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The Soapbox: The real cost of breaking trust with gamers
There's a quote going around these days in gaming spheres about trust being like a broken vase that can be fixed but will never...
The ESA is no longer working with ReedPop for the theoretical next E3 event
Well, if you were dreading the possibility of E3 coming back in 2024 under ReedPop's direction, you no longer have to worry about that....
After six delays in its long development, Skull and Bones has finally entered closed beta
It's been an extremely long time coming, but Ubisoft's Skull and Bones is finally entering closed beta. The pirate multiplayer title we first demo'd...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we wanted a decade ago
Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...
ESA claims it is ‘currently having conversations’ about E3 in 2024 and 2025
With E3 officially dead for this year, many are likely assuming that the Entertainment Software Association's marquee show is completely dead. This presumption was...
Skull & Bones will finally hit closed beta in August after at least half a dozen delays
It's looking like maybe Ubisoft's Skull & Bones' sixth delay might have been its last, as Ubisoft finally announced this afternoon at Ubisoft Forward...
Summer Game Fest 2023: Throne & Liberty, Path of Exile 2, Black Desert, Wayfinder, Fae Farm
We're updating at the end of this post with all the big MMO news!
Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest arrives today, marking the closest thing...
BlizzCon 2023 has been announced for November 3-4 in Anaheim
Well, here we go. The past couple of years have not featured a celebration of Blizzard as a company because... well, we have a...
Vague Patch Notes: E3 is gone, but it’s only half a victory
So E3 is dead, and we've already shared some of our thoughts on the matter earlier this week. But as someone who literally wrote...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 416: Jedi mind trick
Justin and Bree discuss April Fools' Day in MMOs, SWTOR, Mad World, Last Epoch, Anvil Empires, Multiversus, E3, ARK 2, and ARK Survival Ascended, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, and WoW Classic, plus mailbag topics on leaving your mark on and feeling special in MMO game worlds.
The Daily Grind: Does the death of E3 mark the end of an era or a welcome revolution?
When all the rest of the big companies dropped out of E3 last week, I mused in work chat that surely the ESA wouldn't...
E3 2023 has officially been cancelled
This probably isn't going to come as a surprise to anyone, but it's still a significant announcement. E3 2023 has been cancelled outright according...
Sega, Tencent, and Ubisoft are the latest game studios to drop out of this year’s E3
It was already bad enough for E3 2023 that Sony, Nintendo, and Xbox all elected to leave the show behind; now the show is...
E3 2023 unveils plans for a week-long series of digital pre-event showcases starting June 11
Most gamers are now familiar that E3 is coming back this June in two flavors - one for industry pros, press, and influencers, and...
E3 2023: Xbox, Nintendo, and Sony will all apparently skip the first in-person E3 since 2019
As first reported last night by IGN, E3 will apparently be a low-key affair, thanks to the absence of Sony, Nintendo, and Xbox. The...
The Game Awards 2022: Blue Protocol, Diablo IV, Wayfinder, Nightingale, Dune Awakening
We've updated with all the big news and trailers now - scroll down to the end for the announcements! Original post follows.
Gamers who aren't...
E3 2023 will host an industry-facing event on June 13 and a general public convention on June 15
Gamers and game devs all know that the ESA was vowing to bring its E3 event back in June 2023 after the show was...
The Game Archaeologist: How Ultima Online got made
You know how there’s that yokel in every global chat channel that likes to troll players by claiming that World of Warcraft was the...
ESA announces plans for E3 2023 in late June organized by ReedPop
Is the third time the charm? We'll find out with E3 next year, apparently, because the ESA is pledging right now that the event...
Summer Game Fest 2022: Warframe’s Duviri Paradox, Nightingale teaser, and more
Geoff Keighley's not-E3 aka Summer Game Fest kicks off today with the live showcase stream, so I hope you've set aside a couple of...
