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Embers Adrift opens in-game mail service, adds map improvements and a new fast travel feature
Can you believe that the digital citizens of Embers Adrift have been living without a postal service for this long? How are they expected...
Fight or Kite: Pax Dei’s alpha is equal parts survival gameplay and grind-fueled crafting
In my experience, I’ve found "survival game" and "grindfest" are synonymous with each other in all but the rarest of cases. There just seems...
Starbase returns from radio silence with plan for new navigation, territory control, and PvE
In May of last year, we expressed some concern about Starbase, the sci-fi crafting sandbox from Frozenbyte, particularly since it received little more than...
The Quinfall demonstrates the utility and danger of player caravans on the landscape
If and when you find yourself exploring the world of The Quinfall, you're going to want to figure out how to get around efficiently...
LOTRO Legendarium: 27 practical benefits of LOTRO’s player housing
There's this ongoing common perception in MMOs like Lord of the Rings Online that player housing is good for one and only one purpose:...
Star Citizen brings new race tracks and a first look at engineering to alpha 3.23’s Arena Commander
While many of the reveals shared by Star Citizen for alpha 3.23 have been focused on the persistent universe portion of the game, the...
Elite Dangerous provides an elaborate deep-dive on how Powerplay 2.0’s mechanics and rewards will work
Despite the backdrop of Frontier Developments setting Elite: Dangerous players on fire with talk about cash shop ship bundles, the studio came together for...
The Stream Team: Map clearing and exploration with a friend in Cat Quest II
MOP's Chris and his best friend are once again coming together for some more Cat Quest II adventuring! When we last left our cat...
Pax Dei testing wrestles with stability and bugs, Abyss testing adds refinements and dragon attacks
It's been a busy time for the developing sandbox MMORPGs of Pax Dei and Abyss, as both games entered into their respective alphas this...
EVE Online’s Equinox expansion brings planetary mining and territory features to nullsec June 11
Tuesday, June 11th, is promising to be "the first step towards a radical re-invigoration of nullsec space" in EVE Online thanks to the launch...
The Daily Grind: Are there any standard MMO UI elements you consider ‘optional’?
Back in February, MMO YouTuber MarleMMO reminded me that Ashes of Creation is planning to obscure enemy health bars during PvP - a concept...
ARK Survival Ascended opens temporary Scorched Earth servers, confirms premium mods for consoles in April
Evidently there are a lot of fans who are trying to get into the Scorched Earth map of ARK: Survival Ascended - enough that...
Life is Feudal MMO continues its comeback with a relaunch on Steam
In May of 2023, we learned that the MMO portion of Life is Feudal was coming back from its 2021 sunset under the stewardship...
Overwatch 2 premieres a new trailer for its April 16 Season 10 update
For the past several weeks, Overwatch 2 has been highlighting the variety of features that are en route with its April 16th Season 10...
EverQuest II devs address everything from hardcore servers and Player Studio to Isle of Refuge and Legends of Norrath
Back in February, Daybreak's Darkpaw Games opened up an ask-me-anything thread on the EverQuest II official forums - and now the dev team is...
Co-op roguelike 33 Immortals debuts new gameplay trailer and announces May 24 closed beta
Last June one of the Not So Massively games we highlighted was 33 Immortals, a co-op action roguelike from Canadian developer Thunder Lotus that...
World of Tanks launches crew changes and postmortem camera with update 1.24.1
With a competitive shooting game like World of Tanks, sometimes what you really need is some idea of what exactly just blew you up....
First Impressions: Gigantic Rampage Edition’s classic Clash mode and the game’s overall plans for the future
I admit that when I was first invited by Gearbox Publishing to get my hands on the resurgent Gigantic, I was mostly awestruck. I...
Star Citizen kicks off an updated Jumptown event and highlights more alpha 3.23 UI updates
Old salts of Star Citizen are probably familiar with Jumptown, a hidden drug fab that developed into a PvP hotspot that was then repurposed...
LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Corsairs of Umbar is a vacation into the unknown
Those of you who follow this column know that I'm never in a particular rush to plow through Lord of the Rings Online expansions...
