Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2
It’s June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies’ 21st birthday, and I’m sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG progenitor) Raph Koster about the new sandbox he’s been working on for five years – and teasing in full force for the last 10 days. “Is this really Star Wars Galaxies […]29 Jun 2024Four Winds: Wuthering Waves, Genshin Impact, and the burgeoning gacha gaming industryMassivelyOp ︎28 Jun 2024PSA: New World throttles back on its character transfer cooldown timerMassivelyOp ︎28 Jun 2024Amazon Games shares its long focus approach while saying that the Lord of the Rings MMO is ‘not too far away’MassivelyOp ︎28 Jun 2024This year’s Steam Summer Sale brings another collection of bargains for MMORPG fansMassivelyOp ︎28 Jun 2024After a delay, WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery Phase 4 targets July 11MassivelyOp ︎27 Jun 2024Season of Discovery Phase 4 Goes Live 11 July!Official ︎27 Jun 2024Vitae Aeternum: A new theory on what went wrong with New World’s 2024 plansMassivelyOp ︎26 Jun 2024Zenless Zone Zero's launch roster won't quite match the numbers of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, but its producer says the team is going for 'quality not quantity'PC Gamer ︎25 Jun 2024New World Update 5.0.3Steam ︎25 Jun 2024New World fills its summer drought with the Summer Medleyfaire, starting this weekMassivelyOp ︎24 Jun 2024Summer Medleyfaire 2024Steam ︎22 Jun 2024Hotfixes: June 21, 2024Official ︎21 Jun 2024This Week in Aeternum: Welcome to the Eternal IsleSteam ︎21 Jun 2024World of Warcraft ignites this year’s Midsummer Fire FestivalMassivelyOp ︎21 Jun 2024Funcom’s Joel Bylos explains why Dune Awakening is an actual, factual MMOMassivelyOp ︎21 Jun 2024Ignite Your Summer with the Midsummer Fire Festival!Official ︎20 Jun 2024World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas and Morgan Day talk about raid difficulty and defensive balanceMassivelyOp ︎20 Jun 2024New World’s new video series is set on explaining the game to prospective console playersMassivelyOp ︎20 Jun 2024Blizzard promises a ‘robust footprint’ at Gamescom for WoW, Diablo, and Overwatch 2 celebrationsMassivelyOp ︎18 Jun 2024SGF 2024: Hands-on with NCsoft’s long-awaited Throne and Liberty, launching September 17MassivelyOp ︎17 Jun 2024Warcraft Short Story: "The Lilac and the Stone"Official ︎17 Jun 2024Blizzard is considering following in Final Fantasy 14's footsteps and adding a story mode to legacy World of Warcraft raidsVG247 ︎16 Jun 2024Senior World of Warcraft dev says we might see single player 'story mode' versions of legacy raids in the futurePC Gamer ︎16 Jun 2024John Hight, head of the Warcraft franchise, is leaving Blizzard after almost 13 years at the companyVG247 ︎14 Jun 2024As the newly released World of Warcraft was dominating the 2000s, Blizzard's then-president had his own priorities—working on StarCraft 1 patchesPC Gamer ︎14 Jun 2024World of Warcraft general manager John Hight leaves Blizzard ‘to explore new opportunities and challenges’MassivelyOp ︎14 Jun 2024Hotfixes: June 13, 2024Official ︎13 Jun 2024Join the New World: Aeternum Confidential Console Closed BetaSteam ︎13 Jun 2024WoW Classic promises new runes, boss changes, and Molten Core for Season of Discovery’s Phase 4MassivelyOp ︎13 Jun 2024New World opens console sign-ups for its July Aeternum beta testMassivelyOp ︎13 Jun 2024SGF 2024: Hands-on with New World’s controversial Aeternum reboot, which is still an MMORPGMassivelyOp ︎13 Jun 2024SGF 2024: Amazon discusses New World Aeternum on console, swimming, solo content, and archetypesMassivelyOp ︎13 Jun 2024Hotfixes: June 12, 2024Official ︎12 Jun 2024In Development: Season of Discovery Phase 4Official ︎12 Jun 2024New World’s new Q&A struggles to explain why a massively multiplayer online RPG isn’t an MMORPGMassivelyOp ︎