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Otherland discusses the process of improving visuals and performance at the same time
Graphical quality is an ongoing struggle. On the one hand, developers want to make the prettiest game possible; on the other hand, no one...
Otherland deep-dives its brand-new Fire Isle expansion
Yesterday, Drago Entertainment announced that Otherland's - or rather, Otherland Next's, as the Tad Williams MMO appears to have gotten a rebrand - next...
Tad Williams’ Otherland MMO rebrands as Otherland Next with Fire Isle expansion, social sandbox mode
Way back in March, Otherland announced a big expansion called Fire Isle, themed around Chinese mythology and launching summer 2018. It didn't quite make...
You can now buy ships right from a showroom floor in Star Citizen’s alpha
Heads-up to Star Citizen testers and watchers: A new patch to the 3.3 alpha rolled out yesterday, most notably adding functionality to Teach's Ship...
New partnership for CD Projekt Red hints that Cyberpunk 2077’s multiplayer may still be on the table
We learned a lot about Cyberpunk 2077 back in June, but one of the things we learned was that the multiplayer components discussed in...
Otherland plans a new character type to experience an upcoming short story by Tad Williams
Tad Williams, the author of the original Otherland quadrology, has written a new novella in that world. What does this mean for players of...
TennoCon 2018: Deep-diving Warframe’s Fortuna and Railjack
Many fans, including me, are talking about still riding high after Warframe's amazing TennoCon 2018 announcements this past weekend. That was some pretty epic...
Otherland author Tad Williams gets inspired from MMO to write a new story
Since its botched launch and subsequent attempt to rebuild and revise itself, Otherland has struggled to establish legitimacy and gain interest among players. It...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the best user interface?
In the comments of my last Daily Grind about Star Wars Galaxies, there erupted a lively debate about the game's user interface in the...
Otherland’s developers are in the middle of switching transmission protocols
The worst part of MMO development is when you have to put a great deal of work into something important but fiddly that most...
E3 2018: Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be a first-person-shooter and RPG both
The bad news, Cyberpunk 2077 hopefuls, is that there's still no word on the alleged multiplayer elements for the game. The good news, or...
E3 2018: Cyberpunk 2077 debuts its trailer, but multiplayer is nowhere to be found
Let's start with the good news because you're going to need it: CD Projekt Red did indeed bring Cyberpunk 2077 to E3 2018, and...
Otherland strives to regain players with hard work, more communication, and robust content additions
It's no secret that Otherland, the MMO based on Tad Williams' popular sci-fi series, has had an extremely rough go of it through development...
Fortnite brings out a newer, better 50v50 battle mode
People liked the 50v50 mode in Fortnite, but it had some issues. Fortunately, it was only a limited-time mode, so the developers could take...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that claimed to be the first
We've all been there. We're playing our favorite MMORPG and then self-appointed professors of game history start arguing in world chat about firsts --...
Portable forts and a replay function parachute into Fortnite
Just when you thought that Fortnite's battle royale couldn't get any crazier, Epic Games keeps upping the ante with ideas like Port-a-Fort.
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Otherland formally announces new expansion, Fire Isle, coming this summer
Otherland's promised summer expansion is definitely happening, according to a press release from Drago this morning. It's called Fire Isle, it's themed around Chinese...
Otherland will add 15 new quest hubs and 130 quests in May
Drago Entertainment continues to pepper players with plans for Otherland. Today, it's told Facebook followers that more than 130 new quests are inbound in...
Cyberpunk 2077 prepares fans for a ‘blockbuster’ franchise
Fans of CD Projekt Red and its games are no doubt starving for any morsel of information about the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077. And while...
Otherland marks franchise’s birthday with a patch announcement
In the annals of MMOs, Otherland is a virtual baby, only a couple of (rocky) years old. Yet the overall franchise is much older...
