMORPGÂ Pantheon closely, you might be wondering about its development cadence, especially given its timeline shifts. Back at PAX...
Project Gorgon dev on hiring and content cadence: ‘I can confidently say we are not gonna fail’
Are you grumpy about how long some indie games take to develop? Yeah, join the club - the indie devs are too.
That's the takeaway...
Indie sci-fi sandbox Prosperous Universe is rejiggering its roadmap
Prosperous Universe is probably one of the more underrated MMORPG sandboxes we've covered over the last year, chiefly because of its browser-based nature. The...
Indie superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes releases fresh batch of custom city screenshots
I'd be willing to bet that most fans of City of Heroes would point to things like flight and super jump - especially super...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard of: Tales of Wind, Era of Legends, and Darksburg
Welcome back to another run-down of MMOs and other online games you've probably never heard of. We love doing these! Here's some stuff to...
Villagers & Heroes has been hacked – time to change your passwords
Bad news coming out of the adorable indie crossplatform MMORPG Villagers & Heroes as of last night: The game's been well and truly hacked.
"At...
Blackwake brings an indie pirate experience to your computer screen
Between last year's Sea of Thieves and this year's upcoming Skull and Bones, is there any room left in the pirate naval combat genre?...
Art curation MMO Occupy White Walls 2.0 adds collaborative art galleries
The game we called the most bizarre MMO of 2018 (in a good way) has taken another big step this week. Occupy White Walls,...
Interview: Legends of Aria’s dungeon expansion, early access, ganking, housing, and cash shop philosophy
Indie old-school sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria has become a household name among MMO players over the last few months, first rolling into early...
Spycursion is an indie cyberespionage sandbox MMO hitting Kickstarter this month
So here's a new MMO those of you into espionage and spooks and hackers might like: It's a "continuously evolving" MMORPG sandbox called Spycursion,...
There’s now another Glitch reboot on the way: Odd Giants
When TinySpeck - that's the company that went on to ultimately found Slack - sunsetted its tiny browser sandbox Glitch back in 2012, it...
The Daily Grind: How bad are delays for MMOs, and how much does communication help?
Last week, a newly minted Ship of Heroes fan posted a comment on the game's official forums saying he'd studied in-development MMOs and settled...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: The Warhorn, Hammers End, Auteria, and Antaria Online
On the prowl for an indie RPG gem or two in the rough? We'll start this edition of obscure MMOs with The Warhorn, which sounds...
Massively Overthinking: The boring MMO development between bookends of hype
If you watch MMOs being developed for long enough, one truth becomes evident: It's kinda boring.
I started thinking a bit about this last week...
The Stream Team: Shot Online because why not?
We here at MOP try to follow up on as many MMO and multiplayer games as possible, from the big-name AAAs to the small...
Improbable and Crytek team up for SpatialOS CryEngine integration and new AAA game
Improbable made headlines over the last couple of weeks thanks to its tussle with Unity over SpatialOS's integration and licensing. That tussle's since ended,...
Dauntless introduces new dire behemoth, more character customization options, and bug fixes
The latest update to indie monster-hunting MMO Dauntless went live recently, and it brought with it a handful of new content -- including a...
