battle royale
Apex Legends boss apologizes for Reddit dust-up, but there’ll be no auto-da-fé for the devs
It was just a matter of time before the apology came out - we all know how this script goes.
Yesterday we covered the weekend...
Apex Legends devs and gamers clash over Iron Crown monetization
Wanna know how not to put out a dumpster fire? Pour some gasoline on it! That's the lesson we'd like to think was learned...
The MOP Up: Nexon’s Project V4 aims to be the best-looking MMO in your pocket
Nexon gave a preview of Project V4 at a media preview event lately, and this fantasy MMO looks like one of the most shiny...
PUBG’s test build of Update 4.2 brings bad weather to Erangel and various quality-of-life improvements
Storm's comin', and not just the storm of painful blue jelly that makes up the closing walls of the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds zone of death,...
Fortnite addresses the importance of the B.R.U.T.E. and its actual impact
The latest season of Fortnite has added a big stompy mech in the form of the the B.R.U.T.E., and some people are really upset...
Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s best PvP mode isn’t what you think it is – it’s minigames
One could certainly argue that Guild Wars 2’s primary focus is that of a PvE, story driven game. Hell, I’d make that argument. Yet,...
Uproar over a reskinned Fortnite pet that costs 1000 V-bucks causes Epic to issue refunds
This is where we're at now: companies attempting to sell barely reskinned content at a higher cost and people getting mad at a digital...
Ashes of Creation is revivifying its standalone Apocalypse battle royale mode – on Steam
In November of last year, Ashes of Creation company Intrepid Studios startled both Kickstarter supporters and general MMO watchers by announcing that its battle...
Apex Legends launches the Iron Crown event and provokes riot over monetization
So there's a limited-time event going on in Apex Legends right now, which normally would be a cause of generally happy reactions. However, the...
Q2 2019 financials: Black Desert’s Pearl Abyss rakes in huge profits, builds six new games
You read that headline right. Six. Pearl Abyss has had an absolute banger of a second quarter according to its most recent financial earnings...
One Hour One Life’s latest patches craft the sandbox on a ‘grander scale’
Remember indie sandbox MMO One Hour One Life? We covered it last year when it finally popped up on Steam. As pitched, it was...
Fortnite’s latest patch brings new LTMs, a new weapon, and sends Neo Tilted back to the Wild West
As Fortnite players now well know, things are getting pretty wacky with the timestream in the game's world, and no more is that apparent...
H1Z1 opens wide the landscape of its new Outland map
Smaller size, muscle cars, and a place for pretty much every type of battle royale playstyle (though I always thought "shoot people, don't get...
Alpha MMO battle royale Mavericks has been canceled as its company enters bankruptcy
Mavericks is toast, I'm sorry to report this morning. GIbiz caught a notice posted on the website of the game's company, UK-based Automaton Games,...
QuakeCon 2019: Fallout 76’s private servers and new battle royale map
During the Fallout 76 panel at QuakeCon this weekend, Bethsoft dished on some of the content upcoming for the game. Perhaps most excitingly, the...
The MOP Up: H1Z1’s huge PlayStation 4 update
Do you remember when H1Z1 used to be about surviving the zombie apocalypse? Yeah, me neither. In any case, gear up and slide behind...
MMO Business Roundup: Video game gambling, toxicity, post-lawsuit reconciliation, and successful UX design
Welcome back to another mish-mash roundup of MMO-business-related happenings that just don't fit in anywhere else. To wit:
On game gambling: Remember the bizarrely bad...
Fortnite launches second-birthday goodies as season 9 ends with bizarre in-game duel
Just about two years ago, Epic Games finally launched Fortnite, a cartoony co-op shooter/sandbox hybrid it'd been working on since 2011 that we called...
Blight’s alpha is a portal to a ‘cruel, harsh’ PvP world
Do you feel as though too many MMOs have a soft underbelly these days? Then you may wish to cut your teeth on an...
Z1 Battle Royale’s latest patch is adding in race cars
So maybe Z1 Battle Royale (formerly H1Z1, formerly King of the Kill, briefly known as High Lord Algernon Whipoorwill And His Amazing Whirlygig for...
