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NetEase’s adorable cozy game Floatopia invites you to ‘live your best life in the sky’
Bree Royce - August 21, 2024 4
One of the bright lights of Gamescom's Opening Night Live was the reveal of a new NetEase multiplayer title called Floatopia that is clearly...
Cutesy multiplayer life sim Galactic Getaway heralds a successful alpha, promises 2024 release
Chris Neal - July 8, 2024 1
Last year we first reported on Galactic Getaway, a cute Animal Crossing-style sci-fi life sim RPG that lets up to 60 players customize a...
Massively Overthinking: Do you have a ‘mental block’ in MMORPGs?
Bree Royce - July 4, 2024 14
Back in June, MMO blogger Belghast from Tales of the Aggronaut penned a fun blog about having had a mental block against tanking. "Something happened...
Cozy co-op game Ikonei Island launches 1.5 overhaul on PC March 21 alongside console debut
Bree Royce - March 11, 2024 4
It's been a tick since we peeked at cozy co-op Ikonei Island, a cutesy blend of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing New Horizons that...
Cozy multiplayer sci-fi life sim Galactic Getaway crosses the Kickstarter finish line
Justin Olivetti - March 1, 2024 1
While its final tally may not be record-breaking in the annals of crowdfunding, a win is a win for multiplayer life sim Galactic Getaway. The...
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Bree Royce - February 6, 2024 2
Twice last spring, we covered a new-to-us MMO called Galactic Getaway, a game that had been in production already since 2021. We originally binned...
The Soapbox: The ‘problem’ with MMO hoarding
Andrew Ross - December 27, 2023 11
I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...
A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch
Colin Henry - December 19, 2023 4
Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...
BitCraft delicately balances social interactions and private ownership with its player housing
Justin Olivetti - November 28, 2023 1
The fact that BitCraft, Clockwork Labs' upcoming investor-funded sandbox MMO, will feature player housing is something that one might take for granted. But what...
The Sims 5 developers are looking to Animal Crossing and Among Us for multiplayer inspiration
Eliot Lefebvre - November 27, 2023 1
If the promise of multiplayer in The Sims 5 (technically still Project Rene but let's not front) brings you memories of The Sims Online,...
Transmedia madness roundup: PUBG’s KFC collab, Animal Crossing’s LEGO figs, and Roblox’s Barbie experience
Chris Neal - October 5, 2023 2
The strange bedfellows made of game studios and other brands has been A Thing for a while - we've even made a whole Golden...
First impressions: Palia is a half-baked project that could rise to be a masterpiece
Justin Olivetti - August 11, 2023 25
For a reviewer, there is nothing more frustrating than something that is equal parts amazing and terrible. All awesome? That's an easy, glowing recommendation....
Singularity 6 interview: Palia is the cozy cottagecore sandbox to beat as it begins closed beta
Justin Olivetti - August 2, 2023 19
The label "cozy" is in increasing danger of becoming a watered-down label thanks to how much it's being used in culture these days. Yet...
The Soapbox: The day my son lost his first online video game to a sunset
Justin Olivetti - July 21, 2023 13
It was a few weeks back that I walked into our family room and saw my 14-year-old son crouched over the iPad with a...
The Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs and online worlds with super cozy vibes
Justin Olivetti - July 19, 2023 9
In this age of increased anxiety and friction, there's a natural desire to retreat into safe spaces. And yet not all of us have...
Loftia is yet another ‘cozy solarpunk’ life sim MMO in the making
Justin Olivetti - July 5, 2023 8
You know what's a recent trend we can get behind here at Massively OP? The rise of so-called "cozy" multiplayer life sims that prioritize...
Massively Overthinking: Are we in an ‘MMO hype vacuum’?
Bree Royce - May 25, 2023 22
James "MMO Folklorist" Crosby recently penned a piece using a term that seems so apt I feel we should all adopt it: the MMO...
Galactic Getaway will let you make your own outer space vacation resort
Justin Olivetti - March 24, 2023 0
It's the end of March -- are you ready for a vacation? We could all use one, no doubt, and if you can't get...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3 is dividing players in fantastic ways
Andrew Ross - September 18, 2022 3
I feel like Splatoon 3's release has been oddly quiet, though it's doing quite well in Japan. Selling over 3.45 million copies in 3...
Wisdom of Nym: Highlights from Final Fantasy XIV’s Buried Memory patch notes ahead of launch
Eliot Lefebvre - August 22, 2022 5
The nice thing about having the patch notes always released well ahead of time for Final Fantasy XIV is that we can always pick...