Chris Neal
The Stream Team: Starting off the hunt in Monster Hunter Rise on PC
MOP's resident critter hunter Chris is on the hunt in Monster Hunter Rise on PC once again, only this time it's the full game...
EVE Online offers guides for new players ahead of tomorrow’s Doctor Who crossover
The Interstellar Convergence - aka the improbable crossover event that links Doctor Who to EVE Online - is arriving to the space sandbox game...
Destiny 2 releases a trailer highlighting Witch Queen’s Savathûn’s Throne World
A self-described "twisted wonderland of of corruption and splendor" awaits Destiny 2 players when they delve into the Witch Queen expansion's new Savathûn's Throne...
Fractured Online takes a closer look at its knowledge-based character progression systems
"Goodbye grinding and power disparities, hello Knowledge System," reads the opening that heralds Fractured Online's latest feature spotlight, which takes a closer look at...
Daybreak seeks a new executive producer for Magic: The Gathering Online
At the tail end of December, Magic: The Gathering Online fans were surprised by the sudden announcement that the online CCG would now be...
Dual Universe is bringing voxel shape customization and shipwrecks in the Panacea update
The close of last year saw Dual Universe mention that details of the voxelbox's next update would be shared in January. True to its...
Rust recounts 2021 updates and previews an arctic area coming soon
Last year was a pretty good one for Rust, at least by the devs' own account. The game took a little victory lap in...
Black Desert Mobile launches events to fight bosses, grow account characters, and celebrate bagels
Sure, there are events that involve beating down foes or logging in, but have you ever dared to dream of an event that celebrates...
Choose My Adventure: Elder Scrolls Online’s Blackwood has slowly hooked me
In a landslide vote, the CMA readership said that I should press on with the Blackwood chapter of The Elder Scrolls Online. Which lead...
California DFEH appeals court denial to intervene in Activision-Blizzard’s EEOC settlement
California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing is not about to call it quits on fighting Activision-Blizzard's settlement with the US's Equal Employment Opportunity...
Critter taming cross-platform MMO Chimeraland has officially launched on mobile and PC
Last July we threw our spotlight on Chimeraland, an interesting-sounding open world MMO arriving to iOS, Android, and PC with a primary hook of...
Whatever happened to ‘multi-user roguelike’ Apsis Online?
We've been covering the development trajectory of Apsis Online for some time now, from its first incarnation in 2019 to its design shift as...
Star Wars The Old Republic brings back returning events and continues marking 10 years in January event calendar
We've just entered into the month of January but already seeing events for Star Wars: The Old Republic hit their stride. The devs have...
RaiderZ’s reboot includes a full overhaul of classes, questing, and skill systems
It has been quite some time since we got some big news out of RaiderZ, which readers will recall was planning a full reboot...
Warhammer Return of Reckoning plans new scenarios, new quests, and Necropolis of Zandr public tests
The Warhammer Online rogue server Return of Reckoning has lots of big plans in 2022. Fresh announcements from the operators of the emulator outline...
Jagex 2020 financials outline increases in revenue, subscriptions, and microtransaction sales
Yes, we are reporting on financial news coming out of 2020 from RuneScape and Old School RuneScape developer Jagex because said information was only...
Sega will stop chasing the NFT dragon if it is ‘perceived’ as a ‘simple money-making’ scheme
With so many major studios and game publishers looking to join in on the blockchain and NFT racket, it'd be easy to believe that...
Guild Wars 2 plans a third WvW world restructuring beta on January 14, disables the Tea Time Chair
Third time's the charm for Guild Wars 2's ongoing efforts at WvW world restructuring. ArenaNet has announced that the third beta for the feature...
Red Dead Online’s shabby first update of 2022 sparks community movement to save the game
At the end of last week, Red Dead Online kicked out an update that ended up being nothing more than a series of boosts...
The Stream Team: Planning on some pixelated piracy in Plunder Panic
When Plunder Panic was brought to our attention, MOP's Chris was almost immediately intrigued by the whole thing. Retro-style arcade gaming? 2-D sprite graphics?...