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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...
Cheaters who were banned from a $30M Fortnite tournament win their way back in
How does one who was banned for cheating in a Fortnite esports event make their way back into that same tournament? By having a...
Overwatch League commissioner jumps ship for Fortnite esports
There's probably not a lot of lines to read in-between here, but then again, the commissioner and founder of Overwatch's premier esports league leaving...
Fortnite details recent changes to its matchmaking systems
Shortly following Fortnite's v9.10 update, the folks at Epic Games made some major changes to the game's Arena matchmaking logic, which they've been continuing...
Fortnite and Nike’s Jumpman brand team up for a new LTM
I never would have thought to stir Fortnite and a brand of footwear together, but then again I also never would have thought to...
Dauntless launches on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and the Epic Games Store with full crossplay functionality
It's been a long and occasionally bumpy road for Phoenix Labs' free-to-play action-MMORPG Dauntless since it was first announced back in 2016, but after...
The Epic Store’s first major sale hits some roadblocks with notable titles
Sure, having lots of titles on offer is good, but the Epic Store can't really be like Steam until it starts pulling out absurd...
