Yearly Archives: 2016
Activision Blizzard completes acquisition of King Digital Entertainment
Corporate acquisitions take a while, but Activision Blizzard has completed its acquisition of King Digital Entertainment, a deal which was first announced back in...
Hyperspace Beacon: An open letter to the creators of the SWTOR Cartel Packs
Dear BioWare,
First off, it might be unfair that I’m addressing this open letter to the whole staff of BioWare when I really should center...
Hostility and bounty systems arrive in Star Citizen
Are you a law-abiding space citizen who's not above partaking in some mob vigilante justice? Or are you a sneaky ne'er-do-well who wants to...
Interview: Neverwinter’s Maze Engine expansion launches March 15
If you thought you were done with Drizzt, think again. Adventures aren't over in Neverwinter’s Underdark; players will continue with the story that was...
WildStar takes you on an icy tour through Arcterra
The spirit of exploration is flaming high in WildStar these days, as Carbine is preparing to unleash a new content update that includes a...
Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.2 is out today
Fans of Final Fantasy XIV, start your engines! And also start your downloads because Final Fantasy XIV's patch 3.2 is live today after a...
Rumor: SWTOR datamining leads to megaserver speculation
According to the Star Wars: The Old Republic player-run datamining site TOR Community, the current "PvE and PvP servers are being replaced with PvE and PvP...
EverQuest II plans big spring update, EU server merges
Development on EverQuest II has been very quiet all through January and most of February, but that's just from our perspective. A new letter...
Rank 55 Dragons wins the ESL Pro League Season for Guild Wars 2
The first season of Guild Wars 2's professional e-sports league has come to its conclusion. And who won? Well, in the macro sense, no one...
Black Desert plans special events for the game’s launch
The final beta test for Black Desert recedes into the horizon, but that's all right; there are only a few more days before the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the greatest MMO innovation of the last few years?
Last week on the Massively OP Podcast, we tried to answer a question from long-time listener Spagomat, who told us he keeps going back...
HTC Vive will cost $799 but comes with two controllers and sensors
There's no getting away from it, VR gaming is going to be an expensive hobby to get into. Between the high system specs required...
Life is Feudal adds immersion with seasons patch
How many times have you expressed (or seen expressed) the desire to watch seasons change in an MMO? That's not a feature that most...
Rokh makes the planet Mars come alive
There are so many multiplayer survival games swirling about these days that you might be forgiven for overlooking one or two. We haven't heard...
BattlEye clarifies anti-hacking program and privacy to ARK players
After ARK: Survival Evolved players expressed some concerns about the new anti-hacking program BattlEye and its EULA, a BE dev took to the survival...
Shroud of the Avatar is an ally for player-created quests
It should be rather obvious by now that the Shroud of the Avatar dev team is just as focused on involving the community in...
Asker Online is closing down next month
Well, that did not last long. Only months after launching, Asker Online announced that it is shutting down on March 22nd.
The action MMO featured...
Preview Blade & Soul’s Warlock class in a new overview trailer
NCsoft is hyping Blade & Soul's upcoming Warlock class with a fresh video today.
"The Warlock is Blade & Soul’s second dedicated ranged class with...
Interview: The scoop on Star Trek Online’s skill redesign
I make no secret of the fact that I'm very fond of Star Trek Online, but I also make no secret of the fact...
6.4 million people propelled The Division’s beta to a new console record
The Division set a record this weekend for the biggest beta in a new-brand, current-gen console game.
Ubisoft told blog readers today that more than...
