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Cozy MMO Palia discusses 2023 content plans on the eve of closed beta
Singularity 6 is pumped for Palia's closed beta, set for tomorrow with open beta to follow a week later, and now the team has...
Massively on the Go: Niantic’s Pokemon Go Plus+ debacle illuminates a big metaverse pitfall
Don't let that title fool you, dear readers; we're not really talking about NFTs, blockchain, or the metaverse itself. Instead, we're addressing the oft-repeated...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet brings out a very Normal gorilla
We now know what the July 28th-30th and August 4th-6th Pokemon Scarlet and Violet tera raid 'mon will be: Rillaboom.
While we've had some tough...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO Routes are already problematic and unsafe
Pokemon Go and Niantic by the time you read this, will have launched a new feature: routes. While we covered the event and a...
The Soapbox: The day my son lost his first online video game to a sunset
It was a few weeks back that I walked into our family room and saw my 14-year-old son crouched over the iPad with a...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Niantic is sleeping on summer
Despite Niantic telling Pokemon Go players that it has a "blockbuster slate of summer features" coming up, the summer has been quite a disappointment...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs and online worlds with super cozy vibes
In this age of increased anxiety and friction, there's a natural desire to retreat into safe spaces. And yet not all of us have...
Skyforge tries to sync seasonal updates for Xbox players by skipping into the Gorgonides season
Skyforge decided to play a little bit of leap frog for its Xbox version. The latest update to the game brought the Gorgonides season...
FTC loses its attempt at a pause of Microsoft ABK merger, Sony signs the 10-year Call of Duty agreement
The US Federal Trade Commission was handed another loss in court this past weekend. Readers will remember that the government body was trying to...
Judge denies FTC’s injunction request, clearing the way for Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard merger
We now return you to the endless saga of Microsoft trying to slurp up Activision-Blizzard to rescue it from ignominy as regulatory factions around...
Upcoming MMO from indie Gardens studio pulls in $31.3M from Tencent, Dreamhaven, Krafton, and more
Another week, another new studio popping up with a pseudo MMO and a laundry list of the biggest investors in the industry desperately dumping...
Massively on the Go: Orna spices things up with step tracking and guilds update
Recently here on Massively on the Go, we talked about some of the good and some of the, uh, "less good" features in location-based...
Loftia is yet another ‘cozy solarpunk’ life sim MMO in the making
You know what's a recent trend we can get behind here at Massively OP? The rise of so-called "cozy" multiplayer life sims that prioritize...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Niantic does damage control as player spending weakens
Last week was a rough week for Pokemon Go and Niantic. The company tried to sweep the release and reversal of viewable pokemon's distance...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s July events have mostly leaked already
It's already apparent that July is going to be rough for Pokemon Go and Niantic. We've already got another massive fan community/data producers soft-shutting...
Phoenix Labs’ cozy MMO Fae Farm buffs its preorder packages, releases new trailer
In case your haven't gotten enough cozy MMO from today, here comes Fae Farm with a little bit more. At today's Nintendo Direct, Phoenix...
MMO Burnout: Lessons MMOs can learn from The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
Like most MMO players, I am, first and foremost, a PC gamer. However, like many gamers born in the '80s and '90s, I also...
Palia announces free-to-play arrival to Nintendo Switch this holiday season, reaffirms work on PC version
The latest Nintendo Direct has just wrapped up, and there was a pretty surprising announcement to come out of Singularity 6's developing cozy MMO...
Massively on the Go: The pros and cons of physical minigames in themepark MMOARGs
Summer is a time for themeparks and gaming, and these days, the two can be more readily mixed - with a variety of results....
Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak sees its final update with a new monster variant, new quests, and new skills
Today has seen the final content update arrive to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, which is being called a "bonus update" owing to the fact...
