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Not So Massively: Last Epoch is a potential gem in dire need of polishing
Originally Kickstarted in 2018, Last Epoch has been in early access on Steam for about five years, but the developers at Eleventh Hour Games...
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...
Daybreak announces Fippyfest 2024, an in-person and digital event celebrating EverQuest
Not two days ago, we covered the news that Daybreak is planning to host both an EverQuest-centric development panel and a player meet-and-greet at...
Into the Super-verse: Missing in City of Heroes is part of what makes it hit
It seems like we're never going to be done talking about City of Heroes at this point, and clearly I am here for this....
Desert Oasis: Black Desert has grown so much in its 3333 days of life
Black Desert is celebrating 3333 days of operation today. That's a little over nine years, with plenty more in store. The Scholar class just...
Perfect Ten: 10 problems that really hurt The Secret World
For whatever reason, The Secret World is one of those games that people keep going back over mentally, an MMO that still collectively has...
First Impressions: Gigantic resurrects as a B2P no-cash-shop Rampage Edition on April 9
Gigantic still stands out in my mind as the only MOBA game that I ever enjoyed. Ever. I loved its art style. I loved...
Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles is off to an extremely rough start
Early access games are one of those things where you pretty much are buying something broken. It's like antique shopping for video games except...
Tencent’s Victorian gaslamp survivalbox Nightingale finally hits early access today
Noon-o-clock Eastern time today: That's when survivalbox Nightingale finally arrives to early access, and $29.99 will get you a copy and the download rush...
Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure: The Realm of Dreams episode launches February 27
The third quarterly chunk of Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure finally has a name and a date: It's called The Realm of...
Microsoft’s layoffs will result in over 800 cut Activision-Blizzard jobs in March
As Microsoft workers reel from news of impending mass-layoffs of 1900 employees, we've received more clarity on which specific Activision-Blizzard teams are being slashed...
Blizzard is laying off over 126 people from its support center in Ireland
The massive culling of 1,900 workers by Microsoft looks to have had a significant global impact, as Ireland's minister for foreign affairs Michéal Martin...
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...
Valentine’s Day events around the MMORPG world, 2024 edition
If you discount all the digital gaming Valentines floating around social media this week, it's been a quieter Valentine's Day for MMOs this year...
It looks like the ‘noncore IP’ Daybreak sold for $5.9M is PlanetSide after all
Yesterday, when we covered EG7's Q4 2023 financials, we highlighted the company's disclosure that Daybreak had sold a "noncore IP" for $5.9M, a move...
Progress Bar: Inside the latest 24-hour pre-alpha test of Pantheon Rise of the Fallen
This past Saturday was when Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen elected to open up its floodgates and let a whole bunch of people into...
EG7 Q4 2023: DCUO’s delayed latest-gen console launch hurt Daybreak’s revenues last quarter
While bigger games companies continue to flail, EG7 actually managed to grow last year, as its latest investor report demonstrates, with overall revenues up...
Wisdom of Nym: What the hey is up with Final Fantasy XIV’s Xbox pricing?
In another theoretical timeline, there's a place where Final Fantasy XIV really would have stepped in it when it subtly noted that the game's...
First Impressions: Nightingale’s survival and realmwalking blend could make it a stand-out in the sub-genre
Our regular readers know that the survival sandbox sub-genre is suddenly getting very crowded in very short order, which means that the upcoming gaslamp...
Daybreak’s DC Universe Online studio Dimensional Ink is the latest games team hit with layoffs
The culling of games industry employees continues through the beginning of this year: A list compiled by Kotaku that outlines the over 6,400 layoffs...
