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Overwatch 2 previews Season 18, Hearthstone launches Lost City of Ungoro and a new-old podcast
There are a lot of moving gears that keep Overwatch 2 ticking, and there will be more coming when Season 18 kicks off, but...
Riot Games confirms sports betting sponsorships for its League of Legends and Valorant esports tournaments
The sponsorship banners for the next major League of Legends and Valorant esports tournaments are going to look a bit different this year, as...
F2P action MMO Crystal of Atlan hits PC, PS5, and mobile today, reiterating that it’s not a gacha game
As promised, Crystal of Atlan - which kinda came out of nowhere back in March - has officially launched today on PC, PS5, and...
The Daily Grind: What resolution is your MMO-playing PC monitor?
Over the weekend, PC Gamer quoted the AMD's Chief Architect of Gaming Solutions and Gaming Marketing (fanciest title ever) on what resolution people actually...
Hearthstone moves into the Year of the Raptor with a trio of expansions and an arena update
Big things are afoot at Hearthstone these days as the digital competitive card game moves into the Year of the Raptor. Blizzard gave a...
MMO Business Roundup: Olympic esports, Unity layoffs, and Krafton Q4 2024 financials
Welcome back for a quick roundup of some of the MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news bits from the week!
Esports: If for some reason you...
Overwatch 2 unveils new perks system, third-person game mode, new heroes, and the return of lockboxes
It would appear that the blowout success of another team vs. team hero shooter has helped prompt Overwatch 2 out of stagnation and into...
The MOP Up: Villagers and Heroes invites you to test-drive a raptor
Villagers and Heroes posted a preview of its upcoming Patch 5.40.5, with Sugarsweet Summithas, raptor mounts, lots of changes to frontier zones, raid balancing,...
SMITE studio Hi-Rez is going through its second round of layoffs in four months
Bad news for fans of Hi-Rez's remaining multiplayer games: The company is apparently undergoing another round of layoffs. We say "another" because Hi-Rez just did...
MechWarrior Online promises more events, new mechs, and map updates despite its reduced staff
Earlier this month we reported on a slashing of jobs at Enad Global 7-owned studios Toadman Interactive and Piranha Games, the latter of which...
Riot Games, still closed in LA thanks to the wildfires, opens aid fundraisers in Valorant and League of Legends
Last week, we covered the devastation happening in Southern California, where half a dozen wildfires were ripping through Los Angeles neighborhoods from working class...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2’s community shows off amazing player housing creations
It's no surprise that Guild Wars 2 players are thrilled to be interior decorators, thanks to this year's player housing system. And in a...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
Overwatch 2 heralds a refined and updated Overwatch Champions Series returning in January
Regular readers know that Overwatch 2 isn't done with esports; it's just done with swollen esports leagues, having replaced the cancelled Overwatch League with...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase stocks dip over internal fraud and corruption investigation
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. This edition is all about money, baby. Well, quarterly financials, anyhow. And also...
Not So Massively: ZeroSpace is the last hope for multiplayer RTS fans
All right, that headline is a bit of hyperbole, but it does reflect how I'm feeling right now.
A bit over a year ago, I...
Star Citizen outlines its panels and presentations for this weekend’s CitizenCon event
The devotees and skeptics of Star Citizen will likely have their eyes firmly fixed on CIG this weekend, as the studio's 2024 edition of...
PSA: Overwatch 2 is clearancing out old Overwatch League skins, get ’em while you can
Remember the Overwatch League? It's OK if that slipped your mind considering the meteoric crash of the marquee esports league Blizzard constructed for Overwatch:...
World of Warcraft readies The War Within’s Season 1 while WoW Classic tests Rage of the Firelands
Despite what that goofy demon hunter once said, Blizzard does want you to be prepared for everything that's happening in the World of Warcraft...
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...
