https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Tue, 25 Apr 2023 15:07:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/25/aion-classic-has-officially-launched-in-its-third-region-europe/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/25/aion-classic-has-officially-launched-in-its-third-region-europe/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:30:50 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=437047 It’s another launch day for Aion Classic as the throwback version of the game already live in South Korea (since 2020) and North America (since 2021) finally launches in Europe under the Gameforge banner. The server is free-to-play and kicks off with the 1.9 patch; Gameforge is calling it an “international” server with support for […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/25/aion-classic-has-officially-launched-in-its-third-region-europe/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/19/harry-potter-quidditch-champions-is-a-competitive-multiplayer-title-currently-taking-playtest-signups/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/19/harry-potter-quidditch-champions-is-a-competitive-multiplayer-title-currently-taking-playtest-signups/#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:00:09 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=436189 The made-up sport of quidditch is a big enough portion of the Harry Potter franchise that it can become its own separate game, though the last time that happened was with the release of 2003’s Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup. That looks to be changing sometime in the immediate future with the launch of Harry […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/19/harry-potter-quidditch-champions-is-a-competitive-multiplayer-title-currently-taking-playtest-signups/feed/ 16 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/19/minecraft-legends-launches-with-plenty-of-blocky-multiplayer-battle-strategy/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/19/minecraft-legends-launches-with-plenty-of-blocky-multiplayer-battle-strategy/#respond Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=436141 If you were to go back to the year 2000 and tell everyone that a game primarily made of boxes would absolutely dominate the market, you’d be locked up for rumor-mongering. Today, it’s simply accepted that the Minecraft juggernaut is unstoppable and will eventually be in every sub-genre there is. Chalk up another release for […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/19/minecraft-legends-launches-with-plenty-of-blocky-multiplayer-battle-strategy/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/18/pokemon-gos-niantic-pushes-marvel-world-of-heroes-into-beta-announces-monster-hunter-now/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/18/pokemon-gos-niantic-pushes-marvel-world-of-heroes-into-beta-announces-monster-hunter-now/#comments Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:00:44 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=436003 Niantic is continuing is thus far unsuccessful attempts to make MMOARGs besides one attached to the Pokemon IP happen following the flop of its Harry Potter game, as we’re now watching multiple titles in addition to Peridot. The two newest on our radar is Marvel World of Heroes and Monster Hunter Now. You might recall […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/18/pokemon-gos-niantic-pushes-marvel-world-of-heroes-into-beta-announces-monster-hunter-now/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/12/star-vault-says-newly-announced-sci-fi-mmo-mortal-exodus-wont-pull-resources-from-mortal-online-2/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/12/star-vault-says-newly-announced-sci-fi-mmo-mortal-exodus-wont-pull-resources-from-mortal-online-2/#comments Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:00:52 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=435148 We’re not sure whether to raise our eyebrows or be impressed by the ambition shown by the fact that a small company with two live games (including a newer game that’s been plagued by issues) has just announced a third. Yes, last night developer Star Vault, which currently operates Mortal Online and 2022’s Mortal Online […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/12/star-vault-says-newly-announced-sci-fi-mmo-mortal-exodus-wont-pull-resources-from-mortal-online-2/feed/ 19 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/10/call-of-dragons-is-a-pc-and-mobile-mmorts-that-lets-players-dominate-the-battlefield-with-behemoths-both-furry-and-fire-breathing/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/10/call-of-dragons-is-a-pc-and-mobile-mmorts-that-lets-players-dominate-the-battlefield-with-behemoths-both-furry-and-fire-breathing/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:00:03 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=434614 If there’s one thing that MMORPG gaming has taught me, it’s that most of my problems would be better handled if I had a bear at my beck and call. Arguments would wither, fights would stop before they start, and I could also possibly ride the bear as a mount like anyone could stop me. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/10/call-of-dragons-is-a-pc-and-mobile-mmorts-that-lets-players-dominate-the-battlefield-with-behemoths-both-furry-and-fire-breathing/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/09/nexons-open-world-pc-and-mobile-mmo-wars-of-prasia-opens-its-doors-to-south-korean-players/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/09/nexons-open-world-pc-and-mobile-mmo-wars-of-prasia-opens-its-doors-to-south-korean-players/#comments Sun, 09 Apr 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=434714 Last week saw another new MMORPG make its debut for South Korea: Wars of Prasia, a mobile and PC title from Nexon that didn’t seem to be too dissimilar from other games on paper, with UE4 graphics, large-scale siege PvP, and cross-platform play. Despite appearances, the game’s launch announcement heralds how it “disrupts the rules […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/09/nexons-open-world-pc-and-mobile-mmo-wars-of-prasia-opens-its-doors-to-south-korean-players/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/noia-online-is-a-browser-based-2-d-sandbox-mmo-available-in-open-alpha/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/noia-online-is-a-browser-based-2-d-sandbox-mmo-available-in-open-alpha/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:00:29 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=434600 “Hi. My name is Dean. I’m making an MMO […] because I believe I can.” That’s literally the straightforward pitch from a dev vlog from the solo creator of Noia Online, a browser-based pixel art sandbox MMO that entered open alpha at the beginning of this month. In the aforementioned dev video, Dean admits that […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/noia-online-is-a-browser-based-2-d-sandbox-mmo-available-in-open-alpha/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/interview-spellcrafts-game-director-on-the-first-public-alpha-and-intense-gameplay/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/interview-spellcrafts-game-director-on-the-first-public-alpha-and-intense-gameplay/#respond Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=434523 A good weekend is in store for anyone who loves to play the latest, hottest, fresh-off-the-press-est multiplayer games the moment they pop up. That’s right, this weekend – right now in fact – you can login and join the open alpha access to play Spellcraft on Steam. It’s a brand-new multiplayer title in development by […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/interview-spellcrafts-game-director-on-the-first-public-alpha-and-intense-gameplay/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/06/another-global-version-of-tree-of-savior-is-launching-in-q2-on-papaya-play/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/06/another-global-version-of-tree-of-savior-is-launching-in-q2-on-papaya-play/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2023 17:00:39 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=434471 When last we checked in on the Tree of Savior franchise, it was last autumn, when IMC Games was pushing Tree of Savior M to Korean players and had shelved Re: Tree of Savior. The English-language version of the Tree of Savior MMO, of course, launched back in 2016, with minimal updates in recent months. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/06/another-global-version-of-tree-of-savior-is-launching-in-q2-on-papaya-play/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/06/greg-ghostcrawler-street-is-already-forming-a-new-mmo-studio/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/06/greg-ghostcrawler-street-is-already-forming-a-new-mmo-studio/#comments Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:00:20 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=434418 When Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street announced a month ago that he was leaving Riot Games – and the MMORPG his team there was building – he teased that he wasn’t just leaving to be closer to family; he was also contemplating some sort of career move as well. “[A]fter nine years at Riot it feels like […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/06/greg-ghostcrawler-street-is-already-forming-a-new-mmo-studio/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/04/fight-or-kite-starborne-frontiers-is-an-autobattler-with-plentiful-monetization-schemes/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/04/fight-or-kite-starborne-frontiers-is-an-autobattler-with-plentiful-monetization-schemes/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=433662 When Starborne: Frontiers was first announced back in June of 2021 (which, wow, I can’t believe it was that long ago), I was extremely excited to play an MMO in the world of Starborne. The original game was absolutely captivating for me. It essentially ate up every waking (and in some cases, sleeping) moment of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/04/fight-or-kite-starborne-frontiers-is-an-autobattler-with-plentiful-monetization-schemes/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/03/ark-2-is-delayed-into-2024-original-ark-will-get-a-an-august-ue5-remaster-youll-have-to-re-buy/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/03/ark-2-is-delayed-into-2024-original-ark-will-get-a-an-august-ue5-remaster-youll-have-to-re-buy/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=433702 The weekly newsletter out of ARK: Survival Evolved is arguably a tale of bad news, then interesting news, then worse news. On the bad news side, the sequel has been pushed back, but the good news is that the original game is getting a UE5 re-release, but that launch ultimately means a maintenance mode of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/03/ark-2-is-delayed-into-2024-original-ark-will-get-a-an-august-ue5-remaster-youll-have-to-re-buy/feed/ 14 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/31/second-wave-is-an-in-development-anime-styled-hero-shooter-from-former-tera-and-black-desert-devs/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/31/second-wave-is-an-in-development-anime-styled-hero-shooter-from-former-tera-and-black-desert-devs/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432865 If your idea of a good hero shooting time is doing so with a bunch of anime-styled characters, then you might be interested in the upcoming game Second Wave, a self-described party role hero team shooter/MOBA with a diverse cast of characters fighting over something called the Arcane Stone. Second Wave comes from Challengers Games, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/31/second-wave-is-an-in-development-anime-styled-hero-shooter-from-former-tera-and-black-desert-devs/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/31/wonderers-eternal-world-brings-storybook-icons-together-for-roguelike-delves-minigames-and-social-activities/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/31/wonderers-eternal-world-brings-storybook-icons-together-for-roguelike-delves-minigames-and-social-activities/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432541 What happens when fairy tale and narrative characters like Alice, Gretel, Robin Hood, and Snow White get forgotten? That depends on what fictional universe you ascribe to, but in the upcoming multiplayer title Wonderers: Eternal World, those characters come together in a virtual world for games, dungeon delves, and social events. And they look cute […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/31/wonderers-eternal-world-brings-storybook-icons-together-for-roguelike-delves-minigames-and-social-activities/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/donkey-crew-announces-new-survival-game-bellwright-as-last-oasis-begins-fourth-year-of-early-access/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/donkey-crew-announces-new-survival-game-bellwright-as-last-oasis-begins-fourth-year-of-early-access/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:00:42 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=433138 You know how it goes. You’re enjoying a normal one, just chilling and vibing, and then suddenly the constabulary shows up all, “uh, so we think you murdered the Prince, you have to come with us now?” And of course you’re all like no way and you head off into the wilderness to survive and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/donkey-crew-announces-new-survival-game-bellwright-as-last-oasis-begins-fourth-year-of-early-access/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/foxhole-studio-announces-anvil-empires-a-persistent-war-sandbox-mmo-with-thousand-person-battles/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/foxhole-studio-announces-anvil-empires-a-persistent-war-sandbox-mmo-with-thousand-person-battles/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432964 If you thought Foxhole is a great MMO – as we sure do – and were wishing its devs would expand their skills to fresh settings, then feast your eyeballs on Anvil Empires, Siege Camp’s next big thing. The studio rolled up to Steam yesterday with a new dev blog introducing the medieval war simulator […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/foxhole-studio-announces-anvil-empires-a-persistent-war-sandbox-mmo-with-thousand-person-battles/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/not-so-massively-second-impressions-of-diablo-iv/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/not-so-massively-second-impressions-of-diablo-iv/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432949 My initial impression of the Diablo IV open beta was lukewarm at best, but I did hold some hope that the second beta weekend might change things. This second beta opened up two more classes, the Necromancer and the Druid, and those also happened to be the classes that most appealed to me on paper. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/29/not-so-massively-second-impressions-of-diablo-iv/feed/ 42 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/28/xlgames-nft-mmo-archeworld-arrives-in-the-americas-april-20-in-spite-of-or-because-of-weak-start-in-asia/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/28/xlgames-nft-mmo-archeworld-arrives-in-the-americas-april-20-in-spite-of-or-because-of-weak-start-in-asia/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432819 XLGames continues to march forward with the global release of ArcheWorld, the NFT and blockchain-linked version of ArcheAge that technically launched for some Asian regions last year. Readers will recall that we first reported on this one in February 2022 and have monitored pre-registration and “content” plans as the ArcheAge franchise is one of the biggest […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/28/xlgames-nft-mmo-archeworld-arrives-in-the-americas-april-20-in-spite-of-or-because-of-weak-start-in-asia/feed/ 23 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sengoku-yokai-kakele-online-and-void-crew/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sengoku-yokai-kakele-online-and-void-crew/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431879 Welcome back to another roundup of a few MMOs and multiplayer titles we and possibly you had never heard of… before now! Sengoku: Yōkai – This game first caught my eye on Reddit, and technically it’s more of a MUD than an MMO, though its solo developer is calling it a browser text-based MMORPG that […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sengoku-yokai-kakele-online-and-void-crew/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/galactic-getaway-will-let-you-make-your-own-outer-space-vacation-resort/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/galactic-getaway-will-let-you-make-your-own-outer-space-vacation-resort/#respond Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432207 It’s the end of March — are you ready for a vacation? We could all use one, no doubt, and if you can’t get away physically, then a virtual destination is what the digital doctor proscribed. There’s an upcoming multiplayer game called Galactic Getaway that promises to be the “ultimate vacation destination” for the weary […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/galactic-getaway-will-let-you-make-your-own-outer-space-vacation-resort/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/ncsoft-hypes-up-its-visual-and-ai-engine-tech-in-a-trailer-for-narrative-title-project-m/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/ncsoft-hypes-up-its-visual-and-ai-engine-tech-in-a-trailer-for-narrative-title-project-m/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:00:07 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432348 Our coverage of a trailer for a single-player game might seem like we’ve lost the plot on paper, but this is less about the game itself and more about what MMORPG studio NCsoft is up to in practice, particularly as the trailer utilizes new graphical and character AI tech developed by the studio to craft […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/24/ncsoft-hypes-up-its-visual-and-ai-engine-tech-in-a-trailer-for-narrative-title-project-m/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/vr-game-developer-polyarc-readies-closed-testing-of-a-competitive-multiplayer-vr-title-in-april/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/vr-game-developer-polyarc-readies-closed-testing-of-a-competitive-multiplayer-vr-title-in-april/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2023 21:00:22 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432228 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 Moss and Moss: Book II, a single-player puzzle platformer series where players guide a tiny mouse through various levels by manipulating objects or fighting enemies away. This studio’s efforts are now […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/vr-game-developer-polyarc-readies-closed-testing-of-a-competitive-multiplayer-vr-title-in-april/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/multiplayer-spy-movie-team-shooter-deceive-inc-makes-its-full-release-on-pc-and-console/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/multiplayer-spy-movie-team-shooter-deceive-inc-makes-its-full-release-on-pc-and-console/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2023 20:00:28 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432213 If you’re looking for a competitive FPS that doesn’t appear to put its foot on the deathmatch gas pedal too much, then you might be the kind of shooter fan who’s up for what Deceive Inc. is offering, especially if you dig on ’70s-era spy movie kitsch. Readers might remember that we first caught wind […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/multiplayer-spy-movie-team-shooter-deceive-inc-makes-its-full-release-on-pc-and-console/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/remnant-from-the-ashes-confirms-a-summer-release-for-its-sequel-as-the-original-lands-on-nintendo-switch/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/remnant-from-the-ashes-confirms-a-summer-release-for-its-sequel-as-the-original-lands-on-nintendo-switch/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432195 Back in 2020, Remnant: From the Ashes design director John Pearl pondered the potential for a sequel in an interview as the original shooter prepped for its final DLC release. That has apparently gone from a thought to a fully confirmed title, with its latest trailer announcing a summer 2023 launch window. Not only does […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/remnant-from-the-ashes-confirms-a-summer-release-for-its-sequel-as-the-original-lands-on-nintendo-switch/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/diablo-inspired-indie-oarpg-last-epoch-is-finally-putting-multiplayer-through-its-paces/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/diablo-inspired-indie-oarpg-last-epoch-is-finally-putting-multiplayer-through-its-paces/#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:00:15 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=432176 If you’ve got the Diablo bug right now but don’t want to give Blizzard money or sit around twiddling your thumbs until Diablo IV’s launch, then I have good news for you: You have a lot of other OARPG options. Among them are Last Epoch, a Path of Exile– and Diablo-inspired, time-travel-themed ARPG that was […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/23/diablo-inspired-indie-oarpg-last-epoch-is-finally-putting-multiplayer-through-its-paces/feed/ 15 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-quest-masters-realm-cheats-pu-and-verses-of-enchantment/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-quest-masters-realm-cheats-pu-and-verses-of-enchantment/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431853 Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMOs and multiplayer titles you’ve very likely never heard of – or at least haven’t heard much about! Quest Master’s Realm – Blue Lightning Software’s extremely ambitious, extremely indie “realtime action-based MMORPG world of fantasy adventure” hit Steam for wishlisting and test signups earlier this year with […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-quest-masters-realm-cheats-pu-and-verses-of-enchantment/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/the-other-world-is-a-multiplayer-action-survival-rpg-promising-an-evolving-land-of-lore-instead-of-story/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/the-other-world-is-a-multiplayer-action-survival-rpg-promising-an-evolving-land-of-lore-instead-of-story/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=430656 It’s time to once more delve into the fanciful, big promise-delivering world of crowdfunded multiplayer and MMO games. Today we’ve been directed at The Other World, an in-development multiplayer open world action RPG that’s being spearheaded by survival RPG Twitch streamer Demone Kim. The Other World has massive aspirations including a world that changes based […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/the-other-world-is-a-multiplayer-action-survival-rpg-promising-an-evolving-land-of-lore-instead-of-story/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/starborne-frontiers-downgraded-from-a-persistent-mmo-has-soft-launched-but-only-on-mobile/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/starborne-frontiers-downgraded-from-a-persistent-mmo-has-soft-launched-but-only-on-mobile/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431249 We were all pretty excited back in 2021 when Starborne Sovereign Space developer Solid Clouds announced a persistent MMORPG spinoff called Starborne Frontiers, bringing to bear all the sci-fi MMO expertise of the former CCP developers on the team. Unfortunately, by early 2022, the game had been downgraded to merely a “squad RPG” for PC […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/starborne-frontiers-downgraded-from-a-persistent-mmo-has-soft-launched-but-only-on-mobile/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/one-more-games-multiplayer-tactical-game-spellcraft-opens-up-its-steam-alpha-april-6/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/one-more-games-multiplayer-tactical-game-spellcraft-opens-up-its-steam-alpha-april-6/#respond Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431686 Back in 2020, we covered the formation of a new fully remote company, One More Game, with a bunch of relevant names from MMOs and multiplayer games: Patrick Wyatt, a former founder of ArenaNet and En Masse Entertainment, and Jamie Winsor, a former veteran developer of Undead Labs and Riot Games, put together a dream […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/21/one-more-games-multiplayer-tactical-game-spellcraft-opens-up-its-steam-alpha-april-6/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/eden-eternal-reaffirms-its-global-re-release-in-2023-and-outlines-some-of-its-future-adjustments/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/eden-eternal-reaffirms-its-global-re-release-in-2023-and-outlines-some-of-its-future-adjustments/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:00:28 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431711 Last month, developer X-LEGEND confirmed that it will be globally self-publishing Eden Eternal in a press release. Now that same promise has been reiterated in a newsletter sent to fans, along with some initial information for the patch that will arrive with the return. Many of the details in the newsletter are similar to what […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/eden-eternal-reaffirms-its-global-re-release-in-2023-and-outlines-some-of-its-future-adjustments/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/square-enix-is-still-all-in-on-its-nft-game-symbiogenesis/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/square-enix-is-still-all-in-on-its-nft-game-symbiogenesis/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431558 Square-Enix has made no bones about its excitement to throw good money after bad on the pyre of NFT and crypto gaming, with its highlighted foray being Symbiogenesis, which readers will recall was announced last November. That game has now officially launched its website, and the whole thing reads just as tone-deaf as the company’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/square-enix-is-still-all-in-on-its-nft-game-symbiogenesis/feed/ 67 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/not-so-massively-diablo-ivs-beta-brings-the-horror-but-not-the-fun/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/not-so-massively-diablo-ivs-beta-brings-the-horror-but-not-the-fun/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431569 I have been pretty critical of the direction of Diablo IV so far, but franchise loyalty and professional obligation nonetheless led me to accept the offer of a press invite to this past weekend’s “early access to open beta” event. Based on Blizzard‘s recent history, I had expected D4 to have a very bland, derivative […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/20/not-so-massively-diablo-ivs-beta-brings-the-horror-but-not-the-fun/feed/ 58 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/16/summoners-war-chronicles-celebrates-over-1m-daily-users-with-login-goodies-for-eu-and-asian-territories/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/16/summoners-war-chronicles-celebrates-over-1m-daily-users-with-login-goodies-for-eu-and-asian-territories/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431144 Have you heard of Summoners War: Chronicles? We’ve been covering this MMO version of the mobile title between its initial 2017 reveal all the way to its release on mobile and PC last November. We even took a quick livestream peek ourselves! The game is back in our headlines once again because it appears to […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/16/summoners-war-chronicles-celebrates-over-1m-daily-users-with-login-goodies-for-eu-and-asian-territories/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/16/ex-blizzard-execs-jen-oneal-j-allen-brack-and-john-donham-form-magic-soup-games/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/16/ex-blizzard-execs-jen-oneal-j-allen-brack-and-john-donham-form-magic-soup-games/#comments Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:00:14 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=431105 Now here’s an interesting collab. Yes, it’s yet another “ex-Blizzard people form a new studio and investors give them stacks of money” studio, but it’s the particular people who make this story interesting: It’s Jen Oneal, J Allen Brack, and John Donham. They’ve teamed up to found Magic Soup Games. Brack, of course, succeeded Mike […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/16/ex-blizzard-execs-jen-oneal-j-allen-brack-and-john-donham-form-magic-soup-games/feed/ 16 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/15/former-diablo-franchise-devs-are-building-a-new-survival-action-rpg/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/15/former-diablo-franchise-devs-are-building-a-new-survival-action-rpg/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=430991 Can you make lightning strike twice? Would you be willing to bet industry vets can do it? Investors at least are willing to try, and they’re pouring money into yet another company founded by former Blizzard veterans – in this case, Jay Wilson and Julian Love, joined by former Disney and THQ exec Dan Kelly. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/15/former-diablo-franchise-devs-are-building-a-new-survival-action-rpg/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/15/ncsoft-unveils-a-mobile-and-pc-mmorts-codenamed-project-g/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/15/ncsoft-unveils-a-mobile-and-pc-mmorts-codenamed-project-g/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:00:10 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=430971 NCsoft is once again entering an MMO sub-genre at an arguably later point in time, though we also have to admit that there is no great breadth of MMORTS choices out there. That may change with the reveal of Project G, an in-development title involving large-scale war between guilds for resources and territory. The game’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/15/ncsoft-unveils-a-mobile-and-pc-mmorts-codenamed-project-g/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/10/ncsoft-is-launching-battle-crush-a-new-moba-to-pc-switch-and-mobile-this-year/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/10/ncsoft-is-launching-battle-crush-a-new-moba-to-pc-switch-and-mobile-this-year/#comments Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:30:03 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=430215 Last night, NCsoft announced a new game: Battle Crush. I actually had to read the press release twice when it hit my inbox because the studio specifically namedropped Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul, AION, and Lineage in the presser, but this game is nothing like any of those and indeed isn’t from any of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/10/ncsoft-is-launching-battle-crush-a-new-moba-to-pc-switch-and-mobile-this-year/feed/ 13 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/09/bellatores-sounds-like-a-full-scale-korean-pvp-sandbox-mmorpg-now-aiming-for-2024/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/09/bellatores-sounds-like-a-full-scale-korean-pvp-sandbox-mmorpg-now-aiming-for-2024/#comments Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=430121 A year ago, we covered a brand-new MMORPG from Korean dev Nyou called Bellatores, an Unreal Engine title revolving around big-scale progression, PvE, and PvP. In fact, we’d actually first learned about it in 2019 when it was still called Project N1. Along the way, it picked up a combined total of $33M in investor […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/09/bellatores-sounds-like-a-full-scale-korean-pvp-sandbox-mmorpg-now-aiming-for-2024/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/08/uncharted-waters-origin-debuts-on-pc-and-mobile-devices-runs-afoul-of-gamers-thanks-to-gacha-monetization/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/08/uncharted-waters-origin-debuts-on-pc-and-mobile-devices-runs-afoul-of-gamers-thanks-to-gacha-monetization/#comments Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=429872 Today marks the day when the latest entry in the Uncharted Waters franchise releases its next global title. Uncharted Waters Origin has officially arrived to PC and mobile devices around the world today, promising a seafaring sandbox set in the 16th century and all of the quasi-historical adventuring that setting hopes to evoke. Just in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/08/uncharted-waters-origin-debuts-on-pc-and-mobile-devices-runs-afoul-of-gamers-thanks-to-gacha-monetization/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/07/riot-alums-form-believer-putting-55m-investment-to-work-on-possible-mmo/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/07/riot-alums-form-believer-putting-55m-investment-to-work-on-possible-mmo/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:30:03 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=429830 The parade of new studios formed from major gaming industry players and backed by serious venture capital investor cash continues today with the formal reveal of a “new AAA studio” dubbed The Believer Company aka Believer Entertainment aka Believer. Yes, it even has a Latin motto, credo in ludos. The studio is led by former […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/07/riot-alums-form-believer-putting-55m-investment-to-work-on-possible-mmo/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/07/aq3d-dev-artix-drops-new-trailer-for-adventurequest-worlds-infinity-launching-beta-this-year/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/07/aq3d-dev-artix-drops-new-trailer-for-adventurequest-worlds-infinity-launching-beta-this-year/#comments Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=429763 Last year, we caught wind of a new project out of AdventureQuest developer Artix Entertainment, a new version of the game called AdventureQuest Worlds Unity. Artix then called it the “omni project” that would essentially be a modern reboot of the original 15-year-old AdventureQuest Worlds aka AQ2D (not to be confused with AdventureQuest 3D aka […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/07/aq3d-dev-artix-drops-new-trailer-for-adventurequest-worlds-infinity-launching-beta-this-year/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/03/hitman-series-developer-io-interactive-teases-its-work-on-an-upcoming-online-fantasy-rpg/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/03/hitman-series-developer-io-interactive-teases-its-work-on-an-upcoming-online-fantasy-rpg/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=429301 Gamers are likely familiar with the studio IO Interactive as the one behind several games in the Hitman franchise, but it looks as if the studio is now heading to our neck of the gaming woods with the announcement of a new game codenamed Project Fantasy. And by all accounts, the studio is aiming for […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/03/hitman-series-developer-io-interactive-teases-its-work-on-an-upcoming-online-fantasy-rpg/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/02/bless-global-is-back-again-this-time-on-mobile-and-steam-as-a-shambling-blockchain-horror/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/02/bless-global-is-back-again-this-time-on-mobile-and-steam-as-a-shambling-blockchain-horror/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:00:03 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=429088 I’m sorry to report this morning that Bless is back and at it again. Oh, that sounds cruel if you don’t know the history, so let me recap: Bless Online launched here on PC in 2018, and it was a mess that sunsetted in 2019, which was followed with a console spinoff a few months […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/02/bless-global-is-back-again-this-time-on-mobile-and-steam-as-a-shambling-blockchain-horror/feed/ 12 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/01/avalon-is-the-latest-blockchain-metaverse-project-from-old-school-mmo-devs/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/01/avalon-is-the-latest-blockchain-metaverse-project-from-old-school-mmo-devs/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:30:50 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=429002 I know, I know, another one of these metaverse-blockchain-Web3 startups, but this one is one that MMORPG fans will want to at least take note of because of who precisely is involved. The company is called Avalon Corp., and it’s being funded by a whole slew of crypto and capital investment firms as well as […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/01/avalon-is-the-latest-blockchain-metaverse-project-from-old-school-mmo-devs/feed/ 25 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/01/meet-pax-dei-a-well-funded-open-world-social-sandbox-built-to-true-mmo-scale/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/01/meet-pax-dei-a-well-funded-open-world-social-sandbox-built-to-true-mmo-scale/#comments Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428817 Back in 2021, we caught wind of a new Microsoft-backed MMO called Pax Dei from studio Mainframe Industries, which had been busy raising huge sacks of cash from investors like Mike Morhaime and Hilmar Petursson. As of today, we’re finally getting a full announcement of what the game actually is, and that’s… something our readers […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/01/meet-pax-dei-a-well-funded-open-world-social-sandbox-built-to-true-mmo-scale/feed/ 73 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/pokemon-day-2023-sees-big-pokemon-and-pokemon-go-announcements-including-pokemon-sleep/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/pokemon-day-2023-sees-big-pokemon-and-pokemon-go-announcements-including-pokemon-sleep/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428659 February 27th marks Pokemon Day, and The Pokemon Company usually doesn’t sleep on it… except when it comes to a sleep game, we suppose. Pokemon Sleep, an app that tracks your “sleep style” and visually shows you which pokemon your sleep style resembles, is finally being released sometime in summer 2023, though the game itself […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/pokemon-day-2023-sees-big-pokemon-and-pokemon-go-announcements-including-pokemon-sleep/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/the-front-is-a-new-survival-shooter-coming-in-2023-with-10-distinct-survival-indices-to-track/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/the-front-is-a-new-survival-shooter-coming-in-2023-with-10-distinct-survival-indices-to-track/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2023 18:30:04 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428628 Heads-up, folks, we got a new MMO acronym comin’ in hot: survival-open-world-crafting aka SOC. Will it stick? Well, Samar Studio’s new “SOC” called The Front sure hopes so, but it looks like a multiplayer survival shooter to us. “The Front takes place in a post-apocalyptic sandbox landscape populated with zombie-like mutants and hostile factions. In […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/27/the-front-is-a-new-survival-shooter-coming-in-2023-with-10-distinct-survival-indices-to-track/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/artifact-krewe-a-guild-wars-2-exploration-fan-game-is-out-now/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/artifact-krewe-a-guild-wars-2-exploration-fan-game-is-out-now/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:00:21 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428248 Is your favorite part of Guild Wars 2 getting to explore maps, jump around, discover treasures, and generally just see what the world has to offer? We can understand exactly where you’re coming from. So can Skrool, the creator behind the new fan game Artifact Krewe that is all about exactly that. Play an Asura […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/artifact-krewe-a-guild-wars-2-exploration-fan-game-is-out-now/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/x-legend-confirms-its-plans-for-a-global-re-launch-of-eden-eternal/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/x-legend-confirms-its-plans-for-a-global-re-launch-of-eden-eternal/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2023 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=428223 Earlier in the week Redditors discovered some indications that Eden Eternal was on its way to a return following its closure by Gamigo. We can now confirm that X-LEGEND will indeed be taking up the publishing torch for the classic anime MMO, with plans for a global re-launch sometime in the future. The press release […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/24/x-legend-confirms-its-plans-for-a-global-re-launch-of-eden-eternal/feed/ 3