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The Daily Grind: Are you angry about the collapse of Chronicles of Elyria?
Last week, Soulbound Studios announced that in spite of just reaching a semblance of pre-alpha for Chronicles of Elyria, it was out of money...
Perfect Ten: The stages of the MMO life cycle
To this day, no one has a quote as useful on the subject of life and death as E. B. White: "We're born, we...
Vague Patch Notes: Ambition is not delivery in MMOs
So Chronicles of Elyria is dead in the water. Or... wait, that's not actually accurate; let me start again. Chronicles of Elyria has admitted...
Shroud of the Avatar extends an olive branch to Chronicles of Elyria’s community
With this week's announcement of the collapse of Chronicles of Elyria's studio and development, you can bet that there are a whole lot of...
Kickstarted MMORPG Chronicles of Elyria halts development, lays off all employees
Since its splashy and successful Kickstarter run back in 2016 that raised $1.36 million from MMO gamers, Chronicles of Elyria developed a reputation for...
Chronicles of Elyria releases a playable pre-alpha obstacle course
Chronicles of Elyria has a lot of aspirations, like creating a persistent world where everyone plays a role in an epic, ongoing storyline. Up...
Chronicles of Elyria kicks off its Settlers of Elyria virtual land auction for a second time
Allow us to share a little bit of background on this one: Chronicles of Elyria had first announced an "event" in December of last...
Chronicles of Elyria just dropped a new mood and gameplay video
Chronicles of Elyria has a new preview up for watchers of the Kickstarted, in-development MMO. Last last night, Soulbound Studios posted up its latest...
Chronicles of Elyria dev blog’s ‘mood piece’ turns out to be ‘photobashed stock art’
The idea of a mood board, which collects a variety of images from various sources to bring inspiration, isn't exactly a foreign one. Perhaps...
Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures at the start of 2020
This annual column always inspires a certain amount of debate, which is intentional. Outside of the office, a good chunk of that debate is...
EverQuest II has been busy patching up and fixing bugs post-Blood of Luclin
EverQuest II players have been treated to not just one but two smallish patches this week in the wake of the holiday season and...
Chronicles of Elyria is still working on the botched Settlers of Elyria event – and future events too
Chronicles of Elyria has returned after winter holidays with a new newsletter for backers. As usual, the newsletter is pretty fluffy (I mean, there's...
Make My MMO: The biggest MMO crowdfunding news of 2019
Welcome to a special edition of Make My MMO, Massively OP's weekly and sometimes biweekly recap of the big news in crowdfunded MMOs. Hey, you...
Chronicles of Elyria postpones its unsold land sales with a date still to be determined
As you may recall, Chronicles of Elyria touted that it was running a big event recently with its "Settlers of Elyria" event, which came...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 Golden Yachties: Best drama in an MMO that doesn’t exist yet
MassivelyOP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for Best drama in an MMO that doesn't exist yet. If you're wondering what the...
Chronicles of Elyria begins putting unclaimed land up for sale for a limited time
For any Chronicles of Elyria fans who happened to miss out getting themselves some in-game land and has $65 to $3,500 burning a hole...
Chronicles of Elyria starts selling $75 Longest Night advent calendars
There has to be a measure of masochistic joy in stocking up account items that you can't use (yet) for a game that is...
Chronicles of Elyria has raised $7.7 million from gamers to date
Do you remember when Chronicles of Elyria raised $1.36 million on Kickstarter back in 2016 to make its highly ambitious (and so far, unfinished)...
Chronicles of Elyria shares another pre-alpha video that focuses on environmental sound
There are plenty of ways for MMOs to set a scene. Visuals are certainly one of the more important, but audio plays just as...
Perfect Ten: Kickstarter MMOs that raised the most money
The rise of crowdfunding in the mid-2010s swept a large wave of MMORPGs our way that might never have happened otherwise. For a while...
