Chris Neal
US Federal Trade Commission outlines the agenda for a lootbox-related workshop on August 7
Conversations, studies, and outright rancor over video game lockbox practices have caught the notice of several world governments as readers of MOP already know,...
Lineage 2 Korea announces the arrival of the Death Knight on August 14
The Korean version of Lineage II is seeing an update on August 14th, and it is properly good and spooky. Or extremely edgelord. Really,...
Fortnite’s latest patch brings new LTMs, a new weapon, and sends Neo Tilted back to the Wild West
As Fortnite players now well know, things are getting pretty wacky with the timestream in the game's world, and no more is that apparent...
Star Trek Online’s Arena of Sompek returns on August 8 with some major adjustments
Yes, your Star Trek Online character is going to face some combat trials in a deadly arena somewhere in space, but it's a kinder,...
Choose My Adventure: I may have fallen out of love with City of Heroes
I have to admit something, to everyone reading this and to myself. I’m not sure I missed City of Heroes as much as I...
World of Warcraft Classic will let you reserve your name on August 12
From the time of this story's publishing, you have precisely six days to come up with your most clever and pun-loaded moniker. That's when...
Nexon’s PC and mobile consolidation ends up with employee layoffs after all
It looks as if rumored efforts to merge PC and mobile divisions weren't just rumors, and according to Gamasutra, the company has closed two...
RuneScape kicks off four weeks of skill-boosting bonuses with the Summer Escape
I make no secret of the fact that I dislike summer. Any season that makes me feel sweaty and gross simply for existing in...
EVE Online holds a ‘Skilling Spree’ contest to see how fast players can beat challenges
I love speedrunning. The Games Done Quick broadcasts are some of my favorite things to watch. There's something satisfying about seeing a game get...
Rust’s latest update brings a resource-harvesting excavator online
In survival sandboxes, it's all about them resources, and I'm hard-pressed to think anything would be better at harvesting resources than a gigantic rig...
Nexon aims to fully acquire Patrick Söderlund’s Embark Studios with a stock buyout
On the heels of multiple financial news bursts, Nexon has decided to spend money on a studio once again. This time the cash splash...
H1Z1 opens wide the landscape of its new Outland map
Smaller size, muscle cars, and a place for pretty much every type of battle royale playstyle (though I always thought "shoot people, don't get...
EVE-inspired MMORTS Starborne celebrates its third alpha server launch
Have you ever heard of Starborne? It's a large-scale MMORTS where players seek to control territory in a massive map over individual eight week-long...
The Repopulation checks in with an update on vehicles and mounts
It's been a couple of months since we heard much from The Repopulation, but delays ensured that the most recent dev blog combines July and...
Researcher stomps the ‘lockboxes are Kinder Eggs’ defense into paste
Most if not all of us pretty much felt the same way Dr. Daniel King, senior research assistant from the School of Psychology at...
Crowfall’s July ACE Q&A dissects the Fortunes of War update
The end of July saw Crowfall's latest ACE Q&A session, which was held back on account of J. Todd Coleman's work travel. Both he...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen’s latest roundtable discussion is all about programming
Nothing about programming is sexy, as far as my plebeian mind can ascertain. Its lines of digital eldritch language that weave together the threads...
Star Trek Online lays out a roadmap of updates for the next six months
With Star Trek Las Vegas just in our rearview mirror, it would stand to reason that Star Trek Online would have a number of...
Warframe’s Dog Days summer event lets Tenno play with water guns for goodies
The world of Warframe is pretty dire and depressing, what with all of the enemy factions and plains full of gigantic monstrosities, so it's...
Guild Season 7 kicks off in Albion Online with new challenges and mount skin seasonal rewards
Today marks the moment in Albion Online where guilds can duke it out for bragging rights, glory, and very likely a whole bunch of...