https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:24:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/palworld-continues-its-critter-preview-videos-with-a-look-at-the-legendary-frostallion/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/palworld-continues-its-critter-preview-videos-with-a-look-at-the-legendary-frostallion/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479530 Depending on how far along you’ve gotten in Palworld (assuming you’re one of the millions playing the survivalbox), you might have already gotten to meet the formidable Frostallion boss creature. If not, then you’ve got the opportunity to feast your eyes on the higher-level legendary ahead of seeing it in-game. Yes, despite Palworld already being […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/palworld-continues-its-critter-preview-videos-with-a-look-at-the-legendary-frostallion/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/age-of-water-outlines-how-to-find-fish-and-highlights-a-couple-of-npc-factions/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/age-of-water-outlines-how-to-find-fish-and-highlights-a-couple-of-npc-factions/#respond Mon, 12 Feb 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479443 Did you expect a game called Age of Water to not have fishing? If you did, then let Gaijin Entertainment and Three Whales Studio prove you very wrong: There will indeed be fishing aplenty. There are a few ways for players to get themselves some sweet crappies (and other fish presumably): They can either find […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/age-of-water-outlines-how-to-find-fish-and-highlights-a-couple-of-npc-factions/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/multiplayer-survival-sandbox-smalland-exits-early-access-february-15-with-new-content-and-features/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/multiplayer-survival-sandbox-smalland-exits-early-access-february-15-with-new-content-and-features/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479543 Back in March 2018, we first caught wind of Smalland, a multiplayer survival sandbox that sees players as itty-bitty sprites surviving in the scaled-up wilds of a forest area. Our last look at the title was in June 2021, when developer Merge Games showed it off at an E3 event. Now, after several years’ worth […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/multiplayer-survival-sandbox-smalland-exits-early-access-february-15-with-new-content-and-features/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/first-impressions-nightingales-survival-and-realmwalking-blend-could-make-it-a-stand-out-in-the-sub-genre/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/first-impressions-nightingales-survival-and-realmwalking-blend-could-make-it-a-stand-out-in-the-sub-genre/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479144 Our regular readers know that the survival sandbox sub-genre is suddenly getting very crowded in very short order, which means that the upcoming gaslamp survivalbox Nightingale has to make some noise in order to be heard above the din. I was granted the opportunity to dive into an early build of the game for a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/first-impressions-nightingales-survival-and-realmwalking-blend-could-make-it-a-stand-out-in-the-sub-genre/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/monsters-and-memories-shares-video-footage-from-its-recent-biome-jam-art-dev-test/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/monsters-and-memories-shares-video-footage-from-its-recent-biome-jam-art-dev-test/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479381 Earlier this month, Monsters & Memories developer Niche Worlds Cult talked up an art test known as a Biome Jam, which was intended to see how quickly its devs could craft new environments. It sounds informative on paper, but being an art test it’s probably more impactful when viewed, which leads us to some development […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/monsters-and-memories-shares-video-footage-from-its-recent-biome-jam-art-dev-test/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/magic-to-master-goes-crypto-ties-down-a-publisher-and-eyes-a-nebulous-february-early-access-release-window/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/magic-to-master-goes-crypto-ties-down-a-publisher-and-eyes-a-nebulous-february-early-access-release-window/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479357 With all of the loud goose honking that came out of the gaming industry in 2023, it would be understandably easy to have forgotten about Magic to Master, itself being an allegedly unauthorized version of Gameforge-published Metin 2 that took some twists along its development track last year, including fake testimonials from multiple outlets (including […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/12/magic-to-master-goes-crypto-ties-down-a-publisher-and-eyes-a-nebulous-february-early-access-release-window/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/chronicles-of-elyria-claims-that-over-90-of-fans-still-want-the-mmo/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/chronicles-of-elyria-claims-that-over-90-of-fans-still-want-the-mmo/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479327 As the saying goes, those who can’t make MMOs, talk about MMOs. And so it is with Chronicles of Elyria’s Soulbound Studio, which is spending some time this winter season dithering around with feedback forms regarding its phantom projects. To put together a roadmap for this year’s development roadmap, Soulbound’s Jeromy Walsh sent out a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/10/chronicles-of-elyria-claims-that-over-90-of-fans-still-want-the-mmo/feed/ 20 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/betawatch-skull-bones-lands-washes-ashore-in-open-beta-at-long-last/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/betawatch-skull-bones-lands-washes-ashore-in-open-beta-at-long-last/#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479303 If you didn’t believe that Skull and Bones would ever hit open beta, or really any beta, you aren’t alone. I have been making this joke for the past several weeks. But when we’ve even had a stream showing off the game’s open beta, it is possible that the game has actually gone into something […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/betawatch-skull-bones-lands-washes-ashore-in-open-beta-at-long-last/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/the-stream-team-sailing-the-open-beta-seas-of-skull-and-bones/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/the-stream-team-sailing-the-open-beta-seas-of-skull-and-bones/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:55:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479190 After seven worrisome delays, it’s finally time for MOP’s Chris to get his hands on the open beta of Skull and Bones! Will this pirating adventure title put the wind in his sails, or is it all just a load of bluster at the very opening few moments? We can’t give full impressions in a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/the-stream-team-sailing-the-open-beta-seas-of-skull-and-bones/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/two-weeks-into-early-access-kickstarted-survivalbox-fractured-veil-patches-up-and-merges-servers/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/two-weeks-into-early-access-kickstarted-survivalbox-fractured-veil-patches-up-and-merges-servers/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479205 While server merges are sometimes necessary and healthy, they’re not the best optics when they happen mere weeks after a game’s early access release. But that’s exactly what’s happening with Fractured Veil, the post-apocalyptic survival title set in a zombie-overrun Hawaii. Launched on January 25th, the game announced that already is merging realms as of February […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/two-weeks-into-early-access-kickstarted-survivalbox-fractured-veil-patches-up-and-merges-servers/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/star-citizen-begins-its-valentines-day-lunar-new-year-and-free-fly-events-for-february-this-weekend/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/star-citizen-begins-its-valentines-day-lunar-new-year-and-free-fly-events-for-february-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:00:16 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479225 The month of February is loaded to the gills with events (and shop sales) for the alpha spaceship sandbox of Star Citizen, as CIG has elected to blend its Coramor Valentine’s Day event, Red Festival Lunar New Year event, and a limited-time free fly event from now through the majority of the month. We’ll begin […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/09/star-citizen-begins-its-valentines-day-lunar-new-year-and-free-fly-events-for-february-this-weekend/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/players-rolled-nearly-50k-characters-during-nightingales-stress-test-last-weekend/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/players-rolled-nearly-50k-characters-during-nightingales-stress-test-last-weekend/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478798 When Inflexion announced this week that it’s planning to launch Nightingale’s early access two days earlier than originally planned, it casually mentioned that it had seen 48,000 testers during this past weekend’s stress test – perhaps a few more than it anticipated. The Tencent-backed team has now dropped a dev blog to talk more about […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/players-rolled-nearly-50k-characters-during-nightingales-stress-test-last-weekend/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/skull-bones-soft-launch-is-underway-for-preorder-players-ahead-of-next-weeks-formal-release/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/skull-bones-soft-launch-is-underway-for-preorder-players-ahead-of-next-weeks-formal-release/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479016 Ubisoft’s long, long delayed pirate “co-op pirate open world action RPG” MMO Skull & Bones has finally set sail with a soft launch into a no-wipe open beta as of late last night. Never again will I have to write a title about a Skull & Bones delay and try to figure out how many […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/skull-bones-soft-launch-is-underway-for-preorder-players-ahead-of-next-weeks-formal-release/feed/ 23 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-citizen-firms-up-aprils-alpha-3-23-features-and-recounts-development-progress-for-january/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-citizen-firms-up-aprils-alpha-3-23-features-and-recounts-development-progress-for-january/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:00:37 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479095 It’s roundup day for Star Citizen fans, as CIG has put out its latest roadmap update outline and January development report for fans to scour. Or better yet you could just let us scour it for you and point out some highlights. The roadmap is naturally zeroed in on alpha 3.23, which is currently targeting […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/star-citizen-firms-up-aprils-alpha-3-23-features-and-recounts-development-progress-for-january/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/tencents-tarisland-drops-a-video-guide-to-its-ranger-class/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/tencents-tarisland-drops-a-video-guide-to-its-ranger-class/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=479060 While some upcoming MMOs keep info behind closed doors, Tarisland is making all kinds of public effort to pump up the community for this year’s launch. A day after posting a video about the MMO’s business model and economy, Tarisland pushed out a guide to its trap-using, ranged DPS Ranger class. The class overview of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/08/tencents-tarisland-drops-a-video-guide-to-its-ranger-class/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/think-gamemaster-delivered-content-is-dead-multiplayer-helldivers-2-is-trying-it-anyway/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/think-gamemaster-delivered-content-is-dead-multiplayer-helldivers-2-is-trying-it-anyway/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:00:49 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478984 Approximately a thousand years ago in the lost age of 1997, I remember inching my way across an isometric Ultima Online screen, fighting insane lag and rollbacks to make my way to a player-held castle where OSI gamemasters were holding a custom event just for players. It’s been a long-standing and (almost) unbroken tradition in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/think-gamemaster-delivered-content-is-dead-multiplayer-helldivers-2-is-trying-it-anyway/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/enshrouded-offers-up-some-beginners-tips-in-its-latest-video/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/enshrouded-offers-up-some-beginners-tips-in-its-latest-video/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478978 Enshrouded might be familiar to survival sandbox vets, but it’s also possible that some of its systems are unique to those players, or that this is some gamers’ first survivalbox rodeo. Whatever the case may be, developer Keen Games is here to help with a video guide full of beginner’s tips. The video hits on […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/enshrouded-offers-up-some-beginners-tips-in-its-latest-video/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/dune-awakenings-latest-video-snippet-is-all-about-playing-both-solo-and-with-friends/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/dune-awakenings-latest-video-snippet-is-all-about-playing-both-solo-and-with-friends/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:30:56 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478993 Who here would like another vertically oriented video snippet out of Dune: Awakening? If you raised your hand, then you’re probably reading this on mobile (in which case, hello) or you’re not bothered by seeing a thin video on your PC desktop. Or you just want to see the latest short talk about solo play […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/dune-awakenings-latest-video-snippet-is-all-about-playing-both-solo-and-with-friends/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/tarisland-discusses-its-business-model-and-in-game-economy-in-a-new-video/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/tarisland-discusses-its-business-model-and-in-game-economy-in-a-new-video/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478900 Tarisland has airdropped in a new video about its economy this week, but the downside is that the video is a bit vague when it discusses economic activity. It talks a great deal about how its sold items will not be meant to grant any sort of in-game advantage, for example, but it remains vague […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/tarisland-discusses-its-business-model-and-in-game-economy-in-a-new-video/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/scars-of-honor-is-a-throwback-to-the-golden-age-of-mmos-with-a-200k-kickstarter/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/scars-of-honor-is-a-throwback-to-the-golden-age-of-mmos-with-a-200k-kickstarter/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478937 Another day, another MMO that seeks to “bring back the golden age of the genre.” But will the emerging Scars of Honor capture the zeitgeist of a community hungry for solid new products — especially if one delivers so many tasty morsels in its feature list? Developed by Bulgarian startup Beast Burst Entertainment, Scars of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/07/scars-of-honor-is-a-throwback-to-the-golden-age-of-mmos-with-a-200k-kickstarter/feed/ 20 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/enshroudeds-first-major-patch-addresses-bugs-crashes-multiplayer-stability-and-world-reset-timing/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/enshroudeds-first-major-patch-addresses-bugs-crashes-multiplayer-stability-and-world-reset-timing/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:00:02 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478851 It’s been a couple of weeks since the survival sandbox Enshrouded made its early access debut, and while the game has received several hotfixes since then, this week marks its first larger patch that brings an equally large-sized lineup of bug fixes. Some of the primary fixes for the title are about stability and crashing, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/enshroudeds-first-major-patch-addresses-bugs-crashes-multiplayer-stability-and-world-reset-timing/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/actress-michelle-rodriguez-demos-skull-and-bones-intro-and-events-in-latest-video/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/actress-michelle-rodriguez-demos-skull-and-bones-intro-and-events-in-latest-video/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478820 Earlier Skull and Bones offered up a look at what general gameplay and endgame looks like in its last video preview, but now we’re getting a look at what the starting experience is like, with the help of actor Michelle Rodriguez and one of Ubisoft’s devs. The opening portion of the game starts off with […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/actress-michelle-rodriguez-demos-skull-and-bones-intro-and-events-in-latest-video/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/animal-crossing-inspired-cozy-mmo-galactic-getaway-launches-50000-kickstarter/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/animal-crossing-inspired-cozy-mmo-galactic-getaway-launches-50000-kickstarter/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477834 Twice last spring, we covered a new-to-us MMO called Galactic Getaway, a game that had been in production already since 2021. We originally binned it under multiplayer, and it clearly shared a lot in common with cozy sandboxes like Animal Crossing New Horizon, promising housing, minigames, pets, farming, space stations, multiple biomes and planets, and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/animal-crossing-inspired-cozy-mmo-galactic-getaway-launches-50000-kickstarter/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/monsters-memories-recaps-player-testing-and-teases-in-game-housing/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/monsters-memories-recaps-player-testing-and-teases-in-game-housing/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478715 Niche Worlds Cult is back this week with an update on everything the indie studio accomplished in January on its throwback MMO Monsters & Memories – including an art test it’s calling Biome Jam. “The goal of the Biome Jam was to see how quickly we could create new environmental themes,” NWC’s Shawn Lord explains. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/monsters-memories-recaps-player-testing-and-teases-in-game-housing/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/pantheon-rise-of-the-fallen-shifts-to-a-six-week-seasonal-dev-cadence-with-boosted-backer-accessibility/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/pantheon-rise-of-the-fallen-shifts-to-a-six-week-seasonal-dev-cadence-with-boosted-backer-accessibility/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478566 Kickstarted MMORPG Pantheon has a big announcement this afternoon: It’s swapping over to a seasonal dev schedule. Visionary Realms presents the plan as a way to lower the cost of access for players significantly as well as keep it on track with content during development – as well as to fund the game and help […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/pantheon-rise-of-the-fallen-shifts-to-a-six-week-seasonal-dev-cadence-with-boosted-backer-accessibility/feed/ 11 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/nightingale-counting-nearly-50k-testers-is-launching-early-access-two-days-earlier-than-originally-planned/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/nightingale-counting-nearly-50k-testers-is-launching-early-access-two-days-earlier-than-originally-planned/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:30:43 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478876 Hope you didn’t take the original launch date off because Nightingale’s early access release has been pushed up two days. “Inflexion Games announced the launch date of [its] PVE survival-crafting game Nightingale moved up two days, with the title now set to release into Early Access on February 20th on PC via Steam and Epic […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/nightingale-counting-nearly-50k-testers-is-launching-early-access-two-days-earlier-than-originally-planned/feed/ 19 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/throne-and-liberty-kr-holds-its-first-pvp-siege-and-explains-the-activitys-mechanics/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/throne-and-liberty-kr-holds-its-first-pvp-siege-and-explains-the-activitys-mechanics/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:00:27 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478810 If you like laying siege to to a big castle with fantasy classes and big stomping rock golems, then you’ll probably like what Throne & Liberty did last week, which was kick off the MMORPG’s very first guild vs. guild siege featuring all of the above. The siege itself happened at different dates and times […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/throne-and-liberty-kr-holds-its-first-pvp-siege-and-explains-the-activitys-mechanics/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/wayfinder-previews-interface-quality-of-life-and-damage-reduction-balancing/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/wayfinder-previews-interface-quality-of-life-and-damage-reduction-balancing/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478750 Pay no attention to the rogue sdsds at the top of Wayfinder’s patch notes: This is a real patch and not just the ramblings of somebody’s cat. Airship Syndicate, presumably still smarting from last week’s layoffs, has indeed dropped a preview for its upcoming update, which includes two major components: the UI and a balance […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/wayfinder-previews-interface-quality-of-life-and-damage-reduction-balancing/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/myth-of-empires-epic-new-trailer-teases-biomes-building-construction-and-warfare/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/myth-of-empires-epic-new-trailer-teases-biomes-building-construction-and-warfare/#respond Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:00:48 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478724 Having put its legal quibbles with Studio Wildcard and Smilegate behind it, strategy-sandbox MMO Myth of Empires is heading to its launch this month as planned. This morning, Angela Game dropped a new trailer for the game that shows off everything from its diversity of biomes and construction to farming and siege weaponry. Even the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/06/myth-of-empires-epic-new-trailer-teases-biomes-building-construction-and-warfare/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/microsoft-will-require-final-fantasy-xiv-players-to-subscribe-to-xbox-game-pass-in-order-to-play-the-game/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/microsoft-will-require-final-fantasy-xiv-players-to-subscribe-to-xbox-game-pass-in-order-to-play-the-game/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:00:28 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478737 It’s tucked away in the announcement that Final Fantasy XIV’s beta on the Xbox Series X|S starts on February 21st, but the announcement does confirm that players will be required to pay a monthly subscription to Xbox Game Pass in order to subscribe to the game. That means that at minimum, you will be paying […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/microsoft-will-require-final-fantasy-xiv-players-to-subscribe-to-xbox-game-pass-in-order-to-play-the-game/feed/ 78 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/trimurti-online-joins-steam-next-fest-with-a-demo-build-today-plans-open-beta-on-february-13th/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/trimurti-online-joins-steam-next-fest-with-a-demo-build-today-plans-open-beta-on-february-13th/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478686 The Steam Next Fest is kicking off today, February 5th, and it looks as if many developing MMOs and multiplayer games are eager to get in on the virtual demo floor. Among those is Trimurti Online, the “oriental fantasy MMO” that we’ve been reporting on since last September, which will be offering a demo version […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/trimurti-online-joins-steam-next-fest-with-a-demo-build-today-plans-open-beta-on-february-13th/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/star-citizen-devs-offer-additional-information-about-alpha-3-23s-possible-features/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/star-citizen-devs-offer-additional-information-about-alpha-3-23s-possible-features/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478563 The return of Star Citizen’s weekly video digests already highlighted a couple of features for alpha 3.23, but there’s now the usual weekly Star Citizen Live broadcast that grants even more information about the patch and its planned features. Naturally the devs discussed the EVA updates and interaction button updates, noting that a later update […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/star-citizen-devs-offer-additional-information-about-alpha-3-23s-possible-features/feed/ 9 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/palworld-vows-to-keep-servers-online-without-regard-to-cost-despite-monthly-cost-of-nearly-half-a-million-dollars/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/palworld-vows-to-keep-servers-online-without-regard-to-cost-despite-monthly-cost-of-nearly-half-a-million-dollars/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478578 Getting professional server hosting for an online multiplayer title ain’t cheap, and that holds true for Palworld developer Pocketpair, which is paying out the nozzle to keep the survival sandbox title’s servers humming – while resolutely stating it’s not bothered by the high price. A tweet from Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe shared an image from […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/palworld-vows-to-keep-servers-online-without-regard-to-cost-despite-monthly-cost-of-nearly-half-a-million-dollars/feed/ 17 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/final-fantasy-xivs-open-beta-for-xbox-xs-starts-february-21-heres-how-to-get-in/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/final-fantasy-xivs-open-beta-for-xbox-xs-starts-february-21-heres-how-to-get-in/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:30:48 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478666 This time it’s for real instead of a mistakenly early announcement: The Xbox X|S open beta test for Final Fantasy XIV has locked down a start date of Wednesday, February 21st, along with information on how players of the console can get into the test. Joining in on the open beta is a matter of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/final-fantasy-xivs-open-beta-for-xbox-xs-starts-february-21-heres-how-to-get-in/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/indie-mmo-sandbox-fractured-online-unveils-its-endgame-changer-patch-coming-february-21/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/indie-mmo-sandbox-fractured-online-unveils-its-endgame-changer-patch-coming-february-21/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478484 Kickstarted sandbox Fractured has been teasing a big endgame overhaul for a few weeks now, setting the date for February 21st, and now the studio’s explained a bit more about exactly what’s in it. In the new video, Dynamight’s Jacopo Gallelli explains that the patch is the “product of three months of work” for the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/05/indie-mmo-sandbox-fractured-online-unveils-its-endgame-changer-patch-coming-february-21/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sneak-out-manasoul-rise-of-mythos-aka-kings-call/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sneak-out-manasoul-rise-of-mythos-aka-kings-call/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478258 Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs you’ve probably never heard of (but we’ll be impressed if you have). Sneak Out Sneak Out is for some reason listed as similar to Terraria on Steam. It’s not like Terraria at all. It’s much more like a game of Among Us mashed together with a wacky game […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-sneak-out-manasoul-rise-of-mythos-aka-kings-call/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/make-my-mmo-crowdfunding-roundup-2024-feb-3/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/make-my-mmo-crowdfunding-roundup-2024-feb-3/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478268 Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! It’s been pretty hoppin’ for Kickstarted MMOs lately, as Elite Dangerous is back from its deathbed, Ashes of Creation dropped a PvP preview video, Dual Universe is actually shipping Kickstarter physical rewards, Embers Adrift has big noob-onboarding plans for 2024, Fractured Veil […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/make-my-mmo-crowdfunding-roundup-2024-feb-3/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/open-perpetuum-is-bringing-land-mines-new-weapons-and-t4-balancing-sometime-in-marchish/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/open-perpetuum-is-bringing-land-mines-new-weapons-and-t4-balancing-sometime-in-marchish/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477428 Markish your calendarsh because the Perpetuum emulator Open Perpetuum is going to be releasing Patch 31 sometime in “Marchish.” When is Marchish? We’re notsh so shuresh. Intentional misspellings aside, this next patch has some potentially interesting things for players of the sandbox to look forward to, like the ability to deploy land mines as well […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/open-perpetuum-is-bringing-land-mines-new-weapons-and-t4-balancing-sometime-in-marchish/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/voxlands-is-a-multiplayer-boxy-blend-of-fps-rpg-and-survival-coming-to-februarys-steam-next-fest/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/voxlands-is-a-multiplayer-boxy-blend-of-fps-rpg-and-survival-coming-to-februarys-steam-next-fest/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477983 It’s time once again to take up several sub-genres, toss them in a pot, and whisk until they smooth into a new title. This time the ingredients are the multiplayer FPS, RPG, and survival game, with a sprinkling of voxel sandbox visuals and ray-traced graphics to create Voxlands. “Voxlands invites you to embark on a […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/03/voxlands-is-a-multiplayer-boxy-blend-of-fps-rpg-and-survival-coming-to-februarys-steam-next-fest/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/betawatch-nightingales-friday-stress-test-is-still-underway/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/betawatch-nightingales-friday-stress-test-is-still-underway/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:33 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478403 It’s time for Nightingale to enter the beautiful, sometimes dangerous world of stress testing as it kicked off a stress test this afternoon, which apparently was so successful that the devs extended it into the night. It’s far too late to get in, but it doesn’t have an NDA, so a whole lot of people […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/betawatch-nightingales-friday-stress-test-is-still-underway/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/supermax-open-world-survival-title-scum-removes-garage-locks-releases-vehicle-skins-and-seeks-player-opinons/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/supermax-open-world-survival-title-scum-removes-garage-locks-releases-vehicle-skins-and-seeks-player-opinons/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477544 One of the things we always ask for in our Betawatch column is for readers to let us know if a game in testing isn’t in our immense list, and sure enough we were reminded of SCUM, the self-described “supermax open world survival” pseudo-MMO that entered early access in 2018, though we have been keeping […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/supermax-open-world-survival-title-scum-removes-garage-locks-releases-vehicle-skins-and-seeks-player-opinons/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-under-a-rock-farworld-pioneers-cyborg-immortal/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-under-a-rock-farworld-pioneers-cyborg-immortal/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477909 Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs you’ve probably never heard of (but if you have, awesome!). Under a Rock If you’re not living under a rock, well, you should be… Gameforge’s Under a Rock, that is. It’s a multiplayer survival title from Nordic Trolls, published under the Gameforge banner and sporting online co-op. It’s […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/mmos-youve-never-heard-of-under-a-rock-farworld-pioneers-cyborg-immortal/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/kickstarted-solarpunk-mediumly-multiplayer-loftia-picks-up-investor-seed-funds-and-support/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/kickstarted-solarpunk-mediumly-multiplayer-loftia-picks-up-investor-seed-funds-and-support/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478193 Loftia was easily one of the biggest MMOs to fund on Kickstarter last year: The self-described “mediumly multiplayer” sandbox pulled in $1.27M US for Australian outfit Qloud. And it’s apparently pulled in more than that, if the game’s latest message to players through Kickstarter is any indication. Qliyd says its dev staff have been tapped […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/kickstarted-solarpunk-mediumly-multiplayer-loftia-picks-up-investor-seed-funds-and-support/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/the-stream-team-joining-in-on-the-nightingale-stress-test/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/the-stream-team-joining-in-on-the-nightingale-stress-test/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:55:11 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478290 MOP’s Chris is going to add his weight to the one-day stress test of Nightingale today, and at the same time he’s going to try and see just what this intriguing gaslamp fantasy survival sandbox has in store! It’s part test, part initial exploration, and all fancy clothing, today at 2:00 p.m. EST! What: Nightingale […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/the-stream-team-joining-in-on-the-nightingale-stress-test/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/skull-bones-free-open-beta-begins-february-7-heres-the-new-trailer-and-season-preview/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/skull-bones-free-open-beta-begins-february-7-heres-the-new-trailer-and-season-preview/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478286 Ubisoft is hyping up the free open beta for Skull and Bones, and we have to note right up front that while the devs are calling it an open beta, it’s really more like a soft launch or headstart for the real deal, as progression carries over into the real launch, assuming you buy the […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/skull-bones-free-open-beta-begins-february-7-heres-the-new-trailer-and-season-preview/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/first-impressions-palworld-copied-all-the-right-homework-to-graduate-as-its-own-enjoyable-game/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/first-impressions-palworld-copied-all-the-right-homework-to-graduate-as-its-own-enjoyable-game/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=477793 You know how the back of a box of Hamburger Helper or other boxed dinner mixes encourage you to toss in extra ingredients to “make it your own”? That’s a lot like what Palworld has done in my view: taken the base dinner mix that it created in Craftopia – itself a game that cribs […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/first-impressions-palworld-copied-all-the-right-homework-to-graduate-as-its-own-enjoyable-game/feed/ 7 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/star-citizen-discusses-alpha-3-23-eva-updates-lines-up-multiple-events-and-a-new-free-trial-for-february/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/star-citizen-discusses-alpha-3-23-eva-updates-lines-up-multiple-events-and-a-new-free-trial-for-february/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:30:14 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478309 Star Citizen is a game that’s mostly about internet spaceships, but sometimes players need to engage in some extra-vehicular activity, or EVA for short. The mechanics of moving around in the void of space will be seeing some updates in alpha 3.23, which are the subject of the game’s returning episode of Star Citizen Live. […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/star-citizen-discusses-alpha-3-23-eva-updates-lines-up-multiple-events-and-a-new-free-trial-for-february/feed/ 0 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/former-devs-of-the-day-before-recount-a-workplace-of-employee-fines-shifting-whims-and-pure-megalomaniacal-chaos/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/former-devs-of-the-day-before-recount-a-workplace-of-employee-fines-shifting-whims-and-pure-megalomaniacal-chaos/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:30:15 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478297 However badly managed The Day Before may have looked upon its disastrous early access release, the reality was reportedly much worse than anyone could have imagined. Anonymous Fntastic devs and employees of publisher Mytona reporting to German gaming sites Game Two and GameStar have told an astonishing tale of blatant mismanagement, galling mistreatment, and an […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/02/former-devs-of-the-day-before-recount-a-workplace-of-employee-fines-shifting-whims-and-pure-megalomaniacal-chaos/feed/ 23 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/v-rising-will-make-its-full-1-0-release-to-playstation-5-and-bring-controller-support-to-steam/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/v-rising-will-make-its-full-1-0-release-to-playstation-5-and-bring-controller-support-to-steam/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478173 The vampiric player characters of V Rising – and by extension developer Stunlock Studios – are setting forth for brand-new lands, as the studio has just announced its plans to bring the survival sandbox to the PlayStation 5 console. “This will mark V Rising and Stunlock Studios’ first step in expanding beyond the PC space […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/v-rising-will-make-its-full-1-0-release-to-playstation-5-and-bring-controller-support-to-steam/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/palworld-counts-19m-players-across-steam-and-xbox-becomes-the-largest-third-party-release-for-game-pass/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/palworld-counts-19m-players-across-steam-and-xbox-becomes-the-largest-third-party-release-for-game-pass/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478149 The juggernaut that is the early access survivalbox Palworld doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon, as developer Pocketpair has once again shared player numbers on Twitter: 19M total across Xbox and Steam, with over 12M of those players on Steam and 7M on Xbox. Microsoft has also joined in on the Palworld […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/01/palworld-counts-19m-players-across-steam-and-xbox-becomes-the-largest-third-party-release-for-game-pass/feed/ 7