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Riot Games defends Valorant’s Vanguard security driver, offers a $100k bounty to exploit it
Last week, Riot Games unveiled that their in-development competitive FPS Valorant runs an anti-cheat process in the background of player systems, which caused no...
Black Desert’s guild event gets exploited all up in its face
When there's a will, there's a way. And when the devs overlook something that can be abused, there's an exploit waiting to happen.
Black Desert's...
PlanetSide 2 reboots its Outfit Wars qualifier after exploits
The good news about PlanetSide 2's Outfit Wars revamp is that the qualifiers have produced lots of good data for the developers to use...
Shroud of the Avatar disables a big experience boost to get rid of shared experience pools
There was a 10x quest experience bonus in Shroud of the Avatar, but it has been disabled now. But the reason is actually somewhat...
Old School RuneScape discusses buy-in fee removal and other changes to Last Man Standing
For the PvP player of Old School RuneScape, there are perhaps fewer finer joys than the Last Man Standing competition. Or, at least, fewer...
Desert Oasis: How Pearl Abyss can guarantee Shadow Arena succeeds
Hands down, Shadow Arena is my favorite battle royale. But just because I've written so many glowing words of accolades for the game does...
Players claim to be hitting rank 1000 in Red Dead Online
Big numbers are impressive, and thus it's something of a milestone that a player in Red Dead Online has hit rank 1000 for what he...
Fallout 76 recaps the Wastelanders panel and answers player questions
Bethesda seems awfully keen to point out its recent Wastelanders panel for Fallout 76. So keen, in fact, that it's recapped the entire panel...
WoW Classic offers another guide to starting out as the WoW Token rolls out to China’s version
You there! Do you know about starting out new in WoW Classic? Probably yes, if you had an interest in it, but Blizzard has still...
Interview: Pearl Abyss on Shadow Arena’s Black Desert origins, esports, audience, and more
Along with battle royale fans and Black Desert players, we've been keeping an eye on Pearl Abyss' Shadow Arena, the one-time battle royale mode...
The MOP Up: Outlaws of the Old West wipes its servers
The survival sandbox that brought you Bigfoot (for some reason) is now triggering a region-wide apocalypse. OK, it's just a server wipe for Outlaws...
Temtem banned 900 cheaters, then changed its mind on granting appeals
Apparently, Temtem has borrowed a bit more from Pokemon than just its overall vibe: It's also borrowing the elder franchise's reputation for attracting the...
Lawful Neutral: Examining DDoS attacks and their impact on MMOs
When I was younger, used to play with LEGOs with my cousins all the time. We'd spend time creating huge houses and vehicles that...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPG bugs ever
This week's Massively Overthinking discussion topic is inspired by Crowfall's J Todd Coleman, who last fall tweeted about the time playable spiders almost became...
Sea of Thieves’ Legends of the Sea is live – check out the new trailer and infographic
Happy patch day, me hearties. We're still doing that, right? The pirate thing? No? Awww. Welp, Legends of the Sea is live in Sea...
Destiny 2’s launching a charity campaign to help victims of the Australian brushfires
Bungie is joining CCP Games on the short list (so far) of games studios using their titles to help with the Australian brushfire crisis....
RuneScape shares player-made activity pets, addresses a Treasure Hunter exploit, and celebrates 19 years
Oh man, I was almost scared that there wouldn't be a metric ton of things coming out of RuneScape this week, but my worst...
DC Universe Online introduces a progressive tax to correct money exploitation
So here's the bad news, DC Universe Online fans - the game got hit with a pretty nasty exploit that allowed players to flood the...
The MOP Up: Skyforge gets toxic (in a good way)
Just because the newest area in Skyforge is described as a "toxic wasteland" doesn't mean that you should change your vacation plans. Gullible players...
Pearl Abyss drops new Crimson Desert screenshots and design notes
So, other than MOP's Carlo (who's absolutely losing his mind over the game), who's hyped for Pearl Abyss' Crimson Desert? Because the Korean mega-studio...
