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Former Fortnite lead dev talks about how live events were sacrificed to build a multi-game metaverse
As most people have now noticed, Fortnite has made some pretty sweeping changes, from a survival shooter to battle royale to a place where live events happened, right up to its most recent transformation into a platform of new games and different bespoke experiences. If you happen to be among those left wondering just what the heck happened to...
Sea of Thieves previews April updates, elaborates on PS5 server woes, and confirms the return of six ship servers
The new and the next are once more available to Sea of Thieves fans in moving pictures form, as the sandbox's latest news digest video provides a look at what's coming for the final parts of April, discusses the pre-order beta woes on PS5, and grants a look ahead at updates coming later this spring.
The video begins with a...
New World elaborates on the design of the eight artifacts added with Season of the Guardian
Amazon's latest New World dev blog isn't going to shake any foundations with breaking news, but it does deep-dive the new artifacts added in Season of the Guardian earlier this month. System designer Isaiah Cartwright goes through all eight new artifacts and more specifically why Amazon chose them for implementation. In most cases, especially for the weapons, they filled...
Lost Ark maps out new raids, continent, and progression systems coming through July 2024
If you can believe it, we're almost a third of the way into 2024, which means we're due for more roadmaps out of Amazon - including roadmaps for Lost Ark's next quarter of content.
According to the studio, May will see the wind-down of the Thaemine chapter with an epilogue quest, Shadow of the Moon, to cap off the storyline,...
Game devs are concerned about the sustainability of live-service titles
It certainly feels like live service is being tacked on to many recent game releases (whether it makes sense or not), which of course leads to worries among gamers and industry watchers that the walls of this bubble are likely to burst soon. If it's any consolation, most game developers reportedly feel the same way, at least if data...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis marks three years with Halpha’s Super Origin Festival
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is kicking off a celebration of its third anniversary this week with a big event that has a similarly big mouthful of a name: Halpha's Super Origin Festival.
Starting today, April 24th, through June 4th, players will be able to crack into 10 free scratch ticket lockboxes a day up to a total of...
The Stream Team: Map clearing and exploration with a friend in Cat Quest II
MOP's Chris and his best friend are once again coming together for some more Cat Quest II adventuring! When we last left our cat and dog duo, they were nearing the end of the main quest, which means it's time to divert to side activities instead! Join them today at 2:00 p.m. EDT for the pun-filled fun!
What: Cat Quest...
Steam is altering the early access refund deal – pray it does not alter it any further
If ever you needed another reason not to purchase or play games in early access, Valve has stepped forward to give you a huge one with the latest update to Steam's refund agreement: It's now going to count time played in early access against the refund timer, meaning that sinking more than two hours into an early access game...
Pax Dei testing wrestles with stability and bugs, Abyss testing adds refinements and dragon attacks
It's been a busy time for the developing sandbox MMORPGs of Pax Dei and Abyss, as both games entered into their respective alphas this month and have been tackling a bunch of expected issues along the way.
We'll begin with Pax Dei, which has elected to keep its information stuffed in Discord. Most of the news here is focused on...
The Wagadu Chronicles has released its Dungeons & Dragons 5E-compatible tabletop rulebook
You may or may not feel that The Wagadu Chronicles as it currently exists in its playable state is delivering on its premise. We're not here to litigate that. But if you feel the game's setting is interesting enough to draw you in anyhow, perhaps you'd like it more in tabletop form? Yes, the game's long-awaited tabletop rulebook (compatible...
Perfect Ten: Great MMO April Fools’ Day pranks from back in the day
There are two types of people on April 1st: those who are annoyed and indifferent to the tomfoolery going on all around them, and those who gleefully embrace the zany antics and bald-faced lies. For the record, I am of the latter crowd. I love April Fools' Day and the humor and creativity that it inspires. While this day...
Community-led Infantry Online, SOE’s 25-year-old shooter, marches its way onto Steam
It's quite likely that we have several veterans of Infantry Online in our Massively OP audience. After all, this was a Sony Online Entertainment game from back in the EverQuest glory days (around 1999) that developed a loyal cult following. Infantry lasted until 2012, after which it was revived as the Free Infantry rogue server by the community. In...
Vitae Aeternum: So just what is New World’s big June announcement?
For the past few months, Amazon Games has repeated the same mantra in regards to New World's future: Wait for the announcement in June. But what will this announcement be? Let's take a look at some of the possibilities.
There's two popular fan theories on what the big ticket feature of the announcement will be, and I'll talk about those,...
Pirate101 launches new story, gear, and deco in today’s Through Death’s Door update
KingsIsle is continuing to make good on its plan to revitalize Pirate101 this week with its new story-driven update, dubbed Through Death's Door.
"Through Death’s Door seeks to expand the story of Pirate101, with the update serving as the beginning of the game’s second story arc," the studio says of the new update to its kid-friendly MMO. "Take to the...
Albion Online has kicked off early headstart for its new European server – no more wipes
There was a bit of a hiccup in getting it off the ground this morning, but it's here now: Albion Online's Albion Europe server has officially entered its first phase of early access - yes, there are several phases, just as there were several phases of beta before this. Today is the big one, however, as the European server...
Elite Dangerous plans to sell ship bundles – including its upcoming new ship – in the cash shop
A new announcement from Elite: Dangerous has lit a tinderbox among its playerbase, as Frontier Developments has confirmed that it plans to start selling internet spaceships to players in its cash shop -- including the upcoming Python Mk II, the game's first new ship in years.
These pre-built ship packages will mostly be tailored around a specific in-game activity and...
Black Desert makes life skill benefits account-wide in today’s PC update
In case you haven't noticed, Pearl Abyss is on a massive campaign this quarter to improve the public's perception of Black Desert with one quality-of-life upgrade after another, chiefly to the game's enhancement systems. This week's QOL boost is a pass on family-based lifeskills.
"Life Skill levels, which were previously character based, are now Family based," Pearl Abyss explains in...
The Daily Grind: Transform an MMO into a better game by changing one letter in its title
Last week, all productivity in the MOP office ground to a halt when we started playing a game to change an MMO's title into another one by swapping a single letter. Because we're children at hearts, this tickled us greatly and we couldn't stop. Some of the better ones we came up with include:
Wife is Feudal
City of...
The Stream Team: A whole new World 3 in Guild Wars 2’s SAB
It's a whole new world 3 in Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box. OK, maybe a whole new world is a slight exaggeration (how else would we get that song stuck in your head?), but there are a chunk of changes. Along with the addition of shops and blue ooze, there are new things to collect, achievements to nab,...
Mad World adds new dungeons and refines gear enhancement to mark it first anniversary April 25
Mad World's upcoming April 25th patch is bringing a lot to its table, not the least of which being a first anniversary celebration along with some harder encounters for players to face and easier gear refinement for the higher levels of progression.
The OARPG's first year of operation is being marked by Jandisoft with multiple events that run between April...
