Chris Neal
Fans are reviving – and localizing – the long-shuttered Dragon’s Dogma MMO from Japan
Most people likely only know about Dragon's Dogma as the source of a rad song that's been featured in memes. Few folks probably know...
Developers of upcoming PC and mobile online RPG Project D detail planned gameplay features
One of the games we touched on in a recent MOP Up post was Project D, an in-development multiplayer online RPG from developer Hound...
Closers launches a new dungeon, tweaks game systems, and celebrates the year of the rabbit
An update made to Closers last week is once again something of a buffet of different items, featuring a new dungeon encounter, several game...
Conan Exiles invites players to see how the Age of Sorcery was first designed in new video
If you're enjoying flinging spells at foes and succumbing to the corrupting forces that such power requires in Conan Exiles, then you might be...
ARK Survival Evolved is holding another player-made creature contest
I don't really play ARK: Survival Evolved very regularly, but if I did and I wanted to enter the contest that lets players submit...
SMITE unveils a Magic The Gathering crossover, a new god, and the Season of Monsters for January 24
Ten years is a major milestone for any game, but it seems a significantly bigger one for MOBAs as very few of them appear...
ArcheAge’s latest patch holds a foot race event and removes an annoying chair from the game
Have you ever tried to interact with an item for any reason - a quest, a task, or something else entirely - and instead...
PSA: Embers Adrift will be free-to-play on the weekend of January 27
First it was offering a discounted sub rate for early buyers. Then it decided to extend that discounted sub price offer. Now Embers Adrift...
Path of Exile makes some Sanctum adjustments and introduces the Voidborn Reliquary Key
The Sanctum league in Path of Exile saw some adjustments in a patch last week that targeted things like the Death Toll major affliction...
Dual Universe answers more player questions about ship control and offers new player advice
Dual Universe is back with yet another player Q&A video, fielding a selection of player questions and granting them developer answers. Which is what...
MMORTS Kingdoms of Marazia returns from hiatus with rewritten code, world resets, and free-to-play model
Five years ago - in August 2018 to be precise - we reported on a new title called Kingdoms of Marazia, a simplistically styled...
The Stream Team: Going on a tiny pixelated adventure in Tales of Yore
MOP's Chris has something of a love affair with pint-sized pixel MMORPG gaming, so when he first caught wind of the new game Tales...
Voice chat software dev Modulate partners with the ADL to improve its ToxMod tool and fight online hate
The topic of toxic and hateful online gaming communities has risen in the headlines in recent weeks, particularly as the matter earned governmental attention....
Lapsed yet legitimate Lost Ark players were hit in the game’s latest ban wave
When Lost Ark decided to clean house and sweep away a huge number of bots from the game this past week, it might have...
Diablo Immortal launches a Lunar New Year event and adds a slew of new legendary items
The latest patch for Diablo Immortal is something of a tale of two foci. On the one hand, the update is marking the Lunar...
NetEase lays off staffers who were working on Blizzard games in China
Lest we forget, the falling out between NetEase and Blizzard has a toll greater than either company's bottom line; it also saw a human...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen discusses development plans for the first portion of 2023
It's a new year and a new lineup of work for the developers of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, which is the primary focus...
The Cycle Frontier announces March 29 launch date for Season 3, the end of server wipes, and economy changes
When a new season begins in the PvPvE survival shooter The Cycle: Frontier, change is already expected. However, when Season 3 begins on Wednesday,...
Tales of Yore is a ‘lightweight’ retro-style MMORPG ‘full of terrible RPG tropes, cliches, and dad jokes’
When an MMORPG describes itself as "lightweight," there are a few assumptions one can leap to. Personally, I'm taking that description to mean a...
The Stream Team: Blowing up space rocks for fun and profit in Elite Dangerous
There's gold in them thar asteroids! Or tritium, or void opals, or maybe just basic ore. Whatever is in them thar asteroids, MOP's Chris...