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All the big MMO and multiplayer news from The Game Awards 2024
If you watched the 10th annual Game Awards tonight - perhaps alongside Chris and MJ - then you probably don't need this post. But...
Marvel Rivals director speculates on Concord’s demise: “I don’t think anybody can accurately predict” flops
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play hero-based FPS that has attracted absolute scads of players following its launch and earning favorable comparisons to Overwatch 2....
Brighter Shores AMA confirms updates for combat, professions, and co-op play are en route
It looks as if the devs of Fen Research have plenty of updates planned for Brighter Shores, at least according to an AMA the...
Pax Dei’s Market Square update officially launches tomorrow with gold and market stalls
If you weren't already overloaded with MMO patches, new games, and Christmas events, here's one more: Pax Dei is dropping its massive update, dubbed...
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...
Throne and Liberty launches the Startree Solstice event today alongside a cooking revamp
It's patch day for Throne and Liberty as Amazon and NCsoft roll out the planned holiday content, the first Christmas ever for the global...
Destiny 2’s seasonal holiday Dawning event launches with a bunch of bugs in tow
Nobody likes to see things go wrong during the holidays, and that definitely includes the players of Destiny 2, who were diving in to...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2024
I have not had a good 2024. I have, in fact, had the absolute opposite of that. I feel like I exist now through...
Solarpunk MMO Loftia lands on Steam, shows off housing neighborhood trailer
Australian solarpunk MMO Loftia isn't going to let the holiday season arrive without a couple big gifts to its growing community! Qloud Games gleefully...
Path of Exile 2 is scrambling to hire more support folks following its massive early access launch
Grinding Gear Games warned Path of Exile 2 players ahead of early access that the first era of the game might be a little...
Secret Level S1 E3 teaches New World’s favorite failson an important lesson about kingship
New World's episode of Amazon Prime Video's Secret Level animated series is live today, so of course we sat down to watch it so...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 497: Walking down the Path of Exile 2
Justin and Bree discuss Path of Exile 2's early access, Elder Scrolls Online weird event snafu, EverQuest's The Outer Brood, and ArcheAge's second sunset of the year, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the normalization of bad MMO monetization and why some gamers melt down over every bit of MMO news.
Serbian post-apoc MMOFPS Pioner is set to launch in 2025
OK, let me stop you right there. You were about to come yell at me in the comments that I spelled "Pioneer" wrong. But...
Vindictus seeks to stymie RMT bots by introducing a new currency that allows for in-game gold trading
Despite the risks to game accounts and personal security, MMO players would still rather spend money with gold-farming bots than try to make in-game...
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...
Star Citizen highlights the music that will accompany alpha 4.0’s Pyro system
If you're a fan of the music that thrums along as you play Star Citizen, then you're going to be getting some new audio...
Marvel Rivals’ free-to-play launch hits over 400K Steam players, solid reviews, and purchase problems
For a game that most gamers might have brushed off as "Overwatch at home," NetEase's newly released free-to-play team shooter Marvel Rivals appears to...
Path of Exile 2 warns of launch queues and server issues as preorders surpass one million
Man, I wouldn't want to be an RPG or MMO launching right about now because everything's about to get wrecked by Path of Exile...
Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024
I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....
MMO Hype Train: My growing obsession with Stars Reach
As much as I respect Raph Koster for all of his passion and pioneering of MMORPGs, I've rarely crossed paths with his games, notably...
