https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:46:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/16/2019-indie-mmo-slay-together-resurfaces-with-a-crafting-update/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/16/2019-indie-mmo-slay-together-resurfaces-with-a-crafting-update/#comments Sun, 16 Apr 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=435082 Way back in 2019, we covered a brand-new teeny-tiny MMORPG dubbed Slay Together, an early access MMORPG with a simple gameplay loop and reasonable old-school ambitions. We can’t say the game has exploded in popularity since then, as SteamCharts shows it capping out under 100 players, but it nevertheless garnered several hundred reviews and sits […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/16/2019-indie-mmo-slay-together-resurfaces-with-a-crafting-update/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/10/swords-of-legends-online-continues-to-focus-its-updates-on-cash-shop-items-instead-of-content/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/10/swords-of-legends-online-continues-to-focus-its-updates-on-cash-shop-items-instead-of-content/#comments Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=434718 At the top of this year we wondered whatever happened to Swords of Legends Online and found that the answer was a continually updating cash shop… and not much else. We’re circling back to this one again in the vain hope that playable content updates were being made, but it looks like that is not […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/10/swords-of-legends-online-continues-to-focus-its-updates-on-cash-shop-items-instead-of-content/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/whatever-happened-to-vampire-mmo-shadows-kiss/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/whatever-happened-to-vampire-mmo-shadows-kiss/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=433315 You are totally excused from having to remember that a somewhat obscure vampire MMO named Shadow’s Kiss was the first (early access) release of the year for our genre. After all, we do that rememberin’ for ya! And we also get curious from time to time what’s going on with these lesser-known titles, which is […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/07/whatever-happened-to-vampire-mmo-shadows-kiss/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/04/whatever-happened-to-multiplayer-sandbox-samutale/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/04/whatever-happened-to-multiplayer-sandbox-samutale/#respond Tue, 04 Apr 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=433311 When we first covered cutesy samurai-themed sandbox MMORPG Samutale on the pages of MassivelyOP, it was 2016, and it had already been in development for three years. But it fell off our radar in 2020. So what happened to it? Well, development definitely slowed down – it wasn’t just us. Solo developer Royall posted a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/04/whatever-happened-to-multiplayer-sandbox-samutale/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/03/whatever-happened-to-pixark-ship-of-fools-and-justice-online/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/03/whatever-happened-to-pixark-ship-of-fools-and-justice-online/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=429294 Welcome back to another edition of Whatever Happened To, our intermittent roundup on MMOs and multiplayer games that have somehow slipped off our radar and needed a check-in! PixARK: This blocky mash-up of Minecraft and ARK: Survival Evolved was pubbed here by Snail Games back in 2018, peaking in early access with 14,000 concurrent players. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/03/03/whatever-happened-to-pixark-ship-of-fools-and-justice-online/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/21/whatever-happened-to-creativerse-for-starters-it-went-fully-buy-to-play/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/21/whatever-happened-to-creativerse-for-starters-it-went-fully-buy-to-play/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=427101 It’s been a terribly long time since we checked in on Creativerse, a cutesy multiplayer voxelbox that launched out of early access way back in 2017, and quite a lot has happened in that time – including a major overhaul of the game’s monetization. Unlike a lot of MMOs, this one didn’t go free-to-play; it’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/21/whatever-happened-to-creativerse-for-starters-it-went-fully-buy-to-play/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/13/war-of-dragnorox-talks-ue5-upgrade-monetization-and-dangerous-and-highly-intellectual-combat/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/13/war-of-dragnorox-talks-ue5-upgrade-monetization-and-dangerous-and-highly-intellectual-combat/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=426433 Back in December 2021, we reported on War of Dragnorox, a developing sandbox MMORPG from Triune Studios that hung its hat on having “dynamic warfare” and events that in-game GMs would kick off, while also leaning in on “hardcore” genre mechanics like corpse runs, punishing death penalties, and a focus on group and guild content. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/02/13/war-of-dragnorox-talks-ue5-upgrade-monetization-and-dangerous-and-highly-intellectual-combat/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/30/whatever-happened-to-swords-of-legends-online/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/30/whatever-happened-to-swords-of-legends-online/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:00:26 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=424629 A funny thing happened as we were moving through our news room today. Bree noted out of the blue that we hadn’t seen any sort of big noise out of Swords of Legends Online, and she promised me a tasty chicken sandwich if I went digging. So here we are wondering whatever happened to the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/30/whatever-happened-to-swords-of-legends-online/feed/ 14 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/30/pirates-of-the-burning-sea-heads-toward-steam-as-it-sails-past-its-15th-anniversary/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/30/pirates-of-the-burning-sea-heads-toward-steam-as-it-sails-past-its-15th-anniversary/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=424521 With the 15th anniversary of Pirates of the Burning Sea sailing into port, we thought it was time to touch base with this fascinating naval MMO. The team at Vision Online Games recently posted a letter covering its 2023 plans, which include activating another server or two, completing repairs on the Antigua realm, more marketing, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/30/pirates-of-the-burning-sea-heads-toward-steam-as-it-sails-past-its-15th-anniversary/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/27/whatever-happened-to-neteases-darkbind/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/27/whatever-happened-to-neteases-darkbind/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2023 20:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=423454 Last spring we got word of a new NetEase mobile MMO in the works called DarkBind. The studio promoted the game’s attractive graphics, hardcore combat, and “magnificent mythological worldview,” whatever that means. At the time, DarkBind was heading into closed beta on Android and iOS, which it then wrapped up on April 15th, 2022. The […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/27/whatever-happened-to-neteases-darkbind/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/16/whatever-happened-to-skyforge/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/16/whatever-happened-to-skyforge/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=422538 With the new year, it’s probably time to touch base with the fantasy/sci-fi hybrid Skyforge — especially following the game’s parent company being sold off last fall. While the MMORPG certainly was more quiet last fall, it wasn’t completely dead, and now it’s starting the year with a couple of events. First up is a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/01/16/whatever-happened-to-skyforge/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/05/ryzom-takes-players-on-a-flythrough-its-classic-vistas-in-latest-video/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=417347 Ryzom: It’s Still Around!™ That’s the cheerful takeaway for the game’s most recent video, which grants veterans and potential players a flythrough several of the sci-fantasy sandbox MMORPG’s various locations, whether they’re the more pastoral, cityscape, or combat-focused. The video and subsequent blurb all appear to be angled towards those who are new to this […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/12/02/whatever-happened-to-masangsofts-reboot-of-raiderz/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=414381 RaiderZ is something of an old and spectral name among the minds of MMORPG veterans and is very possibly unheard of among genre neophytes, so it’s worth providing a little context. This action MMO originally launched to NA players in 2012 until developer MAIET ceased operation, forcing publisher Perfect World Entertainment to shutter the game […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/whatever-happened-to-noahs-heart/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/whatever-happened-to-noahs-heart/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=412761 Remember Noah’s Heart? Possibly not. The game launched in July promising an open-world MMO experience on both PC and mobile platforms, and if you’re getting some strong Genshin Impact/Tower of Fantasy vibes from the screenshots and the like, it’s not by accident. So what’s happened with the game since then? The short answer is not […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/whatever-happened-to-noahs-heart/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/funcoms-cartoony-multiplayer-roguelike-conan-chop-chop-hasnt-seen-an-update-since-april/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/funcoms-cartoony-multiplayer-roguelike-conan-chop-chop-hasnt-seen-an-update-since-april/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=412204 The goofy yet punishing roguelike Conan Chop Chop has had an equally goofy and punishing development trajectory. For those who don’t recall, this game started out as an April Fools’ Joke in 2019 but ended up being revealed as an actual game being published by Funcom and developed by Mighty Kingdom. It originally was meant […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/11/03/funcoms-cartoony-multiplayer-roguelike-conan-chop-chop-hasnt-seen-an-update-since-april/feed/ 16 https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/25/whatever-happened-to-throne-war-mmo-crowfall/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/25/whatever-happened-to-throne-war-mmo-crowfall/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:00:38 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=411310 It’s been some time since we peered in on the news coming out of Crowfall, the Kickstarted PvP “throne war” MMO originally from developer ArtCraft. Readers will remember that one of the larger stories about this title involved its purchase by Mythguard publisher Monumental last year; otherwise the game has simply been launching campaigns, while […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/25/whatever-happened-to-throne-war-mmo-crowfall/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/19/whatever-happened-to-kickstarted-mmo-destinys-sword-well-for-starters-its-not-an-mmo-anymore/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/19/whatever-happened-to-kickstarted-mmo-destinys-sword-well-for-starters-its-not-an-mmo-anymore/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=405837 Sometimes when we circle back around to a game we haven’t covered in a while, we’re met with a big surprise. That’s absolutely the case for 2Dogs Games’ in-development title Destiny’s Sword: Readers will remember this tactical sci-fi MMO had a big hook about considering the mental health of the game’s characters. The game released […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/09/19/whatever-happened-to-kickstarted-mmo-destinys-sword-well-for-starters-its-not-an-mmo-anymore/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2022/08/14/whatever-happened-to-the-repopulation-2022-edition/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/08/14/whatever-happened-to-the-repopulation-2022-edition/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=397544 A few weeks back, I was working on a column that includes a reference to The Repopulation, and I realized I hadn’t heard anything about the game in a long time. So I went back to look: Our last article was almost a year ago when the game issued its last tweet, but we didn’t […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/08/14/whatever-happened-to-the-repopulation-2022-edition/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2022/08/10/valiance-online-says-its-building-a-solid-foundation-but-hasnt-showed-any-progress-this-year-so-far/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/08/10/valiance-online-says-its-building-a-solid-foundation-but-hasnt-showed-any-progress-this-year-so-far/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=399958 While the City of Heroes rogue servers continue to roll and spiritual successors such as City of Titans and Ship of Heroes are vocal about their progression through development and testing, there is one superhero MMO that’s been conspicuously silent for a while now: Valiance Online. So what’s going on with this title? The website […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/08/10/valiance-online-says-its-building-a-solid-foundation-but-hasnt-showed-any-progress-this-year-so-far/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/26/whatever-happened-to-combat-free-mmo-a-tale-in-the-desert/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/26/whatever-happened-to-combat-free-mmo-a-tale-in-the-desert/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=398147 A Tale in the Desert is probably one of the more distinctive MMOs out there. Featuring a lack of combat and a very MUD-like feel, Tale’s primary content loop centers around its semi-regular server resets – referred to as “tellings” – that let players live out new stories in-game. These tellings have gotten a bit […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/26/whatever-happened-to-combat-free-mmo-a-tale-in-the-desert/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/25/whatever-happened-to-revelation-online/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/25/whatever-happened-to-revelation-online/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=396575 We’re continuing to flip through our backlog of MMORPGs, and our fingers have fallen upon Revelation Online, the NetEase developed MMORPG that came to our neck of the woods back in 2017. As a refresher, the game’s last major content update was in October of last year, while the game’s last social media posting on […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/25/whatever-happened-to-revelation-online/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/11/whatever-happened-to-magic-filled-survival-sandbox-dark-and-light/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/11/whatever-happened-to-magic-filled-survival-sandbox-dark-and-light/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:19 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=395947 We haven’t heard a lot out of Dark and Light, Snail Games’ survival sandbox title that launched in early access in July 2017. While updates were coming fast and thick over the course of a couple of years, including a free expansion, it didn’t seem to catch fire in spite of efforts like putting on […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/11/whatever-happened-to-magic-filled-survival-sandbox-dark-and-light/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/08/whatever-happened-to-islet-online/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=393893 Back in February 2019, we were pulled in the direction of Islet Online, a cutesy and colorful blocky sandbox MMO from Korea that made its way to the west, with building reminiscent of Trove or Minecraft plus Ultima Online-like sandbox features, all done up in a more playful overall vibe. Since the game’s launch, it’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/05/whatever-happened-to-the-crew-2/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/05/whatever-happened-to-the-crew-2/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=395046 Those looking to drive fast cars around an open world landscape without being degenerate criminals have had The Crew 2 to enjoy these past four years. Ubisoft’s multiplayer race game released back in May 2018 to middling reviews but initial strong performance. The title has, however, dropped off our radar in the past couple of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/07/05/whatever-happened-to-the-crew-2/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2022/06/24/player-run-cyberpunk-mmo-neocron-balances-weapons-and-armor-in-latest-update/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/06/24/player-run-cyberpunk-mmo-neocron-balances-weapons-and-armor-in-latest-update/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=392846 While the player-controlled cyberpunk MMO Neocron has had some flashy updates before like the one that polished up visuals and combat, sometimes other patches need to be applied that are less sexy. Such is the case for its most recent update, which is primarily focusing on balance. The adjustments in question are pretty specific, tweaking […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/06/24/player-run-cyberpunk-mmo-neocron-balances-weapons-and-armor-in-latest-update/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/24/whatever-happened-to-the-oft-delayed-corepunk-its-suspended-russian-region-support/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/24/whatever-happened-to-the-oft-delayed-corepunk-its-suspended-russian-region-support/#comments Tue, 24 May 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=389371 When last we checked in on Artificial Core and its upcoming MMO Corepunk, the Amsterdam- and Kyiv-based studio admitted that it was hunkered down in “emergency mode” as some of its workers were still stuck in Ukraine “under heavy bombardment” as a result of the Russian invasion that has now continued for the last three […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/24/whatever-happened-to-the-oft-delayed-corepunk-its-suspended-russian-region-support/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/19/whatever-happened-to-the-life-is-feudal-mmo/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/19/whatever-happened-to-the-life-is-feudal-mmo/#comments Thu, 19 May 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=388278 We understand that people miss a sunsetted MMO and are willing to go through a lot to revisit an old haunt, but sometimes the cost of doing so could be very steep. We bring this up because some players of Life is Feudal MMO have managed how to return to the game… and it’s by […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/19/whatever-happened-to-the-life-is-feudal-mmo/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/16/whatever-happened-to-red-dead-online/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/16/whatever-happened-to-red-dead-online/#comments Mon, 16 May 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=388241 Unlike Grand Theft Auto Online, Rockstar’s online western RPG has been withering away due to studio neglect. It’s been close to a year since Red Dead Online saw any significant content update, and fans of the game have grown anxious — and mouthy. We reported back in January that a grassroots movement, #SaveRedDeadOnline, started up […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/16/whatever-happened-to-red-dead-online/feed/ 16 https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/12/whatever-happened-to-spiral-knights-arcfall-and-antares-open-world/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/12/whatever-happened-to-spiral-knights-arcfall-and-antares-open-world/#comments Thu, 12 May 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=386470 Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs that needed a solid check-up in our Whatever Happened To series! Whatever happened to Spiral Knights? I’m happy to report that Spiral Knights is still alive and kicking, and in fact, it just celebrated its 11th anniversary with a party in April. The cutesy sci-fi MMO isn’t getting […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/12/whatever-happened-to-spiral-knights-arcfall-and-antares-open-world/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/11/whatever-happened-to-square-enixs-babylons-fall/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/11/whatever-happened-to-square-enixs-babylons-fall/#comments Wed, 11 May 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=387639 When we first tried out Babylon’s Fall in beta, we said it was a decent enough starting point that needed some launch polish. Spoiler warning: That didn’t happen. Not that it mattered because nobody showed up to play anyhow, and the last word from the developers was basically promising that everything is fine to an […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/11/whatever-happened-to-square-enixs-babylons-fall/feed/ 16 https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/10/open-source-mmorpg-sandbox-ryzom-has-lowered-its-subscription-price-again/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/10/open-source-mmorpg-sandbox-ryzom-has-lowered-its-subscription-price-again/#comments Tue, 10 May 2022 17:30:17 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=387517 This spring, at least two major MMORPGs, RuneScape and EVE Online, made the bold move to increase their subscription rates as their playerbases grumbled. Ryzom, on the other hand, is doing the opposite: It’s actually lowering its subscription fees. The long-running sci-fantasy sandbox announced this week that its new premium fees will run around €3.90-€4.90 […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/10/open-source-mmorpg-sandbox-ryzom-has-lowered-its-subscription-price-again/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/05/whatever-happened-to-sandbox-bitcraft-its-rewriting-mmorpg-progression/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/05/whatever-happened-to-sandbox-bitcraft-its-rewriting-mmorpg-progression/#comments Thu, 05 May 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=386485 MOP readers will recall Bitcraft emerged only last autumn as a procedurally generated sandbox MMORPG from Clockwork Labs with the financial backing of a long list of big games industry names, including CCP Games’ Hilmar Petursson. But while the game hasn’t been making headlines, it has been making progress. Following a pre-alpha phase last November, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/05/05/whatever-happened-to-sandbox-bitcraft-its-rewriting-mmorpg-progression/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2022/04/12/whatever-happened-to-social-moba-mmo-project-f4e/ Tue, 12 Apr 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=382804 In an industry full of strictly delineated titles, it always catches our attention when a game throws everything into a pot and stirs vigorously. This is the case with Project F4E, a title that aims, in turns, to be a MOBA, an MMO-lite, a co-op experience, and a friendship-fosterer. In fact, studio BetaDwarf said that […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/20/whatever-happened-to-civil-war-simulator-war-of-rights/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/20/whatever-happened-to-civil-war-simulator-war-of-rights/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=379556 It’s been nearly a year now since we checked in with controversial Civil War battle simulator War of Rights, and while the team has slowed down from their previously frantic pace of updates, the project is still chugging along at a solid clip. For starters, the title is still officially in alpha early access, albeit […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/20/whatever-happened-to-civil-war-simulator-war-of-rights/feed/ 22 https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/whatever-happened-to-torchlight-iii-well-game-pass-is-dropping-it/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/whatever-happened-to-torchlight-iii-well-game-pass-is-dropping-it/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=378917 In many ways, spring 2021’s Cursed Captain update was the last big hurrah for the beleaguered Torchlight III — and it wasn’t even that big of a hurrah. This was the point when Echtra Games, the developer, ejected from the project and left it in the hands of Perfect World. So what’s happened to this […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/whatever-happened-to-torchlight-iii-well-game-pass-is-dropping-it/feed/ 10 https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/whatever-happened-to-derek-smarts-alganon/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/whatever-happened-to-derek-smarts-alganon/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=378926 Sit right back and I’ll tell you a tale — a tale of the most amazing MMORPG that took a trip to the convenience store one day and never came back. So this, of course, is Alganon, a somewhat generic fantasy MMO that is most notable for who currently owns it (Derek Smart) and what […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/03/14/whatever-happened-to-derek-smarts-alganon/feed/ 41 https://massivelyop.com/2022/02/07/osiris-new-dawn-overhauls-ui-plans-new-release-cadence-for-2022/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/02/07/osiris-new-dawn-overhauls-ui-plans-new-release-cadence-for-2022/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2022 22:00:24 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=374090 It’s been months since we’ve peeked into Osiris New Dawn, but the 2016 early access survivalbox has been trucking along in beta anyway. Most recently, Fenix Fire Entertainment has issued a patch overhauling the game’s entire user interface as part of a quality-of-life push on the game’s experimental test branch. “Hello explorers! Coming back from […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/02/07/osiris-new-dawn-overhauls-ui-plans-new-release-cadence-for-2022/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2022/01/10/whatever-happened-to-multi-user-roguelike-apsis-online/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:00:15 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=370242 We’ve been covering the development trajectory of Apsis Online for some time now, from its first incarnation in 2019 to its design shift as a “multi-user roguelike” (MUR) in 2020 all the way to its aspirations for a 2021 release. That said, it has been some time since this one blipped on our radar, so […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/01/09/whatever-happened-to-stars-end/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/01/09/whatever-happened-to-stars-end/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2022 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=369210 Star’s End isn’t a title that crosses our radar a lot these days, but that doesn’t mean we’ve entirely given up on this space survival game. The online sim went into early access in November 2020 and struggled to find an audience of any significant size when we checked in with it last spring. Since […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/01/09/whatever-happened-to-stars-end/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2022/01/05/whatever-happened-to-valnir-rok/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/01/05/whatever-happened-to-valnir-rok/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=369214 This year’s smash hit Valheim isn’t the only place that you can go to fulfill your latent Viking fantasies. I mean, it’s a good place and much preferable than, say, the sporting goods aisle at your local Target, but there are other options. Other options such as Valnir Rok, a dark and violent Viking sim […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2022/01/05/whatever-happened-to-valnir-rok/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/07/whatever-happened-to-woodpunk-survival-mmo-last-oasis/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/07/whatever-happened-to-woodpunk-survival-mmo-last-oasis/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=364742 Welcome to another edition of “Whatever happened to,” a series where we touch base with games that have gone silent or dropped off our radar. Today, let’s see what’s going on with Last Oasis, a seasonal woodpunk survival MMO that went into early access back in spring 2020. Since last we checked in with Last […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/07/whatever-happened-to-woodpunk-survival-mmo-last-oasis/feed/ 12 https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/03/whatever-happened-to-anime-mmorpg-blue-protocol/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/03/whatever-happened-to-anime-mmorpg-blue-protocol/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=364827 We’ve all been twiddling our thumbs wondering what’s going on over in Japan regarding Blue Protocol, the anime-styled MMORPG from Bandai Namco. We know that the game has been undergoing a number of beta tests. We know that L’Arc-en-Ciel will do its theme song. But otherwise the teaser drip feed from the game has all […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/03/whatever-happened-to-anime-mmorpg-blue-protocol/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/25/whatever-happened-to-spellbooks-mmo-roguelike-the-yellow-king/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/25/whatever-happened-to-spellbooks-mmo-roguelike-the-yellow-king/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=363874 Last week, MMO Fallout’s Connor mentioned adding The Yellow King to his abandonware list, reminding me that I meant to dig into this game to find out what happened to it. Apparently, nothing good. Readers will recall that the game caught our attention two years ago; it was billed as a Lovecraftian MMO from Spellbook […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/25/whatever-happened-to-spellbooks-mmo-roguelike-the-yellow-king/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/15/whatever-happened-to-eden-falling/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 01:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=362686 We haven’t heard a lot out of Eden Falling, but that also seems to be par for the course for this game, so let us review. This game first hit our radar back in 2017 with the promise of bringing a tabletop RPG experience to online gaming. After that, it went radio silent until 2020, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/09/villagers-and-heroes-looks-at-a-level-cap-increase-and-home-decoration/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/09/villagers-and-heroes-looks-at-a-level-cap-increase-and-home-decoration/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=361572 This past year, we’ve been a little concerned about Villagers and Heroes. The cross-platform MMO, which boasts a lot of fun features, has gone through periods of unsettling silence — a change of pace from years previous. So what’s going on with MOP’s Indie MMO of 2019 these days? Well, the summer saw the release […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/11/09/villagers-and-heroes-looks-at-a-level-cap-increase-and-home-decoration/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2021/10/11/the-daily-grind-whats-the-most-obscure-mmo-youve-played/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/10/11/the-daily-grind-whats-the-most-obscure-mmo-youve-played/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=334770 You are probably aware of the fact at this point that we have an ongoing series of posts in which we ask whatever happened to a few different obscure MMO titles. These aren’t necessarily bad games, and they usually still have their fans (or in a few sad cases, they had fans before the unceremonious shutdown), […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/10/11/the-daily-grind-whats-the-most-obscure-mmo-youve-played/feed/ 65 https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/25/whatever-happened-to-the-exiled-formerly-known-as-das-tal/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/25/whatever-happened-to-the-exiled-formerly-known-as-das-tal/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=351019 Do you remember The Exiled? What about Das Tal, its original name? If you answered yes to either question, congratulations, you remember a PvP-centered MMO that was at one point highly anticipated before it came out. The game has been pretty quiet since release and some accompanying struggles with the player count, and the last […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/25/whatever-happened-to-the-exiled-formerly-known-as-das-tal/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/23/vampiric-mmo-shadows-kiss-shows-off-its-upcoming-steam-page-and-confirms-soft-launch-date-revisions/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/23/vampiric-mmo-shadows-kiss-shows-off-its-upcoming-steam-page-and-confirms-soft-launch-date-revisions/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=350740 Do you remember Shadow’s Kiss? If you don’t, just know that it’s a mature horror-themed vampire MMO that we first started covering in 2016, when it first arrived on Patreon for funding and then hit Kickstarter a year later, landing its funding goal from the very start and ending with 300% funding and a number […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/23/vampiric-mmo-shadows-kiss-shows-off-its-upcoming-steam-page-and-confirms-soft-launch-date-revisions/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/09/whatever-happened-to-astellia-and-astellia-royal/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/09/whatever-happened-to-astellia-and-astellia-royal/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2021 17:45:11 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=349136 So it’s been quite some time since we heard anything about Astellia (which is buy-to-play) or its free-to-play cousin Astellia Royal, hasn’t it? And unfortunately, sometimes looking into the questions of what might be happening doesn’t actually result in a happy story. Longtime friend of MOP Connor over at MMO Fallout noted that both games […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/09/whatever-happened-to-astellia-and-astellia-royal/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/04/rift-quietly-retires-free-subscription-trial-from-steam/ https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/04/rift-quietly-retires-free-subscription-trial-from-steam/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=348387 Fans of RIFT haven’t seen a lot to give them optimism about the MMO’s future this year, especially following team layoffs and transfers back in March. While the title continues to roll out sale promotions and the odd event, it hasn’t put out a patch since February or seen meaningful dialogue with Gamigo in months. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2021/08/04/rift-quietly-retires-free-subscription-trial-from-steam/feed/ 6