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All the big MMO and multiplayer news from The Game Awards 2024
If you watched the 10th annual Game Awards tonight - perhaps alongside Chris and MJ - then you probably don't need this post. But...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s secret mobile multiplayer mode
Stardew Valley developer Concerned Ape confirmed that the latest update added a "secret, experimental mobile multiplayer feature" for Android and iOS with the caveats...
The MOP Up: Torchlight Infinite invites you to step into a painting
Torchlight Infinite's sixth season, The Frozen Canvas, arrived with a new character and a mechanic centered around painting and canvases: "As these paintings are...
World of Warcraft is selling a $90 dino mount to ‘celebrate’ its 20th birthday
The Warcraft franchise has been around for 30 years, and so maybe you feel like you have just ridden on as many bats, gryphons,...
ARK Survival Ascended launches the Aberration map and a new Bob’s Tall Tales adventure
Regular fans of the survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved are likely extremely familiar with the Aberration map, or perhaps hold a deep affection of...
Massively Uplifting: Labors of love, generosity, and grief in Warhammer, Terraria, Conan Exiles, Albion, ARK, and more
Labor Day in the United States is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievement of the American workers. The official Department of...
Storyboard: Roleplaying in MMORPGs is much more common than you think
Back around the time when the game's first expansion was a going concern, there was a post on the World of Warcraft forums about...
ARK: Genesis Part 2 circulates onto the Nintendo Switch
Just because you're rocking a Nintendo Switch instead of a PlayBox 360 doesn't mean you're left out of the dino-tastic fun of ARK: Survival...
One Shots: Retrofuturism for rent
Here's your two-step process to make anything old look all futurey like something out of the Jetstons. Step one: Take a normal thing. Step...
ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition is coming for mobile devices this year during the holiday season
Are you concerned that after all of the different versions of ARK: Survival Evolved or points related that you have bought, there might still...
PvPvE team shooter Exoprimal enters de facto maintenance mode starting July 11
It would be easy to believe that Capcom's PvPvE team shooter Exoprimal was something of a fever dream - any game that featured dinosaurs...
Perfect Ten: The MMORPG terms we use but never define, from murderhobo to sandpark
Over in Vague Patch Notes, I have an ongoing series of columns that I describe as being primarily about having useful notes for us...
Fight or Kite: Battle Crush is a snack-sized take on the mythological battle royale scene
Imagine taking a bit of the theme from SMITE (really the only good part about SMITE in my estimation), the common battle royale grab-and-go...
Solarpunk life sim Loftia talks about its sun, moon, and stars
In a game that describes itself as "solarpunk," you'd rightly expect that Loftia is giving serious attention to making sure that its skybox is...
ARK Survival Ascended adds The Center map, paid critter DLC, and premium mods on console
ARK Survival Evolved reboot/rebrand ARK Survival Ascended is doing something new this week: It's launching a new paid DLC series focused on new tamed...
Persist Online interview: CipSoft explains why Persist is an MMORPG, not a survival shooter
Earlier this week, we covered the surprising news that Tibia developer CipSoft has a new MMORPG on the way. At least, the studio is...
PSA: ARK Survival Ascended is free-to-play this weekend on PS5 and Steam
Who wants free digital dinosaurs? Or if you're a digital dinosaur, who wants free digital humans to snack on? Either way, the dino survival...
ARK Survival Ascended launches the Scorched Earth map and Bob’s Tall Tales expansion DLC
Normally it's a good idea to stay away from someplace called a scorched earth, but in the case of ARK: Survival Ascended, it's the...
The MOP Up: Co-op RPG Stolen Realm launches with ‘frictionless’ multiplayer
Turn-based RPG Stolen Realm launched on Steam, Xbox, and Switch: "Play Stolen Realm solo, or in co-op with up to six heroes, as you...
The cast list for Wildcard’s surprise ARK Animated Series on Paramount+ is bananas
I don't know who asked for this, but I'm also not upset about it as this might be the most amusing thing the ARK...