Project: Gorgon has recaptured the old-school MMO magic I thought was dead and gone by letting me ask a pig about its mother so hard it dies

Project: Gorgon has recaptured the old-school MMO magic I thought was dead and gone by letting me ask a pig about its mother so hard it dies | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG ‘We lost things such as physics in games:’ The dev behind my most anticipated RPG thinks players are craving more interactive games, not just ‘moving around in a static 3D environment’ RPG The dev behind my top upcoming RPG is a Hungarian chef who thought ‘if not now, then when?’ and learned coding from scratch to make his dream ‘eurojank’ masterpiece RPG I applaud this gacha game for ditching anime characters for puppets, but it still can’t escape the pitfalls of a post-Genshin Impact world RPG The new game from Disco Elysium’s studio feels like the first Christmas after your parents’ divorce Horror Burglin’ Gnomes is the next great friend-slop game that everyone with a PC and at least one other friend should check out MOBA I’m sad Deadlock is ‘just’ a MOBA—not because I don’t like them, but because I’m in love with Valve’s lore and characters enough to want any other game instead Sim I thought Fishing Shop Simulator was a joke after I saw mechs in ancient Rome, but after two hours with its demo, I’m hooked Roguelike Mewgenics provides the best proof yet that the turn-based tactics genre is the true home of drama and excitement in gaming Roguelike Mewgenics review: The creator of The Binding of Isaac has transcended his own past work with this sprawling, ridiculous, and endlessly surprising roguelike RPG The best King’s Field-likes on PC MMO The best MMOs on PC RPG Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy might just have everything I want from a CRPG Card Game The Killing Stone combines occult contract law with card-battling in an isolated 17th century mansion RPG The best RPGs on PC Life Sim Starsand Island is the first can’t-miss cozy game of 2026 and it’s already taken over 20 hours from me PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games MMO Project: Gorgon has recaptured the old-school MMO magic I thought was dead and gone by letting me ask a pig about its mother so hard it dies Features By Harvey Randall published 22 February 2026 I have no idea how I’m going to get the Holistic Wellness or Civic Pride skills, but I am so excited to find out. 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In the short five hours I’ve played it, Project: Gorgon has done something magical.Firstly, it has convinced me, a habitual cynic, that there is a world in which indie MMORPGs can thrive, rather healthily in fact, on concurrent playerbases of less than 3,000 players. Project: Gorgon’s managing it swimmingly. As a matter of fact, it’s done that since 2018, finally ambling out of early access this year.Secondly, I’d like to point you to an article I wrote lamenting the death of the old-school MMO last year. In it, I wrote the following sentence: “I get wanting to go back, but we simply can’t. Not because we don’t want to, but because everything’s changed—the games, the ways we engage with them, and our own lives.” Related articles Old-school MMO Project: Gorgon launches into 1.0 with an update that adds ‘by far the largest and most complex map we’ve ever made’ I’ve been roleplaying in MMORPGs like WoW for 16 years, it’s the reason I’m here writing this headline—and there’s never been a better time to try it out yourself The best MMOs on PC This game has proven me completely and utterly wrong. I have, for the first time as a critic, had a full-blown Ratatoullie moment. I’ve been sent back in time to that era of innocence and complete ineptitude, where 11-year old me thought