state of the game

This week, MOP's Chris ran afoul of the MMO meta when he was going through New World. Only he... didn't, not really. He ran...

The always cantankerous New World community is in even more of an uproar than usual lately. Go to any of its social media, and...

We'll start by pointing out that, no, Bossa Studios' developing PvE survivalbox Lost Skies still has no timeline for testing or release. What it...

I was playing Lord of the Rings Online last weekend when my server naturally veered off into one of its favorite discussions: whether Moria...

Guild Wars 2 is continuing to quietly push out low-key weekly events this month with barely an acknowledgement except on social media, to the...

Every year, GDC conducts an industry-wide survey of game developers and compiles the results in its State of the Game Industry, the 2024 edition...

PlanetSide 2 has had a bit of a rocky year, swinging from the heights of a 20th anniversary of the franchise to the lows...

Usually retrospectives tend to look back at the entire year, but it looks as if Embers Adrift is mostly proud of November, as the...

When fishing in real life, you can't see what you're doing or where the fish are at all times, meaning you have to cast...

Sunday, October 15th, will mark the first full year of operation for Embers Adrift, which means that Stormhaven Studios is readying to celebrate the...

Wayfinder has come a long way in its quest to shore up its paid early access: Airship Syndicate dropped an avalanche of info and...

So before I start this column, I want to make something very clear: I do not for one moment, in my heart of hearts,...

The PvPers of Destiny 2 were not happy whatsoever with the latest state of the game letter from director Joe Blackburn, who says that...

With the current Season of the Deep now having roughly three weeks left to it, Destiny 2 is looking to the season ahead to...

My relationship with Star Wars: The Old Republic is best described as "complicated." The game launched at a time when I was still pretty...

MMOs and multiplayer games getting small patches isn't anything new, and is indeed often a necessary part of running a live title, but the...

It is by now clear that World of Warcraft's Dragonflight expansion hasn't exactly set the world on fire. This has set off another round...

The initial Steam launch of Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore went badly enough that developer Gellyberry Studios announced plans for a full server wipe and...

Following the publish of its Shrieks in the Deep patch in late April, Embers Adrift is keeping spring springy with community events in May...

So recently, we asked about what World of Warcraft could do to draw back players that it had lost. To be clear, that's a...