Chris Neal
Retro dungeon crawling MMO Mythic makes its free demo Mythic Origins fully available
Last month the MMO Mythic crossed our desk; it's a retro-styled roguelite MMO that promised an "infinite procedurally generated labyrinth" full of puzzles, monsters,...
Embers Adrift discusses crafting refinement and role/weapon combinations
Embers Adrift is once again eager to share more talk about talking. The sandbox MMORPG has put out its regular livestream that's chock-full of...
ArcheAge makes it easier to breathe underwater, harder to kick people from dungeons
It's the sad fact of life that sometimes you're going to need to punt someone from your dungeon PUG. Maybe you've got an aggressive...
SMITE’s midseason update adds Nickelodeon cartoon skins as pros and fans agitate for in-person esports
SMITE players of a certain age might be taken with the MOBA's midseason update, which has the centerpiece of several Nickelodeon cartoon character skins...
NFT MMO ArcheWorld plans testing of an AlphaPass and opens an ad sharing contest in Asian regions
We're once again reporting on ArcheWorld, the NFT-filled version of ArcheAge that was first announced in February 2022. The last report we did on...
Unity’s CEO says game devs who don’t include monetization in their design process are ‘f*cking idiots’
Not since Square-Enix president Yosuke Matsuda's notorious letter about pursuing NFTs has someone in the games industry so spectacularly lost the plot that we're...
World of Warcraft Dragonflight begins its first alpha test, previews the Azure Span and crafting updates
World of Warcraft has taken its very first step in bringing Dragonflight to the wider world. Today begins the expansion's very first alpha test...
Old School RuneScape fully opens the PvP arena while outlining future adjustment plans
The soft launch has now hardened (or something): The PvP arena of Old School RuneScape has officially made its full tort debut in this...
Dual Universe outlines streamlining updates arriving to its schematics system
Industrialists of Dual Universe have apparently been hamstrung by the schematics system added to the sandbox all the way back in December 2020, which...
Tower of Fantasy debuts trailers highlighting its combat and story as the game rakes in 1M sign-ups
The past couple of weeks have been full of video-based hype for Tower of Fantasy, the sci-fi open world multiplayer RPG heading for a...
Path of Exile’s Sentinel league ends August 9 with its next expansion tentatively set for August 12
It's nearly time for the next expansion step for Path of Exile according to a recent release timeline from Grinding Gear Games. The current...
Genshin Impact brings a new character, new weapon, and several challenges in Summer Fantasia update
What the heck is a Summer Fantasia? As far as Genshin Impact is concerned, it's the subtitle of its Version 2.8 update that's out...
The Stream Team: Randomly running around in the New World
Once again, MOP's Chris is getting the itch to go through his back catalogue and hop into random MMOs, and once again New World...
Unity unveils plans to merge with app monetization platform ironSource in a $4.4B deal
Unity, the engine that powers a wide number of MMORPGs as well as other games, is hoping to improve its fiscal fortunes through a...
Daybreak Games files a new trademark for something called Myths and Monoliths
Fashion your fanciest tinfoil hats and put on your spectacles of assumption because we've got some trademark filing news to chew on. Daybreak Games...
Lost Ark breaks down the Arcanist advanced class arriving on July 20
July 20th will see another new advanced class arrive to Lost Ark, which means that Amazon Games is keen to tell players all about...
Trove’s Sunfest 2022 event marks the voxel MMO’s seventh birthday
Players of Trove can now celebrate the game's 2022 Sunfest and its seventh anniversary at the same time in the MMO's latest event, which...
Riot Games is throwing the Star Guardians at three of its titles in a 10 week-long mega event
Love it or hate it, the magical girl anime sparkliness of the Star Guardians is coming to three different titles under Riot Games' umbrella...
Perfect World revives the previously shuttered Jade Dynasty with development of Jade Dynasty World
Back in 2018, Perfect World sunsetted the MMORPG Jade Dynasty, noting in the announcement that the devs behind the game were moving on to...
EVE Online banned over 70K RMT and botting accounts over the course of 2021
CCP Games' battle with RMT and bot accounts in EVE Online is likely never going to end, but the devs that are part of...