Make My MMO: Book of Travels’ early access, Fractured Veil’s Kickstarter victory
Kickstarted "Tiny MMO" Book of Travels landed in early access this month to the confused delight of cozy-game players everywhere. MOP's own Justin called...
Epic Games retracts a policy that granted extra days off to employees
The 40-hour, five-day work week is something of a de facto standard for a lot of office jobs, but the COVID-19 pandemic shifted a...
Lord of the Rings Online starts Fate of Gundabad testing
While the first round of public testing has already concluded, Lord of the Rings Online: Fate of Gundabad's beta -- Update 31 -- kicked...
New World reopens and then shuts down Outpost Rush due to a persistent softlock bug
Players of New World who were hoping that they would have some time in Outpost Rush are going to be a bit disappointed. While...
Legends of Aria announces ‘Aria 2.0’ successor with a new game engine
It's no secret that Citadel Studio's Kickstarted Legends of Aria has wallowed in near-niche obscurity since its summer 2020 launch. Since then, the studio...
Betawatch: Elyon leaves beta for launch
Elyon slipped the surly tides of beta this week by leaping into a rather subdued launch, but a respectable one: Ahead of the weekend,...
Sea of Thieves hands out free currency for hitting 25M players as its Halloween event rolls on
How does a game like Sea of Thieves celebrate a milestone like hitting over 25 million players? By handing out a huge pile of...
Guild Wars 2 hosts community-led Halloween and cancer fundraising events
While there are certainly events that happen in Guild Wars 2 in an official capacity, there's also no shortage of events spearheaded by the...
Pokemon Go’s first monthly dev diary covers community day, not community issues
As promised, Pokemon Go's first monthly dev diary is out, and it's not quite what many players expected. Niantic had originally told gamers that October...
Overwatch’s McCree becomes Cole Cassidy on October 26
We've known since August that Overwatch hero McCree was due for a rename, thanks to the fact that the eponymous Jesse McCree was one...
Path of Exile’s Scourge expansion is officially launching this afternoon
If we're being honest, Path of Exile's last expansion, Expedition, did not go well: It was widely perceived as a killjoy expansion and saw...
Dauntless’ Dark Harvest Halloween event brings cosmetics, contests, and a souped-up Shrowd
The Unseen are at it again in the world of Dauntless as the game's Halloween-themed Dark Harvest event is back for another year. Just...
SoulWorker hands out XP buffs, holds giveaways, and opens mazes to celebrate Halloween
There are a few fun and expected activities when it comes to the Halloween season: ghostly decorations, lots of costumes, and maybe a spooky...
Mythic Quest, the TV series about an MMO studio, is greenlit for another two seasons
One of the few bright spots of 2020 was the announcement of Apple TV+ show Mythic Quest, the Rob McElhenney-run comedy about a game...
ArcheAge and RIFT kick off their respective Halloween events
There's plenty of Halloween fun to be had in Gamigo's other MMORPGs. For example, both ArcheAge and RIFT are kicking off their own returning...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on who really owns all the stuff inside your video games
Who owns the stuff inside video games? That's the subject of Raph Koster's latest blog. Koster, of course, is a long-time MMO developer, and...
Valheim teases an exploration-focused Mistlands update and a mountainous new dungeon in dev blog
With the Hearth and Home update out in the wild, the devs (and likely the players) of Valheim are looking forward to what's next,...
Fallout 76 is free to all this week — and can be bought for ten bucks
Are you among those who have been resisting the call to buy Fallout 76, yet you harbor a curiosity at what wonders and horrors...
The former lead designer of Ultima Online and Meridian 59 is braving a brutal brain tumor
The universe has been hungry the past couple of years, and now it's threatening another member of the extended MMORPG developer community. This morning,...
Guild Wars 2 recaps botched world restructuring beta, targets November 12 for second attempt
A month ago, Guild Wars 2 began and then aborted a botched test for its World Restructuring system for WvW. This week, ArenaNet has...
