exploits
CCP addresses EVE Online botter problem, saying it’s at the ‘top of the list’
Last week, we reported on a situation brewing on the EVE Online subreddit, where player after player spoke out about the game's botting problem,...
Fortnite racks up 40 million downloads, boasts about its success
Forty million downloads. That's the staggering number that Epic Games is tossing around concerning its incredibly successful Fortnite after a busy holiday season. That's...
Life is Feudal MMO has launched into early access on Steam
Builder-centric sandbox Life is Feudal has officially launched into early access with a buy-in of $29.99, and that's the MMO version, mind you, not...
EVE Online players beg CCP to address botters after gamer takes down eight botter ships
Is there a quota for how many sci-fi spaceship MMOs with playerbases angry over exploits we can cover in a week? Because if so,...
Wild Terra outlines upcoming system changes to improve post-launch issues
Bears! What are they good for? Hides in Wild Terra (say it again)! Except that actually getting those hides proved a lot harder than...
Elite Dangerous denies player allegation that it’s not addressing combat logging exploits
Most online games have rules governing running from a fight, abandoning a team, or exiting the game to avoid gameplay, be they MMORPGs or...
Hyperspace Beacon: Three things SWTOR could add in 2018 to turn itself around
Star Wars: The Old Republic did not have a banner year in 2017. It was the first year since the launch year that did...
Black Desert bans nearly 600 fish botters
In the war between robots and fish, the only side who wins is... wait, is there a war going between robots and fish? Well,...
SWTOR gradually responds to Update 5.6 credit exploit
A severe credit exploit that popped up following last week's Game Update 5.6 in Star Wars: The Old Republic has led to massive disruptions...
Dark and Light opens master builder servers
One neat thing about survival sandboxes is that they seem to embrace a wider variety of rulesets than we typically see in most MMORPGs....
Life is Feudal is rolling out a clean-slate roleplaying server following shaky open beta launch
The MMO version of Life is Feudal got off to a shaky open beta start last week, not that our seasoned MMO veteran commenters...
Hyperspace Beacon: What potential lockbox gambling laws could mean for SWTOR
Late yesterday I read these words Google-translated from Belgian news site VTM: "The Minister of Justice wants to prohibit purchases in video games if...
Belgium seeks to ban lockboxes as gambling, plus Hawaii and France weigh in
Capping off the Great Star Wars Battlefront II Fiasco of November, Belgium's Gambling Commission and the Dutch Gaming Authority both began investigating lootboxes/lockboxes to determine whether...
Pathfinder Online drops a small patch to protect mules and fix other errors
At long last, the vicious mule exploits of Pathfinder Online have been addressed. No longer will players group up with their friends and attack...
Blink and you might have missed Project Gorgon’s brand-new user interface
After weeks if not months of the studio talking about it, Project Gorgon's brand-new user interface finally arrived. And then it promptly left again.
In...
Destiny 2 vows not to delay Prestige raid further despite existing exploit
So here is an interesting conundrum: Say you have a highly anticipated raid in the works that you've already delayed. Now that the new...
But seriously, lockboxes suck, even if the ESRB doesn’t think they’re gambling. Stop buying lockboxes.
So, MMO players. Are you tired of hearing about lockboxes and gambleboxes? It feels like we've been complaining about them for like six or...
Massively Overthinking: Epic Tavern-style player-generated content in MMORPGs
Ever played Epic Tavern? Massively OP reader Uli though it would make an interesting point of comparison for MMO content. "Epic Tavern is a...
Exclusive Guild Wars 2 interview on Path of Fire’s launch and philosophy
Spurred on by my excitement for Guild Wars 2's second expansion, Path of Fire, I reached out to ArenaNet shortly before release to secure a post-launch...
Grab a Closers Online weekend alpha key from En Masse and MOP!
En Masse is gearing up for another Closers Online weekend alpha test on Friday in the lead-up to porting the game westward. In fact,...
