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Fallout 76 patches in a new public event and the communal Brotherhood of Steel base building effort
I'll be honest, the only reason I enjoy the Brotherhood of Steel is that they have neat toys, which I suspect would be a...
TennoCon 2020: Warframe’s infested open world Heart of Deimos launches August 25th on all platforms
To the moon, Tenno! A Mars moon, to be exact. If that was your guess for Warframe's Heart of Deimos expansion, you got it....
Amazon’s Crucible delays next beta phase
For hopeful fans of Amazon's Crucible, it has not been the most comforting of summers. At the end of June, the studio announced that...
Path of Exile is launching on Mac in September
If you're an MMO fan and a Mac user and you really want to do those two things together... well, you're a trouper, we'll...
World of Warcraft changes how Conduits work and has a new type of weekly chest in Shadowlands
The first version of the Conduit system in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands didn't exactly go over well with players. No one was excited by...
Lord of the Rings Online previews Rohan housing, re-enables world chat
Life is starting to get back to normal in the bruised and battered Lord of the Rings Online. Following the server troubles of the...
PlanetSide 2 releases its massive Escalation update to PS4 today, promises future PC update parity
Nearly eight months' worth of PC updates for PlanetSide 2 will finally arrive to PlayStation 4 players today with the Escalation update in what...
The Soapbox: Powercreep in MMOs sucks – so how do we solve it?
We all love multiplayer, persistent world online games, don’t we? Players stay for the familiarity, nostalgia, and potential for years of enjoyment. Studios love...
Red Dead Online ends its content drought with today’s Frontier Pursuit, the Naturalist
Just two weeks ago, we covered the simultaneously amusing and sad story about Red Dead Online players dressing up as clowns to protest a...
WoW Classic trumpets the start of the Ahn’Qiraj war effort
It may be strange to consider, but the 2020 opening of Ahn'Qiraj in WoW Classic may actually be a bigger deal than it was...
Elite Dangerous will hand out free tritium to Fleet Carriers to combat a fuel shortage
You'd think in a video game where resources can just be populated at the developers' will that a fuel shortage wouldn't be possible, but...
Star Citizen devs discuss the updates, features, and adjustments of alpha 3.10
With alpha 3.10 now in the PTU, fans of Star Citizen have a number of questions about the update. This past Friday's Star Citizen...
Apex Legends boss addresses developers suffering work-from-home burnout and crunch
The Apex Legends subreddit had a little tire fire this past Friday as a result of a Glassdoor review of developer Respawn Entertainment that...
PlanetSide 2 is finally nerfing the Firestorm implant in today’s update
Daybreak's Rogue Planet Games is rolling out an update for PlanetSide 2 this morning, focused on tweaks to the Firestorm implant that effectively nerf...
Fractured starts its next alpha test today
The original plan for Fractured was to kick off its next alpha testing session on July 16th. That didn't happen, unfortunately; bugs cropped up...
Choose My Adventure: Accidentally going to Hell and other Dungeons and Dragons Online misadventures
I’m only level 3 and already Dungeons and Dragons Online has elected to whup my ass.
By the barest margin, the polls said to pick...
No Man’s Sky touts an uptick in player numbers thanks to cross-play and Xbox Game Pass release
Man, it's almost like letting people play games with one another regardless of their chosen platform is good business. Hello Games' Sean Murray has...
Global Chat: What gets us grumpy in MMOs
Whoever said "always look on the bright side of life" obviously never talked to gamers, because we are a notorious bunch for looking at...
Population Zero’s latest early access update rebalances perks and tackles performance
Population Zero made big moves this week to rescue itself from the doldrums of a weak Steam launch thanks to a large content update...
Elite: Dangerous touches on player feedback from its latest patch, promises more Odyssey news soon
The players of Elite: Dangerous have some thoughts on the most recent Fleet Carriers patch, so the folks at Frontier Developments have offered up...
