stars reach
Stars Reach shows off recent visual updates and player-built structures
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has been busy taking snapshots from within Stars Reach, apparently. That's the gist of his latest personal blog post, which...
Stars Reach talks up its Wild Wormholes update in latest livestream, preps one day open test for June 19
Playable Worlds appears to be really, really, really excited about the procedural planet generation tech applied to Stars Reach with its recent Wild Wormholes...
Stars Reach opens wild wormholes to randomly generated planets in latest playtest build
When it comes to real world astrophysics, throwing yourself into a wormhole is generally a bad idea. In the case of the new playtest...
The MOP Up: World War II Online plays tug-o-war
Just because you're in the thick of a global war doesn't mean that you can't have some fun and games with it! Or so...
Stars Reach adds sliding mechanics, XP refunds, and a plant harvesting overhaul
Playable Worlds' Stars Reach is continuing its march through pre-alpha, and its latest patch has quite a bit in it for testers, starting with...
Stars Reach invests in its economy and work on the 24/7 test server in its latest dev video
While it might not be as flashy as blowing up chunks of the landscape and building skyscrapers, the economy is an essential part of...
Stars Reach game director Dave Georgeson talks material density, XP rates, and skill trees
The top of this month brought another update to the playtest build of Stars Reach, and in it there are some big top, big...
Stars Reach devs discuss how the MMO’s simulation drives its engine customization and hosting
Since its successful Kickstarter - and really even before that - Stars Reach studio Playable Worlds has been deluging MMORPG players with lengthy developer...
Stars Reach has wiped its pre-alpha and revamped for a (hopefully) less messy testing experience
You might not expect devs of an MMORPG in testing to be quite this excited to be perpetrating a wipe of the game worlds,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 513: The MMORPG PvP theme show
Justin and Bree sit for a special themeshow all about MMORPG PvP in its many (many) forms, in addition to adventures in the LOTRO housing chaos.
Stars Reach talks Kickstarter test access, world resets, player governance, and player-made contracts
With Stars Reach wrapping up an extremely successful Kickstarter drive, Playable Worlds is now eager to crank out bunches of information. We'll begin with details...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 512: Equinox Homecoming is not horsing around
Justin and Bree discuss the new horse mystery MMO Equinox Homecoming, the reveal of RuneScape Dragonwilds, Stars Reach's Kickstarted, FFXIV's Seekers of Eternity, and Black Desert's console sunset/upgrade, and LOTRO's housing rush, with adventures in LOTRO and World of Warcraft, plus a mailbag topic on frugal gaming.
Betawatch: Stars Reach’s Kickstarter did indeed reach the stars
It's not exactly a shock that Stars Reach hit its funding goal, but it is still newsworthy! Like, it would have been a real...
Stars Reach’s final Kickstarter haul inches past $750,000, unlocking the shield generators stretch goal
Last night, we covered the successful completion of Stars Reach's Kickstarter campaign: Thanks to gamers, Playable Worlds raised over $750,000 in crowdfunding, and at...
Stars Reach Kickstarter ends with over $750K raised – plus fresh investment and a new vampire species
Stars Reach, Raph Koster's grand sci-fi MMORPG sandbox adventure, has officially funded on Kickstarter this afternoon, soaring past $739,000 in crowdfunding with over 5,200...
Stars Reach hits $650K in crowdfunding and unlocks a construction overhaul for player builders
As I type this, there's just about a day left to go on the Stars Reach Kickstarter, which obviously will fund as it's pulled...
Stars Reach adds procedural creature variance, combat updates, and new mining tweaks in latest build
Stars Reach has put forth another update to its pre-alpha, and this one has some pretty impactful additions that players will want to know...
MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach previews its procedural planet generation tech
When Stars Reach says that it's capable of generating infinite worlds, that's not really meant to be taken literally; it's just a word that...
Over the weekend, Stars Reach crowdfunding topped $600K and unlocked the rollerblading Fae species
With just a little over a week to go in its crowdfunding campaign, Raph Koster's sci-fi sandbox Stars Reach crossed the $600,000 threshold on...
As its Kickstarter nears $600K, Stars Reach aims to feature reactive music – but maybe not voice acting
When you're indulging in some eye candy with MMORPGs, don't neglect the equally delectable ear candy that's the product of hard work by the...
