Chris Neal
LORT is an irreverent co-op roguelite ‘where chaos reigns and goblins beware’
Sure, roguelite games can be grim and dark and full of death and misery. Or they can be colorful and actively goofy, such as...
ARK’s latest Aquatica map trailer trades AI-generated trash for actual in-engine footage
Cast your minds back to this past March, when ARK: Survival Evolved announced that it would be releasing a new Aquatica map DLC to...
Wizard101 introduces its first ever eight-player raid with the Ghastly Conspiracy update
It's still a bit interesting to consider that a game like Wizard101 has raids in it, but indeed it does; two of them in...
Black Desert spawns more moles on PC, launches events on console, and opens new areas on mobile
You guessed it: It's another week of completely random-sounding additions to all three versions of Black Desert. That also means that we promise to...
The Stream Team: Checking out the community farms of cozy co-op Farm Together 2
This week has felt like a month for MOP's Chris and Bree, so that means it's time to get into a nice cozy groove,...
Star Citizen discusses the moving target of vehicle balancing, unveils a new Esperia Prowler variant
Whether this was a grumble session or a Q&A could be left to individual interpretation, but the point is that Star Citizen's devs had...
Whatever happened to Victorian gaslamp survivalbox Nightingale?
Nightingale has always been an odd duck of a game in the survival sandbox sub-genre, with a pleasing Victorian transrealmic aesthetic but a troubling...
GTA Online will introduce money laundering mechanics in the Money Fronts update June 17
Gamers now have a very long wait until Rockstar Games finishes its next big open world crime caper, so what are they to do...
Progress Bar: We demo’d eight Steam Next Fest games that multiplayer fans should check out
Ah, Steam Next Fest. A smorgasbord of sketchy titles and hentai games. I kid (mostly), it's also a great way to experience some all-new,...
Dune Awakening tackles backend stability and bugs as Steam concurrency crests 140K
Yep, we're checking in on Dune: Awakening's first couple of days of life again, only this time it's for the actual real launch instead...
Chrono Odyssey addresses endgame, gear, and monetization and previews gameplay features
The media blitz for Chrono Odyssey roars on as Kakao Games and Chrono Studio have taken some time for another interview and provided some...
MindsEye’s release is marked by bugs, mixed reviews, and allegations of bankrolled negative remarks
It's not often that we cover single-player games, but MindsEye has been on our radar for its association with developer Build a Rocket Boy's...
SGF 2025: Mecha BREAK ties down July 1 release date as it processes feedback from February open beta
Summer Game Fest was the stage where a bunch of games unveiled their release dates, and one of those games was Mecha BREAK, the...
The Stream Team: Turning up the difficulty in the Jump Ship demo
MOP's Chris and his friend had so much fun the last time they played the demo for Jump Ship, they're doing it again for...
EverQuest II’s Dozekar PvP progression server officially opens its doors – and stabs you in the face
In the lore of the MMORPG, Dozekar is a dragon who is condemned to die at the hands of mortals and be resurrected over...
Vindictus launches multiple character boosting events this week, preps a quality-of-life update June 17
Cheer up! That's what Vindictus is telling its players this week, and no it's not because Nexon thinks its players are morose; it's the...
Stars Reach opens wild wormholes to randomly generated planets in latest playtest build
When it comes to real world astrophysics, throwing yourself into a wormhole is generally a bad idea. In the case of the new playtest...
RuneScape and Old School RuneScape reel back on official in-game Pride events to protect from ‘controversy’
If you're a player of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, you may have noticed that the Pride Month events in-game were reeled back pretty...
Lynked Banner of the Spark debuts two new trailers that highlight pastoral and combat gameplay
While much of the braying and honking in video games has been coming out of Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase, there...
Genshin Impact readies more story and two more gacha characters for June 18 patch
Next week is patch week for gacha multiplayer RPG Genshin Impact, as players can look forward to more story, more characters to gamble for,...