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Stardew Valley’s latest update fixes multiplayer issues, drops fresh content
If you were looking for a cozy old favorite multiplayer game to duck back into over the long weekend, Stardew Valley has offered itself...
The first PC beta for Elite Dangerous’ January update has begun
Elite Dangerous is in the middle of a major bug fixing phase, so big it delayed the originally planned December content update. "Our first...
Red Dead Redemption 2 arrives on Steam on December 5
Good news, Steam fans! It turns out that Red Dead Redemption 2 (and its companion element, Red Dead Online, also known as Grand Theft...
A teenage CS:GO player has developed an AI that has successfully found 14,000 cheaters
While cheaters may never prosper, they also have a tendency to proliferate if not kept in check (and even sometimes when companies do try...
Fallout 76 players have found a way to kill pacifists via radiation poisoning
Who would have ever thought that granting players in a sandbox game access to nuclear weaponry would be used irresponsibly? Certainly not Bethesda, which...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best way to communicate ideas to MMO developers?
I've been thinking about communication since I saw a tweet about The Cycle: Apparently, players submit their pipedreams and bug reports and suggestions to...
The MOP Up: Destiny 2 worships the sun
That glowing ball of thermonuclear radiation in the sky might just mean warmth and crispy tans for you, but for Destiny 2, it is...
Blizzard’s Joe Magdalena recounts a World of Warcraft bear that could kill players with a look
In most MMOs, bears are low-level foes that are part of some early stage kill 10 quest or perhaps used to harvest lower level...
The Division 2 is offering weekly status updates and delaying a full State of the Game until January
If you were hoping for a State of the Game stream for The Division 2, you will be sadly disappointed by this week's dispatch from...
Elite Dangerous’ big bug-fixing update lands in January, with betas starting next week
Remember back in October, when Frontier announced that it was listening to player feedback and bumping off Elite Dangerous' big December content update -...
Remembering the life and work of legendary MMO designer Brad ‘Aradune’ McQuaid
When the news hit last night, it brought everything to a screeching halt in the Massively OP office: At the age of 51, veteran...
Dauntless speeds up axes, hammers, and repeaters but nerfs aether strikers in latest patch
I've been playing Dauntless for a long time now and I can 100% agree that the aether striker fist weapons still need a bit...
Fallout 76’s latest patch focuses on bugs, but probably not the ones you wanted fixed
It's a testament to how messy this year has been for Fallout 76 that I see patch notes on Twitter and cringe, hoping as...
Wurm Online teases new content and Steam as devs scale back content support for Wurm Unlimited
Wurm Online dished out a new patch to players this past week, with changes for the Jackal server, updates crafter signatures, new hitching posts...
H1Z1’s sixth season features paltry rewards and no actual patch features
Remember when Daybreak changed H1Z1's name yet again, presumably to distance the title's console version from the already floundering PC version (also known as Z1 Battle...
Grounded is a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids survival adventure
How's this for an elevator pitch: Take the overcrowded survival game genre but shrink the players and thrust them into a Honey, I Shrunk...
Massively Overthinking: Do MMO betas rob you of launch joy?
I use to think of betas as being unpaid labor for video game companies, but maybe I've been going about it all wrong. On...
Sorry about the Red Dead Redemption 2 issues, please enjoy a new Apology Poncho
If you were hoping that the extra wait for the launch of Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC compared to its console launch would...
EVE Online’s newest patch improves new player tutorials and balance tweaks
Looting stuff feels like it should be kind of self-explanatory, doesn't it? But when you're floating out in the cold darkness of space like...
Perfect Ten: Counting Fallout 76’s many post-nuclear flubs
I'll admit that I was the first one out of my seat, applauding wildly, when Fallout 76 was first announced at Bethesda's E3 showcase...
