Blizzard’s sexism scandal continues, 2500 devs sign letter condemning Acti-Blizz response
It's now been a week since California filed a brutal discrimination and harassment lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard following a two-year investigation. Last week and over...
Lost Ark introduces new founder’s pack with normalized pricing to combat black market sellers
It would appear that key resellers are making a mess of Lost Ark's economy before the game even gets out of technical alpha, if...
New World cleared 200,000 concurrent beta players over the weekend
You have to imagine that there are some Amazon Game Studios executives and producers who are breathing a little easier this week after seeing...
The Daily Grind: Which Kickstarter MMOs do you actually still want when they launch?
Not long after Crowfall launched, I had a fun chat with MOP reader Brandon, who mentioned that one of his friends was an early...
MMO Week in Review: RIP to the Blizzard you thought you knew
It probably shouldn't surprise anyone that a video game company long-maligned and even boycotted over everything from political censorship and mass-layoffs to labor abuses...
The MOP Up: ArcheAge heads to the beach for sand and surf
Both versions of ArcheAge are urging players to take a break from their usual routine of species extermination to play in the sand and...
MapleStory’s second part of Neo: Light’s Wrath adds a new boss and a new quest line
The second part of the Neo: Light's Wrath content that marks MapleStory's summer is now officially live and it has... a hotel that's springing...
The Stream Team: Exploring some player-made missions in City of Heroes Homecoming
Players of MMOs, given the tools and the time, can make some pretty awesome things, and while many MMOs and MMORPGs seem to be...
One Shots: A story in a single picture
I've always had a great fondness for when video games can tell a quick story without words but rather with objects placed in such...
Chris Metzen offers apology for Blizzard’s culture of ‘harassment, inequality, and indifference’
Perhaps having seen how badly Mike Morhaime's apology to the women of Blizzard backfired, Chris Metzen took the better part of an extra day...
The Daily Grind: Do you follow Discord servers for specific MMOs?
On some level this might be a case of an old man yelling at clouds, but I really dislike joining Discord servers for specific...
Valiance Online enters into beta phase for investors of the game
This past March, we decided to recount what happened to Valiance Online, noting that the team at Silverhelm was hit hard by COVID and...
EVE Online announces vague plans to end resource scarcity later this year
This one requires a bit of backstory to fully understand, so allow us a moment to recap: Back as early as December 2019, CCP...
Elyon says it’s trying to be ‘clear and transparent’ about its cash shop
A game's cash shop by any other name will attempt to suck all of the money out of your wallet, even if it's being...
LOTRO Legendarium: Six suggestions to improve LOTRO’s business model
First of all, I want to give praise where it's due: Lord of the Rings Online has done a great job in 2021 shedding...
Camelot Unchained says it has no plans to license its engine, is still paying refunds
Earlier this month, Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment came under fire when its leader objected to a YouTube video that speculated the company...
The Daily Grind: If you could give advice to a developer that would actually be taken, what would it be?
While developers have an insider's knowledge of the make-up of their games and access to information and demographics that we do not, it doesn't...
Mike Morhaime to female Blizzard workers: ‘I am extremely sorry that I failed you’
In response to the situation surrounding the explosive California state lawsuit alleging systemic sexual harassment and discrimination at Activision-Blizzard, former president Mike Morhaime posted...
Betawatch: New World kicks off its closed beta
At long last, the New World closed beta has arrived! It's a beta for the game that seems to have gone through more philosophical...
Wild Terra 2 adds horses and healing with its next update arriving July 29
If you're quietly gathering from a tree and see a small squirrel run up to you yelling and chittering in rage, is your first...
