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Tales from the Holodeck: Virtual reality is best as a gaming machine, not as a portal to the metaverse
Welcome to a new column here on MassivelyOP! Tales from the Holodeck was inspired by a couple of things: my purchase of a VR...
GDC 2022: Control, revenue, scarcity, ethics, and the human challenges of the gaming ‘metaverse’
While some panels at GDC 2022 have been deeply disappointing, the panel titled "A Brave New (Virtual) World: Ethics and Governance of XR and...
Zenith’s Ramen VR just scored another $35M in investment, ‘accelerates’ efforts on PC version
Zenith studio Ramen VR just secured more money to bolster the future of the VR MMORPG: The company announced last night that it just...
Choose My Adventure: Zenith opened me to new dimensions of MMO interactivity and weirdness
After picking up an Oculus Quest 2 in the interest of expanding our coverage (and as a present to myself and others in my...
Oculus pauses sales of the Quest 2 to address headset foam issue
If you were abut to buy yourself an Oculus Quest 2, you can't. Not right away, anyhow. A new notification from the team indicates...
GDC 2021: Biometrics, advertising, and charming communities in video games
While other gaming conventions do big game reveals, the beauty of GDC is that we hear about some of the cool tech and practices...
GDC 2021: Accessibility in gaming means innovation for everyone
You may have noticed that accessibility comes up a lot whenever we cover GDC, and GDC 2021 won't be much different. However, while presentations...
GDC 2021: Are VR and AR companies liable for gamer content creation?
One thing I love about a good GDC presentation is when devs bring up those issues that many of us get a funny feeling...
MMO Business Roundup: EA’s executive compensation, Facebook’s Oculus shenanigans, KRAFTON’s IPO
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Electronic Arts is still awful: Remember how EA shareholders voted against its compensation...
VR MMO Zenith starts ‘early bird’ alpha next month, posts new gameplay video
Are you ready, player one, to enter the world of Zenith? The virtual reality MMORPG is still in its pre-alpha stage, but it's heading...
Cyberpunk VR MMO Zenith delays its alpha to early 2021
Zenith's November developer update video earlier this month offers a catch-up on the doings and goings of this virtual reality MMORPG. The small dev...
Ilysia VR launches Kickstarter, vows to bring back ‘the glory days of MMORPGs’
Several years now into the latest virtual reality "revolution," we've yet to see many breakout hits on the platform -- nevermind the promised MMOs...
MMO Business Roundup: Stadia, Coronavirus, E3, VR, EVE Fanfest, Discord, and WOTC’s BioWare devs
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Stadia: Google has responded to the uproar over its poor communication with the Stadia...
MMORPG OrbusVR’s 2020 roadmap includes $9.99 DLC called the Mini Story Pack
Yep, it's another roadmap news story! I don't mind, though; as I said in the most recent Massively Overthinking piece, I tend to like...
Kickstarted VR cyberpunk MMO Zenith grows its team, lays groundwork for pre-alpha
One of the uplifting victories for the genre in 2019 was the fact that a couple of unorthodox titles were pretty successful in their...
OrbusVR will let players become Tinkerers on November 5 and customize their house on November 19
OrbusVR has been hinting at its new crafting profession and house customization features for a little while now, but only recently have we gotten...
VR cyberpunk MMO Zenith roars past $167,000 in donations
Any way you look at it, Zenith is having a very round of fundraising. The virtual reality cyberpunk MMORPG's extended Kickstarter campaign has crossed...
Persistent world VR MMO Neon Exile is slated for Steam early access this summer
So here's a brand-new MMO we'd never heard of until today, thanks to its feature on the SpatialOS blog: It's called Neon Exile, and...
No Man’s Sky may be on the verge of its massively multiplayer update
Can you feel that? That is the eerie calm right before No Man's Sky explodes with its biggest update ever. Or it could be...
OrbusVR’s Ruins of Guild City raid has officially launched alongside market stall revamps
Following its beta release a couple of weeks ago, OrbusVR's Ruins of Guild City raid has officially opened its doors with the release of...
