Chris Neal
New study finds connection between gambling addiction and lootbox purchases in adolescents
The research and science continues in the case of lockbox/lootbox purchasing habits and gambling addiction. The latest piece of scientific literature on the subject...
Echoes of Hiram update arrives to ArcheAge at the end of June
ArcheAge players got to the Relics of Hiram in November, learned the Story of Hiram in March, and now will hear the Echoes of...
US Senator Bernie Sanders publicly offers support for game worker unionization
That dull, wooden hammering you hear in the background is the attachment of planks to platforms. With the US 2020 presidential campaign season drawing...
The Division 2 brings a minigun wielding specialization and more in Title Update 4
When it comes to video game firearms, bigger is often better, and it doesn't come much bigger than the rotating turret monstrosity like the...
Choose My Adventure: TERA’s Valkyrie and the free-to-play grind
Close set of voting this time 'round, at least in terms of TERA's business model. For a time, the polls were literally at 50/50,...
Atlas previews Blackwood, its upcoming standalone jungle map
The jungle, or the Equatorial biome according to the devs of Atlas, is going to be getting a "dark twist" evidently. Or at the...
Overwatch shares Baptiste short story and a dev video on its replay system
While players of Overwatch have likely gotten their heads around Baptiste as a playable character, and we've all gotten a little bit of backstory...
Lineage 2: Revolution releases new battle royale mode with its latest update
Be the last person standing. Fight against the most dangerous prey. Try to stifle your yawning. Yep, it's battle royale, and it has arrived...
Chronicles of Spellborn’s rogue server releases a new update and a new launcher
The rogue server for Chronicles of Spellborn has made a pretty significant update today. Not necessarily in the form of its latest bug-fixing patch,...
MapleStory’s new Pathfinder class headlines the game’s summer update
Firing arrows, let's be honest, is pretty boring. If you're going to shoot pointy sticks at things, you need to do it with style...
The Division 2: Freebie weekend and lessons learned from running a live game
The whole "games as a service" thing is a pretty hot-button topic in gaming circles, but there often isn't a lot of discussion about...
Two million players are sailing the Sea of Thieves after the anniversary update
It's simple math that a sandbox is more fun (or more stressful) the more people romping around in it, and it would seem that...
E3 2019: Terraria: Journey’s End will be the game’s final update before entering maintenance mode
It's been a long trip for the 2-D multiplayer side-scrolling exploration title Terraria, and while we don't cover this one particularly closely, the upcoming...
Conan Exiles patches out an attribute exploit in the Xbox One version
So evidently there was a teeny tiny little problem with the Xbox One version of Conan Exiles where players were able to give themselves...
Perfect World’s co-op survival shooter Remnant: From the Ashes gets an August 20 release date
You would think that extradimensional eldritch-looking horror beasts would have traveled the multiverse enough to be better prepared for the development of modern firearms....
Star Citizen’s monthly report promises new missions, improved AI, and caves
The month of May has seen lots of development done in Star Citizen according to the game's monthly report. Now having typed that sentence,...
World of Warcraft releases details for its upcoming Arena World Championship esports season
For those of us who dare enjoy esports events, the summer has a lot to look forward to, what with The International, DreamHack, the...
EVE Online opens voting for its next CSM and dates Fanfest 2020
Time flows like a river. Seasons change. Animals migrate. Total strangers make insipid arguments at one another online. There are things one can count...
Choose My Adventure: Did the Gunner class make TERA too easy?
A new month means a new game here at Choose My Adventure world, and this time around we're taking a trip through what I...
Dauntless answers some in-house questions about its combat, monster design, and development
So there's a new interview piece out there for Dauntless and it's written and published by the Unreal Engine website. As one would expect,...