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The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches a free demo
Was Fae Farm too rich for you blood? Now you can check it out for free on Nintendo Switch or PC thanks to a...
Animal Crossing-inspired cozy MMO Galactic Getaway launches $50,000 Kickstarter
Twice last spring, we covered a new-to-us MMO called Galactic Getaway, a game that had been in production already since 2021. We originally binned...
Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s Los Angeles Sinnoh Tour
Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour is coming to Los Angeles February 16th-18th, but despite its already being sold out, Niantic is still dangling some key...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO shows little love for February
Pokemon Go's roadmap for February is out, but once again leakers have deflated some of that potential hype Niantic tends to squander anyway. While...
The Daily Grind: What do you think the next viral MMO will look like?
I am the first to admit that I didn't see Palworld coming. Oh, I knew about Palworld; we'd covered Palworld. We'd also been covering...
My Time at Sandrock added greenhouses and babies – but not for multiplayer fans
Back in November, we lightly covered the proper launch of My Time at Sandrock, the sequel to My Time at Portia, both cozy sandboxes...
Legal experts weigh in on Palworld plagiarism accusations as player and sales numbers continue to climb
Pocketpair's creature-featured survivalbox Palworld continues to make waves across the wider gaming sphere, both in terms of wanted and unwanted attention. The game has...
GDC’s 2024 industry survey: Game devs weigh in on AI, layoffs, unionization, RTO, and more
Every year, GDC conducts an industry-wide survey of game developers and compiles the results in its State of the Game Industry, the 2024 edition...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are still just games you rent
When I was a teenager, I accidentally stole a few games from a video rental place. You might wonder how you accidentally steal something,...
Progress Bar: Another go-round with cozy ‘MMO’ Palia, this time on the Switch
I'm not much of a console player in general. The controller has always felt limiting to me, especially when compared with the precision of...
Massively on the Go: A slow New Year start for Pokemon GO events
Pokemon Go is still not bringing its A-game. After a buggy end of the year complete with utterly breaking Beware and accidentally releasing-and-taking-back unreleased...
The Soapbox: The ‘problem’ with MMO hoarding
I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 450: Sour cream in caves
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, The Crew's sunset, Palia's Switch launch, Black Desert and New World's 2024 plans, Age of Water, and the Year of EverQuest, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, SWTOR, and Project Gorgon.
A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch
Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...
Massively on the Go: Palia’s Nintendo Switch version works on the go, but it’s still better at home
Let me start off by saying this isn't going to be yet another impressions piece on Palia. We've already had three of those, and...
Palia has launched into free-to-play early access on the Nintendo Switch as of today
It's launch day for Singularity 6's cozy MMO Palia - a launch day of a sort, anyhow, as the early access title joins the...
The MOP Up: Alganon shows its first signs of life in ages
Could we be hearing a heartbeat in the long-dormant Alganon? This past week, the official account announced that the website is back online and...
Palia brings the holiday cheer with its the next leg of its winter update
On the cusp of its Nintendo Switch release, Palia is packing in the holiday cheer. The life sim MMO released its winter update this...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2023 MMO predictions
We've been offering up an MMO predictions list for Massively Overthinking for years upon years now as our writers and readers prognosticate on the...
Cozy MMO Fae Farm unveils Coasts of Croakia DLC as Phoenix Labs lays off more staff
Do you love the roly-poly frog friends in Fae Farm? Would you like to travel to a magical world that's likely replete with these...
