MMO studio NCsoft inks deals to publish ‘time survival’ shooter and medieval strategy RPG
The growth of Korean developer and publisher NCsoft seemingly knows no bounds, especially at the tail end of 2024 as additional deals have surfaced...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 498: Pantheon’s power play
Justin, Bree, and Chris discuss Pantheon's early access, Ship of Heroes' launch window, Warframe 1999's release, World of Warcraft's Siren Isle, Elder Scrolls Online's outage and union, and Old School RuneScape's sailing, with adventures in WoW Classic, SWTOR, LOTRO, Palworld, Dauntless, Guild Wars 2, and Farm Together 2, plus mailbag topics on midcore MMO players and abilities we wish were in every MMORPG.
World of Warcraft’s Siren Isle update goes live this evening with a new zone and Plunderstorm
Is World of Warcraft's Siren Isle named that because there's a bird native to the island that has a call which sounds like "WEEE-OOOO"...
Palia introduces snowball fights, in-game board games, and curtains in the Holiday Homestead update
Cozy multiplayer life sim Palia is arguably getting more cozy and more multiplayer with its Holiday Homestead patch, which adds a couple of wintertime...
Tarisland celebrates the holidays with snowball fights, buff-granting cookies, and an ice giant December 18
Tarisland will not be ignoring the Christmas season in its first year of life, but that's not a surprise considering Tencent promised a seasonal...
World of Warcraft is surveying players on removing the Mythic+ timer and replacing it with a death counter
In any sort of combat-focused gameplay, the player character is generally seeking to not die. (Also during non-combat-focused gameplay, to be fair, but the...
Path of Exile 2 is adding inter-map fast-travel and a bunch of buffs and nerfs in its next update
As I type this, more than half of Path of Exile 2's peak Steam concurrency was playing the game - well over 300,000 humans...
Elder Scrolls Online ends its chapter-based cadence in favor of a seasonal model in 2025
We've been speculating for the last few weeks on what would be in the Elder Scrolls Online end-of-the-year letter and whether it would portend...
Final Fantasy XIV patches in Chaotic Cloud of Darkness, custom deliveries, and more Hildibrand quests
If you're looking forward to seeing how a nigh-indestructible inspector is doing, fighting an even harder form of a raid boss, or handing crafted...
Star Wars Galaxies Restoration’s new playable species, combat tree revamp, and Life Day are live
When Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Restoration announced a major customization and combat tree overhaul earlier this month, we didn't imagine it was...
Dauntless details plans to change rewards, progression, and gear after Awakening’s player backlash
Both gamers and our own writers agree that the Dauntless Awakening update is just plain awful, with limited weapon options, hamstrung build crafting features,...
Elite Dangerous celebrates devs and players in its 10th anniversary retrospective video
This week in 2014, Elite: Dangerous officially released on PC, and despite its ups and downs, the game is closing out 2024 in an...
Sea of Thieves improves mischievous weapons and hamstrings its PvE mode in December update
It's been coming for a little while, but now Rare has applied Sea of Thieves' December update, bringing with it a bunch of adjustments...
Wayfinder pumps out a quality-of-life patch with nightmare mode and Eventide holiday event
Planning to spend some holiday free time hopping around in Wayfinder's pocket realms? You might find a few more surprises since the last time...
Neverwinter’s seasonal Simril’s Winter Festival returns with old and new rewards
While it might be hard to get into a festive mood given the studio-ending layoffs at Cryptic Studios and financial woes for megacorp owner...
Magic The Gathering Online opens a new vintage cube and other events to close out the year
We don't often peek in to Magic: The Gathering Online too often, but that's certainly not because it's doing nothing, as the end of...
Monster Hunter Now opens a new tundra location, Monster Hunter Wilds’ new vid stars Daisy Ridley
Is the weather cold enough for you where you live? Well, bundle up because Monster Hunter Now brought the frost with last week's Roars...
Helldivers 2’s latest battle pass adds melee weapons as players drive back the newly-arrived Illuminate
During this year's Game Awards, Helldivers 2 dropped a surprise on gamers' heads by unleashing a new content update and major order that pitted...
Elder Scrolls Online compensates players for server outages and toasts an in-game play
It was a frustrating couple of days for the players and the devs of Elder Scrolls Online, as the MMORPG's servers were knocked out...
Mortal Online 2 drops item-filled meteors from the sky for players to fight for in its latest update
Mortal Online 2 will be one of the few MMORPGs where we can confirm that epic items do literally fall from the sky. The...
