Chris Neal
Albion Online’s upcoming Beyond the Veil update plans to improve the Roads of Avalon
If you're among the players of Albion Online who believe 2020's Roads of Avalon system needs some TLC, you're not alone. Developer Sandbox Interactive...
Neverwinter’s Masquerade of Liars event will let players dress up like an owlbear at long last
Ah, the owlbear. Strong of form, fluffy of body, and owl of face. It has all of the strengths of an owl and a...
The Stream Team: Halloween hijinks and Variant Dungeon crawling in Final Fantasy XIV
Today's Final Fantasy XIV stream is something of a two-for-one affair. On the one hand, we've got the new Variant Dungeon content added in...
Old School RuneScape officially opens its fresh start worlds today
Old School RuneScape is not about to be left out of the fresh start worlds hullabaloo started by its successor. Today, players of the...
Diablo IV begins sending invites to its endgame-focused closed beta test
Is it a breach of NDA if Diablo IV fans scramble around excitedly online over being invited to the APRG's next test? Regardless of...
New World’s Brimstone Sands sees a peak of 65K players – and queues to match
So just how did yesterday's Brimstone Sands launch go for New World? That's what we're here to compile, but the answer to the question...
Lord of the Rings Online highlights Before the Shadow’s Cardolan region lore and landscape
Lord of the Rings Online is once again following up on its earlier tour of the Cardolan region with a separate post that offers...
Star Wars The Old Republic delays Galactic Season 3 launch over unspecified ‘issue’
Star Wars: The Old Republic had planned to kick off Galactic Season 3 with yesterday's patch, but apparently some unforeseen issue has derailed that...
Temtem ramps up rewards, smooths out Switch performance, attacks bugs, and hits over 1M users
The critter catching Pokemon-like MMO Temtem is continuing its post-launch updating this month. Last week saw a patch that mostly focused on reward improvements...
VR MMO Ilysia shares footage and development updates from its second alpha test
Let's take a moment to look back in on the progress of Ilysia, shall we? As a refresher, this is a Kickstarted VR MMORPG...
Mortal Online 2 plans another large scale battle test and promises ‘small surprises’ in this week’s update
Earlier this month, Mortal Online 2 put out a call for players to join in on a large scale battle to stress the sandbox's...
Riot Games buys up Wargaming support studio to help with Valorant and League of Legends
Riot Games has bought itself a shiny new studio. Or more specifically, a well-established one: Wargaming Sydney, which has been helping Wargaming out with...
Microsoft lays off nearly 1,000 employees across the entire company, including at its Xbox division
Much of the discussion around Microsoft is unsurprisingly focused on its attempt to buy up all of Activision-Blizzard to the tune of $70 billion,...
Choose My Adventure: Getting into the routine with Lost Ark’s Machinist
The polling for last week's Lost Ark Choose My Adventure was pretty clear: stay in the lower levels and focus on the Machinist. I...
Embers Adrift suffered a crash for its launcher and website overnight, but there is a workaround
By all accounts, the launch of Embers Adrift was generally pretty smooth, so consider it a bit of a downer that the game's login...
League of Legends introduces its newest character K’sante and details this year’s ranked season rewards
We're still a few weeks away from League of Legends' big esports hullabaloo, but that's not stopping the MOBA from offering up video previews...
Odin Valhalla Rising’s Lionheart Studio retracts IPO listing plans over valuation issues and market fatigue
Earlier this month we reported on Odin: Valhalla Rising developer Lionheart Studio's plans to list its IPO on the Korean KOSDAQ stock exchange, which...
UK government argues that Microsoft has incentives to block Sony’s access to Call of Duty
The big money acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft has been running afoul of the UK government for the better part of a month now,...
Destiny 2 dishes on Halloween, the end of destination materials, and weapon tweaks
The latest newsletter from Destiny 2 covers plenty of ground, touching on a wide assortment of community and game-specific topics. The digest opens up with...
Ragnarok Online opens a new server and applies a big balance patch
Ragnarok Online - the original and not one of its mobile spin-offs - is still trucking along. In fact, it even opened up a...