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Glitch-inspired Children of Ur abandons Google Chrome due to incompatibility
The uphill struggle to rebuild Glitch has hit a rather significant snag in Children of Ur.
"It saddens us to bring you this news, but...
Ascent: The Space Game is close to pushing out a new patch and client after switching engines
Back in January, we expressed concern for the brilliant one-man space indie sandbox MMORPG called Ascent: The Space Game (not to be confused with...
Mythic and Undead Labs’ Sanya Weathers jumps over to Legends of Aria’s Citadel Studios
If you've been following the MMO industry for a while, chances are you've seen the name Sanya Weathers pop up from time to time....
MMO business roundup: Steam, toxicity, Kartridge, contracts, dopamine, and guns
What's going on in the online video games business this week? Let's dig in.
Steam, toxicity, and Kartridge
The Center for Investigative Reporting (via Motherboard) has a...
Here’s how Saga of Lucimia says it’ll ‘keep toxicity to an absolute minimum’
This week's dev-written Saga of Lucimia blog asks everybody over the age of 35 to think back to bygone days "when reputation used to...
Wouldn’t it be great if every MMORPG emulated Darkfall New Dawn’s epic roadmap
Even if you're not a Darkfall fan or Darkfall New Dawn player, you should take a peek at the incredible roadmap Ub3rgames has posted....
Enter to win a copy of Wild Terra from Juvty and Massively OP!
February was a big month for MMORPG sandbox Wild Terra. Developer Juvty Worlds heavily overhauled the taming and mount system in the game as of...
Saga of Lucimia says it won’t have an endgame – but it will end
If the term "endgame" elicits a particularly nasty reaction in you, you're not alone. The indie team behind Saga of Lucimia say that it...
Choose My Adventure: Farewell to Project Gorgon
Out of all the titles that I've played for Choose My Adventure, Project Gorgon is probably the earliest in its development cycle. It's also,...
Perpetuum Online developer: MMO felt like a ‘no-win scenario’
At the end of the game's life, when the lights are going out and the developers drifting off to different positions, the most interesting...
The Daily Grind: How do we solve the broken MMO dev cycle?
Massively OP reader Yuri has posed us an interesting chicken-or-the-egg question for this morning's Daily Grind. "People got burned on paying for unfinished games and...
Prosperous Universe liberally borrows from Facebook for one of its systems
With so much going on while you attempt to manage your own space economic empire, you're going to need a little help to stay...
The Daily Grind: What skills would you like to see added to MMOs?
One of the features that captivates and draws players to Project Gorgon is the quirky indie MMO's design of infusing the game with a...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon pushes for crowdsourcing and a freemium model
Do you have talent? Then Darkfall: Rise of Agon wants you to chip in and help out -- for pay, of course. The team...
Prosperous Universe expands its team to three, starts to map out the future
It's been a couple of months since we last checked in with Prosperous Universe, the indie economic sandbox set in space. So what has...
The Immortal Rift invites testers to join this month’s closed beta
How about a brand-new indie online RPG to brighten up your playing prospects this spring? Meet The Immortal Rift, a medieval fantasy MMO full...
Video game preservationists attempt to raise $450K to rez Marvel Heroes [Updated]
(We've updated below with MMOBomb's detailed investigation into this Indiegogo - short story, don't go handing over your dough.)
With Marvel Heroes dead and gone,...
Massively Overthinking: What are your criteria for recommending MMOs?
Last week, we got a well-intentioned email from a reader named Rick, who proposed a column in which readers tell us what they are...
David Brevik reveals a new indie title in the vein of Diablo and Terraria
Diablo, Hellgate: London, and Marvel Heroes creator David Brevik has just announced his newest game -- and it's both similar and unlike anything he's...
Linkrealms is sunsetting today
Sad news this morning: Linkrealms is sunsetting, today if our read of the letter sent to players yesterday is correct, since today is the...
