Massively Overpowered

With a record-breaking haul of $100 million in May, Roblox crossed the $1.5 billion threshold in terms of the game's revenue to date. A great majority of that income was generated from iOS players in the United States. So far, Roblox's mobile edition has been downloaded 383 million times. Read that and weep. Or celebrate. You feel what you feel. And...

We haven't touched on MMORPG ReWorld since last year, but a note on Reddit from the dev about the MMO's testing plans brought the game back into our newsroom. It was originally pitched as "Ultima Online meets Gary’s Mod," a procedural-gen world-building game that a year ago split into two games: ReWorld Online (the full-blown MMORPG) and ReWorld Adventure,...

Just in time for Lord of the Rings Online's Update 27, Standing Stone Games finally posted Update 26's full soundtrack to YouTube the other day. I'm not complaining, understand; I deeply appreciate that SSG is one of the few studios that seems committed to making patch soundtracks available for us video game music fans. And I was certainly glad to...

This week, we learned that Camelot Unchained studio City State Entertainment has seen a minor staffing shuffle, as four of the studio's engineers moved on this past spring, something that without context could potentially worry fans given the controversy earlier this year and staffing difficulties in the past. We reached out to CSE's Mark Jacobs for details, as he...

While most of what we think of as MMORPGs are lush, three-dimensional worlds, there are several that are portrayed in just two (or, in the case of MUDs, zero). Just because a game lacks depth doesn't mean it cannot be beautiful, as Minimalistway demonstrates with this MapleStory pixelart masterpiece. Even when you're in outer space, sometimes you want the basic...

Here's the thing: I have definitely not been on the hype train for Amazon's New World for a variety for reasons. But with the recent news that Crucible is getting pulled back into beta, I have to admit that I am more interested in it simply because... well, this is bizarre. This is unprecedented and different. And it means...

Although Lost Ark is still making its slow journey to the west, the music arrived ahead — on a songbird, of course! It’s a flat-out amazing soundtrack by a Hollywood composer, and the Battle Bards want to make sure that you aren’t missing out on its musical gifts. So settle back, put on some headphones, and prepare to be...

Earlier in June, the devs of Black Desert shared a big ol' list of player questions from the digital Heidel Ball event. But if you thought that was the last of the player questions, then you'd be dead wrong, friend, because here comes round two. As with the last time, the questions cover a wide gamut of player interest including...

Publish 109 is just a week away from Ultima Online's test center, Broadsword's latest newsletter for the seminal MMORPG says. "Global, persistent events are one of the core features of the world of Ultima Online," Broadsword's Bonnie Armstrong says. "Traditionally global events often times include a combination of game mechanics such as quests, epic spawns, in-game fiction, and rewards. Implementing...

Not that Diablo III was ever a calm and peaceful game at the best of times, but with the advent of Season 21, it's about to get even more frenetic than ever. The new season, dubbed Trials of the Tempests, is designed to keep players on their toes with random effects that happen around them on a frequent basis. "During...