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Sandbox MMORPG BitCraft hopes to ‘democratize MMO development’ by going open-source
Score one for the good guys and the gamers and the genre today: Clockwork Labs has announced that it's open-sourcing its upcoming MMORPG sandbox...
The Crew 2’s hybrid offline mode will begin player testing April 30 on PC
Remember last year when Ubisoft followed up a year of pissing people off over the unnecessary demise of The Crew 1 by announcing a...
The Division 2 outlines Year 7’s plan for better onboarding, broader endgame, and May 27 Battle for Brooklyn DLC
Ubisoft's multiplayer looter shooter The Division 2 is nearing the start of its Year 7 series of seasonal content updates, which means that the...
MMO Business Roundup: Arcane in Fortnite, Ubisoft and accessibility, and the Roblox dance lawsuit
Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news of the week!
Ubisoft and accessibility - Proving a stopped clock is...
Skull and Bones brings item ascension and world tiers in latest season, previews all of Year 2’s updates
It's time to start another year of yo ho ho'ing, rum bottles, and at least 15 men on a dead man's chest: Year 2...
Tibia and Persist Online studio CipSoft takes over development of city-building MMO Settlers Online
It's managing the isometric MMO Tibia. It's putting together the PvPvE shooter MMO Persist Online. And at the top of this month, CipSoft is...
Ubisoft’s legal response to The Crew class action argues players don’t own the games they buy
Readers may remember that a pair of gamers have been pursuing Ubisoft to court via a class action lawsuit over The Crew's sunset and...
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.
Astroneer studio announces Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions, coming in 2026
Astroneer fans, a whole new galaxy is about to open up to you, as System Era Softworks has officially announced the next game in...
Tencent will hold a 25% stake in Ubisoft’s new subsidiary focused on Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six, and Far Cry
It hasn't been a great couple of years for Ubisoft, what with things like Skull and Bones launching to rather middling reception or the...
Warframe of Mind: First impressions of Techrot Encore
Here is the initial column I wrote about the most recent Warframe patch in its totality: On Tuesday, I did not have Secondary Merciless...
MMO Business Roundup: Ubisoft’s latest corporate chaos and new accusations from the voice actors union
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. This week, Ubisoft's getting double the coverage because it's news so nice they're...
Skull and Bones delays its second year of content to April 15 to execute ‘very ambitious and exciting plans’
If you were among those players champing at the bit to get into Skull and Bones' second year of content, you're going to unfortunately...
Skull & Bones teases ‘ambitious plans’ and changes to its ‘seasonal formula’ for its Year 2 content
Every time we post about Ubisoft's Skull & Bones, we get a rash of comments dooming about the game, but that still seems premature,...
Skull and Bones’ one-year ‘Founding’ anniversary event starts this week
As Skull and Bones nears its first anniversary, Ubisoft is taking the occasion to throw a massive bash called The Founding that begins on...
Massively Overthinking: Reminiscing on 10 years of MassivelyOP
We're celebrating our Independence Day - our 10th birthday since launching as an indie site after the demise of OG Massively - so this...
The Division 2 celebrates Valentine’s Day with new projects and themed gear
You would be forgiven for thinking Valentine's Day and the looter shooter setting of The Division 2 wouldn't really mesh, but you would apparently...
Skull and Bones’ February patch addresses faults in aiming, taunting, and job board contracts
We were just talking on the podcast about how much we appreciate it when developers add explanatory notes in patches, and lo and behold,...
UK rebuffs game preservationists’ petition to make retroactively breaking old games unlawful
One of the big industry-wide narratives that emerged from the wreckage of 2024 was player-initiated efforts to center game preservation - indeed, even to...
The Division 2 now says The Battle for Brooklyn DLC will launch in 2025
Earlier this week, following news that Ubisoft's was laying off another 185 people affecting four studios in Europe, the The Division 2 team -...
