Yearly Archives: 2016
Durango opens up beta signups; testing to start on December 14th
Yesterday brought the first hints of upcoming testing for mobile dinosaur survival game Durango, but today brings even more. Nexon has opened up signups...
The Daily Grind: Is Twitch chat just MMO general chat writ large?
Last week, an Indiana University Bloomington team released its analysis of over a billion comments made on Twitch over a two-month period in 2014...
The Stream Team: A look at the new Neocron Evolution
Ask, and ye shall receive! By request, Massively OP's MJ is going to pop into Neocron to see what this game is all about....
Academics assess Pokemon Go’s value to conservation and education
Let's cap off the evening with some feel-good, sciency stories about Pokemon Go, shall we?
Zoologists at Oxford University are studying Pokemon Go to determine...
Take a gander at Forsaken Legends’ art update and arena video
If you were too busy stuffing yourself with turkey this past weekend (and then sleeping it off), you might have missed the new Forsaken...
Korean MMO from the ’90s returns to life
Have you ever heard of an MMO called Helbreath? Don't be ashamed if you haven't, as it never hit the big leagues and has...
ARK: Survival Evolved passes certification with its PlayStation 4 version
Good news today for dinosaur fans with a PlayStation 4; it looks as if the PS4 version of ARK: Survival Evolved has successfully passed...
Riders of Icarus unleashes new trailer for Ranger’s Fury update
Debuting on December 15th, Ranger's Fury is Riders of Icarus' next big thing, complete with a level bump to 50, a new desert zone...
Albion Online to improve its PvE experiencce
Game Director Robin Henkys kicked off the first of a series of Albion Online development recap videos this past week to give players an...
World of Warcraft gives out free emissary chests
If you tried to work on your World of Warcraft world quests this past weekend, you might have found yourself increasingly frustrated with trying...
Mobile dino MMO Durango eyes global beta test
Have those post-Turkey Day blues? A good dose of dino fun is bound to pick up your spirits. Durango, the mobile survival sim featuring...
Star Wars Galaxies players can ‘come home’ to a new NGE emulator
The underground rebels of the Star Wars Galaxies community continue to fight to keep the MMO alive any way that they can. One group...
Wisdom of Nym: Our first preview of Final Fantasy XIV’s Patch 3.5
The last patch of Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is on its way. It's not here, of course; we'll have to wait until January for...
ArcheAge accidentally implies that it’s a pay-to-win game
"Pay-to-win" is a really tricky term to nail down; everyone has different definitions of winning, and while the broad strokes of the concept are...
Project Genom is back on Steam after DMCA meltdown [Updated]
"We are pleased to announce that Project Genom is now once again available on Steam." That's the news from a new press release this...
Mark Kern renames Ember to Em-8ER, picks up Nostalrius programmer
Earlier this month, Mark Kern's "massive planetary wargame" shooter Ember got a new name and logo: Em-8ER.
"While still pronounced 'Ember,' we changed the official...
World of Warcraft player dings 110 without picking a faction
Back in March 2015, we reported on a World of Warcraft player who decided that when the game tried to make his Pandaran character...
Revelation Online’s Swordmage is beautifully badass
Swordmages are the subject of Revelation Online's newest class reveal video, out this morning for fans to drool over. Critically, the class maintains an...
Survival mode and base building comes to No Man’s Sky
Following a heap of post-launch controversy and several months of silence, No Man's Sky is back with a content update that adds a new...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most bothersome part of MMORPG monetization?
A recent GIbiz interview on Ubisoft's monetization reveals that studios, at least the type making online shooters, have come full circle again to the...
