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Game industry unionization: Game Workers Unite, IGDA, and GDC
Earlier this week, we covered the emerging Game Workers Unite organization, something many folks in the games industry considered tantamount to unionization, which multiple...
Massively Overthinking: Why doesn’t video game marketing reflect our demographics?
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes to us from Steve, and it's a frustration for our team as well, I promise.
"If the following statistics...
EVE Online outlines February development, vows it’s ‘coming for the bots’
What's coming in EVE Online's February 13th patch? The game's latest development preview explains that Upwell structures will finally be getting the promised revamp, which...
Star Citizen touts Squadron 42 progress, monthly studio report, and the 3.0.1 alpha
The Star Citizen crew is back to work on Squadron 42 in 2018, as chronicled in the latest episode of Around the Verse. The...
Kings and Heroes may deliver that satisfying dungeon crawl you’ve been craving
The very definition of a game in stealth mode, Kings and Heroes is a title that traveled from early access to launch in 2017...
Massively Overthinking: Tackling our hoarding problem in MMORPGs
By coincidence, two articles in my feeds this past week both centered on video game hoarding - not hoarding the actual games but hoarding...
Albion Online characterizes layoffs as downsizing to ‘pre-release beta testing’ levels
Earlier this week, we got a tip claiming that the Albion Online team had been severely cut back before Christmas, perhaps as much as...
Elite Dangerous drops the first part of Beyond this quarter, with beta launching January 25
We're guessing there are lots of new Elite Dangerous players roaming around now, what with the game having been just 7 bucks on Steam...
Albion Online’s Christmas event is better late than never
Hey, why are you taking down those Christmas lights and hauling your browning tree to the curb? There's still some life left in this...
Take a peek at Elder Scrolls Online’s Dragon Bones DLC and outfit customization system, coming in February
Just before Christmas, ZeniMax teased a ton of new content coming for The Elder Scrolls Online in 2018, including three DLC and a full...
RIFT players build remembrance garden for well-loved teen
Just before Christmas, 17-year-old Nikita Hedingham was biking to a volunteer position when she was struck by a semi and killed. Her death has...
The Stream Team: Winter holidays in Neverwinter
With a name like Neverwinter, you have to wonder how the cold-weather holidays are celebrated in-game. Wonder no more! Massively OP's MJ is diving...
The Stream Team: Going after the Grinchta in Villagers and Heroes
A new year is a great time for Massively OP's MJ to face a new threat. A new year, a new threat -- she's...
One Shots: Riding the unicorn charge into 2018
That's it, folks. It's time to put the wraps on the bumpy, odd year that was 2017 and get ready to flip our calendars...
The Stream Team: Seasons Greedings in DCUO
Are you sad that Christmas is over? Well, the season isn't! And you can still have super holiday fun in DCUO. The Seasons Greedings...
EverQuesting: Frostfell blues and end of the year news for EverQuest II
Snow? Check. Good cheer? Check. Catchy tunes everywhere? Checkity check. Goblins and gigglegibbers in goofy get-ups? Great big check. New guide? Er...
Yes, it's Frostfell...
Atlantica Online celebrates its 10th anniversary with free level 130 characters
It's the most wonderful time of the year... for Atlantica Online, that is. The long-running fantasy MMO just marked its 10th anniversary with a...
Broke Protocol refines its cops-and-robbers gameplay
Somewhere between good and evil, law and crime, and pixels and voxels lies Broke Protocol. The adorably chunky city sandbox came out with a...
Overwatch plants Jeff Kaplan in front of a fire for 10 hours and hands out free loot boxes
Overwatch made a bid for players' attention this busy holiday weekend, and in some ways, it succeeded. For starters, Blizzard decided to gift all...
The Stream Team: The MOP MMO Christmas album live
Did you enjoy the MOP MMO Christmas Album? Do you wish there was a live version you could sing along with? What if we...
