The Daily Grind: What’s been the biggest change to the MMORPG genre in the last 20 years?
A while back, there was a thread on Reddit from a younger MMO player who was curious about changes to the way players perceived...
Whoa: Cyberpunk 2077 snagged Keanu Reeves, launches April 16 2020
During the Microsoft Xbox presentation ahead of E3 this afternoon, CD Projekt Red dropped some big news: Cyberpunk 2077 has landed Keanu Reeves, playing...
Elder Scrolls Online soars to 13.5M lifetime players
That's a whole lot of cats rolled, urns broken, and pockets picked.
Elder Scrolls Online has pushed past 13.5 million accumulated players since its launch...
Betawatch: ReWorld beta is due in two months
Look, over that way! Is it a beta announcement? No, it's an announcement of a beta announcement, as the ReWorld Online Twitter has announced that there...
Leaderboard: Are you all-in for Google Stadia?
When Google first announced Stadia this past spring, promising it would "revolutionize" the industry, our readers were skeptical. And now that we know much...
Bless Online’s western version will sunset on September 9
Yesterday, we covered the news that Bless Online was sunsetting in Japan, leading many of us to wonder whether the Steam version live in...
Vague Patch Notes: The curious case of the esports bubble
I've been thinking a lot about esports lately. This is not actually something IÂ like to think about, mind you; my general attitude toward esports...
The ArcheAge consumer lawsuit against Trion Worlds is still inching onward
It seems weird to be writing about Trion Worlds again, but here we are. MMO players will recall that back in 2015, three gamers...
The Daily Grind: Is the future of online games dev really ‘conversation mode’ rather than ‘presentation mode’?
Last month, PC Gamer ran a piece about Anthem and EA focusing on EA's belief that the way the industry goes about releasing games...
Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?
Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
BlueStacks Inside launches on Steam to bring mobile gaming direct to your desktop
Let's say that there's a mobile game you really want to play, but you don't like playing on your phone and said phone is...
Take-Two boss shrugs off Fortnite’s impact on the gaming industry
Thank goodness it's a sunny day out there because Strauss Zelnick brought some serious shade for the industry to Baird's 2019 Global Consume, Technology,...
Bless Online’s Japanese server is sunsetting in August
It looks like yet another version of Bless Online is calling it quits, as the Japanese server admins announced yesterday it'll close down that...
Google reveals Stadia pricing, release window, and games – including Elder Scrolls Online and Baldur’s Gate 3
Back in March (which somehow feels like a hundred years ago?), Google announced Google Stadia - not a console but a platform that will...
Blizzard cans another secret game after two years of development, this one a StarCraft shooter
Add another game to Blizzard's development graveyard.
According to Gamespot, the World of Warcraft studio decided to cancel an unannounced game project that has been...
Desert Oasis: Comparing Black Desert and Blade & Soul’s design philosophies
One of my favorite MMO stories is how I got into Black Desert in the first place. It was right after I tried out...
Massively Uplifting: Supporting St. Jude Children’s Hospital and PRIDE month
April showers bring May flowers, but big-hearted gamers bring forth good deeds any month of the year! And May was no different. Generosity with...
Kakao and Netmarble both bid for a controlling stake in Nexon last week
Our days of playing the fun "who's buying Nexon this week" game are quickly coming to a middle as apparently the auction has finally...
Coherence is a new game platform promising studios ‘multiplayer in minutes’
It's sort of been a longstanding truism, especially for MMOs, that you can't build a game worth playing in a short length of time....
Rumor: More high-profile esports figures are leaving Blizzard within the next two weeks
Remember just last week when the commissioner of Overwatch's premiere and eponymous league left his position? That alone was a bit of a surprise, but...
