Chronicles of Elyria hitches its death mechanics to its business model
Indie sandbox Chronicles of Elyria captured MMORPG players' attention last autumn when it began revealing details about some of its more unusual mechanics, including...
Indie sandbox TUG secures $8.5M in new funding, delays game for engine switch
Indie sandbox TUG has become the beneficiary of a huge windfall.
In a new Kickstarter update sent to backers this afternoon, Nerd Kingdom announced that...
Guild Wars 2 tweaks matchmaking, mechanics in new PvP League season
ArenaNet has announced its plans to change up PvP mechanics as Guild Wars 2 enters the second season of its PvP League system.
Matchmaking is...
PSA: Pick up The Division in the Humble Weekly Bundle
You can pick up a copy of The Division's beta in this week's Humble Weekly Bundle. As of press time, the beta unlocks with...
Industry analysts react to Oculus Rift’s $600 price tag
What was your reaction when you found out that to hop on board the Oculus Rift train, you were going to need to drop...
Abandoned crowdfunded MMO Greed Monger is apparently back in production
Just when you thought the Greed Monger drama was so 2015, now it's back.
The crowdfunded MMO sandbox appeared to have gone belly-up last year...
Life is Feudal transforms into an MMO with its March beta test
A long time ago, back in the stone ages of 2014, Bitbox did alpha testing for its upcoming MMO, Life is Feudal. It was an...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2015
It's become tradition to fare well the MMOs that sunsetted in the preceding year, but that wasn't always the case. At the beginning of 2015,...
Marvel Heroes’ David Brevik has resigned
VentureBeat is reporting that Gazillion CEO and Marvel Heroes front-man David Brevik has left the company. Interim CEO Dave Dohrmann described the departure as...
Crowfall shows off the Ranger archetype
The next major round of Crowfall testing isn't going to just feature another gameplay mode. It is going to feature that, yes, but it's...
Neverwinter moves cosmetics from ZEN cash shop to lockbox currency
Back in October, PWE wrote about its plans to massively overhaul Neverwinter's Trade Bar Store -- that is, the special store where you can...
Star Citizen has a ‘surprise’ in store for Alpha 2.1
Hailing frequencies are open, captain, and a new Star Citizen broadcast is coming through, loud and clear. CIG has published its latest episode of...
Sword Coast Legends postpones free update in favor of Rage of Demons expansions
Development schedules are tricky things. From the outside it's easy to look at them as promises, contracts made between players and developers, but in...
The Daily Grind: Which old MMORPG deserves more love?
Last week, MMO designer Raph Koster made a Twitter comment that's stuck in my mind:
https://twitter.com/raphkoster/status/682380531934322688
Hell yes it has. It's getting mainstream and indie attention left...
Red 5 Studios is undergoing ‘strategic reorganization’
Firefall developer Red 5 Studios is apparently in the midst of a "strategic reorganization," according to a message from the executive team passed along...
ARK’s 25th digest discusses dino nerfs, contest winners, and new ideas
It's only been a few days since the tamed dinos in ARK: Survival Evolved were beaten nearly senseless with the nerf bat; stats were...
Final Fantasy XIV players hold a vigil for Sian Blake in Limsa Lominsa
Players are holding a vigil following the death of Final Fantasy XIV voice actress Sian Blake (the voice of Yugiri). The vigil is being...
Final Fantasy XIV devotes a full trailer to Lord of Verminion’s strategic pet battles
If you've never played Final Fantasy XIV or stopped playing some time ago, you might not be aware of the fact that there's a...
WildStar salutes its military leaders
It might be easy to forget that WildStar's Dominion and Exiles are at war with each other, especially considering how much both factions' citizens...
PSA: Champions Online lifetime subscriptions are on sale
Cryptic and PWE have announced that Champions Online lifetime subs are 33% off until January 21st, 2016 -- that's $199 instead of $299, if you...
