Chris Neal
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive lays off 600 employees and axes game projects
The wave of job cuts flooding the games industry doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon, as this time around Grand Theft Auto...
RuneScape cancels summer event in favor of permanent content, OSRS tweaks undead pirates and more
Summer is cancelled. No, we're not just saying that because we don't handle the heat very well; we're saying that the large new summer...
The Quinfall will let you dress up your horse and have a hornet for a pet
Gameplay videos are continuing to spill out from Quinfall, this time granting curious players a look at the current pet and mount systems that...
The Stream Team: Hunting for the big robot doggos in Helldivers 2
OK, so they're technically called factory striders, but MOP's Chris sees them as giant robot dogs. Robot dogs packed with guns that kill. So...
Chronicles of Elyria’s Jeromy Walsh holds a ‘fireside chat’ that’s long on promise but short on timelines
Jeromy Walsh, the remaining developer on the multiple pieces of Chronicles of Elyria, is continuing to use his Discord server as a place to...
Tower of Fantasy debuts a teaser trailer for its April 30 Celestial Destiny update
The hype machine is beginning to spool up in Tower of Fantasy, as the shared world RPG has started talking up the April 30th...
Mad World will condense all of its regional servers into one single server April 25
So hey, how are things going for Mad World? Well, if the OARPG's latest announcement is to be taken at face value, things possibly...
Tarisland answers player questions about classes and PvE features
Fans of Tarisland are still left waiting and wondering when "official release" is going to happen, so to kill the time between now and...
Choose My Adventure: Battling New World tank builds, the wider meta, and personal stubbornness
New World is getting under my skin.
I'll better explain myself soon, but before I do, I want to point out that this sudden frustration with...
Metaverse MMO Avalon gets $10M investment, talks up its game features, AI tools, and Web3
Depending on one's point of view, this news is either the next step forward for Jeffrey Butler's gestating MMO Avalon or proof that investors...
Gigantic hands out goodies and preps a double XP weekend as compensation for server issues
Last week, the shooter MOBA Gigantic promised a compensation package for fans as an apology for its rickety relaunch. This week, those fans now...
Ubisoft pulls The Crew 1 from player libraries, encourages them to ‘check the store to pursue your adventures’
Last March was the final bell tolling for multiplayer racer The Crew 1, as Ubisoft completed an announced sunsetting of its servers, effectively making...
Closers teases more story and a new character as Fun Month begins
We're going to preface this Closers news story with a little bit of forewarning: The video shared by the anime MMO recently is probably...
ARK Survival Ascended opens temporary Scorched Earth servers, confirms premium mods for consoles in April
Evidently there are a lot of fans who are trying to get into the Scorched Earth map of ARK: Survival Ascended - enough that...
Embers Adrift begins testing ‘content compression’ that seeks to address several gameplay issues
Does climbing up to a maximum of 50 levels in Embers Adrift fill you with a sense of dread? Would climbing up to 30...
LawBreakers fans have created an emulator – with Cliff Bleszinski’s stamp of approval
Do you miss Boss Key Productions' team vs. team FPS LawBreakers? If you're among those who were left twisting in the wind after its...
Life is Feudal MMO continues its comeback with a relaunch on Steam
In May of 2023, we learned that the MMO portion of Life is Feudal was coming back from its 2021 sunset under the stewardship...
Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra thinks players should be able to tip developers for their work
Now that former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has free time on his hands, he's apparently spending some of it pondering how to make our...
Last Epoch ends floating capes, t-posing mages, and other bugs in latest patch
Life in the OARPG of Last Epoch has hopefully gotten a whole lot less buggy thanks to its most recent patch, which has primarily...
The Stream Team: Tanking while discussing Final Fantasy XIV’s Dawntrail benchmark
This Eorzea Sunday is a special one because MOP's Chris was able to see what his beloved Final Fantasy XIV character could look like...