For some reason we keep letting games enter early access, and this week saw two more hit that stage of release, with both Age of Water and Bellwright moving access to the “early” column. Befo...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/26/betawatch-age-of-water-and-bellwright-enter-early-access/
Deca Games’ Realm of the Mad God is that game you forget exists until someone reminds you about it, then you go “oh YEAH” and find yourself temporarily captivated by how weird it is. If you...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/26/realm-of-the-mad-god-begins-testing-a-sweeping-rework-overhaul/
ArcheAge isn’t the only MMORPG announcing a sunset this week: Kickstarter success Genfanad is apparently closing its doors too. Genfanad is a browser-based nostalgia-driven indie MMO that was f...
When Daybreak dropped producer letters for EverQuest and EverQuest II earlier this month, the MMORPG fanbase immediately started buzzing about the new progression servers on deck – and this wee...
The new and the next are once more available to Sea of Thieves fans in moving pictures form, as the sandbox’s latest news digest video provides a look at what’s coming for the final parts of ...
If ever you needed another reason not to purchase or play games in early access, Valve has stepped forward to give you a huge one with the latest update to Steam’s refund agreement: It’s now ...
There was a bit of a hiccup in getting it off the ground this morning, but it’s here now: Albion Online’s Albion Europe server has officially entered its first phase of early access – yes, ...
Palia’s first beta update since its confusing Steam launch and the layoff of more than a third of its team is here today, complete with a springy theme and new content. “Starting today, Palia...
Even those most tangentially aware of the Dune franchise are aware that everyone in that setting is pretty crazy about spice. This resource fuels the conflict between the major factions in the bo...
The weekly Destiny 2 newsletter is once again about the future of the online FPS, specifically offering some advanced looks and important dates for its Final Shape expansion and the current Into ...
In case you missed it in person, you can catch up with all of Final Fantasy XIV’s PAX East 2024 developments in a recap blog post: “We were overjoyed to welcome attendees interested in FFXIV...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/21/the-mop-up-ffxiv-recaps-its-pax-east-appearance/
Getting to command, tinker, fix, explore, decorate, and control your own detailed virtual spaceship looks even more promising with the recent news that FleetYard Studios’ Starship Simulator suc...
Like Oscar Isaac folding his arms and lowering his head with an exasperated sigh, we must report to you that somehow, World of Warcraft testing has returned. If you consider testing for the next ...
Currently, the sandbox MMORPG Past Fate is in a closed alpha state (except for when it deigns to run open alpha tests). It would appear that developer Icy North is ready to move to its next step ...
We’ve all been figuratively holding our breaths to see what would happen with Palia after the last month of mess, and now the game is taking a few tentative steps forward – but maybe not the ...
We hope you World of Warcraft fans brought a big appetite for The War Within this week because Blizzard doesn’t seem in the mood to shut up this week about this fall’s expansion as it sits on...
Gameplay videos are continuing to spill out from Quinfall, this time granting curious players a look at the current pet and mount systems that will be in the MMORPG. The footage begins with a pee...
Last Oasis has been a side-eye magnet in the MMO world for a few years now. The “woodpunk” survival MMORPG had the misfortune to launch into early access in March 2020, right as the west was ...
The hour of testing has arrived for World of Warcraft’s next expansion… well, sort of. The hour of signing up for the hour of testing has arrived. More accurately the hours of testing, but…...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/15/world-of-warcraft-opens-beta-signups-for-the-war-within/
Momentum is gathering behind SMITE 2, Hi-Rez’s next entry in its hit MOBA franchise. One sign of this is the sale of Founder’s Editions, which went live on Monday and offer benefits for both ...
While Albion Online is currently in the middle of open beta for the Albion Europe server – players have just under nine days to go until that server has officially launched – there’s plenty...
Do you really want a survival sandbox to play but insist that you must be allowed to build vehicles for navigating the sky while doing so? And do you further insist that those vehicles cannot be ...
The release of Ultima Online’s publish 117 to the live servers isn’t far off now, as the third set of patch notes hit the test server this past week. The central focus of the update is the hi...
Sea of Thieves officially rolled into closed beta on PlayStation 5 early this morning, continuing its forked path far away from the exclusivity it once had. Access to the event, which runs from t...
Back in October 2022, we were all first introduced to Evercore Heroes, an isometric “competitive PvE” title that tasked opposing teams with completing PvE combat objectives as fast as possibl...
Last June one of the Not So Massively games we highlighted was 33 Immortals, a co-op action roguelike from Canadian developer Thunder Lotus that lets up to 33 players team up to fight their way o...
European MMORPG gamers – and really any gamer looking for a fresh start – will find the doors of Albion Online’s new European server thrown wide open today as the open beta has begun. Unlik...
As Palia players continue to reel from last week’s news that Singularity 6 had laid off 35% of its team, the staff are continuing to organize on behalf of their fellow devs – and that’s giv...
We aren’t exactly thrilled with the way that Palia’s development team has been dancing hither and yon around the title of beta recently, but that sure as heck doesn’t mean any of us wanted ...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/05/betawatch-palias-layoffs-ghosts-preview-alganons-revival/
With Sea of Thieves inching closer to its April 30th launch on PlayStation 5, the team at Rare has decided to pull together an FAQ full of enlightening answers, particularly in the case of how th...
The days are counting down to Pax Dei’s second alpha test, officially dubbed the “Wilderness Alpha” and scheduled to kick off this April 23rd. As the studio plans to open this up to “at l...
After six years of development, Reign of Guilds opened its doors to early access and live operation. The Russian PvP sandbox is a medieval-style MMO with all the hardcore trappings including frie...
After a rescheduling and then a day-of false start, the PC multiplayer closed beta for the post-apocalypse survival shooter Once Human has begun at last, kicking off last night at around 10:00 p....
(This article has been updated with S6’s statement at the end; the original piece is as follows.) Palia studio Singularity 6’s frustrating deceptions regarding the beta status of the game on ...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/05/palia-studio-singularity-6-has-apparently-been-hit-by-layoffs/
WoodenPotatoes had a fun video this past weekend about Classic Guild Wars 1, and I fully admit I clicked on it just to hear the music again, but I’m glad I did because he cycles through a bunch...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/04/massively-overthinking-would-you-pay-for-a-guild-wars-1-revival/
The Quinfall, aka the MMORPG with the loftiest aspirations yet, is in a show and tell mood recently, as the game’s YouTube channel has come alive with a pair of preview videos that provide some...
It may not have an official name yet, but Fantastic Pixel Castle’s Ghost has a face of sorts. This week, the Greg Street-run studio delivered its first development blog and sneak peek of the pr...
Over the past couple of years we’ve kept a weather eye on Once Human, a multiplayer post-apocalyptic survival shooter from NetEase-owned Starry Studio that pitches players into a “weird” wo...
The latest EverQuest II producer’s letter has arrived, and while the majority of it is recap of things you already knew about – like the PAX East panel and last week’s abruptly implemented ...
It’s weird enough to see a Daybreak press release in my inbox, but this one threw me for a loop as it’s for a game that everyone always forgets Daybreak publishes: Magic the Gathering Online....
Albion Online fans who preordered with a founder pack for the Albion Europe server launch later this month are off and away into closed beta as of today – and really, it doesn’t sound all tha...
We’re just a week away from Throne & Liberty’s next big global test run, and ahead of the event, Amazon has released a dev blog outlining what players can expect. Assuming you get in, anyway;...
At EVE Fanfest last fall, CCP Games announced that its latest Project Discovery push would essentially set EVE Online players to training AI in the pursuit of curing cancer – as well as that it...
Eternal Tombs – the MMO formerly known as War of Dragnorox and currently known as the MMO that’s trying to bring back a new era of GM-led live content in the genre – has officially opened i...
The newest, brightest pupil from the School for Extraordinary MOBAs has arrived for your gaming pleasure. Predecessor launched in early access last week, bringing a ton of click-click-clicking ov...
In case you haven’t devoured every GDC panel from the recent trade show, Chrono Studios popped up during the State of Unreal presentation to give a five-minute update about the development of i...
The toolset for creative players of Second Life is seeing a number of interesting updates, as the sandbox is running some beta tests that try out terrain and texture updates along with the additi...
In addition to providing a roadmap to early access in 2026 and beyond, retro-themed Monsters & Memories candidly discussed how much money it’s cost to build the MMORPG to date. Spoiler if you h...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/04/01/monster-memories-has-only-cost-70k-to-date-from-the-devs-pockets/
While it’s no surprise that Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is still quite a ways out, Visionary Realms is continuing to find ways to provide its financial supporters an early crack at the game �...
It seemed like we would never again hear about Throne & Liberty, given how long globally oriented comms had been silence, but that was not the case. Yes, at long last the game has announced that ...
https://massivelyop.com/2024/03/29/betawatch-throne-liberty-begins-signups-for-its-global-open-beta/