Dauntless’ intro cinematic takes you on a trip to the Shattered Isles
Wake up, slackers! Time to hit the gym, work out, and then get ready for your trip to floating islands full of massive monsters...
Jetpacks woosh into Fortnite, while Epic Games puts $100M toward tournaments
Players can take to the skies in Fortnite today, thanks to Patch 4.2 and the long-awaited introduction of jetpacks. Unsafe? Environmentally unsound? Chaotic? Probably...
The Stream Team: Let’s talk Path of Exile’s buyout by Tencent
So, happy Monday! Many of us have started our week with the news that Tencent bought out Path of Exile. Some folks are congratulatory,...
Conan Exiles defies the odds to regain most of its early access playerbase
Launch has been kind to Funcom's survival sandbox Conan Exiles. According to GitHyp (via VG247), the game has defied the odds to rebound.
"Most games...
Pokemon Go skips ahead to celebrate summer in style with Pokemon Sun and Moon variants
Remember our article on how easy it would be for Niantic to skip generations and add Pokemon Sun and Moon 'mon to Pokemon Go? Well, seems Niantic agreed,...
SMITE says it’s banned or suspended 20,000 toxic players in season five alone
Toxic players, beware: Hi-Rez may not be talking to its Hand of the Gods players, but it's cracking way down on SMITE miscreants. The...
Wild Buster will reboot as Champions of Titan under new owners to get back on Steam
Back in February, Valve took action on MMO studio Insel Games, which published hybrid MMOs Wild Buster and Guardians of Ember, booting the company...
Overwatch unveils ancient Petra map, has fun with stop-motion animation for its anniversary
It's the start of an exciting run of Overwatch with the team shooter moving into an anniversary period. First up? A brand-new match called...
Paladins Strike admits to unwittingly using Overwatch art assets for promo
Someone done goofed up over at Hi-Rez.
Players noticed that background artwork for the studio's mobile title Paladins Strike bears a striking resemblance to Overwatch's...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite PvPvE MMO or experience?
It feels like I've been dealing with a bit of a theme lately: PvPvE games. PvPvE usually seems to mean simple PvE mechanics that...
Would you attend a Path of Exile con in New Zealand?
How does an ExileCon sound to you? Grinding Gear Games wants to know if you'd be interested in traveling down New Zealand next year...
Make My MMO: Albion Online hits Steam, Camelot Unchained tackles crafting (May 19, 2018)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, buy-to-play sandbox Albion Online, which launched back in 2017, formally landed on Steam, bringing its blend of PvP warfare...
The Stream Team: Returning to Radical heights before it ends
Even though Massively OP's MJ is not a fan of battle royale, she was amused by the atmosphere of Radical Heights. And since the...
The Stream Team: Welcome to ARK’s sheepball!
Massively OP's MJ has been looking forward to today for a very long time. It's the inaugural game of sheepball! That's right: This amazing...
Massively Overthinking: On slavery mechanics in MMOs
Polygon recently had an interview with Conan Exiles creative director Joel Bylos focused on the game's slavery mechanics, a "feature" I had entirely forgotten...
First impressions of State of Decay 2: Frolicking fun with friends and zombies
State of Decay 2 is out, and I know, I know, it's not an MMO, but it does have online multiplayer in a shared...
No Man’s Sky is really truly getting ‘full’ multiplayer in July
MMO players have nice long memories, so I'm sure you'll recall that way back in 2016, No Man's Sky ticked everyone off and even...
Daybreak promises a patch for Just Survive – but it’s also ending lockbox sales
When Daybreak's Columbus Nova fiasco and layoffs were hitting last month, most of the company's MMORPGs resurfaced without missing a beat, reassuring their playerbases...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds tackles frame rate drops, looks at the next mobile patch
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds dropped a patch earlier this week, but don't get too excited: It was mostly bug fixes and balance adjustments for the battle...
Examining why Fortnite is so incredibly popular
For those on the outside looking in at the insanely popular Fortnite phenomenon over the past year, the question invariably rises: What makes this...
