battle royale
Fallout 76 will keep its battle royale mode Nuclear Winter live past its ‘pre-beta sneak peek’
Stop us if you saw this one coming: Bethsoft says it's going to go ahead and keep Fallout 76's Nuclear Winter mode "pre-beta sneak...
APB Reloaded’s new battle royale mode is now online after a week’s delay
Last week, APB Reloaded was gearing up for a new patch, the biggest the game had seen since Little Orbit took over last year....
Fallout 76 announces double XP event following its week-long free trial
In case you'd forgotten, you can currently jump into the Appalachian wastelands of Fallout 76 and play for free until June 17th, and if...
E3 2019: Apex Legend’s Season 2 brings a new Legend, a new weapon, and more next month
The folks at Respawn Entertainment announced at EA Play this weekend that Season 2 of Apex Legends will be kicking off next month on...
H1Z1 launches season 4 as Daybreak says it’s ‘not ready to call it quits’ on Z1 Battle Royale
Z1 Battle Royale - the PC game once known as H1Z1 - has had a rough year or two, losing most of its playerbase,...
APB Reloaded launches battle royale mode APB RIOT into open beta today [Updated]
It's gonna be a big Wednesday for APB Reloaded: New developer Little Orbit is launching the biggest update the game's seen since the takeover....
Wild West Online rebrands as New Frontier, now with steampunk and alien monsters
You know what they say: When a horse is beaten to death, that's just a good opportunity to reanimate it as a steampunk monstrosity.
The...
Fortnite details recent changes to its matchmaking systems
Shortly following Fortnite's v9.10 update, the folks at Epic Games made some major changes to the game's Arena matchmaking logic, which they've been continuing...
The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs? Part two
Last week we learned what was up with a number of the smaller survival sandbox MMOs. Sadly, some have faded away, but others are...
Fortnite and Nike’s Jumpman brand team up for a new LTM
I never would have thought to stir Fortnite and a brand of footwear together, but then again I also never would have thought to...
The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs?
With big name survival games getting ignored developmentally, you have to wonder what's been going on with the smaller titles. After all, we've got...
Assassins killed Fortnite’s puppy so it created a John Wick-themed event
Anything goes with the Fortnite narrative at this point, so why shouldn't John Wick show up? His house has been on the island for...
Apex Legends irons out server issues and hit-registration bugs, makes plans to punish piggy-backers
Respawn Entertainment's surprise-hit battle-royale title Apex Legends has long been grappling with some particularly annoying (and persistent) server issues that have been causing all...
LOTRO Legendarium: My vision for free-to-play version 2.0
A few weeks ago I embarked on an experiment that I had hoped would make for a fascinating column. Basically, I created a brand-new...
Tencent gives up on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds being approved in China
Tencent has been waiting a long time to release PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in China. For more than a year, the game has been in "testing" whilst waiting...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Mordhau, Dransik Rebirth, Aberoth, Star Sonata, and Kicks Online
Welcome back to another roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent online multiplayer games you've probably never heard of - or have totally forgotten about.
Up first:...
Over 777,000 Apex Legends cheaters have been banned as Respawn cracks down
In last week's Apex Legends developer blog, Project Lead Drew McCoy said that the Respawn Entertainment team has been hard at work trying to...
Apex Legends devs discuss season 2, content cadence, and avoiding development crunch
Although the frankly obscene amount of hype that surrounded Apex Legends in the weeks following its launch earlier this year has subsided to more...
PUBG Corp. is suing over the Chinese term for Chicken Dinner as Update 28 goes live
PUBG Corp. is back in court, and this time it's suing not another game company or clone but the Chinese bureaucracy itself.
As MMO Culture...
Desert Oasis: A post-mortem examination of Black Desert’s defunct Shadow Arena
Last week was such an intense week for Black Desert. The community took a blow when news broke out regarding Black Desert’s second major...
