Chris Neal
Choose My Adventure: Tiny ship takes on big battles in Star Trek Online
I didn't have a whole heap of time to myself in Star Trek Online this week, but considering that I was basically told to...
Brighter Shores celebrates Christmas by randomly handing out hats
It's the season of Hatsgiving in Brighter Shores! OK, it's actually a Christmas event where players can find and trade hats, but Hatsgiving rolls...
Path of Exile 2 plans to change dodge rolling, rewards, and checkpoints as it nerfs an over-performing build
Path of Exile 2 is in early access, so obviously things are going to change; it's just a question of whether or not those...
Fantastic Pixel Castle shares new prototype gameplay and dev plans for its Ghost MMO
Fantastic Pixel Castle's upcoming MMO codenamed Ghost (aka Greg Street presents Ghostboi Adventures Online starring Bobby Battle Crabâ„¢) is wrapping up its year of...
Mabinogi brings a celestial scythe-wielding new class in its December 12 Astrologer update
What do reading the stars and swinging a scythe have in common? They're the tools of the trade for the upcoming Astrologer class that...
World of Tanks’ Holiday Ops event brings festive decor, pet-styled tank cosmetics, and Jason Statham’s missions
It's time for the Christmas season in World of Tanks, which can mean only one thing: plastering a fluffy cat face across your rumbling...
Shroud of the Avatar promises ‘massive amount of dungeon work’ and bug fixes as Release 132 arrives
The bug fixing will continue until gameplay improves, ideally: Shroud of the Avatar has put forth its latest set of update notes and newsletter,...
Vindictus seeks to stymie RMT bots by introducing a new currency that allows for in-game gold trading
Despite the risks to game accounts and personal security, MMO players would still rather spend money with gold-farming bots than try to make in-game...
MechWarrior Online starts holiday events, adds a new map, and releases two more legendary Mechs
Is it really the holiday season without multi-ton machines of war stomping around outside in the snow? MechWarrior Online certainly doesn't think so, and...
War Thunder discusses Firebirds patch adjustments, confirms upcoming use of BattleEye anti-cheat software
The recently released Firebirds update to War Thunder could use some fixing up. That's the general message from a recent dev blog by Gaijin,...
RuneScape brings 10 more levels’ worth of Woodcutting and Fletching in latest patch
Choppin' trees and makin' arrows. That's the name of the game for RuneScape's update this week, which is headlined with the arrival of more...
Marvel Rivals’ similarity to Overwatch apparently annoyed former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra
It's not too much of a surprise that NetEase's free-to-play superhero shooter Marvel Rivals is being compared to Blizzard's Overwatch; the DNA is clear...
Corepunk outlines plans for early level combat, loot updates, and additional new features
Following what it calls a "very informative and active week," developer Artificial Core is ready to share the next series of updates planned for...
Soulframe talks up December pre-alpha updates, promises open testing and wolf mount next year
The very last dev livestream of 2024 for MMO Soulframe wrapped up over the weekend, and developer Digital Extremes was once again ready to...
Oddball indie MMORPG Spire Horizon Online makes it to its full launch
October was a month full of very random MMO, MMORPG, and multiplayer games during the Steam Next Fest happening that month, but we became...
China’s mobile Blue Protocol ARPG rebrands as Star Resonance with a new test for December
We're all being reminded that Blue Protocol is technically not dead all over again. Readers will remember that a mobile version of the anime...
The Stream Team: Coming back to Dauntless to experience its Awakening
It's been a very long time since MOP's Chris has returned to the world of Dauntless, both for OPTV and for his own leisure,...
Dauntless players express frustration over Awakening update’s mechanics and monetization
The Awakening update for Dauntless has instead proven to be a nightmare, as the co-op monster slaying RPG's overhauls to weapons, armor, progression, and...
Path of Exile 2 wrestles with database issues and half a million Steam concurrent players
So how did your early access to Path of Exile 2 go? Because in the macrocosm sense, it was an extremely busy start to...
Star Citizen highlights the music that will accompany alpha 4.0’s Pyro system
If you're a fan of the music that thrums along as you play Star Citizen, then you're going to be getting some new audio...