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For Science: GDC’s annual gamedev survey reflects anger with layoffs, disdain for gen AI
GDC's annual survey of the devs in the game industry is out today, with data reflecting polling and comments from over 3000 game developers.
"The...
Soul’s Remnant is an upcoming free-to-play 2-D MMORPG that emphasizes social gameplay and exploration
If an MMORPG that says it focuses on social gameplay and exploration with a cute-looking 2-D sprite style is your kind of thing, then...
Craig Morrison’s new studio is taking test signups for that ‘horse mystery’ MMORPG
Readers might recall that way back in July of last year, former Funcom and Blizzard luminary Craig Morrison announced he was studio director of...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2025
I am the sort of person who derives no small amount of ongoing satisfaction from the idea that I have had an influence upon...
Notch isn’t making a Minecraft spiritual successor after all, apparently
For an entire generation of kids and gamers, Minecraft has become one of the most beloved, played, and franchised titles in history. So yes,...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond
As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...
Whatever happened to multiplayer voxel RPG Cube World and its successor, Cube World Omega?
Some of you may recall -- or even be fans of -- a cute indie voxel RPG known as Cube World. This was a...
Monsters & Memories looks back at end-of-year testing, updates engine, models, and classes
While we're in the early part of January 2025, Monsters & Memories developer Niche Worlds Cult is looking back at developments made in November...
Villagers and Heroes releases Raids Season 9 and posts its 2025 roadmap
Don't sleep on Villagers and Heroes this winter if you're in the mood for a solid indie MMO with a host of features (including...
LOTRO Legendarium: Digging into LOTRO’s 2025 roadmap and new server panic
There's nothing like being far away from home on a late-December vacation only to get the notice that, hey, Lord of the Rings Online...
Eight-year-old indie superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes sets a Q2 2025 launch window
Just a few weeks ago, we noted that it appeared Ship of Heroes' release plans had continued shifting around (at one point, it was...
Chronicles of Elyria dev claims development is ‘progressing steadily,’ but no, you can’t see it
When last we heard from Chronicles of Elyria, Soulbound Studio's Jeromy Walsh explained that the company was once again struggling financially and that he...
Oddball indie MMORPG Spire Horizon Online makes it to its full launch
October was a month full of very random MMO, MMORPG, and multiplayer games during the Steam Next Fest happening that month, but we became...
Brighter Shores zeroes in on improving quality-of-life across its recent and upcoming patches
Brighter Shores players asked for it, and boy howdy are they getting it: The early access indie MMORPG has deployed a wide swath of...
Eternal Tombs celebrates 5000 testers for the year, readies more new zones for early 2025
Eternal Tombs, the developing sandbox MMORPG that leans on the use of GMs to launch in-game events, is wrapping up what it's calling a...
MMO Hype Train: Into the Echo and the wish for a time travel MMO
Are there any MMO projects that you suspect only you remember and care about -- but everyone else has forgotten? I feel that way...
Monsters & Memories’ creative director streams love for EverCraft Online
Who says that MMO studios and developers only care about their own games and are fiercely territorial? Belaying that mindset is Monsters & Memories'...
Fractured hashes out its upcoming seasonal rewards format and announces alliance mechanics
As we've been covering, indie MMORPG sandbox Fractured is heading down the free-to-play path come November 20th, and alongside that relaunch will be the...
Not So Massively: ZeroSpace is the last hope for multiplayer RTS fans
All right, that headline is a bit of hyperbole, but it does reflect how I'm feeling right now.
A bit over a year ago, I...
Massively Overthinking: Are we over early access MMOs and the ‘early access trap’ yet?
A few weeks back, Shadow's Kiss, a Kickstarted vampire MMORPG that probably most of our readers never even knew about, threw in the towel,...
