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New World’s technical wizards talk cross-server outpost rush, transmog, and more
What happens when you start with a survival game and have it gradually morph into a full-blown MMORPG? You'll find out in this latest...
ARK Survival Ascended finalizes the player-created creature coming to its Aberration map
The community engagement continues in ARK: Survival Ascended. Readers might remember that Studio Wildcard kicked off a mid-July player-created creature contest that offered a...
Survival MMO Dawnlands is set to launch on PC and mobile August 8
Dawnlands first hit our radar last month, when we wondered whether it would fill in the gap while everyone waits for Blue Protocol. As...
Massively Overthinking: What’s Blizzard’s next move?
Gamers and pundits talked a big talk about Blizzard's prospects over the last few years. Don't worry about the weak revenues and plunging MAUs,...
Plunder Scourge of the Sea is a pirate-themed open world survival MMO
It would be easy to dismiss this latest in-development indie MMO as "Atlas at home," but we'll try not to be reductive to either...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs and online worlds with super cozy vibes
In this age of increased anxiety and friction, there's a natural desire to retreat into safe spaces. And yet not all of us have...
Multiplayer space sandbox Astroneer introduces custom game mode tools
As of Astroneer's update last week, players can finally build their own games just the way they want, thanks to the new custom games...
Survival MMO Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore officially hits early access today
Don't hold its goofy name against it: Coreborn Nations of the Ultracore has done what a whole lot of in-development MMOs never do, and...
ARK highlights player mods and opens another player-created critter contest for Ascended’s Aberration map
The community crunch newsletter out of ARK is obviously about the game's community, but that's even more true in the latest edition as it...
Fractured Veil completes its Unreal Engine upgrade, puts founder’s pack bundles up for sale
Over the past couple of months, survival sandbox Fractured Veil has been talking up its upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.1, sharing details and previews...
Capcom’s sci-fi dino team shooter Exoprimal officially launches today
We've been keeping an eye on Capcom's Exoprimal since last year, when the company decided to swirl around high-tech futuristic sci-fi with dinosaurs for...
Nightingale was inspired by a popular 2004 fantasy novel
Where does the idea for a massive fantasy game world come from? Often, it's in the most unexpected of places, such as a 2004...
The Stream Team: Zombies rise in Backseat Streaming’s Undawn
In an era of armchair warriors, we bring you Backseat Streamers! Here, Massively OP’s Chris and MJ get to take a backseat and watch...
Amazon reflects on New World’s journey from survivalbox to story-driven MMORPG
If you've been around in the MMORPG genre a few years, you're surely aware that New World did not always look the way it...
Frozen Flame recounts its early access release and shares a roadmap of future update plans
It's been a while since Frozen Flame put forth any major dev update post - its last one was at the tail end of...
Funcom discusses Dune Awakening’s South Korean prospects and MMORPG elements
Those of us who live in western countries know very well the pain of watching games develop in Asia as developers hedge on whether...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we wanted a decade ago
Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...
WildStar’s former design director calls out studio politics for his pre-launch resignation
Well here's a little bit of a walk down memory lane - and a bright light shined on a dark period in MMO history:...
ARK Survival Ascended confirms a delay to October, a lowered early access price, and one less map at launch
You've likely heard the axiom "less is more," but in the case of the upcoming Unreal Engine-upgraded ARK: Survival Ascended, less is going to...
Conan Exiles launches a booster event as recompense for a bug that was eating buildings and placeables
Conan Exiles' Age of War release apparently had a case of digital termites: The launch last week introduced a particularly nasty bug that saw...
