virtual reality
The Daily Grind: So what *should* we call the metaverse?
Back in April, we covered a whitepaper from MMO designer Raph Koster, who just so happens to be building a metaverse MMO - or...
VR MMO Ilysia postpones beta again, now indefinitely, over account issues
VR MMO Ilysia is once again suffering a delay, this time for its planned beta, which was meant to begin this weekend. Readers will...
Zenith talks about courting investors and clearing tech hurdles as Skyward Summit heads to open testing May 5
To say that VR gaming in general is a niche market is a bit of an understatement; combine that with making an MMO in...
VR MMO Ilysia delays beta to May 13 over account management system ‘snag’
Earlier this month, we got new word from the studio behind Kickstarted VR MMORPG Ilysia that it was planning its first beta test in...
Zenith’s Skyward Summit update will introduce new active harvesting and crafting features
Players of the VR MMORPG Zenith have been seeing plenty of sneak peeks out of the game's upcoming (yet still undated) Skyward Summit update,...
Zenith shares video previews of Skyward Summit’s player housing and more Cyber Ninja gameplay
The upcoming Skyward Summit update headed to Zenith at some point or another isn't just about the Cyber Ninja class or the introduction of...
Disney axes its fledgling metaverse division as part of a 7,000 employee layoff round
How long does it take for the House of Mouse to decide the metaverse isn't worth it? Roughly a year, apparently, as Disney has...
The Daily Grind: Do you still have hope for a blossoming of MMORPGs in VR?
Every month or so, someone will ask about MMORPGs in the VR space, and every month or so, we have to nod toward a...
VR game developer Polyarc readies closed testing of a competitive multiplayer VR title in April
VR gaming fans might be familiar with the name of Polyarc; for those who aren't, it's the studio behind the adorable looking VR titles...
Kickstarted VR MMORPG Ilysia will finally enter beta in April after extensive codebase rewrite
It's been a hot minute since we checked in on Ilysia, the VR MMORPG that was Kickstarted to the tune of $159,000 back in...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Swordsman X Survival, Legend of Lunia, and X8
Welcome back to MassivelyOP's random and recurring roundup of a few MMOs you've never heard of! Maybe you've heard of some of them. You're...
VR MMO OrbusVR celebrates its fifth anniversary with a year-long series of events and boosts
Five years of operation is meritorious for any MMORPG, but it certainly seems like an even bigger milestone for the VR MMO OrbusVR. That...
VR multiplayer swordfighter Altair Breaker arrives as a PSVR2 launch title
Now that the PSVR2 headset has arrived to the PlayStation 5 console, there's the question of whether there are games for the platform, and...
No Man’s Sky adds a new spacecraft, enhanced VR features, and a new expedition with the Fractal update
No Man's Sky has done it again: Early this morning the sci-fi survival sandbox released another sizeable patch known as the Fractal update, with...
GDC’s State of the Games Industry survey once again demonstrates dev skepticism for metaverse and blockchain hokum
This year's State of the Game Industry from GDC - its 11th since beginning the project - delivers a range of insights from the...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2022 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
As we wrap up our end-of-the-year and turn-of-the-calendar content until next December, there's one more recurring Massively Overthinking I like to do - and...
Zenith shows off Legends Untold’s full body tracking tech and pets
What sort of things can you do when full body tracking arrives to the VR MMO Zenith? The devs of the MMO have demonstrated...
Zenith will be a PS VR2 launch title and will be a free upgrade for original PS VR owners
The VR MMO Zenith is already on a bunch of VR platforms, from the Rift to PS VR to Steam early access, but soon...
OrbusVR hosts its fourth harvest festival this month, prepares another chaos realm for late November
OrbusVR might be flying under the wider MMO radar, but it most certainly is continuing to fly if the game's last dev blog is...
Perfect Ten: An MMO sunset tour for 2022 to date
MMO sunsets can be weird. I am never happy when a game that people love goes away. It always represents a lot of lost...
