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EVE Online plans testing for its native MacOS client tomorrow and releases its industry update
Players of EVE Online on a Mac are one step closer to getting their own native client for the game. The devs at CCP...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO public transport system?
We talk about mounts an awful lot in this space, but what about the other ways that MMOs help us get around? Most all...
MMO Business Roundup: Roblox prank, Hi-Rez, Wargaming, Epic’s funding round, CCP’s metaverse
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
A Roblox player from a goofy political meme group apparently pulled quite a stunt...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 317: Stay awhile and listen
Justin and Bree discuss MMO Kickstarters, Path of Exile 2, Global Agenda 2, Dual Universe, and Wizard101, with adventures in WoW Classic, Fallout 76, Diablo 2 Resurrected, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on Steam and FOMO, Diablo 3, and No Man's Sky.
Elite Dangerous releases hotfixes to address Odyssey phase two stability issues
Phase two of the Elite: Dangerous Odyssey alpha has been pretty unstable if the patches applied over the course of the past week are...
Whatever happened to Otherland, Guns of Icarus, and Pixel Starships?
Whatever happened to those MMOs you - and we - have forgotten all about? We're going to dig into three of them today.
First up,...
Gamigo outlines the timing for the last Defiance server shutdown
It's almost time to say goodbye to both versions of Defiance, and while fans of the sci-fi shooting MMO may be reveling in the...
Population Zero has apparently sunsetted, is now just plain zero
Population Zero appears to have fulfilled its destiny and now has zero population.
Reports are coming in from both press and players on Steam that...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s April Fools dungeon
April Fools Day may be past, but its spirit lives on in Neverwinter! This past week's small patch opened up a mini-dungeon for goofy...
One Shots: The voyage home
When you've spent a whole lot of calories burning, pillaging, and looting villages, it's a welcome sight to see the rest and shelter of...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster shares the secret of good social design in MMOs
Raph Koster, the game designer behind Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and Playable Worlds' upcoming project, has posted yet another essay about MMORPG design,...
Skyforge turns six years old this week as the Aelion Day celebrations begin
My.games' Skyforge is having a big birthday this week: It's officially six years old, which means it's time once again for Aelion Day. Players...
Star Citizen plans more persistence, outlines dev on alpha 3.13 as CIG buys new office space
Yesterday, we reported that Star Citizen was going to have a lot to say this past Wednesday, and sure enough the devs at CIG...
Elite Dangerous previews Odyssey’s conflict zone gameplay as phase two of alpha goes live
When a system in Elite: Dangerous goes into a state of war, there are only a couple of ways players can influence the outcome:...
The Repopulation talks up item and crafting updates, adds new signs and buildings, and fixes mission bugs
The April update post for in-development sci-fi sandbox MMORPG The Repopulation is out, and it has a variety of things to discuss, leading off...
Hi-Rez’s trademark snafus suggest a Global Agenda sequel (again) (finally)
Oh, Global Agenda. This multiplayer MMO-lite seems destined to be one of those ghost games that not enough people remember - but those who...
Elite Dangerous Odyssey’s second phase of alpha testing is tentatively scheduled for Thursday
Players of the Elite: Dangerous Odyssey alpha test appear to be ready to move forward with phase two of testing, and for the most...
Rumor: EG7 and Daybreak might be prepping PlanetSide 2’s Rogue Planet for its own company
Daybreak corporate sleuth and TheoryForge crewmate @MSandersonD has uncovered another Daybreak gem: new corporate registrations for Daybreak-related companies. California and Delaware filings show that...
Whatever happened to Maguss, Spiral Knights, and Empyrion?
It's time to find out Whatever Happened To a couple of MMOs that have somehow managed to slip off our radars and need to...
Star Citizen promises that some ‘highly requested new features’ will be added to its roadmap this week
Are you ready to watch some new goalposts move around? Or are you ready for some new features to be iterated upon? There really...
