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Montreal law firm wants to launch a class action lawsuit against Fortnite for being addictive to minors
Montreal law firm Calex Légal has officially filed a request to launch a class action lawsuit against Epic Games and its Canadian subsidiary for...
Gaming chat client company Discord issued an unknown number of layoffs this week
If you're a gamer, you probably use Discord, so you're probably interested to know that the company behind it is evidently going through a...
Not So Massively: Lessons MMORPGs could learn from Fortnite
Since taking up the mantle of the Not So Massively column here on MOP, I've felt the need to keep better abreast of major...
Dauntless 1.0 has officially launched with today’s Aether Unbound update
It's a new dawn for Dauntless and its over 15 million players. Today marks the official launch of the multiplayer action RPG, bringing a...
The MOP Up: Plants vs. Zombies goes multiplayer
Do you remember that quirky personality-filled Plants vs. Zombies lane defense game from way back when? Popcap has been expanding that series franchise ever...
Rogue Company is a team-based multiplayer shooter coming from Hi-Rez Studios in 2020
Publisher Hi-Rez Studios is cracking out another team-based shooter, but this one looks to be a bit more... edgy, I guess is the word...
The MOP Up: Dauntless’ Strike Force is all up in your face
Giant monster hunting isn't just a sacred duty of those sworn to protect that one blacksmith and his family, it's also a competition between...
Fortnite addresses the importance of the B.R.U.T.E. and its actual impact
The latest season of Fortnite has added a big stompy mech in the form of the the B.R.U.T.E., and some people are really upset...
Uproar over a reskinned Fortnite pet that costs 1000 V-bucks causes Epic to issue refunds
This is where we're at now: companies attempting to sell barely reskinned content at a higher cost and people getting mad at a digital...
Borderlands 3 drops new trailer, details, and preorders ahead of September 13 launch
September 13th will be here sooner than you think, and Borderlands 3 is making sure everyone is reminded of the date as the solo/multiplayer...
Fortnite hit with data breach lawsuit, Fortnite champ is swatted live on stream
Epic Games and Fortnite are not having the best week. First, according to Polygon, the company's been hit with a class-action lawsuit in North...
A 16-year-old kid took Fortnite’s World Cup this weekend, pocketing $3M
You know video games have arrived when esports is being covered on the front page of CNN, right? Such was the case last night,...
MMO Business Roundup: Video game gambling, toxicity, post-lawsuit reconciliation, and successful UX design
Welcome back to another mish-mash roundup of MMO-business-related happenings that just don't fit in anywhere else. To wit:
On game gambling: Remember the bizarrely bad...
Fortnite launches second-birthday goodies as season 9 ends with bizarre in-game duel
Just about two years ago, Epic Games finally launched Fortnite, a cartoony co-op shooter/sandbox hybrid it'd been working on since 2011 that we called...
Fortnite’s latest patch gives you an air strike in a can
You shouldn't have to be satisfied with just tossing a grenade into an enemy fortification in Fortnite. No, you should take things to the...
Not So Massively: Gaming genre elitism isn’t a good look on anyone
As I noted when I first took over the Not So Massively column this past spring, we live in a time of great change...
Fortnite kicks off 14 days of summer with rotating new modes and weapons
It's summer, kids! Are you ready to sink a whole lot of time into Fortnite? Please say no. But the game is certainly ready...
Fortnite introduces the Chug Splash in today’s update as Epic steps up anti-datamining measures
The latest update to Fortnite is live today, and it allows players to share a drink in a rather unconventional fashion with the introduction...
Former Epic producer reveals that Fortnite almost got canned over Save the World
Fortnite Battle Royale has been a runaway success for Epic Games, cementing the popularity of the battle royale genre in mainstream gaming culture and...
Dauntless recaps E3 with roadmap update, mobile teaser, and new Switch trailer
Dauntless has a flurry of news to cap off what was a big week, given that it announced a Switch port and ding-up to...
