ALL THE POSTS
Netmarble takes on global publishing duties for Mad World
At long last, Netmarble can proudly stand as the worldwide premiere publisher of MMOs sharing the title with a Tears for Fears song, as the company has picked up the worldwide publishing rights for Mad World. It's not a particularly large field until someone decides to develop Everybody Wants To Rule The World Online, we suppose. But...
PixARK has released its new Skyward DLC today for free
If you've been enjoying PixARK, you would probably like some free additional stuff in the game, and the arrival of the new Skyward DLC today certainly provides that. Yes, it's new DLC completely for free if you own the game on Steam; the DLC is slated for console editions soon, with Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions also...
Path of Exile announces Blight league for September 6 – here’s our preview interview with Grinding Gear!
Fall is creeping up on us, and that means back to school is almost -- if not already -- here. That also means it is back to the beginning as Path of Exile launches another new league. Starting on September 6th for the PC and September 9th for consoles, players will get to experience Blight. It's full of...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 234: ArcheAge’s game changer
Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge Unchained, WoW Classic, No Man's Sky, DDO, Neverwinter, and Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag topics on the future of MMOs and the silent majority MMO playerbase.
The Stream Team: AdventureQuest 3D’s KORN concert is live!
You can do a lot in games nowadays, so why not attend a concert? Even better, get some sweet swag while you are there? AQ3D is opening its Coliseum in Battleon with a special battle performance by KORN (yes, the band, for real). Massively OP's MJ will get to jam out to tunes while jamming a sword into monsters...
Torchlight Frontiers’ latest alpha update adds new optional difficulty settings
Don't you forget about Torchlight Frontiers: PWE and Echtra Games are still zooming along in alpha, and today the studios have dropped the game's eighth big test update. While it's primarily focused on quality-of-life tweaks - "sometimes you just need to clean up all the dust in the workshop before you get back to expanding the frontier,"...
Guild Wars 2 is serving up a cooking patch and ascended food next week
ArenaNet clearly knows that the way to gamers' hearts is through their stomachs. This is not, of course, how anatomy works, but it seems to be the new Guild Wars 2 strategy, as this afternoon Anet made good on its promise to expand the cooking craft skill in the game.
MMO players will recall that following the ArenaNet...
Gamescom 2019: Black Desert’s PS4 version just hit headstart with a new launch trailer
We're down to just under two days to go before Pearl Abyss' popular MMORPG Black Desert PS4 joins its PC and Xbox One crew, and in fact, if you preordered the deluxe or ultimate edition of the game, you're already in, as the two-day headstart has already begun.
Wanna check it out yourself? Pearl Abyss is at...
The Rising returns to Final Fantasy XIV on August 26
Another year has passed, and that means it's time to celebrate the anniversary of Final Fantasy XIV once again with the annual return of The Rising. This year offers players a fresh set of rewards, naturally; there's a new wind-up Y'shtola minion available for players sporting her Shadowbringers outfit, along with wall art to commemorate the Stormblood...
Choose My Adventure: Rediscovering the simple joy of flight in No Man’s Sky
Boy is it good to be back here.
I'll be honest, not much of what I did while flying around in No Man's Sky was terribly different from what I'd normally do in the game before the big ol' Beyond multiplayer update. That said, it has been long enough that I forgot how this game does a lot of...
PWE’s co-op shooter Remnant From the Ashes has officially launched
My guild chat channel is buzzing this morning over a game at least one friend likened to Hellgate, but in a good way: I'm talking about Remnant: From the Ashes, the co-op post-apoc survival shooter from Gunfire Games and MMO publisher Perfect World Entertainment that's officially launched as of today.
We played the game at a previous PAX...
Neverwinter, Champions Online, and Star Trek Online end XMPP chat client support
In an effort to reportedly take on the ever-encroaching menace that is gold selling spammers, outside chat client support powered by XMPP will be ended for Star Trek Online, Champions Online, and Neverwinter, adding to a growing list of feature support caualties.
A copy-pasted message from the forums of each game being
Flameseeker Chronicles: What would a mobile Guild Wars 2 look like?
Ever wished Tyria could fit in your pocket? That dream could one day become a reality. A couple of weeks ago, we heard rumblings that ArenaNet may be looking into producing a version of Guild Wars 2 for mobile. This isn’t even the first time it has hinted at this possibility; we know that at least...
Gamescom 2019’s most interesting multiplayer announcements so far
Here's what we've got our eye on multiplayer-wise after the opening night of Gamescom this year - everything from Monster Hunter World Icebourne and Google Stadia missteps to multiplayer Kerbals and Swedish heavy metal rock bands.
Hands-on: Neverwinter post-Uprising is a mixed bag for newbies and vets
A long time ago, for a few months after it launched, I was an avid Neverwinter player. I loved its visceral combat, and to this day I'd rate its take on the Ranger as perhaps my favorite class in any video game. I made it to the original level cap and got fairly well-geared.
But in the end I...
Guild Wars 2 is planning a nice big expansion boost in September
So let's assume for the moment that you are hopelessly far behind Guild Wars 2's curve at the moment for whatever reason. This is compounded by the fact that making your way through the game's various maps frequently requires a certain amount of mastery. Fortunately, the upcoming catch-up event starting on September 3rd will help you rectify...
Rumor: Nexon Korea is shedding more employees and dropping in-development MMOs
More bad news appears to be coming out of the home office of Nexon in Korea. According to unconfirmed and anonymous reports from Inven, the gaming giant is in the process of dropping or reassigning employees and is ending work on in-development game projects, affecting at the very least 80 people in the process.
According to these reports, manpower...
Ashes of Creation’s next Apocalypse battle royale playtest is running today on Steam
As Ashes of Creation backers and fans continue to wait for the MMORPG to emerge from the caverns of development, at least there's a distraction to keep the community occupied. Intrepid Studios re-activated the game's battle royale mode, Apocalypse, for another test today. That's right, it's a 12-hour playtest, today, so if you're going to get in,...
Apex Legends boss apologizes for Reddit dust-up, but there’ll be no auto-da-fé for the devs
It was just a matter of time before the apology came out - we all know how this script goes.
Yesterday we covered the weekend blow-up between Reddit and Apex Legends staff, as Respawn executive producer Drew McCoy responded to an expletive-laden player insult with a pointed clapback for its writer, all set against a backdrop of problematic monetization...
The Daily Grind: Do you vote in MMO player elections?
This week I spent a bit of time perusing the Star Wars Galaxies Legends Discord, where candidates for the player Senate are making stump speeches and pitches for why we ought to saunter over to the polls and vote them into office. It seems to me that while some other MMOs with such councils have reputations for lacking...
