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Tale of Toast starts bi-weekly alpha tests on Steam
Self-labeled "hardcore" MMO Tale of Toast is kicking off bi-weekly alpha tests, and you are invited to the party. The two-person development team told...
E3 2017: Survival sandbox Ashen boasts ‘passive multiplayer’
One of the indie highlights of this weekend's pre-E3 show was Ashen, a beautiful survival sandbox with a former Guild Wars 2 artist on board...
Dual Universe on playtesting, the planetary map, and summer cons
Kickstarted indie sci-fi sandbox Dual Universe has posted its monthly update this week with a meaty dev vlog from Novaquark's JC Baillie.
Baillie says that...
Indie multiplayer VR ARPG Prevent the Fall lands on Steam early access
So here's a new one to our games list today: Indie developer D.W.S's "all the things" ARPG Prevent the Fall. It's one of those...
Warframe and Top Cow to produce exclusive comic book series
Well here's a fun bit of news: Warframe is getting a physical comic book run. Digital Extremes announced today that it's signed Top Cow...
Valiance Online promises fans that it is ‘moving forward’
Fans that might look at Valiance Online's development chart and wonder when, oh when alpha will ever arrive are being treated to a pep...
Identity announces SpatialOS integration, delays town square module
It's time to play catch-up on another interesting indie MMORPG, Identity. You may remember this as the contemporary life simulator sandbox that has raised...
Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?
MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis."
"The MMO...
Ship of Heroes explores its spaceship mission maps
Raise your hand if you're a superhero MMORPG fan who really, really wants to see good mission maps. None of this office building #3457225...
Valiance Online’s capital city hall is ‘akin to the Pentagon’ for supers
Back in April, Silverhelm Studios told players it was instituting "big changes" in the way it was rolling out information for City of Heroes-inspired...
Pantheon explains acclimation and recaps the Monk class in May’s newsletter
Indie MMO Pantheon's latest newsletter recaps the past month, so if you're paying plenty of attention to the game, you've already seen the featured Monk...
Darkfall Rise of Agon is live today
Hardcore sandbox Darkfall: Rise of Agon officially launches this afternoon. The story of the game is a victorious one, as it's one of two...
Indie sandbox El Somni Quas answers Q&A, features Rogues Guild and Sparrow Port
It's been a while since we checked in with El Somni Quas, the indie sandbox from a Czech studio that cut its teeth on Ultima...
Perfect Ten: Exploring MMORPGs from the far corners of the world
Have you ever noticed that while there's an entire world out there, most all of the MMORPGs we discuss and play tend to either...
The Daily Grind: How can MMOs better incorporate challenge and difficulty?
This past weekend I was watching a new video by The Hive Leader in which he was discussing some lessons that MMOs might learn...
Tale of Toast’s cute aesthetics hide old-school challenge
Don't judge a book by its cover, they say, and certainly don't go making assumptions about the difficulty levels of MMORPGs by how gritty...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?
Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...
Crowfall’s hellcat has a purr of doom
One shouldn't forget that Crowfall's various campaign worlds will be populated by more than just irate players looking to make the world burn (and...
OrbusVR’s alpha begins tomorrow, includes instanced player housing prototype
Indie VR sandbox OrbusVR is whooshing along toward the start of its closed alpha tomorrow, available to Kickstarter backers (it raised $34,000 in its...
Valiance Online on alpha, Steam, and the character generator of your dreams
Expect "big changes" in the way Silverhelm Studios handles superhero MMORPGÂ Valiance Online's development going forward, the indie group tells future players and testers in...
