sandbox mmo
Pantheon boss on canceled 247 mode: ‘The community quite literally freaked out’
With December almost wrapping up, Visionary Realms CEO Chris Rowan is taking a moment to pen a retrospective of the year that was for...
Choose My Adventure: The joy of performing menial tasks in Project Gorgon
The problem I have with sandbox MMORPGs is the thing that most people herald as their greatest strength: their unguided nature. The ability to...
Black Desert reveals new classes, new Land of the Morning Light region, and gameplay adjustments
This year's Calpheon Ball event for Black Desert promised to be another showcase full of reveals, and it most definitely delivered as Pearl Abyss...
Eco’s big Update 10 adds boat building, country settling, and tech tree adjustments
The climate-balancing sandbox MMO that is Eco has introduced what is being called a "massive upgrade" after a year of production: Update 10 has...
Embers Adrift talks up November content updates, promises a patch in December and 2024 roadmap soon
Usually retrospectives tend to look back at the entire year, but it looks as if Embers Adrift is mostly proud of November, as the...
Fractured sets its sights on balancing abilities, monsters, PvP, and gear
The Great Tuning that began last week in Fractured Online continues as developer Dynamight Studios is making balance and adjustments its top priority in...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: AQ2 Expanse, Project Baxter, Tombstone
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! In today's edition, we've got an indie...
BitCraft studio co-founder discusses building a societal game and what the MMO’s endgame looks like
If you have about 30 minutes and are curious to learn more about BitCraft and societal games from Clockwork Labs co-founder Tyler Cloutier, then...
Sandbox MMO Eco lets players establish towns, countries, and federations in December 12 update
Do you remember Eco? It's a Kickstarted sandbox MMO that tasks players to work together in order to maintain global ecology that started early...
Fractured Online sold 5000 copies, devs post short-term update roadmap and more stats
Most of the time we're left to educated guesses, supposition, or cutting through the Gordian knot of investor report double-speak when it comes to...
Some Assembly Required: Grand Theft Online roleplay is a tough nut to crack
A few months ago, I discovered the world of Red Dead Online roleplay. The possibility of interacting with other players and discovering mechanics in...
Black Desert tweaks gathering material drops and makes more guild juice for PC, unleashes the Bamboo Legion on mobile
When you've completed tasks for your guild in Black Desert, you just want to cool off and quench your thirst with a tall glass...
RuneScape improves visuals, tweaks Dungeoneering, and readies another double XP event
RuneScape is hoping to look prettier - or at least less dated - thanks to the game's newst splash of visual paint this week,...
The Wagadu Chronicles confirms a Steam early access launch date of December 4
Afrofantasy sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles has been talking up plans for early access this year, from opening its Steam page to showing off...
Genfanad dates closed beta testing of its card game combat revamp for October 20
Over the past couple of weeks, we've been chronicling Genfanad's decision to revamp its combat model into a card game-based system known as the...
Genfanad explains how character equipment changes the playable cards in its TCG combat model
Readers are likely familiar with Genfanad's wholesale rework of its combat model from dice rolls to TCG card gaming, with developer Rose-Tinted Games discussing...
Open Perpetuum tests Patch 29’s adjustments to mechs, items, and sudden onsets of fog
Open Perpetuum continues to motor forward with updates, though the upcoming Patch 29 is not quite as much of a barnburner as some of...
Sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei discusses its server size and tech in latest dev blog
Server size is very often the sort of question that comes to mind when most genre fans hear about a new game, especially those...
Black Desert PC’s season server will become a permanent fixture on September 20
If you're the sort of person who always misses the boat when the PC version of Black Desert opens a seasonal server (i.e., you're...
Dual Universe sets players off on a treasure hunt to find the Golden Goober
Just what is a Golden Goober? That's an honestly fantastic question (it's possibly a golden cat statue?), but to answer it, Dual Universe players...
