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New players join The Elder Scrolls Online’s NA megaserver today with Japanese launch

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The Elder Scrolls Online expands again today, this time with a launch in Japan. Game Director Matt Firor writes that ZeniMax and DMM have...

Funcom delays Conan Exiles’ planned September early access to January 2017

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Funcom has decided to delay the launch of Conan Exiles into next year. You might be thinking, wait, didn't Funcom only just announce a September...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 70: E to the three

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Justin and Bree discuss E3, STO, ESO One Tamriel, GW2, UO, Sea of Thieves, Dual Universe, WoW, Marvel Heroes, Camelot Unchained, and four sunsets, with mailbag questions on gameplay tension and MH team-ups.

Vigor Roads’ Kickstarter ends unsuccessfully, Project Genom plans crafting

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As we covered in our last Make My MMO, the Kickstarter for NeuronHaze's post-apoc MMO Vigor Roads ended unsuccessfully over the weekend. The studio accepted the...
CONFUSED GREENSCREEN POSING GO!

Warcraft has become the most successful film adaptation of a video game

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The strength of its success at the Chinese box office has led Warcraft to be the single most successful video game adaptation film to...

SMITE’s 2016 World Championships features another million-dollar prize pool

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Hi-Rez Studios told press and fans today that it's taking over Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, Georgia, for its next big event. Hi-Rez Expo will...

Star Trek Online to introduce JJ Abrams-inspired content

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PWE and Cryptic have confirmed today that the Star Trek Online universe will collide with the JJ Abrams lore. "Players will soon be able to...

Star Citizen passes 1M ships sold, $116M in crowdfunding

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Star Citizen reached what Redditors are calling one of its last major milestones this weekend: 1,000,000 ships sold. The sale of the new Drake Dragonfly...
You can, in fact, take all sorts of skies.

Firefly Online’s development status is up in the atmo

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Multiplayer mobile game Firefly Online was originally planned to release over a year ago. Then it delayed to work in the main cast and revamp. Last...

Make My MMO: Camelot Unchained opens satellite studio, Edengrad funds (June 18, 2016)

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This week in MMO crowdfunding news, City State Entertainment stunned pretty much everyone by announcing that it will open a satellite studio on the other...

The Game Archaeologist: The Shadow of Yserbius

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Really, I blame my parents for not being filthy rich. If they had been, we could've afforded the $130/month unlimited subscription fee to the ImagiNation...

Firefall is coming to PlayStation 4 and mobile platforms

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We won't lie: We've been a little concerned for the future of Firefall over the past year. But if the dev team has anything...
Also breaking MY HEART (not really)

Betawatch: A whole lot of E3 news (June 17, 2016)

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This week was all about E3, and for MMO players, it didn't feature a whole lot of new titles. Oh, there was plenty of...

Daybreak to sunset PlanetSide 1 and Legends of Norrath

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It's Friday night, and you know what that means: another big announcement from Daybreak. The studio announced this evening that it will be sunsetting...

Destiny maybe, possibly, could be some day coming to the PC

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Console-only online games. Doesn't that rustle your jimmies, PC players? For those of us who can't afford or choose not to add an Xbox...
COME FIGHT ME

E3 2016: Final Fantasy XIV discusses the Deep Dungeon, Xbox One, and the future

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Whenever Naoki Yoshida shows up at a convention, you know ahead of time that Final Fantasy XIV fans are going to have plenty to...

E3 2016: Perfect World’s Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Livelock

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One thing that I see over and over in our comments sections when we cover Perfect World's MMOs is hatred for lockboxes and keys bought...

Tree of Savior bans another 5000 exploiters for UI hack

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Another week, another wave of mass-bannings in Tree of Savior. IMCGames announced yesterday that it's banned 5,607 accounts that were using a UI hack...
Battleunborn.

Battleborn patches in premium skins and currency

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Quick question: What does Overwatch have that Battleborn doesn't? If you answered "Winston," you are correct, but that's not the point. If you answered...
Nothing but sad things to say.

Funcom is sunsetting LEGO Minifigures Online in September

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This won't come as a surprise, but it'll still make you sad: Funcom is shutting down LEGO Minifigures Online this fall. The studio made...