Daybreak seeks a new executive producer for Magic: The Gathering Online
At the tail end of December, Magic: The Gathering Online fans were surprised by the sudden announcement that the online CCG would now be...
Dual Universe is bringing voxel shape customization and shipwrecks in the Panacea update
The close of last year saw Dual Universe mention that details of the voxelbox's next update would be shared in January. True to its...
Rust recounts 2021 updates and previews an arctic area coming soon
Last year was a pretty good one for Rust, at least by the devs' own account. The game took a little victory lap in...
LEGO pauses launch of Overwatch 2 toy set over ongoing Activision-Blizzard scandal
Activision-Blizzard might've thought it could start over after the holidays and put some distance between it and the massive discrimination and harassment scandal it...
Back in 2017, a pair of cops were fired for playing Pokemon Go on duty
I think we've already got a contender for "worst MMO criming" for 2022, or we would've if it hadn't happened back in 2017 and...
Whatever happened to ‘multi-user roguelike’ Apsis Online?
We've been covering the development trajectory of Apsis Online for some time now, from its first incarnation in 2019 to its design shift as...
Pokemon Go’s volunteers are being harassed by exploiters within the Wayfarer program
Remember how in some older MMOs, like Ultima Online, EverQuest, and Asheron's Call, we had volunteer gamemasters and counselors? And how sometimes it turned...
Take-Two acquires Zynga for a price of $12.7 billion
If you've ever played one of the FarmVille games and thought that it would be much better if you could hop in a stolen motor...
Sega will stop chasing the NFT dragon if it is ‘perceived’ as a ‘simple money-making’ scheme
With so many major studios and game publishers looking to join in on the blockchain and NFT racket, it'd be easy to believe that...
Red Dead Online’s shabby first update of 2022 sparks community movement to save the game
At the end of last week, Red Dead Online kicked out an update that ended up being nothing more than a series of boosts...
Whatever happened to Star’s End?
Star's End isn't a title that crosses our radar a lot these days, but that doesn't mean we've entirely given up on this space...
Massively on the GO: How to catch up in Pokemon GO for 2022
Despite my concerns about player safety in Pokemon GO, especially in terms of stalking and the anemic response to it by Niantic's support, one of...
The Stream Team: Planning on some pixelated piracy in Plunder Panic
When Plunder Panic was brought to our attention, MOP's Chris was almost immediately intrigued by the whole thing. Retro-style arcade gaming? 2-D sprite graphics?...
Amazon Prime’s Fallout TV series kicks off production this year
Back in July 2020 we reported on the news of a Fallout TV series, which was confirmed to be headed to Amazon Prime Video...
Plunder Panic is a 6v6 action arcade title where 2-D pirates fight over different objectives
There are two things that immediately caught my interest when I saw the multiplayer arcade title of Plunder Panic cross our news desk: one,...
The Stream Team: Checking out cool Valheim castles
Massively OP's MJ has been missing from -- and missing -- Valheim for a very long time! Today, she gets to immerse herself back...
Conan Exiles’ test server brings server queues and emoting followers
It should be clarified that Conan Exiles is not getting emotional followers; they're still (presumably) dead inside. What the survival sandbox is getting are...
Richard Bartle’s new book seeks to intersect theological thought and MMORPG design
If you're new to our genre, first of all welcome, and second of all you should be familiar with Dr. Richard A. Bartle, a...
Soulforged is a minimalist browser-based multiplayer RPG about managing action points and survival
This genre has all kinds of surprises hiding around the corner. Take for example the game Soulforged, a truly distinct multiplayer RPG currently in...
E3 2022 will once more be an all-digital event in the face of COVID omicron surge
The omicron variant of COVID-19, which has been surging across the US to the tune of over 600K daily infections, has once again forced...
