Perfect Ten: The 10 best free-to-play MMORPGs - You know one of the reasons I like writing this column? Because one of these days I'm going to be able to make a list of the best characters from Transformers and Bree isn't going to…
EVE’s ‘ISIS’ ship browser gets a rename - EVE Online's Operation Frostline patch yesterday brought to light an intriguing change: a new name for the game's ship browser, the Interbus Ship Identification System, otherwise known as... ISIS. But the change wasn't made for the reason you…
The Division moves beta to next year, announces Xbox One alpha test this month - Time is definitely running out for Ubisoft to get The Division's promised beta test out this month. And in fact the studio has decided that it will be moving said beta from December to "early 2016,"…
MechWarrior Online stomps onto Steam - Looking to get your 'mech on with your favorite digital gaming platform? If you're a Steam user, then rejoice, for MechWarrior Online is now available for free through it as of yesterday. Piranha Games President Russ Bullock…
SWTOR server is hit by a rollback - [AL:TOR]Does your Star Wars: The Old Republic character drown his or her sorrows in the local cantina? If you're a player on the Harbinger server, you might want to start. BioWare confirmed today that the server…
Rokh offers a persistent multiplayer survival sandbox set on Mars - If H1Z1's zombies and ARK: Survival Evolved's dinos aren't your kind of survival sandbox, how about one set on the planet Mars? Darewise Entertainment and Nvizzio Creations announced new "Martian multiplayer survival game"Â Rokh today, surely setting…
Massively Overthinking: MMO predictions for 2016 - Now that we've all had a good laugh at the things we got wrong and marveled at the things we got right in last year's predictions, it's time to issue our MMO genre predictions for 2016.…
ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to Xbox One on December 16 - ARK: Survival Evolved is no longer the sole domain of the PC gamer. As of next week, the early access title will be available on the Xbox One as part of the console's game preview offerings.…
Age of Conan loses lead designer, offers multi-month sub deal - Sad tidings are in store for the Age of Conan community today, as Lead Designer Matthew "CirithGorgor" Bennett announced that he is leaving Funcom. Bennett said that the split was amicable, and he shared some of…
David Georgeson and Jeremy Soule are working together on a mystery project - David Georgeson is best known, of late, for the work he did on both Landmark and EverQuest Next before departing Daybreak. Jeremy Soule is known for making amazing soundtracks for so many games that it's impractical…
City of Titans is using government science to build its maps - The upcoming superhero MMO City of Titans has ambitious plans to build up to 40 districts for the game. But how will it create these sculpted maps with an indie crew? By harnessing government science, that's…
Heroes of the Storm adds recruit-a-friend rewards - Sometimes you put up with a lot from your friends, and sometimes they have to put up with something for you. After all, you know that some of your friends don't really care for the MOBA genre,…
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s 2015 report card - I’ve never had a chance to do an annual "report card" like this for Elder Scrolls Online because I left the game by the time that the year-end report card came around last year. I'm glad to be…
Landmark’s holiday patch introduces the Winter Holiday Party Zone - Landmark's been eerily quiet since Halloween, but good news, everyone: The game's just gotten a new holiday-themed update. Senior Producer Terry Michaels told forumgoers that this morning's patch will add new props to the voxelbox, including ornaments,…
Elite: Dangerous expands its ‘Horizons’ next week - Elite: Dangerous is about to get a lot bigger with the launch of Horizons next Tuesday. Frontier's David Braben announced the date on the official game forums earlier today: We have worked very hard to ensure…
Darkfall requests community feedback; F2P is off the table - It's not exactly a secret that Darkfall Unholy Wars isn't a darling of the entire Darkfall fandom, considering that there are two separate attempts at a reboot going right now. The developers at Aventurine have decided…
Cube World resumes active development - When voxel sandbox Trove hit the pavement running, I know I wasn't alone when my first reaction was, "Damn, this looks like Cube World, only, you know, getting updated!" Now I might need to eat my words because…
Epic’s new game is a MOBA called Paragon - Epic's entering the MOBA space with Paragon, which is scheduled to hit the PC and PlayStation 4 in 2016. The studio released a brief gameplay video over the weekend that shows plenty of big, beefy sci-fi…
Blizzard promises future Overwatch maps and characters will be free - Blizzard's Overwatch team already has ideas for additional maps and characters that will come post-launch. What are they? Well, the studio isn't saying, but it did state that if and when any are developed, they will…
SWTOR climbs, FFXIV falls in Raptr’s October rankings - Raptr recently released its most played games list for October 2015. MMOish titles featured heavily in the list, with Star Wars: The Old Republic posting big gains and World of Warcraft maintaining a comfortable position in…
No Man’s Sky has neither missions nor collectibles - No Man's Sky is a big game, what with 18 quintillion planets that would take 600 billion hours for players to explore, according to Kill Screen. The website recently talked with the game's managing director Sean…
