Todd Howard blames Fallout 76’s lack of cross-platform play on Sony
The reason you won't be able to play Fallout 76 with your friends on consoles is because of Sony, according to Bethesda studio director...
Square Enix scoops up Boundless, setting it up for a late 2018 launch
It's been a while since we last caught up with Boundless, that quirky voxel sandbox that might be better known by its former title,...
Make My MMO: Fractured and TemTem work Kickstarter as Elite, SOTA, and Aria post big updates (July 1, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding is one of the biggest ever for this little subgenre, make no mistake. TemTem is about to fund. Fractured's Kickstarter...
Betawatch: Saga of Lucimia’s combat is updated for pre-alpha (June 29, 2018)
The nice thing about early testing is that big things can change and it's really all part of the experience. Sure, Saga of Lucimia...
Chaos Theory: A year in the life of Secret World Legends
We've talked all about Secret World Legends' first anniversary party, but now it's time to talk about the game's first year. Fans can easily recall...
Valve is replacing Steam Spy with a ‘more accurate and more useful’ version
One of the most-used analysis tools for Steam may soon become obsolete by a similar tool designed by Valve itself -- and the original...
The Daily Grind: Would you play Star Wars Galaxies if it relaunched today?
Star Wars Galaxies is 15 years old now, and it was just about seven years ago that SOE announced it was slated for execution....
The International Olympic Committee is hosting an e-sports discussion summit in July
Last summer the co-president of the Paris Olympic bid committee told the AP that it was considering bringing video gaming on board for the...
ZeniMax is getting only half of the amount originally awarded in the Oculus lawsuit
Did you think that the Oculus vs. ZeniMax lawsuit was over when ZeniMax was awarded $500 million in its legal battle with the VR...
Under pressure, Sony claims it’s looking into solving its crossplay dilemma
Under great amounts of pressure to reverse its anti-crossplay stance with the PlayStation 4, Sony has finally capitulated somewhat by saying that it is...
Interview: Worlds Adrift’s Bossa Studios on giving, griefing, and gittin’ gud
After the launch of Worlds Adrift but prior to E3, we sent off an interview to Bossa Studios and recently received our answers, complete...
PUBG Corp drops plagiarism lawsuit against Epic Games as Fortnite’s Playground goes live
It looks like the big legal feud between PUBG and Fortnite is already drawing to a close, as Bloomberg reports PUBG Corp. has withdrawn...
Fortnite: Pollsters and academics examine purchases, pay-to-win, and motivation vs. addiction
Remember the old adage that less than 10% of a free-to-play playerbase pay for the other 90%? A poll conducted by LendEDU and Pollfish...
Nexon rolls out a flexible work schedule similar to Netmarble’s to reduce employee overwork
No company wants to be in the news by overworking its employees to death; that usually looks bad. (Due to it being bad.) Netmarble...
SuperData’s May 2018 revenue report shows Fortnite slowing down, Pokemon Go picking up for summer
May 2018 was good to Fortnite, again, SuperData's latest global revenue report shows, but its growth rate may be coming to a middle. "Fortnite...
Overwatch: Another hacker sentenced, a new hero teased, and an algorithm patent sought
Way back in January, Blizzard Korea announced that it was working with Korea's National Policy Agency cyber crime unit to track and arrest the...
Daybreak mourns the death of H1Z1’s lead animator
This week, Daybreak is grieving over the loss of one of its key developers, David "Sarge" Carter. Carter worked as an animator on a couple...
The Daily Grind: Do you want to see a battle royale mode in any live MMORPGs?
Literally nothing is sacred, and no video game franchise seems capable of escaping the pull of the battle royale, as my trip to a...
SpatialOS MMORPG sandbox Fractured has just gone live with its $116K Kickstarter
If you've been following Fractured and SpatialOS as long as we have, then you're probably right on top of the game's Kickstarter launch today....
Warframe’s crackdown on platinum resellers wrecks their innocent victims too
A massive thread on the Warframe subreddit this weekend shows just the sort of problems MMO studios have waded into in their haste to...
