Interview: Lost Ark’s regional parity, genderlocking, and the Amazon-Smilegate collaboration
A few days before the western release of Lost Ark, we posed questions to the Amazon Games team, and franchise lead Soomin Park was...
NetEase announces closed beta for new hardcore mobile MMORPG DarkBind
NetEase has another action MMORPG on deck: It's called DarkBind, and it's set to launch in both North America and Japan, with closed beta...
Star Trek announces plans for starship NFTs and a new pay-to-earn game called Star Trek Continuum
You read that headline correctly: Paramount Global is getting into bed with RECUR, a company in the business of creating "innovative NFT experiences with the biggest brands in film, TV, sports, and pop culture," to create starship NFTs based on the Star Trek IP, which in turn will be used in an upcoming pay-to-earn game known as Star Trek: Continuum.
Bellatores is an in-development Unreal Engine 5 medieval MMORPG planning a release later this year
Let it never be said that game studios don't swing for the stars. Korean mobile game developer Nyou, which is responsible for titles like...
Superbugs Awaken is a two-player co-op title where communication is key to saving an illness-ridden cat
Yes, this isn't a massively multiplayer game; it's two-player specifically. That said, the premise of Superbugs: Awaken is too interesting to not share: Players...
This Means Warp is a Jagex-published spaceship management roguelike now in early access
Space is hard. There are whole fields of science dedicated to the matter, after all. That doesn't mean that video games can't make these...
NCsoft is reimagining Lineage Eternal as Throne and Liberty with a new IP and look
Don't look now, but NCsoft is pivoting hard away from the Lineage brand: It's just reintroduced Lineage III aka Lineage Eternal aka Project The...
Ship of Fools is a co-op seafaring roguelite full of sea monsters, island exploration, and loot
What if the dangerous co-op sea exploration of a game like Barotrauma or We Need to Go Deeper held hands with a co-op roguelite...
Lets Go! Baby! Friends World is a ‘so bad it’s good gem’ where players are babies in a hallucinogenic hellscape
"Always be a baby. Don't ever be a gun." Listening to that song and its irreverence will probably help your brain become malleable enough...
XLGAMES’ NFT-filled ArcheWorld opens for pre-registration and maps out content plans
At the top of February we caught wind of ArcheWorld, a version of XLGAMES' MMORPG ArcheAge that is filled with a gaggle of NFTs...
Webzen’s SUN Classic is live, and it’s already a hot mess
Would you like to play a classic MMORPG but can't be fussed to experience things like chat, using AoE skills, or even being able...
Capcom’s newly announced Exoprimal literally drops dinosaurs all over your team’s heads
It's starting to feel like dinosaurs are the new zombies in the gaming space. This is especially true for Capcom's newest team shooter, seeing...
Kakao’s Project Ares is a new MMORPG called Ares: Rise of Guardians
Kakao has this week announced yet another MMORPG, this one in partnership with studio SecondDive. According to multiple East Asia-centric gaming sites, the game...
Massively on the Go: Gen 9 means Pokemon needs to grow in age and numbers
The Pokemon series is about to enter Generation 9 with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet versions near the end of 2022. And rejoice, gamers, as it's going...
Itch.io’s Bundle for Ukraine, Cyberpunk 2077 review-bombing, and Twitch withholds pay to Russian streamers
Back in 2020, as BLM protests were ramping up across the United States, multiple game devs contributed to the cause of racial equality, including...
Fight or Kite: Lost Ark’s PvP is a well-designed experience for Lost Ark players
Lost Ark was a game that may as well have been vaporware for so many years. It plays basically like a Diablo game, although...
Bethesda files a new trademark for Spyteam, a possible team multiplayer shooter
There are few things more tantalizing than major unannounced games from big game developers. Bethesda has more than a few secrets hidden behind closed...
Cornucopias’ The Island is an upcoming MMO brimming with blockchain babble
Imagine if an MMO developer decided to rake up every NFT and blockchain buzzword and system, then pigeonholed and sewed them together to make...
Side-scrolling 2-D MMO Element Quest has relaunched as Sunset World Online
You'd be forgiven for having missed Element Quest, the 2-D platforming MMO inspired by MapleStory that released in November 2021 and then shut down...
Conan Chop Chop launches today as Funcom donates $100K of its proceeds to Ukraine Red Cross
As promised, the long-overdue Conan Chop Chop has finally formally launched today for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch, and if you...
