Players datamine Sea of Thieves to find out what content is being held back in beta
While there is a lot of fun being reported from players in this past week's Sea of Thieves closed beta (for the ones who...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for the Spring Alter Ego Expo in February
Alter Egos in Final Fantasy XI are a way to get the most famous NPCs in the game out and helping you smash your...
Betawatch: Sea of Thieves hits closed beta (January 26, 2018)
It was foretold, and then it happened. Sea of Thieves hit its closed beta this week with play anywhere functionality fully intact. The bad...
Skyforge modifies its ‘indispensable assistant,’ preps a new season of pantheon wars
Memo to Skyforge: It is acceptable to have up to one (1) decimal point in your patch designation. When you call it "Update 0.96.5.25,"...
EVE Online expands its community info website
Want the latest information on EVE Online in one easy-to-navigate space? Now there's a website for that.
EVE's new and improved community website got a...
Funcom announces new forums coming for all of its titles — including Secret World Legends
Sometimes you really want to stick around to the very end of developer livestreams for any surprise announcements. In Friday's dev stream, Funcom shocked...
Epic shutters Paragon over playerbase size woes, declaring it ‘unsustainable’
When Epic Games admitted last week that Paragon's playerbase just couldn't seem to push past its core, many fans all but expected this announcement,...
Washington state senator proposes lockbox gambling investigation in new bill
Hawaiian politicians are getting some company on the lockbox front from a compatriot in Washington state.
State Senator Kevin Ranker has introduced legislation there that...
Revelation Online teases cross-server features, works on German and French versions
There's a new sheriff, er, producer in Revelation Online's territory, and he's making his mark by outlining his priorities during 2018.
Producer Ty Parr gave...
City of Titans’ paths will throw players into their own ‘personal comic book series’
Ever feel like MMO quests are impersonal and disconnected from how you see your own character interacting with the game world? City of Titans...
Snail Games introduces PixARK, heading to early access in March
So you're a Minecraft kind of soul. You like that sort-of-pixelish-but-not-really look. Your friend is an ARK: Survival Evolved junkie. She's more about dinosaurs...
Final Fantasy XIV releases the patch notes for patch 4.2: Rise of a New Sun
Calm down, Final Fantasy XIV fans; the actual patch doesn't release until Tuesday next week. But the patch notes are available right now, covering...
Crowfall addresses randomness, streaking and deck-style random outcomes
How much time do you spend thinking about random chance? If you play video games, probably a fair amount. The designers working on Crowfall...
Star Wars The Old Republic devs tease February roadmap, call 2018 the year of returning companions
Ever since the Kotaku article quoting an anon BioWare dev saying that Star Wars The Old Republic's future is "up in the air" -...
Monster Hunter World hands-on: Our first impressions of the PS4 launch
Hey fellow hunter! Did you also enjoy the Monster Hunter World weekend betas as I did? Wondering if the full version is the same? Well here's...
Star Citizen: The alpha 3.0 feature trailer and Squadron 42’s
On this week's Around the Verse, the Star Citizen devs are dipping into Squadron 42 specifically to explain the design behind the Coil, a...
Hardcore sandbox Darkfall New Dawn launches today – here’s the trailer!
Darkfall New Dawn formally launches today as one of two officially licensed spinoffs of Aventurine's classic hardcore sandbox, which went belly-up a few years ago. As...
World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth collectors editions, game datamining
When can we start playing allied races in World of Warcraft? Probably as soon as we can pre-purchase Battle for Azeroth, based on current...
Sea of Thieves extends closed beta through January 31
As we've been documenting, Sea of Thieves' closed beta test has proved to be both incredibly popular and incredibly unreliable since starting earlier this...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever taken drugs in an MMORPG?
Probably my favorite screenshot in an MMO is the one I took back in 2003 or so, when my Star Wars Galaxies character was...
