battle royale
Fortnite plans a Fallout-themed crossover for next weekend
These days it appears that Fortnite is conducting an experiment to see how many wildly disparate franchises and IPs it can shove into its...
Star Trek Online announces Season 32 Unparalleled, starring Denise Crosby, for May 28
It's been a couple of months now, but if you can remember the Cryptic dev stream back in March, you'll recall that the studio...
Fight or Kite: Hey now, you’re Brawl Stars, get your game on, go play
A couple of weeks ago, I was at a birthday party when my nephew tugged on my sleeve and asked me if I still...
Former Fortnite lead dev talks about how live events were sacrificed to build a multi-game metaverse
As most people have now noticed, Fortnite has made some pretty sweeping changes, from a survival shooter to battle royale to a place where...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs repurpose their old content more often?
World of Warcraft certainly provoked the raising of many, many eyebrows last week when it announced that its secret March patch ended up being...
The Stream Team: Chasing after the beat and the bread in Headbangers Rhythm Royale
MOP's Chris is once again ready to feel the beat! Or more specifically, he's ready to feel the beat faster than everyone else. That's...
World of Warcraft’s Holly Longdale reassures players that further PvE-based experiments are coming
If you're a World of Warcraft player looking at Plunderstorm with some combination of bafflement and trepidation about the possibility that every further "experimental"...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 463: WoW’s pirates storm the gangplank
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV Dawntrail, the Riot MMO, WoW Plunderstorm, the state of Cryptic and its MMOs (Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Champions Online), ArcheAge 2's delay, Path of Exile 2's beta delay, and New World's next season, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, The Sims 4, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on rekindling the social magic of old MMORPGs.
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s Plunderstorm is neither greedy nor good
It would be an exaggeration of the highest order to say that no one was even a little interested when World of Warcraft unveiled...
World of Warcraft announces Plunderstorm, a pirate-themed battle royale mode
Blizzard has apparently had enough of merely teasing World of Warcraft's pirate-esque update with icons and winks: It's officially announced what it's calling Plunderstorm....
Shroud of the Avatar devs form new studio to make AI-generated roguelike battle royale Project Rise
If you thought that the waters surrounding some of Shroud of the Avatar's bigwigs weren't muddy before now, things are potentially about to get...
Apex Legends esports tourney is hacked mid-match, postponing the event and raising security concerns
Nobody likes to see cheaters win in an esports competition (or any competition for that matter), but a bout of cheating occurring in an...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Evil v Evil, Blood Strike, Solium Infernum
Welcome back to another roundup of some MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer games that you've (probably) never heard of and we need to at least...
THE FINALS launches new map, new modes, new weapons, and new features in Season 2
A battle royale shooter like THE FINALS very often lives and dies by getting new seasonal content, so it's probably little surprise that this...
Extraction MOBA Seekers of Skyveil drops new video and opens March playtest signups
It's been at least five minutes since somebody announced a new extraction title, and this is one we knew about, so we'll make exceptions:...
Even Zeus couldn’t get Fortnite’s Myths & Mortals season online without a major delay
You know what the Greek pantheon really needed? More gods and goddesses with guns. If that was the case, then ancient mythology classes would...
EA CEO talks up aspirations for AI tools and expanding Apex Legends ‘beyond the traditional battle royale universe’
If you need any evidence that the push for AI tools is akin to drinking some brainworm-filled Kool-aid, you need look no further than...
CRSD F.O.A.D. brings back Cuisine Royale mode, eases hero unlocks, and shrinks squad sizes in latest update
It's been a long time since we've had the battle royale shooter CRSD: F.O.A.D. cross our desk, so we think a bit of context...
Vague Patch Notes: What does the future of MMORPGs look like?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the history of MMORPGs as a market and PC gaming in general, suggesting at...
Perfect Ten: The 10 phases of MMORPG pre-launch hysteria
One of my private theories about MMO players -- one I'm now making public -- is that we all have the collective memories of...
