The Daily Grind: Should MMO PvP matchmaking focus on challenge or engagement?
MOP's Sam recently stumbled across an MSM article that quotes multiple streamers and esports players essentially complaining about matchmaking systems in competitive games. The...
Overwatch 2 shares seasonal patch plans from its October launch with PvE planned for 2023
The wait is not yet over for Overwatch 2, but it's getting close to being over... assuming you were mostly waiting for the PvP,...
Aliens: Fireteam reveals its upcoming Pathogen paid DLC
So, you're a fan of Aliens: Fireteam? You like shooting xenomorphs with other people for loot and glory? How would you feel about shooting...
Path of Exile outlines the changes coming to the game with patch 3.18.1
The bright side of Path of Exile patches that are meant to address a number of quality-of-life issues with a given build is that...
Frozen Flame launches a survival mode, expands its prologue, and brings colder weather
If you want to experience the survival RPG Frozen Flame with more of the survival and less of the RPG, then you're in luck:...
MMO Business Roundup: Embracer, Perfect World, ESO Chinese localization, and Runeterra cheaters
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news.
Embracer - The company that now owns MMORPG studio Cryptic and all its games...
Wargaming opens new offices in Europe after Russia exodus
With the war in the Ukraine stretching on into the summer months, it might be more difficult to remember how much various game studios...
Fallout 76 launches the Test Your Metal update and A Dread Island Tale today
Happy update day to everyone in Fallout 76 except the Mothman! Bethsoft is rolling out the Test Your Metal (not a typo) update today,...
The Stream Team: It’s a vampire life in V Rising
It's a survival game, and it has vampires. And housing! How can Massively OP's MJ not check out V Rising?! Lazy summer days were...
Valheim pinpoints rollout windows for Xbox One, Xbox X|S, and the Microsoft Store
You might be overwhelmed with announcements this week, but here's one more: Coffee Stain and Iron Gate revealed that they're plopping survivalbox Valheim on...
Pixel pirate co-op Arcane Waters launches a see-worthy demo
Looking for that intersection between absolutely adorable pixel art and cutthroat pirate expeditions? Welcome on board the S.S. Arcane Waters, an upcoming co-op title...
Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak brings back beasts and locales from the series history including a shuttered MMO
Before we break in to the latest Monster Hunter Rise news, there's a little bit of the series' historical context to bear in mind....
ARK 2 heralds a 2023 release window in new trailer and opens up a Steam page
While ARK: Survival Evolved is most certainly still a thing - the survivalbox released a new map earlier this week - there's still the...
Dual Universe’s Mercury update will add a new market, reset talent points, and bring more visual polish
While Dual Universe is counting down to an unspecified release date, the devs at Novaquark are still keen to tweak and add to the...
Star Citizen and EVE Online unveil a LEGO build-off challenge for prizes and charity
Last December, we spied the Twitter accounts of both Star Citizen and EVE Online trash-talking each other as a result of a fan-built Vulture...
Diablo IV goes gaga for the Necromancer in its quarterly update
Have you heard the word on the dark, grimy streets of Tristram? Apparently the Necromancer is the latest (and final one for launch) class...
The Stream Team: Life after war in Warframe
Massively OP's MJ has finally finished Warframe's The New War, so now she can start enjoying all the many other parts of the game...
Co-op vampire-slaying FPS Redfall debuts a new pre-beta gameplay trailer
It's been a little while since Redfall pinged on our radar. The last bit of news we heard out of this co-op FPS game...
Minecraft Legends takes the franchise in a more strategic direction, with co-op and competitive multiplayer
If we had a functional time machine to the past, the first trip would be about eliminating Hitler, while the second would be a...
Nightingale offers another gameplay trailer with additional realm card mechanics commentary
It's not quite a rerun, but it's certainly close. The multiplayer steampunky survivalbox Nightingale has put out yet another gameplay trailer just off of...
