re-look
Whatever happened to Victorian gaslamp survivalbox Nightingale?
Nightingale has always been an odd duck of a game in the survival sandbox sub-genre, with a pleasing Victorian transrealmic aesthetic but a troubling...
Whatever happened to Gigantic: Rampage Edition?
It's been a year and a month since Motiga's Gigantic was resurrected and returned from the dead as Gigantic: Rampage Edition. And we were pretty...
Whatever happened to Airship Syndicate’s Wayfinder?
Wayfinder has not had an easy life. Originally meant as an ongoing multiplayer game, it was abruptly ditched by its publisher, Digital Extremes, and...
Whatever happened to Tencent’s PC and mobile MMORPG Tarisland?
While we here at the MOP offices might remember Tarisland for its baby bump curse of vengeance, it's also supposed to be a mobile...
Whatever happened to superhero MMO Valiance Online? (2025 edition)
It's been a couple of years since we heard much out of Valiance Online, one of the original superhero MMORPGs that spawned in the...
Whatever happened to Bless Unleashed’s PC version?
"Hey, yeah, I remember Bless Unleashed! Wasn't that a bit of a mess," we hear you presumably say. And yes, it kind of was:...
Whatever happened to Minecraft-esque multiplayer sandbox Hytale?
Who here recalls Hytale? We first started reporting on this one back in 2018 and have seen it pop up on the wider radar...
Whatever happened to 2-D pixel art Brazilian MMO Kakele?
Hey, what are those Brazilian developers down at ViVa Games doing these days? The studio's 2-D pixelart MMO Kakele still is riding the high...
Istaria’s 2025 roadmap includes finally finishing ‘Mahiel the Pure’ epic story
Late last month, Istaria (aka Horizons) posted a 2025 roadmap for the decades-old MMORPG, saying that it managed to get out two sizable content...
Neverwinter Nights persistent world Arelith hits a new player concurrency record after 22 years
Three hundred eighty. That sounds like a pretty meager number when it comes to most MMO and multiplayer game concurrency records, but for the...
Whatever happened to multiplayer open world voxelbox Portal Knights?
Usually when we pose the question of Whatever Happened To a game, it's often answered by some ill tidings; a game stops development mid-early...
Early access MMORPG Abyss Online resurfaces with a confusing trailer from the Taipei Game Show
Do you recall Abyss Online? It's had an... interesting... development track to say the least: We first caught wind of the game in 2023,...
‘Conquest adventure’ MMO Havenhold shares stats and lessons from previous alpha playtests
Do you remember Havenhold? We first reported on this martial arts-styled "multiplayer conquest adventure" MMO (or MMOACT to use the game's own parlance) last...
PixARK releases its first player-designed creature and confirms work on an upcoming new map
It's been a hot minute or five since we checked in on PixARK, the voxelbox multiplayer open world survival title that's basically ARK but...
Whatever happened to crafting sandbox A Tale in the Desert?
It's been a couple trips around the sun since we last checked in with 2003's A Tale in the Desert, an old MMO that's...
Whatever happened to multiplayer voxel RPG Cube World and its successor, Cube World Omega?
Some of you may recall -- or even be fans of -- a cute indie voxel RPG known as Cube World. This was a...
Sci-fi MMORPG Vendetta Online released a whopping 44 updates last year
When you're casting about for a space sim, don't think that Star Citizen and EVE Online are the only games in town. Vendetta Online's...
Magic The Gathering Online opens a new vintage cube and other events to close out the year
We don't often peek in to Magic: The Gathering Online too often, but that's certainly not because it's doing nothing, as the end of...
Whatever happened to RvR MMO Crowfall? (2024 edition)
In the annals of MMORPG history, Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall seems destined to be remembered for its impressive crowdfunding totals, imaginative character designs, strong developer...
Whatever happened to the relaunched sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria Classic?
This week appears to be the kind of week where we flip through the old albums and see why there hasn't been anything major...
