Chris Neal
MultiVersus kicks off a snowball-filled winter event, adds a Game of Thrones map
It's time to get festive and seasonal in MultiVersus as the latest open beta patch continues to roll out the online brawler's second season...
Ethyrial Echoes of Yore announces the sale of founder’s packs through a ‘founder crowdfunding program’
What do you call a sale of founder's packs without actually using those words? You call it the "founder crowdfunding program" if you're old-school...
Elite Dangerous promises ‘interim update’ for patch 14 in early 2023
Elite: Dangerous is going to be going generally quiet as it enjoys a holiday break, but before it does, the team at Frontier Developments...
Activision-Blizzard’s president/COO leaves in March – for the Bored Apes Yacht Club crypto outfit
It appears that one of Activision-Blizzard's top brass will end his tenure by next year. According to a filing with the SEC, Activision-Blizzard president...
FTC orders Epic Games to pay $520M for privacy violations and deceptive ‘dark patterns’ in Fortnite
Epic Games has just received a walloping from the US Federal Trade Commission in the form of two massive payout settlements for violating the...
Zenith launches a festive winter event full of snowball fights, toys, challenges, and new pets this week
Care to spend some of your holiday season time in VR? That's what's will be on offer in the newest minor patch to VR...
Gloria Victis reverts guild castles to national castles, starts a 5v5 tournament, and celebrates Christmas
When a game names its update Clash of Nations, you probably expect there to be some large changes arriving with it. Sure enough, the...
The Stream Team: Reveling in this year’s Snowfest in Trove
MOP's Chris isn't usually the one to stream Trove, let alone its holiday event, but he's not going to be missing out on this...
Temtem enters the esports arena with the launch of the Temtem Championship Series
One of the features of Temtem's recent PvP-centric update was the addition of tournament formation, which would let the critter catching MMO kick off...
Destiny 2 brings back its Dawning seasonal event, details January 3 Iron Banner, and talks about secret content
The Christmas season has come once more to Destiny 2 as the Dawning is back for another year between now and January 3rd. This...
World of Warships continues celebrating the holidays with gifts, contests, and a free week of premium
The spirit of giving is being felt pretty significantly by World of Warships this year. A number of Christmas-themed events have landed in the...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Starlight and reigning in a rideable reindeer in Final Fantasy XIV
Pretty music is overhead, snowflakes are in the air, and the promise of a big reindeer mount whispers in the wintry wind. It's the...
Members of US Congress send letters to game companies about combating extremism in online gaming
According to a December report from the Anti-Defamation League, extremism in online gaming is on the rise for the fourth year in a row....
Star Citizen recounts updates made in 2022 and summarizes features of alpha 3.18
It's just about that time of the year when folks recount 2022, and CIG has done just that in its latest video digest, which...
Diablo IV dev livestream talks up seasons, battle passes, and the Codex of Power system
With Diablo IV still eyeing its June 6th open beta early access release date (in spite of reports of crunch casting doubt on that...
City of Heroes’ Rebirth and Homecoming rogue servers kick off their respective holiday events
Christmas has come to the rogue servers of City of Heroes, and whether you're looking for some classic festivities or a seasonal event with...
Sea of Thieves outlines plans to lessen queue times for its match-made factional PvP fights
One of the marquee features of Sea of Thieves' eighth season was the addition of factional PvP content, such as a match-made activity that...
Dauntless’ Frostfall holiday event brings back classic activities and lets players craft a special sword
While tying the forging of a sword and Christmas together might seem a bit weird, it does make a measure of sense in the...
Stick and Rudder: The year that was in Elite Dangerous, from self-owns to sloppy updates to slight hope
To say that Elite: Dangerous had a rough 2022 is putting it mildly (and pretty much dismisses the nuance this retrospective hopes to provide)....
TERA Console tweaks classes and battlegrounds as a new TERA PC rogue server launches
With the PC version of TERA being shuttered this past June, news out of the MMORPG now comes exclusively from its console version, which...