Chris Neal
SAG-AFTRA union prepares for a second strike over video gaming’s use of AI and low wages
The SAG-AFTRA union has already stood up to TV and film companies with no apparent resolution in sight, and now it looks as if...
Black Desert PC changes Sea Palace activities, adjusts classes, and bids summer farewell with new events
While we're only entering the month of September and the weather mostly disagrees with the notion on our portion of the globe, the summer...
The Stream Team: Cleaning up a laundry list of tasks in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has his own little personal checklist of things to try for in Final Fantasy XIV, and most of those things involve earning...
Fae Farm’s hand-painted mural advertisement highlights gamer rancor toward Phoenix Labs
Phoenix Labs continues to go full speed in promoting its fantasy life sim RPG Fae Farm. A member of the Cozy Gamers subreddit shared...
Survival shooter The Front begins a five day-long closed beta test
Back in February we were aimed in the direction of The Front, a self-described SOC - that's "survival open-world crafting" game - set in...
Destiny 2 reintroduces Crota’s End raid, readies another Iron Banner, and heralds Stasis focus for Season 23
Most of the stuff coming out of Destiny 2 for the week is primarily returning content, as the FPS reopened the Crota's End raid...
The Stream Team: Exploring Craftopia’s newly added Sherbert Iceberg area
Craftopia has recently decided to get frosty with the introduction of the Sherbert Iceberg biome, and since MOP's Chris has been all about this...
Ilysia talks about its testing, what happened with freeforge, and ‘real early access’ plans in Q&A video
The VR MMORPG Ilysia had a pretty rough start to its closed beta. After multiple delays, the closed beta finally kicked off but without...
Inkbound is an early access multiplayer turn-based roguelike with a major update out now
We appreciate that the headline for this game is a bit of a hodgepodge, but then that's following the lead of Inkbound's own description:...
The Stream Team: Diving in to the early access dungeon delves of Wayfinder
It's time to see what all of the delays have been about! MOP's Chris is stopping in for some Wayfinder as he takes his...
Lost Ark issues a compensation package for its extended EU server merge maintenance
European fans of Lost Ark were effectively locked out from playing the MMOARPG earlier this week, when Amazon Games' big EU server merge ended...
Zenith opens a boss fight arena and improves endgame rewards in its Citadel update
The VR MMO Zenith has gotten itself a fresh new content update this week, opening up another part of the Skylands known as the...
Ashes of Creation’s latest video walks players through building up a node in Alpha Two
Nodes. They're an important piece of the gameplay loop in Ashes of Creation, letting players establish towns, become citizens, and ostensibly giving players reasons...
Sea of Thieves releases its next Monkey Island adventure and a host of cosmetic goodies
Guybrush Threepwood is caught in a dream-like spell, and it's up to denizens of the Sea of Thieves to save him. Welcome to the...
Activision announces rollout of AI-assisted voice chat mod tools for its Call of Duty series
Keeping toxic voice speech under heel in FPS games might sound like a Sisyphean effort, but Activision is giving it the old college try...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen promises a focus on updating its ‘old’ and ‘unappealing’ art style
The mechanical things that Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is reportedly doing well aren't going to matter if the game is hard to look...
Dauntless outlines plans for weapon overhauls and a weapon swapping feature coming next summer
If you've been following along with the news out of the multiplayer critter hunting RPG Dauntless, you'll know that things haven't been particularly happy...
Over 3,000 EVE Online players assembled for an impromptu battle at 4-ABS8
This week brought some fresh fun for people who enjoy hearing about EVE Online scrums from the sidelines (and ideally for those players participating...
EverQuest II begins public beta testing of its Shattered Overture update
Normally one wouldn't want to listen to a shattered overture because it's likely just someone banging on piano keys with a sledgehammer. However, EverQuest...
Old School RuneScape begins tweaking Deadman Apocalypse and applies Poll 80 adjustments
It's all about tuning, tweaking, and tadjustment (the "t" is silent there) in Old School RuneScape, as the game's weekly update post brings word...