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Camelot Unchained studio Unchained Entertainment reportedly laid off 40% of its devs
We've got some bad news for fans and followers of Camelot Unchained: It appears that Mark Jacobs' studio Unchained Entertainment has lost a large chunk of its team.
Andrew Meggs, a former co-founder of Unchained Entertainment (back when it was called City State Entertainment) who left for Meta back in 2022, posted to Linkedin that "roughly 24 out of 55...
The Stream Team: Journey into the Bloodstone Maw in Guild Wars 2
Having just finished the mastery that was blocking her story progress, Massively OP's MJ is now able to continue Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 3. And her next task is to journey into the gaping maw of the crater -- Bloodstone Maw to be exact -- to investigate what caused the big blast in Bloodstone Fen. Easy peasy,...
Vindictus’ 26th character, Neamhain, is live with her sweet foldable lance
Nexon's Vindictus is just indefatigable in the best ways: This week, the action-combat MMO is rolling out its 26th playable hero, the sexy paladin-esque Neamhain.
"Neamhain is a female character who wields the Holy Lance," the studio says. "The Holy Lance is a weapon characterized by a sharp spearhead and a long handle, and is designed to allow the handle...
Diablo Immortal celebrates the dawn of the Lunar New Year
What's better, the new year or Lunar New Year? It does seem like the second one sees more events in MMOs, such as the case with Diablo Immortal this week. Starting tomorrow, January 21st, Blizzard is welcoming the Tong-Shi’s Renewal event to celebrate the occasion.
This is "a call to bask in the fading glow of a finished year, begin...
RuneScape updates latest quest, 110 woodcutting and fletching, and Ironman mode
The weekly patch for RuneScape is once again about tuning and adjusting existing content instead of adding all-new things to do, but then that would certainly make sense in the wider scheme of things overall, particularly with regards to Ironman, the higher echelons of Woodcutting and Fletching, and its most recent quest.
As one might also expect, these adjustments are...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 502: Chronicling all the non-combat content in MMOs
Justin and Bree host the first MMO theme show of 2025 with a deep-dive into the wide range of non-combat content in our genre, plus adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Stars Reach, and Aloft.
Throne & Liberty talks server merges and the coming Talandre expansion
Throne & Liberty released a new dev video this afternoon, and in it Amazon Globalization Design Manager Tico wastes little time leaping directly into the big issue for global players right now: the planned server merges. Tico says that Amazon's goal with the consolidation is to make sure that the competitive landscape remains balanced and functional, as well as...
Lost Ark’s new raid, raid accessibility system, and third anniversary events launch tomorrowday
Lost Ark's Frosty Fate is not, in fact, a story about how the soft-serve chocolate malt you got from Wendy's is now in your stomach, but now I kinda wish it were. No, Frosty Fate is the MMOARPG's January update, destined for launch tomorrow.
The headline feature of the release is Kazeros Raid Act 2: Requiem of the Floating Nightmare,...
Tower of Fantasy adds more story, a new character, and another round of events in latest patch
It's time for a fresh content drop this week for multiplayer RPG Tower of Fantasy, which means there's a set of patch notes that outline new goodies like more story content, a new simulacrum, and a bunch of events. Like, so many events, you guys. They're just tossing materials at your face.
The story content that was teased earlier brings...
For Science: GDC’s annual gamedev survey reflects anger with layoffs, disdain for gen AI
GDC's annual survey of the devs in the game industry is out today, with data reflecting polling and comments from over 3000 game developers.
"The analysis of the State of the Games Industry Survey results revealed that developers continue to feel both direct and indirect impacts from ongoing industry-wide layoffs, they also believe that generative artificial intelligence (AI) is having...
Choose My Adventure: Necromancing in RuneScape is hella fun – so should I sub?
Well, that was another unforced error on my part: I had put the City of Um as one of the questing locations to shoot for in RuneScape this week, but as it turns out, literally every quest in that area is locked behind a subscription. But we'll come back to that later; for now, my husband and I elected...
A publisher pivot and layoffs apparently killed Thought Pennies’ Warhammer 40K PvE ‘social roleplaying game’
We all know that the past year or so has been rough on new games and new studios, but it still sucks when we learn about interesting titles that will never see the light of day as a result. This is definitely the case for an unannounced Warhammer 40K co-op ARPG, which died on the vine as a result...
Interview: Notorious’ Chris Kaleiki on the ‘MMO bones’ in extraction RPG Legacy Steel and Sorcery
If you’re a fan of extraction shooters but want more high-fantasy RPG elements then I’ve got something in store for you: Legacy: Steel and Sorcery, an upcoming multiplayer third-person extraction game that we first reported on during Steam Next Fest last fall. Even better, we've had the opportunity to interrogate Chris Kaleiki on the game - he's founder of...
Pax Dei’s Grace system will finally launch this week on January 23
Finally, we've got a hard date for Pax Dei's next patch aka the second chunk of Verse 2: Mainframe Industries announced this morning that it's launch this week on January 23rd. Expect servers back up around 11 a.m. on Thursday - with no wipe.
Most notably, this update includes the Grace resource originally meant to launch in December; it was...
Tarisland is planning a big ol’ wacky Lunar New Year event starting this weekend
Lunar New Year is creeping up on us at the end of the month, which means MMOs are slipping out their events already. That includes Tarisland, which is celebrating the Year of the Snake starting Friday.
"Amidst the sound of firecrackers, we bid farewell to the past year," Tencent says. "We drink wine in the warm spring breeze to welcome...
FFA PvP is at the heart of New World Season of Conquerors, live today
The long new content wait for New World players since the launch of Aeternum is finally over today with the release of Season of Conquerors, the game's seventh formal season.
As Amazon has been previewing since before the new year, the update includes the new fresh start seasonal worlds, but don't be expecting a fluffy PvE experience; the season servers...
Two days after the Tik Tok ban, Marvel Snap is back online in North America
It's been a long two-day ordeal for Marvel Snap players, but now it's over. After the popular digital card game was taken down abruptly on Sunday due to legislation banning Tik Tok -- and any attached companies -- in the U.S., the ban was lifted and Second Dinner restored the title to service yesterday evening.
"Marvel Snap is back online...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Crystalline Conflict Season 13 is off to a bumpy start over ranked server miscommunication
It's another patch day for Final Fantasy XIV, and this time around it's mostly all about PvP for the MMORPG, as Crystalline Conflict Season 13 is now underway for players who really like having a shoving match over a big aetheryte, though it hasn't quite gone off without a hitch.
Players were informed that the data centers for ranked matches...
Rumor: NCsoft has canceled its unannounced Horizon MMO
For the last couple of years, we've had plenty of clues that Sony and NCsoft were collaborating on some sort of MMORPG in the Horizon universe - but those rumors now come to an end.
Job listings even a year ago had suggested that the game was an UE4 MMO under development for PC and mobile with as many as...
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMORPG sunset of 2024?
Man, this one is easy for me to answer, though I wish it weren't so: ArcheAge was the most brutal sunset of 2024, and I say that as someone who never even got addicted to it in the first place. But ArcheAge always reminded me of a modern take on older cowboy sandboxes - full of insanity and bugs...
