Chris Neal
Former devs of The Day Before recount a workplace of employee fines, shifting whims, and ‘pure megalomaniacal chaos’
However badly managed The Day Before may have looked upon its disastrous early access release, the reality was reportedly much worse than anyone could...
ARK Survival Ascended is launching a streamlined way to get player-made items in February and April
Mod support is already a thing in ARK: Survival Ascended, but the survival sandbox is bringing a little bit more streamlining to the custom...
War Thunder celebrates the Lunar New Year with dragon decals and a free Soviet tank
2024 is the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese Zodiac, so it stands to reason that War Thunder is celebrating the Lunar...
After nearly eight years, Dual Universe says physical Kickstarter rewards are en route
Dual Universe completed its Kickstarter crowdfunding drive in October 2016. Some of those backer tiers included physical schwag that would be mailed to player...
NCsoft announces plans to move Aion, Lineage II, and Blade & Soul to its Purple platform
Readers might remember that back in 2019, NCsoft launched its own games platform known as Purple, which lets players enjoy the studio's mobile games...
V Rising will make its full 1.0 release to PlayStation 5 and bring controller support to Steam
The vampiric player characters of V Rising - and by extension developer Stunlock Studios - are setting forth for brand-new lands, as the studio...
Palworld counts 19M players across Steam and Xbox, becomes the largest third-party release for Game Pass
The juggernaut that is the early access survivalbox Palworld doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon, as developer Pocketpair has once again...
Ashes of Creation showcases how PvP will work for caravan runs in latest preview video
Last November, Ashes of Creation highlighted the act of moving goods from one place to another in a caravan, which was certainly an illustrative...
Elite Dangerous unveils 2024 plans for powerplay rework, next Thargoid War step, and ‘at least’ four new ships
The playerbase of Elite Dangerous is waking up to some unique emotions today: a sense of hope and excitement for the spaceship sandbox. That's...
Reign of Guilds recounts its December playtest and shares patch notes for its next no-wipe test
This past December saw the PvP sandbox Reign of Guilds hold its sixth playtest. That naturally means that developer Atlant Games has gotten some...
MMO Business Roundup: Krafton likes AI, Call of Duty moderation, and German lockbox regulation push
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. We've got a lot to cover, so let's dive right in.
Krafton pushes AI...
These are the accessibility features Nightingale will – and will not – offer in its early access and stress test build
"One of our goals with Nightingale is to bring people together and create memorable experiences for players of all backgrounds," opens Inflexion's latest dev...
The Stream Team: Previewing City of Heroes Homecoming’s new Arsenal powersets
MOP's Chris is back on Brainstorm! That's right, today he'll be heading to the test server of City of Heroes: Homecoming to check out...
Hasbro is selling the Dungeons & Dragons IP – and Tencent is the potential buyer
There's a potentially big business deal happening in both the world of tabletop gaming and video gaming: Insider sources reporting to Chinese news site...
The Quinfall discusses its business model, gameplay, and beta testing plans in Q&A video
Vawraek Technology has posted a new video for its upcoming MMORPG The Quinfall featuring some player Q&A about the title, and the answers provided...
Enshrouded celebrates over one million players, vows to continue to ‘kick some bug ass’
While it's certainly nowhere near as viral as another survival game in early access, Keen Games' own multiplayer survivalbox Enshrouded hasn't been a slouch...
Choose My Adventure: Genshin Impact is a perfectly lovely single-player RPG
Before I begin, I want to point out that I promise I didn't write that headline just to get anger clicks. I don't want...
Extraction shooter Hawked plots Q1 launch, new stories, ranked PvP, and crafting in 2024 roadmap
MY.GAMES' PvPvE extraction shooter Hawked has laid out its roadmap for 2024, and it looks to be as content-rich as it possibly can, with...
WWII FPS Enlisted arrives to Steam with an updated name and features in Q1 2024
You could be forgiven for thinking that the large-scale WWII multiplayer FPS Enlisted was already on Steam, but that turns out to not be...
Ultra Mega Cats is a ‘cat-tastic’ roguelike co-op third-person shooter headed for early access later this year
It's said that you can't judge a book by its cover, but in the case of the upcoming Ultra Mega Cats, it's safe to...