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Wanna try Fractured Online’s closed beta? We’ve got keys!
If you've had your eye on Dynamight Studios' upcoming sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online but didn't want to shell out for a preorder package to...
Ark Survival Evolved rolls out Fjordur map and new conquest season servers this weekend
Seven-year-old survival sandbox ARK: Survival Evolved is gearing up for a busy weekend. A busy Sunday, at least, which is perhaps not the most...
Microsoft promises ‘creative and collaborative approaches with unions’ in official blog post
With Microsoft on the cusp of buying out all of Activision-Blizzard, there's been plenty of governmental scrutiny and a healthy dose of concern for...
18 European countries back a Norwegian government body’s assertion that lootboxes are ‘manipulative’
Clearly, pushback against the lootbox monetization model is not going away, a fact that is once more being brought to light thanks to a...
MGI & Gamigo Q1 2022: Atlas Rogues is dead
I'm sorry to report this morning that Gamigo is sunsetting Atlas Rogues. The news came on Memorial Day when nobody in the US was...
Pearl Abyss reclaims South American Black Desert publishing rights, touts 45M registered players
It's been a bit of a pattern for Pearl Abyss: It launches Black Desert in a new region under a local publisher, and then,...
EVE Fanfest 2022: EVE Online is getting a Spanish client
EVE Online has been an intensely international game throughout its lifetime, with significant audiences across the US, Europe, and Russia. Most players are stuck...
Overwatch 2’s first beta officially begins this afternoon – are you playing?
We're just an hour away from the beta launch of Overwatch 2, which ought to please everyone but folks who simply liked Overwatch's meta...
TERA’s PC version will sunset in June as Bluehole ceases work on the game
Today is the day that TERA's Japanese servers sunset... and unfortunately, the day heralds bad news for the rest of TERA's PC playerbase in...
Daybreak’s EG7 intends to sell Innova subsidiary and relocate Toadman Interactive studio in a pull-out from Russia
Enad Global 7, the Swedish company that readers will recall bought up all of Daybreak Games in 2020, is apparently looking to cut ties...
Lost Ark addresses gold sellers, matchmaking problems, and Central Europe queues
While Lost Ark is still a rip-roaring success for Amazon in terms of player numbers (especially when compared to its other game), there are...
Lost Ark celebrates 20M global players as concurrency dips and roadmap sees delay
You might be eyeing Lost Ark's Steam population with trepidation, but Amazon and Smilegate are looking at bigger numbers, quite literally: Last night, the...
Ukraine implores game companies to block Russian esports participation
"Who had 'writing games industry roundups at the barest edge of a third world war' on their bingo card?" MOP's Chris marveled this morning,...
Lost Ark addresses gold spam, EU queues, and the big raid and dungeon nerf
Yesterday's Lost Ark preview from Amazon and Smilegate focused on the big March update - content, lore, and islands. But what about everything players...
Lost Ark brings back Twitch drops for the weekend, addresses gold seller spam
If you missed out on Lost Ark's Twitch drops promo during the first chaotic week of the game, fear not: Amazon is bringing it...
Lost Ark says it’s working to fix European servers’ ongoing queue and matchmaking woes
The experience of central EU players of Lost Ark has been an absolute mess. As we've been reporting, massive player counts in the region...
The MOP Up: Uncharted Waters Online decodes the secrets of human heritage
Uncharted Waters Online's "greatest challenge yet" arrived last week with its Olympia patch. This update added a new legacy theme to decode, a fight...
Lost Ark patches in the groundwork for new server cluster Europe West [Update: West is live now!]
Amazon's Lost Ark patch overnight wasn't a huge one: It's largely a list of bug fixes with dyes, store connection, in-game schedules, DX11, chat,...
Lost Ark addresses stability, queue, and missing content issues
Even citing an "amazing first week" for Lost Ark, Amazon can't deny that the MMOARPG has seen its fair share of launch struggles. The...
Lost Ark is adding a whole new region in Europe to deal with its massive player counts
The massive launch of Lost Ark this past weekend shuffled Steam's records and blasted past New World's peak concurrency as the game met a...
