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Valentine’s Day arrives in Skyforge, EverQuest II, GTAO, PlanetSide 2, and Runes of Magic
The Valentine's Day MMO events are piling up in our newsroom like all the candy wrappers piling up in our garbage... actually let's just...
CD Projekt Red is the victim of a cyber attack compromising its systems and ransoming its data
The time since the Cyberpunk 2077 release has not been a good one for CD Projekt Red, and it appears to have gotten worse...
Rockstar letter: GTA Online ‘shattered records,’ Red Dead Online 2’s $5 sale is ending soon
Rockstar was crowing about its two online virtual worlds this past week in a new letter to the community. Because of the support fans...
Fallen Earth sees ‘significant pre-production,’ APB Reloaded gets a marketing push
The small studio of Little Orbit has a whole lot on its plate for 2021, starting with the recent early access launch of Unsung...
SuperData December 2020: World of Warcraft is dethroned again, and people still love Among Us
While SuperData has already put a bow on the entirety of games earnings in 2020, there's still the December 2020 breakdown to cover, which...
The MOP Up: Gran Saga’s big Korean launch
NPixel's cross-platform Gran Saga is finally going live this week -- albeit in Korea, for now. The attractive-looking mobile and PC title is supposed...
Grand Theft Auto patent hints at a future multiplayer game
While it remains to be seen what Rockstar will do with its next iteration of Grand Theft Auto -- and whether or not it'll...
Ten-year study finds no link between game violence and aggressive behavior from adolescence to adulthood
We've got another leaflet of evidence on the already towering pile of research suggesting no link between video game violence and aggressive behavior. A...
The MOP Up: Flyff Classic is in the works
If you are one of the millions of die-hard Flyff Online fans who pine of the days of yore, then here's a great Christmas...
MassivelyOP’s 2020 Golden Yachties: Best MMO post that is actually just song lyrics
MassivelyOP’s not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our pick for best MMO post that is actually just song lyrics. (If you’re wondering what the...
Grand Theft Auto Online releases the island-sized Cayo Perico Heist
Today is the day where players of Grand Theft Auto Online can enter an island paradise and rob it blind. The Cayo Perico Heist...
The MOP Up: Shadow Arena pings instead of pongs
Pearl Abyss' Shadow Arena got a lot more friendly this past month thanks to an improved ping system and the addition of login rewards.
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GTA Online players take on an entire island in December 15’s Cayo Perico Heist
For those who have been regularly taking on the heists available in Grand Theft Auto Online, there's been something of an escalation in terms...
In a year of low content, Rockstar wants Red Dead Online to feel like a ‘second life’
When you hop into Red Dead Online, do you feel like a cowboy? That, apparently, is the hope, at least according to new Gamesradar...
Rockstar confirms backwards compatibility for GTA Online and Red Dead Online on next-gen consoles
If you were among those deeply invested in either Grand Theft Auto Online or Red Dead Online but worried you'd have to put those...
Massively Overthinking: Doing crimes and getting punished in MMORPGs
A couple of weeks before Dual Universe's snafu banning beta players for taking advantage of a developer's poorly permissioned structure, I saw the game's...
APB Reloaded runs third beta test of update 2.1 to get it out ‘sooner rather than later’
It's been a long, winding, and very likely frustrating road for APB Reloaded and its attempt to upgrade the game's engine, to the point...
Halloween festivities in GTAO, MapleStory, Aion, and Star Stable, plus a Halloween makeup collab in Elvenar
We'll have our complete Halloween roundup ready next week, but in the meantime, we have some spoopy events you might not want to miss...
The MOP Up: Razer accidentally exposes 100,000 consumer accounts
Razer, a popular provider of gaming hardware, joined the notorious list of companies that accidentally exposed their consumer's personal information to the world. While...
APB Reloaded makes clothing more accessible and balances weapons in its latest patch
Looking good and firing guns. That's what APB Reloaded is all about. OK, maybe not all it's about, but those two arguably important aspects...