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The reforestation charity drive that Gamigo kicked off in April has finally ended with a resounding success. According to a press release, the drive saw a total of 94,000 trees planted by players, followed by a donation from Gamigo itself for a grand total of 111,111 trees. As readers will recall, the charity event was built to benefit Eden Reforestation...

Off the port bow, there's something drifting in the water. Is it a shipwreck? Yes, in the sense that the ship is Atlas, the pirate game run by Grapeshot Games (i.e., Studio Wildcard) and it appears to be listing, taking on water, and generally drifting along without any remaining momentum. You may remember that we looked at the game's general...

Yarr, yo ho, walk the plank, feed Johnny Depp his lines through an earpiece, and other faintly nautical words are all appropriate today, as Sea of Thieves has arrived today on Steam. Now users of Valve's omnipresent PC platform can also download and play the game on PC, saving you from less savory methods of getting the game installed and...

If you haven't been tracking this, you should be aware that Lord of the Rings Online has been running the new "Tournament of the Twins" server through the paces on the test server over the past week or so, which means that it may be coming to us very quick. Out of all of the initiatives that SSG has for...

If you're among the Black Desert players eager to find out about the upcoming season server type that was announced at this year's Heidel Ball, then you're in luck. The official site has offered up a general guide on just what season servers are and how they'll work, and has even opened up character creation for the new server...

Pet classes! They're a very important part of MMORPGs, the opportunity to not just go into combat alone but to march in alongside a companion who can help you fight through hordes of foes. While not completely unique to MMORPGs, they're definitely one of the more distinct genre touchstones, and it's important for us all to know the history...

Today's Elite Dangerous expansion announcement isn't going to come as a surprise to long-time players, who already knew that Frontier was working on a major expansion, that it had been delayed from 2020 to 2021, and pretty much what was gonna be in it thanks to leaks. That said, the formal news about the "next era" content - and...

Fun fact: Our story on how Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online were going to be extending their content promotion and essentially giving away formerly pay-to-play content on a permanent basis was one of our biggest posts last week, proving once again that controversial content really isn't always the type that gets the most attention...

Are you intrigued by the idea of a metaverse? A digital space where social activity, multiplayer online gaming, and shared creativity merge into one single experience? Do you think Fortnite when you think of this concept? Lego Ventures' head of value creation and marketing Robert Lowe does and said as much during GI.biz's Investment Summit Online event. And, yes,...

Today marks the six-year anniversary of WildStar's release. There are no in-game events planned for the game, however, due to the fact that the game shut down in November of 2018. But you know, we are still quite fond of the title, and we feel like this is a point when everyone would probably like to be able to build a...