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Fallout 76’s Wild Appalachia tweaks PvP damage and launches Survival Mode
The Wild Appalachia update of Fallout 76 has landed, and with it comes a number of changes that will be important to note for...
Saddle up and take aim in Red Dead Online’s new Target Races
Cowladies and cowgentlemen, start your, uhh, horses! The latest activity to hit Red Dead Online's quote-unquote beta is Target Racing, which combines equestrianism, sharpshooting,...
Indie hacking MMO Spycursion admits defeat on Kickstarter, but game development will continue
We've been tracking the Kickstarter for upcoming hacking MMO Spycursion for several weeks now, and it's coming down to its last two days. And...
Fallout 76 is coming to Steam sometime soon
While initial indicators were that Fallout 76 was going to skip over Steam in favor of Bethesda's own digital games platform, time can change...
Betawatch: Guardians of Ember enters open beta again for the first time
Hey, neat, Guardians of Ember is in open beta! Wait, didn't that already happen? Well, yes, but that was before Insel Games managed to get...
Guardians of Ember kicks off its do-over open beta with more localization support
No, your mind isn't slipping and the Matrix is not glitching; Guardians of Ember has just gone into open beta. Again. You might recall...
Space MUD Starmourn adds Bounty Hunters, new zones, and more
How is it that there's a gigantic new space MMO with a dozen playable races, starship combat, exploration, trading, and even hacking on the...
Red Dead Online maps out plan for more anti-grief hostility system update and new playing styles
Rockstar doesn't want you to forget about Red Dead Online or think that it's malingering in an eternal beta: The company has another preview...
Betawatch: Ashes of Creation wants itself some big organized PvP fights
So Ashes of Creation is delaying its testing phase, that's not a big deal. The game still has plans for nice big and meaty...
OrbusVR: Reborn previews new dungeons and talent tweaks ahead of final beta test
The folks at OrbusVR have been hard at work since they announced the game's first major expansion/complete overhaul, OrbusVR: Reborn, back in August of...
Dual Universe counts 30,000 simulated players on the same planet in its latest alpha
If you're gonna be an MMO, we wanna see massive: lots of people on a server, lots of people in a fight. Dual Universe...
Camelot Unchained beta testers peek at the characters 2.0 revamp and new crafting UI
One of the things that drew me to Camelot Unchained from the very beginning was its clothing and armor, of all things. Yes, I'll...
The MOP Up: MapleStory goes to the arcade
If you're playing MapleStory, chances are that you're not too prim and proper to enjoy some goofy fun. So pop in a quarter and...
Betawatch: Torchlight Frontiers hits its third alpha so hard it breaks all the NDAs
Yes, you read that right. Torchlight Frontiers hit its NDA so hard that it done broke. There's no NDA for the third alpha test,...
MMO Business Roundup: Skyrim’s multiplayer mod mess, Neural MMO, and the rise of Overwatch League
Welcome back to another roundup of stuff happening in the gaming business world relevant to MMOers. Remember Skyrim Together, the multiplayer Skyrim mod that...
Ascent: Infinite Realm’s SEA closed beta begins April 25th
The SEA closed beta for Bluehole Studio's upcoming fantasy-steampunk MMO Ascent: Infinite Realm will begin on April 25th, according to a recent announcement from...
Dauntless previews the new loadout system coming in its next update
If clothes maketh the man, then gear maketh the slayer, which is why Dauntless is revamping its loadout system and UI to make it...
Red Dead Online’s testers grump over patch issues as Rockstar updates with Fool’s Gold event
During MOP's last podcast recording, Justin and I discussed Snail Games' upcoming Outlaws of the Old West survival sandbox MMO-lite, and naturally we pointed...
Dual Universe showcases community ship creations in new alpha video
When you hear the word "voxel," chances are that chunky, Minecraft-like building blocks come to mind. But Dual Universe is bound and determined to...
Black Desert has officially launched for the Xbox One with an ambitious content cadence planned
It's happening today: MMORPG sandpark Black Desert Online is officially launching on the Xbox One.
Like the PC version, this edition of the game is...
