Guild Wars 2’s Colin Johanson leaves ArenaNet; Mike O’Brien takes over as game director - Game director Colin Johanson has been with ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2 for quite some time now, but nothing lasts forever. New game director (and ArenaNet president) Mike O'Brien announced via Reddit that Johanson was leaving…
Firor says Elder Scrolls Online’s success ‘has gone a bit under the radar’ - If you are hankering to see Elder Scrolls Online's Director Matt Firor squirm uncomfortably with the game being labeled as an "MMO," then have we got the interview for you! In a discussion with UK's Metro,…
Landmark is giving new players a slice of pioneer territory - Being flat and featureless isn't always a bad thing. For example, if you're looking to build amazing structures without a lot of hassle from a lumpy and uncooperative environment, finding a large level surface can be…
Get hyped for The Division with these TV spots - "When society falls, we rise." Are you ready for The Division? It's just a few short days until this entry into the Tom Clancy video game library releases across PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Chances are,…
Camelot Unchained: Picking flowers, rocking armor, crafting all the things - Camelot Unchained's latest dev update went up last night, and it's predictably dense. Along with the usual list of dev card updates, there's a look at some of the flora and terrains players will see depending…
WildStar systems lead Brett Scheinert leaves Carbine - WildStar is one fewer dev strong today now that Multiplayer Systems Lead Brett "Timetravel" Scheinert has left Carbine Studios. He had been with the company since 2011. "[I am] no longer an employee there," Scheinert confirmed on Twitter.…
World of Fishing aims for Steam’s casuals, hardcores, and MMO lovers - Why take up fishing in a traditional MMO when you can take up fishing in a fishing MMO? World of Fishing aims to be just that, and today it's announced that it'll land on Steam next…
Star Citizen pushes Alpha 2.2 to live - It's time to strap yourself in and put on your big captain boots, for Star Citizen's Alpha 2.2 is here, and it's bringing a new dimension to the game's dangerous universe. The core of the update…
Perfect Ten: Awesome (and unique) MMORPG classes - Class-based systems are one of those holdovers from tabletop RPGs that work surprisingly well in MMOs. I basically put up with class systems in exactly one tabletop game simply because Dungeons & Dragons is likely to…
No Man’s Sky launches June 21, $59.99 base, $149.99 limited-edition CE - Hello Games has announced that procedurally generated sci-fi sandbox No Man's Sky is officially launching on June 21st on PS4 and on PC through Steam and GOG This announcement arrives after a mistakenly published and hastily retracted PlayStation blog…
No Man’s Sky pricing leak rumour sends fans into a tizzy - There's been a huge degree of fascination with indie game No Man's Sky since it stole the show at E3 2014. The game promises seamless exploration of a massive procedurally generated galaxy filled with unique planets, weird and wonderful plants and…
Camelot Unchained passes ‘send more programmers’ stretch goal - Camelot Unchained just announced that it's passed its "$3,900,000 - Send more programmers" stretch goal, which enables City State Entertainment to hire "two additional mid-level, gameplay-focused programmers for the team" and further expand the core programming…
Star Citizen promises larger server capacity, talks about procedural tech - Seventy-seven episodes in, you'd think that Chris Roberts and the Star Citizen community would run out of questions about the game. But it looks as though there is no bottom to this well, as another batch…
Elder Scrolls Online DLC adds loot NPC, reinstates RvR forward camps - ZeniMax has a few last bits of PvP info to push out before The Elder Scrolls Online's Thieves Guild DLC goes live in March. Of note, the studio is adding a weekend NPC to faction gates in…
City of Titans has pubbed video of its ‘functional first pass’ build - City of Heroes-inspired superhero indie MMO City of Titans has hit a major milestone this week: It's created its "first packaged executable that [its devs] can call 'the game'," complete with recorded video of that "functional…
Massively Overthinking: The curse of player-generated MMO content - The influx of new player-generated-content-oriented MMOs might make you think that PGC is on the rise, but if you've been around the genre for a long time, you're just watching history repeat itself. Time and time…
MMORPGs celebrate The Revenant’s Oscars - If your MMORPG has a Revenant class, you'd best not be missing the opportunity to plug it today, as the movie celebrates its three Oscar wins from last night: one apiece for director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, actor Leo…
