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Apex Legends tweaks weapon skins in the interest of ‘competitive integrity’
In "battle royale shooters are serious business" news, we come to Apex Legends and the tempest in a teapot involving buyable weapon skins and...
The MOP Up: Valheim comes to Microsoft’s store this month
That kooky Norse survival sim Valheim is sending a raiding party to new shores -- in this case, to Microsoft itself. The company announced...
The MOP Up: Survival sim Grounded tames gnats and preps for launch
Honey-I-shrunk-the-players survival sim Grounded's last big pre-launch patch arrived recently, adding gnat pets, a cookery building, and armor and weapon upgrade revamps. Grounded is...
Population counts for Apex Legends rise to a new high in spite of an attempted player-run protest
Coordinating a game's community to protest issues with a title has got to be challenging, but the story of one such effort by players...
Apex Legends gets a new sniper character, updated map, and level cap increase August 9
The new season of battle royale FPS Apex Legends is looming large, and players are going to want to consider staying under a lot...
The MOP Up: Trove’s Sunrise update arrives on consoles
Trove's new Solarian class is finally available to play on Xbox, Switch and PlayStation, as the Sunrise update landed on those consoles this past...
The MOP Up: The Bandai Namco hack
It was a pretty bad week, all things considered, for the folks over at Bandai Namco. The gaming publisher confirmed that it got hacked...
Tencent teases the announcement of a new open-world MMO powered by Unreal Engine 5 next week
With all of the summertime games showcases fluttering around like tree pollen, it's probably easy to kind of lose track of one or two...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online answers High Isle lore queries
The release of Elder Scrolls Online's High Isle this month brought a whole lot of additional story and lore into the game -- and...
Apex Legends Mobile releases to mostly positive gameplay reviews and frustration with microtransactions
Last week saw the worldwide launch of Apex Legends Mobile, bringing the high-speed battle royale shooter to Android and iOS devices in what's called...
The MOP Up: SWG rogue server Empire in Flames celebrates five years
Star Wars Galaxies: Empire in Flames rogue server celebrated its fifth anniversary this past week. "Since the doors opened on May 4th 2017, EiF...
MMO Business Roundup: Nexon, Roblox, and EA’s latest financials
Welcome back to a fresh roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news, today all of the financial report variety.
Roblox
Roblox's revenue reports have...
The MOP Up: MapleStory celebrates 17 years of two-dimensional adventuring
As of last month, it's been 17 years since MapleStory first released. To celebrate, Nexon released the Blooming Forest update with plenty of anniversary...
The MOP Up: Crossout’s Knight Mayhem mode makes its medieval mark
Vehicle battler MMO Crossout has brought back its mayhem mode with a medieval theme called Knight Mayhem. The event runs through May 12th and...
The MOP Up: Star Citizen tests in-flight refueling
Star Citizen's nigh-endless list of things to accomplish before launch may be crossing off one of these with this month's alpha build. The "Fueling...
EA will foot the travel bill for all players of Apex Legends esports events after facing community backlash
It's hard to believe that a company the size of Electronic Arts can't handle the travel expenses of 40 different esports teams for an...
Massive Apex Legends leak uncovers multiple new characters, maps, and weapons
There are leaks, and then there's the digital version of a dam breaking. The latter appears to be the case for battle royale shooter...
The MOP Up: Legends of Runeterra puts out its 2022 roadmap
As we continue to wait to see what Riot is doing for its Runeterra MMO, we can at least bask in the developments of...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends Mobile is almost here
The first phase of Apex Legends Mobile's release is almost here, with the Android and iOS title becoming available for Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,...
Apex Legends changes its Olympus map, adds a new character, and brings Control mode in Defiance update
It's time for another new season in the battle royale shooter Apex Legends. This one is called Defiance, and it brings the usual collection...