Chris Neal
Closers celebrates the holidays with sticker collections and bunny outfits
When you think of Christmas, does your mind usually fill with Playboy bunny-style outfits? It does in the minds of Closers' devs if the...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen celebrates a ‘milestone month’ thanks to monthly pre-alphas and influencer livestream
The producer of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is looking back at December with fondness in the game's latest newsletter, which he calls...
TitanReach resurfaces with a 2024 launch promise, but it might have been stolen from the original studio
Last weekend we recounted some of 2022's largest MMO crowdfunding stories, and unsurprisingly one of the biggies was the saga of TitanReach, which ceased...
Mortal Online 2 adds beast mastery, a new mount, and the potential for crappy weather in latest patch
Don't you rain on my parade, Mortal Online 2. Don't use those fancy volumetric clouds that ride along a storm front to unleash bad...
ROSE Online’s early access launch is waylaid by a user data leak that forces the game offline for recoding
Veterans of our genre know that MMORPG launches are never smooth, but some launches can go far worse than others. That sadly appears to...
Star Citizen’s Jumptown 2.0 holds a final round of events for the holidays ahead of its late January update
Care to spend the holiday season fighting other players in an illicit drug lab in space? Then you're set for Star Citizen's final hurrah...
The Stream Team: Delivering presents to all the children in Elite Dangerous
'Tis the season of giving in Elite: Dangerous, and MOP's Chris is certainly not one to miss out on making sure some toys get...
ZeniMax breaks down its ‘core values and vision’ for Elder Scrolls Online’s combat
Why does combat in The Elder Scrolls Online feel the way it does? What drives the design decisions of ZeniMax Online Studios? What are...
Gamers file lawsuit to stop Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard over monopoly concerns
The multi-billion dollar purchase of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft has run into another stern legal challenge, but this time it isn't coming from the Federal...
World of Warcraft is granting subscribers limited-time access to Dragonflight’s first chapter
If the whiff of desperation in World of Warcraft's earlier offer of subscription time for gifting Dragonflight hit your nose, that conclusion is probably...
Pirate101 and Wizard101 highlight a charity speedrunning event for the holidays
While the newsletters coming out of both Wizard101 and Pirate101 might be kind of thin in terms of new content is concerned, they both...
Project Gorgon rings in Ri-Shin for the winter holiday
Christmas has come to Project Gorgon this month as the game's Ri-Shin celebration is underway in its most recent content patch. Players can help...
Wurm Online’s newest update brings an in-depth and involved new cartography skill
Most of the time, mapping out the land in modern MMORPGs is a matter of moving a character into a portion of some UI...
US Senator calls out Steam’s lax moderation of neo-Nazis and hate
The fact that Steam is extremely hands-off in regard to moderation isn't really news. Readers will recall it was referenced in a video report...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2022
This has been a pretty challenging year for a lot of reasons, and my 2022 in Choose My Adventure certainly didn't feel any different...
Star Wars The Old Republic raises currency caps and makes specific lightsabers appropriately shiny
When your character turns on a lightsaber in Star Wars: The Old Republic, you expect a few things: that satisfying ignition noise, that trademark...
Zenith offers a video preview of its upcoming holiday-focused winter event
Earlier this week, the VR MMORPG Zenith shared the patch notes for its next minor update, which is primarily bringing a holiday-themed winter event...
Camelot Unchained’s December dev blog touts $15M investment as a ‘level up’ for City State Entertainment
Last month's $15M investment round is high on the mind of Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs, as he opens up the game's December development report...
ARK Survival Evolved begins Winter Wonderland event, Atlas adds new PvP servers
Whether you take your survival sandbox in dinosaur flavor or pirate flavor, there's something new to experience in either ARK: Survival Evolved or Atlas....
Frozen Flame opens a Portal to Christmas in its latest update
While trying to survive in the multiplayer RPG Frozen Flame might be the primary objective, that doesn't mean a bit of the Christmas spirit...