https://massivelyop.com MMORPG news and opinions Sat, 03 Feb 2024 16:15:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/nostale-prepares-for-more-undercity-specialist-card-tweaks-and-possible-server-merges-in-the-first-half-of-2024/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/nostale-prepares-for-more-undercity-specialist-card-tweaks-and-possible-server-merges-in-the-first-half-of-2024/#respond Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=478455 Yes, even a smaller MMO like NosTale is kicking out roadmap jams here in the first months of 2024, which makes for a very convenient Whatever Happened To relook. Gameforge has offered a look at the game’s first half of 2024, bringing server merges, more story content, quality-of-life updates, and the promise of more seasonal […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/02/04/nostale-prepares-for-more-undercity-specialist-card-tweaks-and-possible-server-merges-in-the-first-half-of-2024/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/2024/01/20/whatever-happened-to-citadel-forged-with-fire/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/20/whatever-happened-to-citadel-forged-with-fire/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=473502 It’s been a while since survival sandbox Citadel: Forged with Fire dropped off our radar following its November 2019 release. So what’s been going on with Blue Isle’s spellcasting RPG in the past few years? Some good news to hear is that Citadel is still technically alive; the studio is still talking it up and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/20/whatever-happened-to-citadel-forged-with-fire/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/11/whatever-happened-to-everquest-online-adventures-rogue-servers/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/11/whatever-happened-to-everquest-online-adventures-rogue-servers/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:00:59 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=474973 Rogue servers are on the brain right now, particularly since a certain superhero MMORPG got its rubber stamping, which brings us to look toward the rogue server projects that sprang forth from the fanbase of EverQuest Online Adventures, a console MMORPG run by Sony Online Entertainment between 2003 and 2012 (our Game Archaeologist chronicled this […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/11/whatever-happened-to-everquest-online-adventures-rogue-servers/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/08/whatever-happened-to-allods-online-lets-check-in-at-the-top-of-2024/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/08/whatever-happened-to-allods-online-lets-check-in-at-the-top-of-2024/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=473640 Once a highly favorable free alternative to World of Warcraft, Allods Online isn’t the kind of MMO that’s mentioned too often these days, especially since its parent publisher My.Games was bought out back in fall 2022 in an effort to extricate it from the Russian market. So what’s been going on with this free-to-play title […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/08/whatever-happened-to-allods-online-lets-check-in-at-the-top-of-2024/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/02/job-listings-suggest-sonys-horizon-mmo-aka-project-skyline-is-actually-happening/ https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/02/job-listings-suggest-sonys-horizon-mmo-aka-project-skyline-is-actually-happening/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=473796 It was a little over a year ago that we first reported that Sony and NCsoft possibly were teaming up to create an MMORPG set in Sony’s popular Horizon universe. While there were always doubts whether this was a flight of fancy or a legitimate project, the scales seem to be tipping in favor of […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2024/01/02/job-listings-suggest-sonys-horizon-mmo-aka-project-skyline-is-actually-happening/feed/ 8 https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/22/coreborn-nations-of-the-ultracore-launches-a-holiday-event-as-its-studio-reaffirms-the-game-isnt-its-sole-focus/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/22/coreborn-nations-of-the-ultracore-launches-a-holiday-event-as-its-studio-reaffirms-the-game-isnt-its-sole-focus/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=473031 Good news! Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore is still seeing updates! Bad news, the developer Blankhans is still repeating its earlier intention of focusing on other games instead, and it’s even renaming its social channels to reflect as much. According to the studio’s most recent blog post, the company has updated the URLs and handles […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/12/22/coreborn-nations-of-the-ultracore-launches-a-holiday-event-as-its-studio-reaffirms-the-game-isnt-its-sole-focus/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/28/whatever-happened-to-eas-3v3-arena-shooter-rocket-arena/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/28/whatever-happened-to-eas-3v3-arena-shooter-rocket-arena/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=468106 Do you remember Rocket Arena? It was a 3v3 arena shooter all about firing rockets at one another (surprise), though it was less about blowing people apart and more about building up enough damage that a final rocket blast would fling foes off of a platform a la Super Smash Bros. The game released in […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/28/whatever-happened-to-eas-3v3-arena-shooter-rocket-arena/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/06/legends-of-arias-crypto-spinoff-nearly-loses-ip-rights-promises-pre-alpha-this-year/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/06/legends-of-arias-crypto-spinoff-nearly-loses-ip-rights-promises-pre-alpha-this-year/#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:30:42 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=466095 Yep, this one’s back on our collective radar again. We’re sorry. However, while we don’t cover crypto games as a general rule, readers may remember that Britaria sprang from the ashes of Legends of Aria, which itself transformed from Shards Online, a Kickstarted MMO – it’s because of the fact that the developers burned through […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/11/06/legends-of-arias-crypto-spinoff-nearly-loses-ip-rights-promises-pre-alpha-this-year/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/10/whatever-happened-to-the-pirate-themed-survival-sandbox-atlas/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/10/whatever-happened-to-the-pirate-themed-survival-sandbox-atlas/#comments Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=461074 The last time Atlas, the survival sandbox wearing a pirate costume, made any sort of public noise was on Friday, June 30th, when developer Grapeshot Games announced the start of Season 13 for official servers. Over three months later, the game’s official channels have been completely silent. So whatever happened to it? That last post […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/10/whatever-happened-to-the-pirate-themed-survival-sandbox-atlas/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/05/whatever-happened-to-the-vr-mmorpg-orbusvr/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/05/whatever-happened-to-the-vr-mmorpg-orbusvr/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=460648 The beginning of this year saw the VR MMORPG OrbusVR herald a year-long fifth anniversary celebration, which would normally be cause for a studio to make a lot of noise, but we noticed that things have been alarmingly quiet on the game’s front. So, whatever happened to this plucky little MMO? We regret to report […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/10/05/whatever-happened-to-the-vr-mmorpg-orbusvr/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/26/whatever-happened-to-the-indie-sandbox-mmorpg-ethyrial-echoes-of-yore/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/26/whatever-happened-to-the-indie-sandbox-mmorpg-ethyrial-echoes-of-yore/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:00:17 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=459499 Regular readers and genre fans are likely familiar with the fate of Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore, the old school-styled indie sandbox MMORPG that launched into multiple problems like a server wipe, chaos involving players, the game, and its lead dev, and a whole bunch of angry gamers – all for a deeply unpolished game that […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/26/whatever-happened-to-the-indie-sandbox-mmorpg-ethyrial-echoes-of-yore/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/14/riders-of-icarus-pretends-p2e-crypto-pivot-never-happened-as-it-launches-magmapora-patch-and-roadmap/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/14/riders-of-icarus-pretends-p2e-crypto-pivot-never-happened-as-it-launches-magmapora-patch-and-roadmap/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:00:16 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=457595 Valofe’s Riders of Icarus has been a rollercoaster of chaos the last couple of years. It had already fallen off most MMO gamers’ radars when Nexon transferred publishing rights over to Valofe back in 2019 after its 1M launch players dwindled, and then Valofe stunned the remaining playerbase in 2022 by chucking its anti-RMT policy […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/14/riders-of-icarus-pretends-p2e-crypto-pivot-never-happened-as-it-launches-magmapora-patch-and-roadmap/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/11/whatever-happened-to-the-strange-survival-sandbox-chimeraland/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/11/whatever-happened-to-the-strange-survival-sandbox-chimeraland/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=455476 Some things are just too weird to survive. Thus is the fate of Chimeraland, the oddball survival sandbox that had the primary hook of taming creatures and combining aspects of them to create truly distinct creations. Readers might remember that the game made a global release in July 2022 and was a title that we […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/09/11/whatever-happened-to-the-strange-survival-sandbox-chimeraland/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/25/whatever-happened-to-the-re-released-mmo-eden-eternal/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/25/whatever-happened-to-the-re-released-mmo-eden-eternal/#comments Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:30:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=455003 Back in the beginning of May, we covered the re-release of Eden Eternal, an MMORPG that was axed by Gamigo in 2021 and then picked back up by developer X-Legend for its global return. Incidentally, that return also came with an ill-advised NFT giveaway, which saw the game’s release on Steam get delayed. With that […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/08/25/whatever-happened-to-the-re-released-mmo-eden-eternal/feed/ 6 https://massivelyop.com/2023/07/14/whatever-happened-to-early-access-vr-mmo-neon-exile/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=448193 Back in May 2021, the early access VR MMO Neon Exile broke its two-year-long bout of radio silence with word of an upcoming PvP battle mode test. Since then, we’ve gotten recent word of what’s happening with both the game and developer Mythical City Games, which in turn has caused us to wonder whatever happened […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/16/whatever-happened-to-eco-odd-giants-glitch-and-istaria/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/16/whatever-happened-to-eco-odd-giants-glitch-and-istaria/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=444968 Welcome back to Whatever Happened To, our intermittent check-in on MMOs that may have fallen off your – and our – radar! Odd Giants Odd Giants is one of several player reboots of the old closed-down Tiny Speck browser sandbox MMO Glitch, and it’s been almost a year since we peered in on it, so […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/16/whatever-happened-to-eco-odd-giants-glitch-and-istaria/feed/ 5 https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/08/whatever-happened-to-space-punks-reworld-online-and-shattered-galaxy/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/08/whatever-happened-to-space-punks-reworld-online-and-shattered-galaxy/#comments Thu, 08 Jun 2023 23:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=441493 Welcome back to another trio of games that needs a second look here in Whatever Happened To! Space Punks: Space Punks is the Jagex-published looter-shooter from developer Flying Wild Hog that hit early access in 2021 and open beta in 2022. But there it’s sat ever since, with its last update coming in February. That […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/06/08/whatever-happened-to-space-punks-reworld-online-and-shattered-galaxy/feed/ 1 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/26/sandbox-space-sim-starbases-development-has-been-effectively-halted-for-a-year-now/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/26/sandbox-space-sim-starbases-development-has-been-effectively-halted-for-a-year-now/#comments Fri, 26 May 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=440943 Why go to (virtual) outer space when you can send robots to handle all of the peril for you? That’s the thinking behind the quirky space sandbox Starbase, which went into early access all the way back in July of 2021. The $35 title hasn’t emerged from this state since then, and a recent check-up […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/26/sandbox-space-sim-starbases-development-has-been-effectively-halted-for-a-year-now/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/26/whatever-happened-to-project-genom-inferna-and-kurtzpel/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/26/whatever-happened-to-project-genom-inferna-and-kurtzpel/#comments Fri, 26 May 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=441480 Welcome back to another edition of Whatever Happened To, a recap of MMOs we’d forgotten about but deserve some probing. Project Genom: Get your F keys ready right at the top here because 2016’s Project Genom looks a bit dead. Back in 2019, developer NeuronHaze pulled the weakly received early access sci-fi MMO off Steam, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/26/whatever-happened-to-project-genom-inferna-and-kurtzpel/feed/ 2 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/24/whatever-happened-to-osiris-new-dawn-cinderstone-online-and-magnificent-5/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/24/whatever-happened-to-osiris-new-dawn-cinderstone-online-and-magnificent-5/#comments Wed, 24 May 2023 21:00:58 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=441465 Welcome back to a fresh edition of Whatever Happened To, the randomly occurring column in which we realize some MMOs have fallen off our radar and we drag them back into view. Osiris New Dawn: I’m afraid we’re starting with a big bummer in Osiris New Dawn. Readers will recall it left early access for […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/24/whatever-happened-to-osiris-new-dawn-cinderstone-online-and-magnificent-5/feed/ 3 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/16/whatever-happened-to-legends-of-aria-aka-britaria-2023-edition/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/16/whatever-happened-to-legends-of-aria-aka-britaria-2023-edition/#comments Tue, 16 May 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=440021 We turn our gaze away for just a little bit and suddenly a tire fire has sprung forth, and that tire fire is named Legends of Aria. MMO players will recall through our past coverage that this MMO started life as Shards Online and drew in Kickstarter funding for its old-school multi-shard sandbox MMO plan, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/16/whatever-happened-to-legends-of-aria-aka-britaria-2023-edition/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/05/whatever-happened-to-digimon-masters-the-digimon-mmo/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/05/whatever-happened-to-digimon-masters-the-digimon-mmo/#comments Fri, 05 May 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=438071 The Digimon franchise always feels like a third chair to the Pokemon behemoth, but it still has fans enough to warrant new games and at least one MMO in the form of Digimon Masters Online. Even so, whatever happened to it? Some of the bigger news has come from the Korean version of the game, […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/05/05/whatever-happened-to-digimon-masters-the-digimon-mmo/feed/ 4 https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/27/whatever-happened-to-kickstarted-sci-fi-pvp-sandbox-dual-universe/ https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/27/whatever-happened-to-kickstarted-sci-fi-pvp-sandbox-dual-universe/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://massivelyop.com/?p=437348 It’s time once more for all of us to collectively recall a title, wonder whatever happened to it, and then root around for answers to the question that usually lead to depressing revelations! On stage this time is Dual Universe, which readers remember launched last year after a Kickstarter, six years of early access, and […]]]> https://massivelyop.com/2023/04/27/whatever-happened-to-kickstarted-sci-fi-pvp-sandbox-dual-universe/feed/ 12 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/ 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/2023/03/03/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/ 15 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