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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...
Epic Games says it’s not establishing ‘Europe’s largest esports center’ in Norway
We've updated the title and the end of this article as Epic says the Norwegian source article is in error and that it is...
Getting ready for Lost Ark: Name reservations, founder’s packs, and server choice
We're not saying that you are the procrastinating type, but on the very off chance that you like to leave preparations for a new...
The MOP Up: Anvil hitches up its combat pants as it looks at 2022
Coop shooter Anvil pushed out its first update since the game's December early access launch. The patch brings in balance adjustments, a new relic,...
TERA is apparently sunsetting its Japanese servers in April
Bad news for TERA players, at least those who played on the Japanese servers: The game is closing down in that region in April.
The...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines plans for sales resumption, server expansion, and server adjustments
If your server in Final Fantasy XIV is still crowded right now, you can be assured that Naoki Yoshida knows that, and the team...
Black Desert claims a 230% increase in new western daily players on PC thanks to class reboot
Back in December, Black Desert implemented a major reboot of all of its classes in the PC version of the game, alongside the launch...
Interview: ArcheAge studios on the move to Kakao, bans, land rushes, and the future of the game
One of the surprises the end of 2021 had in store for MMO players was the move of XLGAMES' ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained from...
