Chris Neal
The Sims dev studio is seeking a creative director for an all-new ‘live service’ title
Maxis, the development studio most noted for simulation game series like The Sims and SimCity, is apparently entering the live service gaming venue. A...
Shroud of the Avatar’s R69 test build brings back a comet and Aether Creatures, adds a high tier dungeon
The QA test server for Shroud of the Avatar has a new build of the sandbox MMORPG for players to check out. Release 69...
Occupy White Walls’ Socialist Utopia update brings social features and performance buffs
No, that update title isn't what you think it is. The latest update for the art curation MMO Occupy White Walls's use of the...
City of Heroes Homecoming adjusts snipes and Dominator powers with the latest patch
Just because City of Heroes' current servers are still rogue server doesn't mean their content will be locked in perpetuity. Case in point: The...
Choose My Adventure: Anthem kept crashing, so here’s what happened in Destiny 2
This past weekend, for lack of a better word, was a shitshow.
Let me try to set the scene. My computer is about five or...
Daybreak registers a domain name for its possible splinter studio Rogue Planet Games
While all we've got is registrations and assumptions, it certainly looks like Daybreak Games is moving forward with some form of business plans. Our...
Indie RvR MMO Camelot Unchained updates backers on ‘Linuxification’ efforts
The Camelot Unchained folks seem to be in love with the word "Linuxification." I can appreciate why: Reading it aloud sounds like a form...
Daybreak previews DC Universe Online’s ‘Metal Part I’ update ahead of its September 12 launch
The last couple of news items to come out of DC Universe Online have been so much about game mechanics that it was almost...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Scalebreaker DLC hits consoles tomorrow as free-play event begins
Some sunny day, PC players and console players of The Elder Scrolls Online will see update parity and get to enjoy the latest content...
Legends of Aria is merging server clusters as Legends of Ultima’s player shard progresses
Earth and Sky will soon become one. Specifically, the Verdant Earth and Azure Sky server clusters of Legends of Aria, which reportedly is moving...
Atlas’s new lead designer admits the MMO has ‘struggled to find its sea legs,’ plots new course
If you put any great measure of weight to Steam user reviews, the fact that Atlas is sitting on mostly negative reviews at the...
Funcom’s Joel Bylos steps down as creative director for Conan Exiles
There's been a changing of the guard over in Conan Exiles world: Joel Bylos has left the creative director's chair of the survival sandbox...
Star Citizen reveals a non-functional $600 ship at a private function for its Concierge level backers
There's apparently another new Star Citizen ship on the way. A pretty pricey one, too. That news isn't terribly remarkable considering some of the...
Square Enix vows to support Final Fantasy XIV instead of working on another MMO sequel
Regular readers will note that Final Fantasy XIV earned our MMORPG of the Year award last year, with many of the staff citing the...
Mechwarrior Online shares details for the unofficial player-run 2019 Comp Championship Series
Did you know that EVO, the massive fighting game esports tournament, started as a smaller community thing? Back then it was called Battle by...
Extra Credits examines how UI style can alter video game experiences
The UI. It's such an intrinsic part of video gaming that we very often don't pay it any attention, except for when it's awful...
PlanetSide 2 will merge the Australian server with the Japanese server on August 27
If you happen to be an Aussie who likes to play PlanetSide 2, listen up: Your regional server is about to be merged and...
Star Wars: The Old Republic previews Onslaught’s new Mek-Sha location
Back in July, the Star Wars: The Old Republic folks offered an extremely formulaic but at least somewhat interesting look at the creation of...
Sci-fi sandbox MMO Prosperous Universe makes its free-to-play launch
The open market of sci-fi MMO Prosperous Universe is now well and truly open. Starting now, players who are curious about the galaxy-spanning economical...
Vendetta Online checks in with updates made to the space combat MMO in 2019
Let's take a peek at our feisty little friend Vendetta Online, shall we? The last time we peered in was last October and a...