Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan explains the functionality of matchmaking
Matchmaking is a big consideration for Overwatch's competitive play. Sure, it's upsetting when a Quick Play match is filled with people choosing Bastion whilst you have no support or tanks, but it's just a clear sign that this match will not be particularly good. When that happens in actual competitive play, it's actively harmful to your progression. Director Jeff...
Funcom delays Conan Exiles’ planned September early access to January 2017
Funcom has decided to delay the launch of Conan Exiles into next year.
You might be thinking, wait, didn't Funcom only just announce a September 13th early access launch in early June? Congratulate your brain because it's right. But Funcom says the delay is necessary for a "quintessential Conan experience" and has a little bit to do with money --...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best piratey MMO?
Arrr, today be a good day to walk the plank o' public opinion and ask ye which is the best piratey MMORPG!
We'll leave the field wide-open for your opinion. Sure, you could go for a pure-blood swashbuckler MMO, such as Pirate101 or Pirates of the Burning Sea, but we'll also leave the possibility for answers outside of these walls....
The Stream Team: Getting on your high horse in Black Desert
It's finally time. MassivelyOP's MJ is ready to tame her first horse in Black Desert. But ready to and able to are very much two different things! She's got to actually find a horse first (even harder if she wants a specific horse) and then convince it to come with her with sugar cubes -- lots of sugar cubes....
A preview of Path of Exile’s Prophecy changes
Path of Exile's Prophecy League is in full swing, and devs have utilized player feedback to put together this week's 2.3.1 update. The Prophecy-specific changes players can look forward to include a reduction of backtracking at end-game to lower-level maps to complete prophecies, lowered sealing costs for fabled and fabled unique prophecies, and new prophecies. To compensate for removing...
Illyriad gives players the tools to make their own content
Browser kingdom sim Illyriad is putting more power in the hands of the players, as the devs have released an API that will allow its community to create its own content.
"We set out to make a game that lets players do what they want, and now we can say that our game Illyriad truly allows players the freedom to...
EVE Online will discontinue its in-game browser in October
Do you enjoy the option to just read ridiculous stuff on the Internet during the blander periods of EVE Online play? It's hard not to feel that temptation when the in-game browser is just right there. But it won't be there forever; as of October, the in-game browser is being removed from the game, with any and all add-ons...
Star Trek Online previews its new console UI for ground combat
Ground combat is not the biggest feather in Star Trek Online's metaphorical cap, but there are many missions in which ground engagements are called for. You can't just fly a Galaxy-class starship into the corridors of a space station, after all. So ground combat needs its own UI changes for the game's arrival on consoles, and not coincidentally, the...
Go fishing in ARK: Survival Evolved this summer, prepare for new biomes now
What's a summer without lounging back and enjoying some nice relaxing fishing? Come July, you won't even have to log out of ARK: Survival Evolved to do just that! The survival game is adding in fishing, meaning folks won't have to risk their lives (more than usual) by diving into the depths of the sea to catch some scrumptious...
Albion Online previews the resources and environment of the steppes
Do you need to grab some hide in Albion Online? Then you should probably head out to the steppes, a biome with a new preview on the game's official site. The steppes are filled with hide-bearing animals, from the few scraps you can pry from the marmots to the resilient hide of a truly ancient mammoth at the highest...
