Chris Neal
Lost Skies shows off work on airship engines, character design, floating islands, tools, and puzzles
If the number of commas used in that headline didn't already clue you in, Bossa Studios' in-development PvE sandbox Lost Skies is hard at...
MapleStory M introduces its newest playable character and celebrates its fifth anniversary
The mobile MMO MapleStory M is combining a celebration and a new playable character release with its latest update, which rolls up the introduction...
ARK Survival Ascended finalizes the player-created creature coming to its Aberration map
The community engagement continues in ARK: Survival Ascended. Readers might remember that Studio Wildcard kicked off a mid-July player-created creature contest that offered a...
Temtem game director defends standalone Showdown title as a ‘cost-efficient’ way to support the title
At the tail-end of June, Temtem developer Crema Games made the surprise reveal of Temtem Showdown, a free-to-play, PvP-centric standalone game. Since its release,...
Lineage II posts patch notes for the August 1 Death Knight Reborn and Spellcaster Unleashed updates
The beginning of August will not only herald the end to this hell season in our hemisphere of the world; it will also bring...
UK regulatory body seeks additional comments regarding the Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard merger
The long-tail process of the UK approving Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard has made one more step forward. As a reminder, the UK's Competition and...
Mortal Online 2 shares plans for a network stress test and one final territory control PTR test
During the latest weekly livestream from Mortal Online 2, Star Vault CEO Henrik Nystrom provided details on another round of testing coming to the...
New World talks about improving performance and DirectX 12 integration in its inaugural newsletter
The comms continue to rumble forth from New World; just last week, we had a fresh pair of development videos, and over the weekend...
World of Warships is the latest MMO to replace official forums with Discord servers
Another one bites the dust, friends: World of Warships has decided that forums are dead and Discord is the future, and has subsequently shut...
EVE Online looks back at 20 years of ‘friendship, creation, contribution, and destruction’ and hints at future plans
With 20 years under the game's belt, there's lots of cause for EVE Online to look back at what's come, appreciate what is out...
Chronicles of Elyria boss explains how Soulbound burned through nearly $7M in three years
"I wanted to give current and future business owners - particularly game developers - an understanding of the actual and hidden costs of running...
The ESRB seeks a COPPA provision to let apps scan children’s faces for age verification
You might have heard the legal disclaimer "ask your parents' permission before going online" in some advertisements aimed at children, which is understandable because...
The Stream Team: Discussing the reveals from Final Fantasy XIV’s Las Vegas Fan Festival
It's Eorzea Sunday once again, and the word that's on every Final Fantasy XIV player's lips is Dawntrail, including MOP's Chris! With that in...
Ashes of Creation takes a closer look at Alpha Two’s updated Cleric class
When it comes to healer archetypes, one of the more interesting to many MMORPG players is the Cleric, and it looks as if that...
Diablo IV devs discuss updates coming to classes, items, and monster density in August’s 1.1.1 patch
The most recent Campfire Chat video from Diablo IV might have some good news for players of the ARPG, as it mostly zeroes in...
Closers opens a New Seoul area with new items, new missions, and a challenging labyrinth
The characters of Closers have returned from their mission in Antarctica for some well-earned R&R in New Seoul, but guess what? That's not going...
Hawked is a new team vs. team PvPvE extraction shooter that’s entering PC open beta August 3
Are you ready for another PvPvE extraction shooter to come over the horizon? Whether you are or not, MY.GAMES is rumbling forward with Hawked,...
The Stream Team: Going to the Marketplace for quests in Dungeons and Dragons Online
The D&D adventures continue on OPTV and this time Chris is headed back into Dungeons and Dragons Online for some more adventuring! This time...
PSA: SMITE is giving away a total of 10 million gems to mark its 10th anniversary
Are you a SMITE player? Would you like some free gems cash shop currency? How about 10,000 of them? That's the offer being made...
Star Citizen shares a prototype of its upcoming full ship salvage gameplay
Prototyping gameplay elements is pretty important work, but it's also very often work that's not seen by anyone outside of the studio. However, the...