Chris Neal
Star Wars The Old Republic opens its first cloud-based server for testing in the Asia-Pacific region
Last week, Star Wars: The Old Republic announced plans to move its servers to newer cloud-based tech hosted by Amazon Web Services as part...
RuneScape brings back its Easter-themed Spring Festival this week and preps the next Fort Forinthry quest
The spring season and its related holidays are in the air of RuneScape this week as the game's latest patch has brought back the...
Lord of the Rings Online prepares for Update 35.1’s new raid
If ever there was a fine location for a raid in Lord of the Rings Online, it would certainly be in a place known...
PvP sandbox MMO Bellatores launches a new English site full of lore, gameplay briefings, and pictures
Most of what we've been hearing out of the Korean sandbox MMORPG Bellatores has been primarily second-hand, but now we're all getting a more...
ARK 2 is delayed into 2024, original ARK will get an August UE5 remaster you’ll have to re-buy
The weekly newsletter out of ARK: Survival Evolved is arguably a tale of bad news, then interesting news, then worse news. On the bad...
The Cycle Frontier adds new weapons and monsters, applies new anti-cheat measures, and ends server wipes
This week has brought a fresh season to the PvPvE survival FPS The Cycle: Frontier, and by all accounts it is a whopper of...
The Stream Team: Multiplayer racing and golfing in Turbo Golf Racing
OPTV viewers likely know by now that MOP's Chris likes to try new things, particularly on Sure, Why Not Sunday. Today is certainly no...
Ashes of Creation shows off story arc systems and a spooky tower, claims Alpha 2 is ‘not years away’
We're just entering the month of April, which means that Ashes of Creation has put forth yet another monthly development livestream for March to...
Lost Ark details requirements and events to help players prep for April’s Brelshaza hard mode raid
The month of April is once more bringing another layer of top tier content to players of Lost Ark. At least it is to...
Second Wave is an in-development anime-styled hero shooter from former TERA and Black Desert devs
If your idea of a good hero shooting time is doing so with a bunch of anime-styled characters, then you might be interested in...
Wonderers Eternal World brings storybook icons together for roguelike delves, minigames, and social activities
What happens when fairy tale and narrative characters like Alice, Gretel, Robin Hood, and Snow White get forgotten? That depends on what fictional universe...
The Stream Team: Trying to take on the doom chickens in Neverwinter
Sometimes things line up perfectly: MOP's Chris is tripping his way through Neverwinter for Choose My Adventure, and the April Fowls' Day event is...
Genshin Impact opens a new area, adds two new characters, and launches a new event April 12
There's more goodies coming to players of Genshin Impact on Wednesday, April 12th. That's when update 3.6, A Paradise of Providence, will open up...
Inside Star Citizen runs down new vehicles, prettier skies, dev tools, and functional coffee machines
Star Citizen's last episode of its weekly video series for this quarter is online, and if you were worried that the game was going...
Destiny 2 slightly reduces PvE content difficulty and greatly lowers commendation requirements
Back in February, Destiny 2 director Joe Blackburn pointed out how life in the shooter was going to get harder thanks to some difficulty...
EverQuest II pulls a crate containing controversial treasure-boosting keys from its cash shop
The playerbase of EverQuest II was in an uproar a couple of weeks ago over keys that players could purchase that "increase the number...
Diablo IV notes 29B monsters slain and 61M hours played during the open beta test
This past weekend was a very obviously busy one for Diablo IV considering it was running an open beta test. That said, those who...
Ubisoft Paris is accused of developer crunch and poor project management by French game workers union
Solidaires Informatique, the French game workers union that has been working with employees at Ubisoft Paris since the developer's widespread sexual harassment claims came...
Australian parliament proposes ratings changes to games with lootboxes and ‘simulated gambling’
It appears that the Australian parliament is looking to make some moves against games with lockboxes, or at the very least a half-measure: The...
Tower of Fantasy adds underwater content and new story, revamps leveling, and launches new events
The day has come for what looks like Tower of Fantasy's biggest update yet. Version 2.4, aka the one about going underwater, is now...