Aliens Fireteam devs discuss City of Heroes’ lasting popularity and Cryptic’s canceled Marvel MMO
Earlier this month, we finally got some hard info on Cold Iron's Aliens Fireteam, the Alien-franchise shooter that's been under wraps for six years...
Activision-Blizzard has laid off another 190 employees as Kotick could rake in an extra $200M
Don't look now, but Activision-Blizzard just laid off another batch of people.
According to a Bloomberg report, the company has slashed just under 190 jobs,...
A modder earns $10,000 for finding a loading issue in Grand Theft Auto Online
Normally modding video games, even ones that are all about earning fat stacks, will not produce fat stacks in real life. But a modder...
MechWarrior Online introduces a weapons balance pass and new Trial ‘Mechs in today’s patch
It's patch day for MechWarrior Online and that means patch notes! With today's update, players of the online stompy robot battler can look forward...
Fortnite rolls out Primal season, disqualifies esports pro over vile tweet
If you're hoping for Fortnite's lore to make sense with its latest patch, I have to question whether you've been paying any attention. And...
Animal Crossing New Horizons unveils more design space, an Island Tour Creator, and the return of Bunny Day
There's a whole lot of new features coming to your Animal Crossing: New Horizons island in the next few days according to a sizeable...
Co-op D&D action battler Dark Alliance announces a June 22 launch date
The best way to experience a story set in the oldest role-playing game is through a hack-and-slash co-op battler, obviously. Yes, Dark Alliance is based...
The Stream Team: Path of Exile’s layaway plan and loot betrayal
When Massively OP's MJ didn't have enough Ritual currency to buy a certain item in Path of Exile, she had to put it on...
Sea of Thieves talks up its third anniversary, new comic, and Vault raiding event in a video
It's time once more for the buccaneers of Sea of Thieves to get their news in video form. That's right, it's time for another...
Diablo III confirms the closing dates of Season 22 and prepares to preview Season 23
Have you had fun watching your shadow clone follow you around in Diablo III? Well you don't have much time with it left as...
EA admits that ‘one or more EA accounts’ is involved in FIFA 21 trading scandal
Last week our MMO business roundup report included word that there was some illicit trading going on between players and EA employees in FIFA...
Niantic begins testing transparent Pokemon Go egg odds
Regular players of Pokemon Go know all about eggs; they're kind of a crap shoot in terms of what could possibly hatch and the...
Not So Massively: Checking the pulse of Star Wars Battlefront II
As I am someone who is at best lukewarm to the Star Wars franchise, nearly as ambivalent toward shooters, and almost entirely uninterested in...
Destiny 2 outlines the return of Grandmaster Nightfalls and upcoming Stasis PvP adjustments
The next couple of weeks in Destiny 2 are going to be interesting, depending on players' point of view or preferred activity. The latest...
New World sets the scene for its Ebonscale Reach endgame location with a lore post
The last thing we heard out of New World was from this past February, and that was to let players know that the game's...
China shuts down Genshin Impact KFC promotion at certain locations due to pandemic concerns
I'm pretty sure we were all expecting the Genshin Impact KFC crossover promotion in China was just going to be a one-and-done sort of...
Conqueror’s Blade gets the Viking touch with Season VII: Wolves of Ragnarok on March 18
We all likely figured that Vikings would become a hot commodity in gaming thanks to a certain title's success, but regardless of that...
MMO Business Roundup: ROBLOX’s IPO, NCsoft, Nexon’s next big thing, and FIFA’s latest scandal
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
ROBLOX: As planned, ROBLOX went public (publix?) this week, opening its first day of...
Magic Legends lays out its ZEN market, broker system, and battlepass tracks
Anyone who has played a Cryptic game probably is well-acquainted with its slightly convoluted business model. Basically, the studio has a cash shop (the...
Star Citizen talks up land vehicle physics changes as CIG devs rebut claims of mistreatment during Texas snowstorm
While Star Citizen certainly loves its spaceships, there are a number of land-based vehicles that deserve love too, and that's just what the latest...
