Monthly Archives: May 2015
EVE Online’s Matt Woodward defects to Albion Online
EVE Online is less one developer today and Albion Online is richer by one, as Matt Woodward has jumped ship to work on the...
Tree of Savior was greenlit on Steam in just 10 hours
Yesterday, we let you fine readers know that Tree of Savior had gone the way of all indie games (or at least many of...
NCsoft Q1 2015: Growth for Guild Wars 2, further deflation for WildStar
NCsoft's first quarter financial report is out, and... you know, let's start with the good news. Guild Wars 2 is making the company more...
The Daily Grind: Has eating and drinking in MMOs become passé?
It's sometimes so odd to me what game mechanics aim to mimic real-life behaviors and activities while so much else is ignored. We drink,...
Jukebox Heroes: How Elite: Dangerous’ music put me into a mild coma
You know what gets me righteously angry? I shall tell you. I shall tell you, and then you shall share in my anger, you...
Skyforge devs thank CBT3 participants
Skyforge's devs want to thank you for participating in the game's third closed beta, which wraps up tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. EDT. This is...
CCP extends EVE PLEX drive for latest Nepal quake
Nepal can't seem to catch a break, as a second major earthquake has devastated the region two weeks after a quake killed over 8,000...
Sea-based sandbox Windward launches
Unfurl the sails, cut the jib, and swab the poop deck -- Windward launch, ho!
The sea-based sandbox officially rolls out of drydock today on...
Today’s SMITE patch tweaks tagging range, bounty cap limit
Today's SMITE patch features a couple of noteworthy changes. First up is the Anubis visual revamp and the addition of a few new god skins....
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 13
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's sub decline, EQ Next, GW2's Dragonhunter, EQ progression servers, SWTOR harassment, and adventures in Marvel Heroes, Secret World, and Guild Wars, plus mailbag questions on SWG's PvP and pay-to-win.
League of Legends offers up an Ekko trailer
In a pitched match of League of Legends, every second counts. So what if you could get a few more of them? Because that's...
The Stream team: Soaking up SWTOR’s story XP bonus
Star Wars: The Old Republic is tossing out story XP willy-nilly right now, and Massively OP's Larry has talked MJ into diving back in...
Ubisoft delays The Division until Q1 2016
A couple of months ago, we reported that The Division was on track for a 2015 release. Not so fast, according to Ubisoft, which...
Star Wars: The Old Republic brings back the Relics of the Gree
Greetings, black bisector! Or blue acute or yellow nonagon or argyle sinewave; we're not actually very good at the whole Gree dialogue thing. What...
Tree of Savior lands on Steam Greenlight
Will Tree of Savior get the thumbs-up from the gaming community? That's the big question now that the Korean title has landed on Steam...
WildStar subreddit mod bans F2P and B2P discussions
Hope you didn't have plans to talk about WildStar's possible conversion to a new business model on Reddit because one of the game's subreddit...
ARK: Survival Evolved strands you on an island of dinosaurs
Do you have a weirdly shaped hole in your life that can be filled only by killing and riding dinosaurs (not necessarily in that...
Tamriel Infinium: A guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s combat basics
I was looking back through some of my posts about the Elder Scrolls Online, and I noticed that I've mentioned combat quite a bit....
How Star Trek Online constructs its new pilot ships
The newest ships in Star Trek Online are all based around making players feel like that piloting specialization was a good expenditure of time...
Final Fantasy XIV nerfs the Steps of Faith in 2.57 patch
Are you stuck on the last part of Final Fantasy XIV's main scenario quest? The last trial introduced, Steps of Faith, is a pretty...