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The Finals brings a new map, new items, and a guild-like clubs system with its December 12 Season 5 update
A new season is on the horizon for the PvP game show FPS The Finals, with Season 5 confirmed to arrive on Thursday, December...
End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMORPGs going into 2025
One of the biggest factors when choosing a potential MMO to enjoy is how "healthy" it is. In other words, is the online game...
DC Universe Online’s new leadership teases new content format and event system in 2025
We don't know whether anyone but us has noticed this, but Daybreak is having one hell of a week with content or announcements for...
Final Fantasy XIV community institutes new world first rules after players use add-ons to cheat (again)
For players who claim to have the highest levels of skill in Final Fantasy XIV, it's extremely fascinating that members of this facet of...
Ubisoft is shuttering XDefiant already, along with multiple studios – around 277 workers affected
Dreadful news for XDefiant fans and Ubisoft workers tonight: The game is closing down permanently, and several hundred Ubisoft employees are being laid off.
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DC Universe Online kicks off its Christmas event, Season’s Greedings
If you're a superhero MMORPG fan, you're getting no fewer than two big holiday events this week, and the first is upon us now...
Black Desert teases the arrival of firearms for PC and mobile, adds extra turkey time on console
There are a lot of unique ways to attack foes in Black Desert, from otter pirates to giant bladed hula hoops to pipe smoke...
Elder Scrolls Online is giving away class style packs for its anniversary – but there’s a catch
As Elder Scrolls Online pushes into the final month of its year-long 10th anniversary celebration, it has one more promo for players... or at...
Star Trek Online rings in the holidays with the return of Q’s Winter Wonderland
It's Christmastime in the final frontier yet again! That's because Star Trek Online has reopened the Q's Winter Wonderland event zone with returning events...
The Stream Team: On the Gold Road again in Elder Scrolls Online
Fate has intervened again, and MJ has arrived in Elder Scrolls Online's West Weald to figure out how to stop the Deadric Prince of Paths (who apparently still doesn't have her memories) from messing up the world. Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. to find out in Paths of Chaos.
Terraria delays its next content update until the new year to avoid crunch
Some slightly disappointing but not unforeseen news from Terraria's quarters this past week, as the studio announced that it's going to be delaying its...
Tencent’s upcoming multiplayer survival title Light of Motiram earns criticism for its Horizon-like appearance
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Sony's Horizon series of games should probably be blushing brightly and curling up into a...
Digital Extremes talks up Warframe 1999’s new PvPvE mode, confirms delay for boy band boss fights
Warframe developer Digital Extremes is continuing to stir the hype pot for its Warframe: 1999 update release as the studio's final devstream of the...
Wisdom of Nym: The myth of Final Fantasy XIV’s budget
Let's put this front and center just to start things off because I'm annoyed: Final Fantasy XIV is not a game that is single-handedly...
Black Desert brings the Awakened Dosa to console, announces native PS5 and Xbox Series builds
For once in the weekly Black Desert news cycle, the console version of the sandbox MMORPG gets center stage as the game's most recent...
Elite Dangerous players brace for the worst as the last Thargoid Titan makes its way to Earth
The past two years have seen a long and drawn-out fight between the players of Elite: Dangerous and the alien force of the Thargoids,...
The MOP Up: New World’s deadly laser turkey
"What started as an office joke about a giant turkey with laser eyes turned into an actual world boss when one of our AI...
The Stream Team: Post-holidays with family in Final Fantasy XIV
While Thanksgiving is technically over, MOP's Chris is continuing to feel the holiday mood of togetherness here on OPTV, and that means it's time...
One Shots: The billiards of the universe
The irony of going on lengthy adventures to exotic settings in MMOs is that your character usually doesn't bring a smartphone to take pictures...
Dauntless’ big Awakening revamp arrives December 5 along with a confirmed Steam release
It's been teased, detailed, talked about, and planned for summer while wholly missing that mark. It's the Awakening update for the multiplayer critter hunting...