Former Epic producer reveals that Fortnite almost got canned over Save the World
Fortnite Battle Royale has been a runaway success for Epic Games, cementing the popularity of the battle royale genre in mainstream gaming culture and...
Elite: Dangerous’ galaxy-spanning, six-month player voyage concludes with 4000 explorers
What lies at the very edge of the known galaxy? As of this past week, a select group of very dedicated Elite: Dangerous players...
Guild Wars 2 is removing language restrictions on linking worlds with the upcoming WvW restructure
30We don't mean to blow anyone's minds, but there are a few different languages spoken in the EU. At least three. This poses a...
Anthem’s Reddit cracks down on ‘aimless’ criticism
How dire is the situation surrounding BioWare's Anthem these days? It's so bad, apparently, that the community reddit has taken to drastic censorship to...
MMO Week in Review: E3 actually didn’t suck for MMOs this year
E3 2019 dominated the headlines this week, even for MMO players, which isn't always a given. We got news on Elder Scrolls Online's next...
AdventureQuest 3D slaps you in the face (with dueling)
Can someone explain to me the appeal of dueling in MMOs? Does it step from a childhood steeped in Harry Potter's one-on-one confrontations? Is...
The MOP Up: Project Torque revs back up for another race
Car racing MMOs have endured bumpy runs in the genre, including the late Project Torque (also called Level R and HEAT Online). Torque ran...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: World of Dragon Nest, Echo of Soul RED, and Dawn of Isles
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
First up:...
Here’s what Steam’s new Library overhaul is going to look like
It's been hard to gauge whether Valve is feeling any pressure from the likes of Epic and Discord when it comes to its Steam...
Make My MMO: Temtem’s alpha, Destiny’s Sword Kickstarter midpoint
Last year's big crowdfunded MMO of the year, Temtem, officially rolled into alpha 0.2 this week, boasting "character customization, trading, new battle mechanics, minimap,...
Warframe dares you to pop its boil in Operation Plague Star
It's ooey. It's squishy. And it's just begging to be lanced by expert boil poppers.
If you have the stomach for it, you might want...
Final Fantasy XIV’s last pre-Shadowbringers live letter discusses crafting adjustments and a deep well of spoilers
Fear not, spoiler-averse Final Fantasy XIV fans, the last pre-expansion live letter was not replete with spoilers. In fact, it actually didn't show a...
Betawatch: It’s a Crowfall sort of week in alpha-beta-land
Considering that this past week was the fabled E3 week, you might have expected something else to just keep throwing out beta updates, but...
Lineage 2: Revolution releases new battle royale mode with its latest update
Be the last person standing. Fight against the most dangerous prey. Try to stifle your yawning. Yep, it's battle royale, and it has arrived...
Chronicles of Spellborn’s rogue server releases a new update and a new launcher
The rogue server for Chronicles of Spellborn has made a pretty significant update today. Not necessarily in the form of its latest bug-fixing patch,...
World of Warcraft’s foxy Vulpera look more likely as a playable race
Along with the proposed "level squish," the evidence for the addition of the fox-like Vulpera as a playable race in World of Warcraft is...
Amazon Game Studios is apparently suffering layoffs and game cancelations
Next week, we've got a piece coming in which one of my colleagues remarks that Amazon Game Studios' greatest claim to fame right now...
EA held a summit about toxicity and healthy video game communities at E3
In March of last year, a whole truckton of video game companies announced the formation of what they called the Fair Play Alliance, a...
Fallout 76 will keep its battle royale mode Nuclear Winter live past its ‘pre-beta sneak peek’
Stop us if you saw this one coming: Bethsoft says it's going to go ahead and keep Fallout 76's Nuclear Winter mode "pre-beta sneak...
Recapping Black Desert’s massive E3 and Heidel Ball announcements
I said this morning that I thought Black Desert stole the show for E3 players - apart from the Phantasy Star Online 2 announcement,...
