Google and Ubisoft are working on a multiplayer open source server
The next time you play an online game, you might have Google to thank for handling the heavy lifting. The tech giant announced that...
Black Desert patches in Black Spirit’s Adventure 2 minigame, anticipates Drieghan region in Korea
If you found Black Desert's little black spirit dude disconcerting, this week's patch is... not gonna help that. Today's update adds Black Spirit's Adventure...
Pearl Abyss calls Black Desert Mobile’s soft launch a ‘domestic success’
Does Pearl Abyss have a hit on its hands with Black Desert Mobile? In Korea it appears to be so. The company sent 'round...
Paladins begins testing its battle royale mode and removes controversial lootboxes
While it's not as cool of a name as "Thunderdome," Paladins' Battlegrounds is still likely to attract plenty of bloodthirsty savages looking for a...
Old School RuneScape mobile won’t unduly task your phone or tablet
Looking forward to playing some Old School RuneScape on your phone or tablet this year? That day is getting closer all the time, and...
Maplestory mobile spinoff Maplestory M hits Android beta today
Maplestory is one of those MMOs that runs quietly under the radar but manages to have a massive following all the same. Will Maplestory...
Ashes of Creation team answers tons of fan questions, gives a preview of the Underrealm
Have a burning curiosity about pixies, testing, and soundtracks? They might have been answered yesterday. In the span of an hour, the Ashes of...
Elder Scrolls Online breaks out its fourth soundtrack album
Soundtrack lovers, here's a pleasant surprise for the end of the week: A brand-new album from Composer Brad Derrick and Elder Scrolls Online.
Derrick continues...
Chronicles of Elyria is dropping virtual world platform SpatialOS
Chronicles of Elyria's latest dev blog is out, and it's more than just a recap of 2017 and look ahead to 2018, although it...
Lineage 2 Revolution counts 5 million players in 2 months
Still scoffing at the idea of mobile MMOs? They're catching on anyway. Netmarble announced this week that five million people globally have signed up...
League of Legends unbans ‘reformed’ toxic player called a ‘humunculus’ by fired employee
Among last year's toxicity-in-gaming stories was the one that taught the internet an important lesson: how to spell homunculus. No, that wasn't it. It...
Black Desert Mobile shares some details about account linking, character creation, and items
Curious about the play experience of Black Desert Mobile? The developers have put out a helpful FAQ about the game's features, mechanical changes, and...
Gunjack 2 is still alive, lands on Gear VR
Don't despair thinking that the entire EVE universe is collapsing into a single title just yet; the black hole theory has yet to be...
Portal Knights arrives on mobile today
The nice thing about mobile MMOs is that you can still enjoy a video game when you're out on the road. Portal Knights already...
Tree of Life’s winter festival blows in holiday cheer
Even newer MMOs like Tree of Life are getting in on the holiday spirit this Christmas season. The team recently kicked off its winter...
Niantic will reboot Ingress into Ingress Prime next year
Niantic is delivering a massive upgrade for Ingress next year. "Reboot" might even be a more appropriate term.
The company most people know for its...
One Shots: Elves have a weeding problem
You may hold Elves in high esteem, but the truth is that they are bonafide slackers. They live forever and can't even be bothered...
The Soapbox: Evaluating gaming monetization through the lens of Nintendo’s mobile history
Bloggers and journalists throughout the online gaming industry have been talking about monetization a lot lately. It's not just lockbox/gachapon scandals, or their relationship...
Are rank-and-file devs benefiting from MMO publisher ‘money-grabs’? Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs weighs in
Last week, Massively OP's Eliot Lefebvre wrote a (fantastic) Soapbox editorial arguing that Star Wars Battlefront II (and its concomitant monetization dust-up) is merely...
Hyperspace Beacon: What potential lockbox gambling laws could mean for SWTOR
Late yesterday I read these words Google-translated from Belgian news site VTM: "The Minister of Justice wants to prohibit purchases in video games if...
