Chris Neal
The Stream Team: The further adventures of a very big powerful lady in Wayfinder
MOP's Chris is coming back to Wayfinder for one very big reason: Senja, the gladiatrix who gets stronger by flexing at enemies and then...
EverQuest makes its nearly three year-old Terror of Luclin expansion free for everyone
When is something old new again? When it's handed out for free, of course. Those who didn't bother to buy in to EverQuest's Terror...
Whatever happened to Phoenix Labs’ multiplayer creature hunting RPG Dauntless?
Most of the news that's come out of Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs has been pretty dire-sounding, particularly since the studio suffered two rounds of...
Habbo Hotel releases a throwback 2005-era version of the social MMO called Habbo Hotel Origins
If you've suddenly got a jonesing to experience the isometric pixelated nostalgia of the social MMO Habbo Hotel, you've got options. There's the normal...
ARK Survival Ascended releases an official mod that injects the Power Rangers into the survivalbox
One of my favorite kinds of mods is the one that slaps in some off-the-wall character or feature that's less about maintaining worldbuilding and...
War Thunder’s Seek and Destroy update brings new vehicles, new maps, and FOX-3 missiles today
It's time for War Thunder players to field some fresh equipment and try not to think about a certain heavy metal song because the...
The Stream Team: Peeking into Pax Dei and giving away two keys for the MMO
Today has brought another game into the wilds of early access: It's Pax Dei release week, and MOP's Chris is going to take a...
Valheim unveils plans for a board game, with a crowdfunding campaign opening in September
If you're a big enough fan of the Viking survival sandbox Valheim that you'd be willing to crowdfund a tabletop board game version, you're...
Pax Dei runs into server-related bugs and mixed reviews in its first day of early access
We are once again taking the time to look at the first day of an MMORPG's launch. As readers well know by now, Pax...
Warframe’s Jade Shadows update launches with new character, new mission type, and new clan operation
The Jade Shadows update has been the talk of Warframe for the past couple of months, but today is finally the day when fans...
Overwatch 2 celebrates over 100M players, adds a new Push mode map, and preps a mythic weapon skin
The dawn of a new season is coming in Overwatch 2, bringing with it new rewards, one new map, and a little celebration of...
Choose My Adventure: Flying, dogfighting, and struggling with hardware in Star Citizen
Well, talk about a massive disappointment. After a bunch of attempts, tweaks, and some general stubbornness, I'm pretty much going to have to concede...
Conan Exiles slows down its update cadence for chapters and puts the kibosh on battle passes in its next Age
"Conan Exiles is always evolving, and so is the way our team develops it," opens Funcom's latest update post, and sure enough the cadence...
MMORPG turned ‘squad RPG’ Starborne Frontiers makes its global release on PC
Are you eager to experience a game that our Fight or Kite columnist Sam called "an autobattler with plentiful monetization schemes"? Then you're primed...
Helldivers 2 makes a charitable donation to honor playerbase’s decision to save fictional children
Last week saw players of Helldivers 2 face their own version of the trolley problem, as the major order for that week presented players...
Valve faces an $838M UK lawsuit that accuses Steam of overcharging consumers and monopolizing prices
That's right, it looks like another legal firm is hoping to take a big meaty swing at Valve's enormous and probably jowly face: The...
Dark and Darker Mobile will enter into closed beta testing in August
Now that the world can play Dark and Darker on Steam early access after a lengthy legal kerfuffle between Nexon and developer Ironmace, it's...
EVE Online’s Tranquility server briefly buckles under the strain of over 36K concurrent players
This past Sunday was a very busy one for EVE Online. As first noticed by Noizy Gamer, the spaceship sandbox managed to hit a...
Camelot Unchained side game Final Stand Ragnarok adds a beta version of a new map in its latest update
Do you remember Final Stand: Ragnarok? It's been a bit since we got news from the game: Readers will remember this as the spinoff/prequel...
Albion Online’s latest patch primarily focuses on balance adjustments to several weapons
The PvP sandbox of Albion Online has once again taken the opportunity to use its latest patch to turn the dials of weapons balance....