state of the game
TUG studio Nerd Kingdom owes its Kickstarter backers an explanation – or their money back
We've been following the sad story of TUG, The Untitled Game, for years now, ever since its May 2013 Kickstarter. At the time, studio...
Ubisoft previews The Division 2’s overhauled weapons systems
In all the buzz around Destiny 2 and Anthem, you'd be forgiven for having forgotten that The Division 2 is still on the way,...
Interview: Bless Online on early access, pay-to-win, and its western refuge on Steam
Last night's bombshell that Bless Online is closing down its final Korean servers, leaving the game's Steam version in the west as the only...
Fortnite’s Android version shipped with huge security hole, but it’s OK now
Here's some really scary news if you were among the millions who installed Fortnite on an Android device from the game's website. Apparently the...
The Game Archaeologist: City of Villains, enhancement diversification, and Going Rogue
It's always easy to look back at the making of City of Heroes and its first year with a memory tinted toward the good...
‘Frustrated’ Fallen Earth owners focus on thwarting cheaters, rewriting source code
As the summer has gone by, Little Orbit -- the purchaser of GamersFirst and all of its library of titles -- has found itself...
WildStar brings back its home decoration event as the game languishes
Poor WildStar. These days all the attention and excitement that Carbine's MMO generates is by recycling old events. One of these, the home renovation...
Global Chat: The ‘We Don’t Play World of Warcraft’ Club
What do you do when you don't play World of Warcraft but everyone else all around you does and won't stop talking about it...
Bless Online’s new video series discusses new staff and PvP balance after server merges
If you hate video updates, you're probably not going to love Bless Online's new plan for reaching the community, but at least this one's...
ArcheAge, Trove producers address Trion layoffs, tell players not to worry
Last week's Trion Worlds layoffs appeared to have hit ArcheAge particularly hard, with the loss of a well-known producer to the eliminated positions, on...
Starfighter Inc expands its alpha test and overhauls its ship systems
Remember Starfighter Inc? This crowdfunded title was aiming to be a multiplayer spiritual successor to the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games of the 1990s....
Star Citizen’s 3.2 alpha contains utter rubbish, literally – and Squadron 42 won’t make 2018
This week's edition of Star Citizen's Around the Verse is taking a detour into a recap of Squadron 42. CIG says it's been working...
Fallen Earth’s new owners try to sort out a messy situation but aren’t discouraged
It's one thing to say that you'd like to rebuild an aging MMORPG that you just purchased. It's another thing entirely to figure out...
The Survivalist: ARK Survival Evolved’s early early access vs. launch
When a game is being created, you usually expect that development to move the title in a positive direction and make it better, right?...
PAX East 2018: Guild Wars 2 game director Mike Zadorojny on Path of Fire, monetization, and more
It's not every day that you walk into a building dominated by an enormous griffon, the enormous statue replicating the mount in Guild Wars...
Worlds Adrift adds 300 brand-new player-made islands to its early access build
Last week, the Worlds Adrift team asked you to break its servers. You didn't. But you did give them a thorough test, which pushes...
Star Citizen brings back old ships for sale, asks backers to vote on alpha 3.2’s priority projects
Do you have too much money? Awesome. Star Citizen has some ideas for where you can spend it - say, on some new ships?...
Pantheon’s State of the Game touts pre-alpha and Elves
"Pre-alpha."
By far, this is the focus of Pantheon's February state of the game post by Creative Director Chris Perkins, who reports that the testing has...
Neverwinter talks about game fixes, puts the final touches on the Cradle of the Death God
Cryptic's state of the game livestream came out earlier this week for Neverwinter... and it was not quite as groundbreaking as you might have...
PWE will sunset MOBA Gigantic in July because it couldn’t ‘break through in a crowded market’
Gigantic is on the short road to sunset, I'm sorry to report.
The move by publisher PWE won't surprise many players, as the development studio...
