Chris Neal
Star Citizen’s Pirate Week returns with Blockade Runner event, a treasure hunt, and monetized cargo containers
Star Citizen is putting on its best Party City pirate costume and brushing up on its scallywag brogue as the Pirate Week event has...
How hyper investment and greed led to the games industry’s ‘GaaSacre’ and downward slump
Hindsight is always 20/20, and no more is that axiom more appropriate than a look back at how the gaming industry got to the...
Old School RuneScape holds open beta of a warmth meter added to the Wintertodt boss fight
Wintertodt. It's not just a really hard name to read; it's a unique boss in Old School RuneScape that's fought with skills instead of...
Palworld’s latest patch optimizes game performance and reinforces anti-cheat measures
The critter catching survivalbox Palworld got itself an update this week, and if you glanced at the patch notes, you'd be forgiven for thinking...
Helldivers 2 applies a sweeping series of buffs and adjustments to weapons, stratagems, and enemies
Over the past few days, the Twitter account of Helldivers 2 has been sharing initial details about a primarily buff-focused balance patch headed for...
Choose My Adventure: Guided adventure, multiplayer hijinks, and pantslessness in Once Human
I'm going to be honest, I'm a bit surprised at just how on-rails Once Human is so far. Chalk that up to another assumption...
Preview: My Time at Evershine promotes players from cozy townie to ‘adventurous’ town manager
Pathea Games has something of a "type" when it comes to the game it likes to make. My Time at Portia and the multiplayer-friendly...
Skull & Bones’ latest patch runs into a delay caused by a ‘critical’ server-crashing issue
Today is patch day for Skull & Bones, which naturally means that maintenance had to happen yesterday in order to apply the update. However,...
Diablo IV has made Blizzard $1 billion in revenue since launch
In spite of some gamer grumbling over the prices of things like crossover cosmetic outfits and portal effects, there has been a whole lot...
Sea of Thieves outlines more tweaks to the blunderbuss and its general balance strategy for Season 14
Last month Sea of Thieves promised some adjustments to the blunderbuss weapon, changing its role from an offensive to a defensive tool with the...
MechWarrior Online shifts September patch content into October and readies annual rewards
What does the third quarter of content updates hold for MechWarrior Online? Well, some bad news, some good news, and some goodies if you've...
PlayStation 5 Pro’s $700 price tag fuels debate over PC rigs and console preferences
Last week saw the gaming world get hit with a meteorite when Sony introduced the $700 PlayStation 5 Pro, an upgraded version of the...
Sci-fi strategy MMO OGame readies achievements, seasons, and rankings for its 22nd anniversary in October
While we don't report on it very often, the browser and mobile sci-fi strategy MMO OGame will be marking its 22nd year of operation...
RuneScape launches its new Ode of the Devourer quest
Jagex has been making a lot of noise about it, and this week it's finally here: The Ode of the Devourer quest has officially...
Netflix documentary chronicles a World of Warcraft player’s passing – and his impact on the community
We all know that one of the best things about MMORPGs is finding the right kind of community and the human connections that can...
Over 2M gamers fought Skull & Bones’ season 2 big boss duo
The third season for multiplayer pirate-'em-up Skull & Bones isn't over yet, but even so Ubisoft Singapore is taking a moment to recount players'...
Palworld shoots down business model shift rumors after ambiguous CEO interview
Palworld is a buy-to-play early access game. There's no cash shop, no DLC, no battle pass, and to this point, no suggestion that was...
Star Citizen’s latest purchasable vehicle ignites a firestorm among players
The Star Citizen cash shop has once more become the tinderbox for player rage: The starship sandbox recently launched the Argo ATLS, a single-person...
Roleplaying Elder Scrolls Online players raise red flags over automated chat moderation
The terms of service for MMORPG titles is such an enormous wall o' text that most people tend to understandably hit the "accept" button...
Dungeon Fighter Online introduces two new Archer class advancements in The Hunt Begins update
Dungeon Fighter Online already has a lot of class advancements that players can choose, but who's to say the game can't fit two more?...