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Believe it or not, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the original City of Heroes - and naturally, the officially licensed Homecoming-branded City of Heroes servers are planning a fitting celebration. Didn't you just love reading the words "officially licensed" just now? Same, my friends. Same. Beginning on April 30th, the game worlds will begin spawning...

The Fallout franchise really is taking the world by storm this month, largely thanks to the super-successful Amazon Prime series (which already has been renewed for a second season). And since a rising tide lifts all boats, the popularity of the TV show has given new life to all of the Fallout games, with Fallout 76 and Fallout 4...

I'm sorry to report this morning that the western version of ArcheAge is apparently shutting down: While we were sleeping, Kakao announced that it will sunset its ArcheAge servers come June 27th, 2024. Its final content update rolls out today as the Discord is locked to new participants. "After discussing the performance of ArcheAge with XL Games at length, we...

Considering the fact that every MMORPG is in a war of content basically forever, I say it makes sense that they would embrace level scaling to some extent. From syncing people to lower levels for quests or specific experiences to just changing the whole world to sync with your level, it's harder to find a game that doesn't make...

Last time, Massively OP's Larry managed to wiggle his way out of his second Party Animals showing (unintentionally, he insists!). MJ and Chris won't be letting him get away this time. No, they must fully indoctrinate him in the art of plushy warfare. Indoctrination via weaponry. Sounds totally legit, right? Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. as this trio...

As most people have now noticed, Fortnite has made some pretty sweeping changes, from a survival shooter to battle royale to a place where live events happened, right up to its most recent transformation into a platform of new games and different bespoke experiences. If you happen to be among those left wondering just what the heck happened to...

The new and the next are once more available to Sea of Thieves fans in moving pictures form, as the sandbox's latest news digest video provides a look at what's coming for the final parts of April, discusses the pre-order beta woes on PS5, and grants a look ahead at updates coming later this spring. The video begins with a...

Amazon's latest New World dev blog isn't going to shake any foundations with breaking news, but it does deep-dive the new artifacts added in Season of the Guardian earlier this month. System designer Isaiah Cartwright goes through all eight new artifacts and more specifically why Amazon chose them for implementation. In most cases, especially for the weapons, they filled...

If you can believe it, we're almost a third of the way into 2024, which means we're due for more roadmaps out of Amazon - including roadmaps for Lost Ark's next quarter of content. According to the studio, May will see the wind-down of the Thaemine chapter with an epilogue quest, Shadow of the Moon, to cap off the storyline,...

It certainly feels like live service is being tacked on to many recent game releases (whether it makes sense or not), which of course leads to worries among gamers and industry watchers that the walls of this bubble are likely to burst soon. If it's any consolation, most game developers reportedly feel the same way, at least if data...