Amazon continues to flesh out its Lumberyard engine
As it will be powering MMOs like New World and Star Citizen, Amazon's Lumberyard game engine deserves attention as it continues to be built...
Massively Overthinking: How will Star Citizen make money after launch?
During this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I attempted to tackle a question sent in by commenter and listener Sally Bowls - specifically,...
PUBG ‘contemplates further action’ against Epic’s Fortnite battle royal mode
Remember that whole ordeal earlier this week when Epic announced that next week's Fortnite patch will be a free-to-play PvP-centric battle royal mode? PvE players...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs will make to to 20 years?
Unless it mysteriously shutters between now and Monday, Ultima Online is turning 20 next week. Our Game Archaeologist will surely object to an assertion...
EverQuesting: Is EverQuest II in a downward spiral?
Are we witnessing the death throes of EverQuest II? Of the whole EverQuest franchise? These questions have been at the forefront of my mind lately....
Identity hires more devs, says it’s ‘full steam ahead’ for this life simulator
Two years after its successful Kickstarter campaign, the contemporary MMORPG Identity still has yet to produce any actual gameplay for its backers and fans....
Overwatch League adds Philly and Texas teams, will play at new Blizzard Arena
Blizzard continues raking in the big bucks for its grand vision of Overwatch League, adding three new teams to its roster this week: one...
PvE-centric Fortnite’s new battle royal PvP mode will be free-to-play
Epic Games announced this morning that Fortnite's upcoming PvP mode will essentially be free-to-play.
The game was originally touted by Epic as a PvE survival...
RuneScape players accuse new lockbox promo of promoting gambling to children
RuneScape announced yesterday a new promo that works in conjunction with its existing Treasure Hunter system. It's a bit of a lockbox system, with...
Final Fantasy XIV makes both Sleipnir and financial earnings fly
Players have long awaited the chance to make Sleipnir, the mount of the Dark Divinity Odin, soar through the skies in Final Fantasy XIV....
Steam changes review scores to histograms in an effort to fight review bombing
If you've never heard of "review bombing" on Steam, we envy you. The process goes something like this: Something causes a certain group of...
Monster Hunter: World will release worldwide on January 26, 2018
Good news for fans of hunting monsters today, as Monster Hunter: World has announced its release date as January 26th, 2018! The slightly less-good...
The Daily Grind: What one lesson do you wish MMO developers would learn?
MMORPG veteran Raph Koster went on a glorious Twitter tear last week, and I'm sure some of you can relate. In response to a...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds breaks Steam’s concurrent user record
If you've spent the past few years playing games based on the title with the highest concurrent user count on Steam... well, you have...
Cliff Bleszinski asserts that Lawbreakers is ‘fine’ on PS4 while planning to be ‘less of a dick’
So what's the key element in revitalizing the flagging player numbers for Lawbreakers? Cliff Bleszinski puts forth that part of the onus is on...
EVE Evolved: How much toxic, antisocial behaviour should MMOs tolerate?
The EVE Online community is aflame this week after alliance leader gigX was permanently banned for making threats of real-life violence against another player...
The Daily Grind: Do you feel crowdfunded MMOs ‘owe’ you something?
My husband and I were chatting about the whole Chris-Roberts-is-fed-up-with-trolls-and-date-estimates-that-everyone-knows-aren't-going-to-stick thing from last week when he said something that struck me. "It reminds me...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen would make for a terrible scam (September 16, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen's Chris Roberts gave an interview that seemed to express understandable frustration with the constant barrage of demands...
Betawatch: Crowfall shares lots of fun stuff (September 15, 2017)
Good news for Crowfall fans this week because there's plenty on the docket about the game's development. You might not consider a whole lot...
Massively Overthinking: What keeps you from playing mobile MMOs?
Earlier this week, we wrote about Black Desert developer Pearl Abyss' IPO and its grand plans for the future - among them, four additional...
