battle royale
Multiplayer Roundup: Spellbreak, Astroneer, Runeterra, Apex Legends, OWL, and the Ragnarok battle royale
We're rounding up a bunch of Not-So-Massively multiplayer-but-not-MMORPG news today!
Spellbreak: The popular new battle royale rolled out its 1.1 release, chiefly focused on bugs...
Hearthstone begins Halloween celebrations with the Masquerade Ball event
Some balls are held for charity and some for fancy dress, but the ball being held in Hearthstone's Scholomace Academy is the one we'll...
Fortnite celebrates the third birthday of Battle Royale with challenges and free goodies
Happy birthday to Fortnite! Specifically to Battle Royale, aka the primary mode of the game now. It's been three years, and the folks at...
The MOP Up: Life Beyond beefs up building
Life Beyond's recent patch is a spot of good news for budding builders: "With this release, buildings get free energy so you don't have...
Netmarble opens global preregistration for hybrid mobile MMO A3: Still Alive
We've covered A3 Still Alive a couple of times in the last year, but today, Netmarble has officially confirmed that the game is definitely...
Not So Massively Roundup: Destiny 2, Spellbreak, Vigor, Valorant, Frostpoint, Shadow Arena, and PUBG’s BLACKPINK collab
Welcome to a quick roundup of some news from the Not-So-Massively world!
Destiny 2: Bungie posted a trailer and a detailed dev blog on Destiny...
SuperData August 2020: Fall Guys dethroned League of Legends, pushed WoW to its lowest rank in over a year
SuperData's August global revenue report for the games industry has more than a few eyebrow-raisers this week. On the PC side of things, World...
Shadow Arena introduces a team deathmatch mode and a Rookie Battle Pass on PC
The primary point of playing Shadow Arena is, presumably, to get some fantastical battle royale gaming in. But then Pearl Abyss stopped and said...
Fight or Kite: Spellbreak’s epic combat and classes set it far apart from the battle royale pack
Another week, another battle royale arrives at my doorstep, this time with a subtle but sweet note attached: Please kind sir, take it in,...
Epic ends support for Fortnite: Save the World on Mac because Apple won’t sign patch updates
The saga of Epic and Apple's legal spat has once more applied a ripple effect to players, this time to Fortnite's PvE mode Save...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: LiteBringer, SamuTale, IcarusM, Stellar Warfare, Primordials of Amyrion, A3, Raid Shadow Legends, Second Extinction
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've probably never heard of (or have entirely forgotten about).
LiteBringer: Tibia fans who aren't...
Apple argues Epic’s lawsuit is ‘part of a marketing campaign’ to ‘reinvigorate interest in Fortnite’
The Epic/Apple legal drama continues as this week Apple's filed its response to Epic's request to force Fortnite back on the Appstore, and you...
Fight or Kite: New World’s beta hasn’t made me a true believer – yet
The New World beta preview came to an end a few short nights ago. Like some of the other members of the MOP crew,...
Spellbreak trades battle royale’s shooting for spellcasting as it officially launches
As we mentioned earlier this week, the battle royale sub-genre has a fresh arrival in the form of Spellbreak, a game where the shooting...
Classic Super Mario Bros. gameplay goes battle royale with Super Mario Bros. 35
Not even the venerable gaming classic Super Mario Bros. is safe from the battle royale sub-genre, it seems. It's time to say hello to...
Wizarding battle royale Spellbreak launches September 3 – here’s the latest trailer
Yep, it's another battle royale game launch. This one, however, is all about flinging spells angrily at other wizards, which might be enough of...
PvPvE survival battle royale shooter The Cycle is leaving early access and releasing on Steam in Q4 2020
Well, here's some good news for those who are looking for yet another alternative option in the battle royale subgenre: The Cycle is going...
Google Stadia is getting an exclusive Bomberman battle royale game on September 1
If you thought that stuffing Tetris into the battle royale subgenre was wild, then you ain't seen nothin' yet. Say hello to Super Bomberman...
Shadow Arena plans rival system for ranked matches, plus several new modes
When we covered Pearl Abyss' second quarter financial report a few weeks ago, one of the things that stood out to me is that...
Fall Guys sparks a $325,000 charity bidding war between brands
This may just be the most adorable and wholesome thing you'll read all week. The insanely popular (and insanely bonkers) battle royale Fall Guys...
