spatialOS
The MOP Up: Aion Legions of War brings the fight to cheaters
Aion: Legions of War is still trying to make the best of its first few months, but it's going to take some serious work...
Coherence is a new game platform promising studios ‘multiplayer in minutes’
It's sort of been a longstanding truism, especially for MMOs, that you can't build a game worth playing in a short length of time....
The Game Archaeologist: 1998’s Mankind
In the annals of the MMO genre, the massively multiplayer RTS has had perhaps the worst go of any variations on these online games....
SpatialOS TwoKinds Online transforms a webcomic into an MMO
Huh, this might be a first for MMORPGs: a webcomic-turned-MMO. What we're talking about today is TwoKinds Online, a small indie RPG created by...
Sci-fi Project C puts out a call for pre-alpha testers, but getting in won’t be easy
The as-of-yet unnamed Project C isn't letting the lack of a moniker stop it from cultivating a playerbase. In fact, Darewise Entertainment is putting out...
Indie MMORPG Oath has successfully funded on Kickstarter at nearly twice its original ask
Oath has been a bit of an anomaly on the Kickstarter scene this spring: Ten days into its campaign, it had raised only $6000,...
Sandbox MMORPG Oath’s Kickstarter has passed its core crowdfunding goal
Back at the beginning of April - which incidentally seems like a thousand years ago now, but nope - we learned about a brand-new...
Fractured’s second Alpha 1 test brings more housing, a new biome, and spiders this June
By all accounts, the first Alpha 1 test for Fractured was a solid success, barring minor annoyances and login issues. So now it's full...
MMO Business Roundup: Funcom financials, NetEase, Improbable’s BioWare roots, and a real-world battle royale
Welcome back to another MMO business roundup! Business business business!
If you've been watching Funcom's financial reports since 2017 or so, you know that the...
Indie sandbox MMO Fractured will finally enter alpha one this month
Indie sandbox MMO Fractured is moving another step down the development line: It's just announced the start of its alpha next week.
"The first testing...
Crowdfunding begins for action combat sandbox MMO Oath
Hello from the land of grand promises and positively roiling cynicism that is Kickstarter! Today we're casting a quick spotlight on Oath, an all...
SpatialOS interview suggests tech can handle 20K MMO players in a ‘relatively low-fidelity but seamless world’
Even SpatialOS seems grim about the outlook for western MMOs. MMO players will recall that Improbable's SpatialOS is a "distributed computing platform for building...
SpatialOS company Improbable reveals new AAA online multiplayer title helmed by SWTOR vet
Back in January, after the dust of the SpatialOS vs. Unity spat had settled, Improbable and Crytek made an intriguing announcement: They were partnering...
Worlds Adrift struggles to grow, changes course to focus on tech
You can hear the frustration bubble out of Worlds Adrift's latest letter to the community, titled "The Path Ahead." In it, the dev team...
MMO industry veteran Bill Roper has departed SpatialOS company Improbable
If you've been around in MMOs a while, you surely know Bill Roper and his pedigree. He's a former Blizzard developer who went on to helm...
The MOP Up: TERA and PUBG combine unholy forces
TERA sent out a press release this week confirming the end of the world: "Finally, the dream collaboration between TERA and PUBG is real!...
Fractured isn’t letting the Unity/SpatialOS squabble get in the way of alpha testing
The drama between Unity and SpatialOS back in January seemed to hold dire possibilities for MMOs that were using both -- such as the...
Project Genom is quietly restructuring around SpatialOS
Have you been watching Project Genom from the sidelines and noted in the back of your mind that it seems like the game has gone...
Improbable and Crytek team up for SpatialOS CryEngine integration and new AAA game
Improbable made headlines over the last couple of weeks thanks to its tussle with Unity over SpatialOS's integration and licensing. That tussle's since ended,...
With the Improbable/Unity dispute lingering on, MMOs like Worlds Adrift are literally adrift
Last week, Improbable and Unity stunned the gaming industry with their ugly spat over SpatialOS integration and licensing, as both companies issued statements about their...
