virtual world
Raph Koster’s Stars Reach has launched its $200,000 crowdfunding campaign (and now it’s fully funded)
If you're seeing these words, then the Kickstarter for Stars Reach is finally live.
Longtime readers will know we've been covering this game since...
The reboot of Kickstarted MMO Shards Online, Legends of Aria Classic, is officially sunsetting
I'm sorry to report this morning that Legends of Aria Classic is closing its doors - again. The news comes via the game's Patreon...
Revived 2-D cozy browser MMO Lasuni renames and revamps as Ticuto
Back in January 2024 we chronicled the upcoming return of Lasuni, a browser-based 2-D MMORPG brought back to life after a sunset caused by...
The Daily Grind: What’s something you simply love about your MMO?
There are many types of love, and so while we don't think that you're romantically involved with your MMORPG -- but hey, no judgments...
The Stream Team: Shooting galleries and minigolf in Tower Unite
MOP's Chris is once again hopping into the multiplayer "game of games" that is Tower Unite! Why? Because there have been some more games...
US government agency is hoping to extend consumer protections to virtual currencies in games like Roblox
It's fairly well known by now that most governments and the laws they enact do not do a good job of keeping pace with...
PlayerUnknown has aspirations of creating a metaverse over the course of three interlocked game releases
Yep, that word is being used by a big name developer again. But then that big name developer is Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene, the guy...
Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMO developer quotes of 2024
You know, this traditional end-of-the-year roundtable shouldn't be a thing. We've been doing this such a long time and getting so much coverage on...
Vague Patch Notes: EVE Frontier’s blockchain foundation makes it a worse MMO
It is a mark of pride for our readers that basically none of you are having CCP Games trying to play around with the...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MOP stories of 2024
As you're reading this, it's Thanksgiving night, and the end-of-the-year insanity is about to begin. You're going to be treated to a whole ton...
The MOP Up: Aion reworks sieges, raids, and world bosses
NCsoft brought a sweeping raft of changes to many group activities in Aion this past week: "We are excited to reveal that we have...
New books about EVE Online, Second Life, and EverQuest are on the way
You've played the game, now read the story. Or read the story out of curiosity about a game you would otherwise never play. Or...
Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?
Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...
The MOP Up: 2008’s Grand Fantasia relaunches with a classic Origin server
Anime MMO Grand Fantasia is relaunching on September 3rd with a classic edition called Origin that harkens back to the title's 2008 era:
"New engine,...
Perfect Ten: 10 times MMOs appeared in TV and movies
It's always surreal when real MMOs cross the divide between niche and mainstream to be referenced in television and films. Depending on how you...
Stars Reach’s Raph Koster argues that a persistent virtual world is ‘too powerful an idea’ to dismiss
Those watching the online gaming genre with a growing sense of dismay at everything drifting away from large, persistent MMO worlds may find solace...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways you can prepare for the new legendary servers
With brand-new legendary servers coming soon to Lord of the Rings Online, the allure of a fresh start, lower lag, and the Ringwraith ruleset...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with weirdly defensive fanbases
I do not have nice things to say about RuneScape. I have never had nice things to say about RuneScape. I also do not...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2
It's June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies' 21st birthday, and I'm sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG...
Second Life celebrates 21 years of operation with town halls, music events, and exhibitor showcase
While techbros on some serious stuff dream about a metaverse (or more specifically how to turn it into a monetizable hellscape), Second Life has...
