Stardew Valley multiplayer development progresses, includes horse hats for some reason
Doesn't it feel as if it's been half of forever since Stardew Valley was supposed to pick up official multiplayer, thereby finally becoming a...
PUBG, TERA, and A:IR company Bluehole has gone on a shopping spree
South Korea's Bluehole has been busy as the rise of PUBG has filled its coffers. It partnered with Tencent. It's been hiring for TERA's...
Spellsworn launches, goes free-to-play
Watched the new Fantastic Beasts trailer and felt the deep pull of wizards and spells pull at you once more? You may be able...
Google and Ubisoft are working on a multiplayer open source server
The next time you play an online game, you might have Google to thank for handling the heavy lifting. The tech giant announced that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 161: Project power
Justin and Bree discuss RIFT Prime, Trove, Project C, Project Gorgon, H1Z1, The Division 2, Guild Wars 2, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on mimicking Minecraft's business model and playing the good stuff while you still can.
SoulWorker Online begins selling subs, responds to outcry over energy system P2W
SoulWorker is technically in open beta on paper; it isn't supposed to truly launch until later this quarter. It hit Steam at the end...
Fortnite: Hack compensation, the FortCraft clone, and mobile event registration
Were you one of the long list of folks hacked in Fortnite? Epic Games told Kotaku that it's aware of the mass-hacking going on,...
Dota 2 introduces a subscription option for players
After a long time of being free-to-play, Dota 2 is exploring the possibility of letting you pay money for it on a regular basis....
Fortnite mobile will see Xbox One cross-play, but not Xbox to PS4 cross-play
Last week, when Epic Games announced it was porting Fortnite to mobile, there was one console conspicuously left out of the list for cross-play...
Here’s how Netmarble’s fighting crunch after multiple developer deaths
Last year, Netmarble came under fire from South Korean authorities following the death of a game developer under its banner. Korea Workers' Compensation and...
Another writer allegedly leaves BioWare – what on earth is going on with Anthem?
Surfacing at the tail end of last week was the news that multiple former BioWare devs who'd all contributed heavily to Star Wars The...
Blizzard’s Overwatch League addresses toxicity with fines and suspensions, while the Dallas Fuel drops a toxic player
Last week, we covered an ESPN piece in which the author called out Blizzard for sitting on its hands after an Overwatch League player...
Guild Wars 1 programmer answers fan questions, affirms the game’s continued existence
Do you have any burning questions about Guild Wars? No, not Guild Wars 2 -- the original, the one that has long fallen out...
Mythic and Undead Labs’ Sanya Weathers jumps over to Legends of Aria’s Citadel Studios
If you've been following the MMO industry for a while, chances are you've seen the name Sanya Weathers pop up from time to time....
Make My MMO: Pantropy’s Kickstarter ends Tuesday, Project Gorgon eyes Steam this week (March 10, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, it's not looking great for Pantropy, whose Kickstarter is only just over half funded with only a few more...
Paladins nukes P2W Cards Unbound, compensates players, and adds seriously crappy art
Once again, gamers prove that protests can work.
Here's the deal: Paladins players have been grousing about the Cards Unbound system for months, alleging that...
Betawatch: Wild West Online is getting a big revamp (March 9, 2018)
Remember Wild West Online? The game made a lot of noise through early testing, but it went fairly quiet. Turns out the reason for...
Former SWTOR creative director and key writers form up under new studio FogBank
We don't know exactly what titles they're working on, but three former Star Wars: The Old Republic veterans have joined forces under a studio...
Fortnite is launching its battle royale on Android and iOS, will be mostly crossplatform
Have you been wondering which of the big battle royale titles would make a bid for mobile? Probably the first one that came to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has most improved its UI over the years?
In an earlier Daily Grind on peripherals, I mentioned how I used to fold up a piece of paper into a triangular prism, write...
