The director for Riot Games’ Runeterra MMO turns his mind to character customization
Mark Yetter, the director for the in-development MMO set in the world of Runeterra, has character creation on the brain, at least according to...
No Man’s Sky hits five years with a ‘stronger player base,’ teases next update
Five years ago, No Man's Sky was the eye of a nerdstorm of unbelievable proportions. The highly anticipated title launched with many of its...
Astellia Royal has announced its sunset now too after less than a year online
Earlier this week, we passed along the sad but not unexpected news that Astellia Online, which had dwindled in playerbase and seen its forums...
Lord of the Rings Online hopes to start rolling out monetization changes in the next year
One of the longstanding criticisms of Lord of the Rings Online revolves around the game's antiquated and frankly expensive business model. We found out...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Waking Flame will be accompanied by technical upgrades for console and PC
Elder Scrolls Online's Waking Flame and its associated patch are a lot more than just a dungeon DLC, and ZeniMax Online Studios explaining why...
Shards-powered CODEX wants to ‘change the way we play massively multiplayer games’
You may recall that one of the goals of Citadel Studio in creating Legends of Aria was developing the flexible Shards Engine to allow...
Guild Wars 2 reveals the Guardian’s new elite spec, Willbender, and new Virtuoso and Harbinger details
We've been buzzing all week over the impending reveal of Guild Wars 2 first three elite specs from End of Dragons. Technically, we already...
Astroneer is heading to the Nintendo Switch in early 2022
As much fun as Astroneer can be, you currently have to settle in at home in order to play the game, so clearly modern...
Blizzard apparently ousted three more key devs, including Diablo IV’s game director
Kotaku is reporting that Blizzard has parted way with several more high-profile developers this week: Luis Barriga was game director on Diablo IV, while...
Twitch streamers agitate for more revenue and better controls against harassment of marginalized casters
A hashtag has been making the social media rounds as Twitch streamers are trying to call awareness to several problems they have with the...
Former Stadia first-party developers claim Google balked at the investment required to make first-party development work
Holy wow, did you know that developing video games is expensive and takes some time? It turns out that Google might not have known...
Final Fantasy XI deploys its August update with more story and Ramuh
It's time to fight Ramuh again in Final Fantasy XI! Sure, you might have already fought him to unlock him as a summon at...
$40M of Nexon’s $100M bitcoin investment poofed in the last four months
So Nexon's had an interesting financial quarter. Its revenues for Q2 were down quarter over quarter, in line with expectations. Why? Well, it turns...
Swords of Legends Online is launching two new easy- and normal-mode raids tomorrow
Swords of Legends Online is due for a big patch tomorrow that ought to make raiders happy. The patch notes introduce the Waves in...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that would actually benefit from a Classic server
Here's the thing about having a classic server for a lot of MMORPGs: It doesn't actually do much. In order for a classic server...
Blizzard denies rumor that Overwatch League will take year-long hiatus after current season
If you're still a big fan of Overwatch and the competitive Overwatch League, we may have some bad news for you. A rumor being...
Old School RuneScape talks up its third raid, RuneScape details a mini dig site and Nodon Front fixes
The week's news for both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape are mostly about things that are coming soon as opposed to what's new. At...
Congress asks publishers to self-regulate lootboxes via a UK regulation that has nothing to do with lootboxes
There are some Democrats in the US Congress that are hoping to do something about lootboxes in the country. That's good. They even went...
Here’s how getting into a fight – and getting out of one – works in Book of Travels
If you thought Might and Delight's Book of Travels was going to be all walking and talking and no fighting, well, you're wrong. A...
Activision-Blizzard shareholder group blasts response to scandal, demands board reshuffle
There's already a would-be class-action lawsuit from shareholders against Activision-Blizzard alleging that the company withheld important information about its legal turmoil, constituting fraud against...
