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Tarisland answers more questions about PvP, monetization, economy, and cross-platform progression
Tarisland is continuing its multi-day lineup of answers to Discord member questions, as days two and three have brought another couple of rounds of insight specifically about PvP, economic matters, and play between PC and mobile, among other things.
While PvP is mostly contained to a 3v3 arena, there are plans for "big-scale PvP actions in the wilderness" as...
Sea of Thieves marks 40 million players to date as it preps its PlayStation 5 launch
Many live service games would give anything to see success numbered in the tens of millions, which makes Sea of Thieves' current accomplishment that much more special. This week, Rare announced that the pirate PvP sim has enjoyed 40 million players across all platforms since its launch in 2018.
" million players across Xbox, Windows 10, and Steam is an...
V Rising demos its new Dracula-themed endgame zone, Ruins of Mortium
Vampire survival sandbox V Rising continues its efforts to drum up hype as it seems certain to lap Valheim when it fully releases on May 8th, and the latest comes in the form of a new trailer for the game's impending new endgame zone, Ruins of Mortium.
"As the story unfolds, players discover the legendary Dracula's plot to reclaim his...
Skull & Bones is already on 50% discount two months after launch
After being delayed approximately four thousand times, to the point that we were even making jokes about it to the date it released, how has Ubisoft's piratical online adventure Skull & Bones worked out? Well, it has been two months since the launch and the game is on sale for 50% off already. That is not what we in...
DC Universe Online adds Fortress of Solitude base and themed missions to celebrate Superman Day
I was today years old when I learned (or more likely, re-learned) that there's an official Superman Day, and that day is April 18th. Not coincidentally, today is April 18th! Hey, that would make today the perfect day to celebrate Superman in DC-themed video games, wouldn't it? Daybreak obviously agrees with my extremely reasonable assertion.
"April 18th marks the official...
Post-layoffs, Palia is celebrating its alpha anniversary with a new buyable bundle
We've all been figuratively holding our breaths to see what would happen with Palia after the last month of mess, and now the game is taking a few tentative steps forward - but maybe not the ones players might hope for.
Readers will recall that Palia studio Singularity 6 raised a whole lot of eyebrows by launching its very much...
City of Heroes Homecoming unveils huge community-driven base building initiative
If you've been enjoying our tours of our favorite City of Heroes supergroup bases and portal hubs on the officially licensed Homecoming servers, then you're in for a treat as the Homecoming community team has unveiled a new project to help players find and access cool bases in-game, complete with a themed tour of some newer bases - some of...
Entropia Universe announces plans to have an ‘AI president’ manage its MMO
Entropia Universe has not been one to ignore a big shiny bandwagon - remember that this MMO has tried to hawk egg NFTs and seen its players pay eye-watering amounts of real-world money in some cases for absurd digital ephemera - so now it's decided to join the chorus of AI faithful by announcing the creation of an AI...
Not So Massively: Godsworn made me break my ‘no early access’ rule
I'm pretty blasé about most monetization in games, but there are a few things that I don't like, and charging for early access is near the top of the list. I don't like the idea of paying for an unfinished product, and far too many early access games never launch or limp across the finish line in a still-broken...
Fractured adds new playable demon races and cash shop with its May 8th Invasion update
Dynamight Studios formally announced Fractured Online's next patch last night: Dubbed The Invasion, it heralds the arrival of two new player demon races, specifically blood demons (vampires) and hellfire demons (infernals).
"It’s official: The Invasion, the second major update to Fractured Online since our Early Access launch, will be released on... Wednesday, May 8, at 2pm UTC! YES, IT'S...
Vague Patch Notes: Getting meta in MMORPGs
This week, MOP's Chris ran afoul of the MMO meta when he was going through New World. Only he... didn't, not really. He ran afoul of something that looks a lot like the meta, but it really isn't; he ran afoul of bad design. But it ties into ideas of meta and balancing that I've talked about before (in...
Mortal Online 2 opens a new dungeon, adds new mounts, and tweaks sieges with its latest update
Testing is over and release is here: Mortal Online 2's latest content update is live this week, opening the doors to a new dungeon, adding new mounts, and adjusting its siege gameplay.
The new dungeon is known as the Sylvan Sanctum, which can be found somewhere in Myrland (and that's all the details players are getting), while sieges now have...
Heroes of the Storm is getting its biggest post-maintenance mode patch yet
After causing a stir with some small patches late last year and earlier in 2024, Blizzard's MOBA Heroes of the Storm is back again with its biggest patch yet since entering maintenance mode in 2022.
Currently in testing on the PTR, the update is still a relatively small patch by the standards of most games, but it's noteworthy for including...
World of Warcraft adds videos and Q&A on the War Within, dynamic flight, and more
We hope you World of Warcraft fans brought a big appetite for The War Within this week because Blizzard doesn't seem in the mood to shut up this week about this fall's expansion as it sits on the cusp of beta testing.
Last night, we covered preorders for the physical collector's edition and the Ion Hazzikostas video on Warbands, but...
Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria is relaunching as Legends of Aria Classic on May 9
When last we looked in on Legends of Aria, it was fading fast into unfortunate obscurity. The Kickstarted MMORPG - originally known as Shards Online - had been one of many crowdfunded throwback MMOs from the mid-aughts, but it struggled to find its voice and its playerbase once it actually launched. Developer Citadel Studios eventually sold the studio and...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever backed an MMO kickstarter?
Back around the time when I first was getting my sea legs on Massively-that-was, donating to an MMO Kickstarter was basically a rite of passage. There was a sense among certain wings of the industry that this was the wave of the future, and when some of those games released we'd all see the results of creative visions untrammeled...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming checks out Your Only Move is Hustle
Fighting games aren't normally the purview of our stream team (except for that one time), but that doesn't mean MOP's MJ and Chris can't watch someone else play a fighting game. And better yet, this one is turn-based, so maybe they'll have an idea of what's going on! That's the hook for Your Only Move is Hustle, and...
World of Warcraft shows off the ways that Warbands will share currency, items, and reputations
Your Warband is going to share everything. Clothes, money, social standing, even boyfriends. That's the big takeaway from the new entry on Warbands from World of Warcraft, which shows off the ways that Warbands will have numerous reputations from Dragonflight as well as new reputations rolled together. It also explains that the Diplomacy racial trait will be changed to...
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive lays off 600 employees and axes game projects
The wave of job cuts flooding the games industry doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon, as this time around Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced it's laying off 5% of its workforce, or 600 employees in total.
The round of firings is part of a series of wider cost-cutting measures for the company, which has also...
Elder Scrolls Online *might* have all rolled-back accounts unlocked by the end of the week
Earlier this week, Elder Scrolls Online players were annoyed by a nasty bug that duplicated their efforts between the PTS and North American live servers, resulting in downtime for everyone on the server and a serious rollback for a sizable number of accounts affected. Last night, ZeniMax Online Studios apologized for the mess, telling fans that while players will...
