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Last Oasis pins down a July 5 date for beta testing of Season 5
Over the past couple of months, woodpunk survival sandbox Last Oasis has been banging the drum about its upcoming Season 5, springing back to...
Embers Adrift is disappointed that players couldn’t break its servers
Well, this may be a first: an MMO studio that's actually a bit bummed out that players couldn't bust its servers upon command. In...
Perfect Ten: The 10 stages of the MMO launch journey, from announcement to release
One of the aspects that I love about MMOs is just how dang fun the build-up to launch can be. I know this period...
Embers Adrift asks players to break its world and showcases an hour of gameplay footage
It's not often that people are asked to shatter a world, but the devs of the sandbox MMORPG Embers Adrift are asking players to...
Embers Adrift plans beta and NDA drop for March 1, launch later this year
Embers Adrift has been teasing an announcement all week, as now we know what's up: beta. "Stormhaven Studios is excited to announce that Embers...
Mortal Online 2 promises fixes for long queues, hopes to someday rival EVE Online
Mortal Online 2 hasn't had the most auspicious of launches this last week, and all you need to do to know this is peek...
Gloria Victis is free-to-play until November 15 ahead of its upcoming full release
In a half promotional event, half stress test, low-fantasy PvP sandbox MMORPG Gloria Victis is free-to-play through Monday, November 15th. The free play event...
Not So Massively: Age of Empires IV is a thoughtful love letter to the past
Folks who grew up gamers probably all have a few games or franchises that just defined our childhoods. For me, one of those franchises...
Age of Empires IV’s stress test is open to all this weekend
There are few titles more anticipated in 2021 than Microsoft's Age of Empires IV. Fans of the series are crossing every digit they have...
Mortal Online 2 says that 40,000 players have beta tested so far
In advance of a final stress test coming next month, Mortal Online 2 announced that 40,000 players have streamed into the beta so far...
Guild Wars 2 counts 16M accounts, drops fall roadmap, teases End of Dragons fishing and skiffs
Remember how excited everyone was to get the Guild Wars 2 summer roadmap out of ArenaNet earlier this year? Prepare to get excited all...
Mortal Online 2 announces ‘savage’ September 6 stress test
After a goodly while in closed alpha combat testing, Mortal Online 2 thinks that it's ready for the next best step and is proposing...
Final Fantasy XIV plans a stress test for the Japanese data centers… but not North America or Europe
Ahead of the release of the Endwalker expansion, Final Fantasy XIV's staff wants to make sure that the game's servers are up for the...
Mortal Online 2 patches in mail, spells, and a city ahead of September stress test
Mortal Online 2's latest beta patch has landed this week, promising a new round of character content. StarVault says that the 0.1.5.9 update has added...
Mortal Online 2 will launch early access October 26 – apparently with a sub
Yesterday, Mortal Online 2 developer Starvault announced in its Discord that it's planning a final stress test for the beginning of September with an...
Grab a closed beta key for Gamigo’s new MOBA, Skydome
If you've missed out on Skydome's stress test this month, then you're in luck: We've got keys to get you into the ongoing closed...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online, from development to beta
We all have stories of our very first MMORPG experiences, and the one that I often share is that my initial dip into this...
Old school-styled MMORPG Ethyrial offers a peek at a monster journal and plans for closed alpha testing
We're circling back around to the indie MMORPG Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore, which we aimed a spotlight at last month; it's an MMORPG from...
Corepunk is finally considering PvE servers, plans multiple closed betas
We were taken a bit aback in early April when the Corepunk team seemed to assert that all of its servers would contain world...
Sandbox MMO Fractured has rebalanced PvP and added respecs in its spring alpha
MMO sandbox Fractured has been busy this past month as its spring alpha continues. Early on in the month, Dynamight Studios dropped its first...
