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Star Trek Online lines up a new feature episode, improved Pilot spec
The entirety of Star Trek Online's run to date has featured an obvious villain waiting in the wings: the Iconians. Everyone knows they're out...
Elite: Dangerous names space station after Terry Pratchett
Fantasy comedy writer Terry Pratchett, who passed away last week at the age of 66, will be honored with a place among the stars...
Cryptic layoffs alone totaled 18 people
Massively OP has been contacted by a Cryptic employee -- who wishes to remain anonymous and whose identity we have confirmed -- about the Perfect...
Perfect World Entertainment hit with potentially massive layoffs
Layoffs have hit Perfect World Entertainment. It was first rumored in a tweet by Ben PerLee, who had previously worked as PR for the...
Not So Massively: HoN’s Grimm Hunt, HEX’s 100k tourney, and Descent’s reboot
It's been a packed week in the world of online multiplayer gaming, with competitive tournament announcements, patches, and tons of new videos. Microsoft may...
Star Citizen’s SXSW trailer features the social module
Did you miss last weekend's SXSW Star Citizen presentation? If so, you also missed a first look at the title's social module, which debuted...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO was better than you expected?
I've been dabbling in Ascent: The Space Game here lately, even though I keep telling myself that I'm done with early access titles. It's...
Make My MMO: March 14, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, we learned about the Kickstarter for a "MOBA type of combat game" called Descent: Underground. Yes, it's that...
Star Citizen posts weapon design blog, music featurette, and more
Cloud Imperium dropped a whole bunch of Star Citizen news updates this weekend, including a video featurette on composer Pedro Camacho, another week of...
EVE Fanfest will be cold; EVE gets a new artbook
EVE Fanfest 2015 is coming in a little less than a week, and if you can't attend in person, you do have the option...
Here’s how to form your own wing in Elite: Dangerous
Frontier has published a new Elite: Dangerous pilot training video focused on wings, the primary feature of yesterday's 1.2 update. The six-minute clip tells...
Better clear some hard drive space for Star Citizen
Cloud Imperium devs have been answering questions in an open thread on the Star Citizen forums all week, but last night, they dropped a...
Star Citizen’s Roberts endorses Crowfall, Descent: Underground
Star Citizen boss Chris Roberts has taken a moment to endorse a couple of fellow crowdfunded games. He has high praise for Crowfall head...
Elite: Dangerous’ 1.2 Wings update is live today
Frontier has posted a change log for Elite: Dangerous 1.2, which is available for download today. The "Wings" update adds multiplayer group functionality enabling...
Braben: Elite won’t be ‘dumbed down’ for consoles
Are you tired of the eternal console vs. PC culture war? Yeah, me too. Thankfully Elite: Dangerous won't be partaking of that foolishness, mainly...
Roberts on Star Citizen’s funding model, Minecraft, and more
Polygon posted an interview with Chris Roberts this week, and it's worth a read if you're still wearing your Star-Citizen-is-a-Ponzi-scheme cap. "People can only...
EVE Online shows off overhauled icons
Big battles in EVE Online take place over long distances. Players need to be able to zoom out and get a sense of the...
You’ve only got 77 candidates to choose from in EVE’s CSM election
Are you voting in this week's EVE Online Council of Stellar Management election? If so, you'd better do some research, because there are 77...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best game-within-a-game in the MMO space?
Jef and I were talking this past weekend about something Star Wars Galaxies got really, really right: the Jump to Lightspeed expansion, which brought...
EVE Evolved: Exploring EVE’s ‘new opportunities’
This week saw the first concrete reveal of EVE Online's potentially revolutionary new Opportunities system, which promises to replace the current tutorial with a...
