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Fallout 76’s OG lead artist discusses how he fought to embiggen the game’s map pre-launch
The Game Developers Conference hasn't just been a place where members of the c-suite pontificate about industry-related things; it's also been a stage for...
Fallout 76’s Ghoul Within and Season 20 Glow of the Ghoul are live today with – you guessed it – playable Ghouls
Time for a ghoul-up in Fallout 76: Today, all Wastelanders can finally enjoy proper Ghoulification. I didn't just make that word up. That's what...
The Steam spring sale is upon us with deals on MMOs from New World Aeternum to Pantheon
Is it actually spring? No. But do you actually need an excuse for a Steam sale? Also no! But that's exactly what we got...
Dark and Darker was yeeted from the Epic Games Store following Nexon lawsuit
Last month, we covered what appeared to be the messy middle of the ongoing legal saga between Nexon and Ironmace over the Dark and...
Fallout 76 hopes to convert you into a ghoul on March 18
Until now, Fallout 76 has offered one and only one racial choice for the game (ugly human). But that's all going to change on...
Activision gets dinged for using gen AI in Black Ops 6
Whether it's here to stay or a passing game development fad, generative AI is proving to be a highly controversial element in the field...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 507: Get ‘er Dune
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Undermine(d), Dune Awakening's launch reveal, LOTRO and DDO 64-bit servers, Lost Ark Wild Soul, Blade and Soul NEO, Legends of Aria Classic's sunset, and the Project Gorgon vampirism patch, plus mailbag topics on non-combat PvP activities and comfort gaming.
Former Fallout 76 lead opens up about brutal launch and project satisfaction
The crash-and-burn of Fallout 76 and its gradual rise to respectability is a saga best left for several volumes of text. But while it...
One Shots: The picture of patience
What makes for the perfect portrait? Great lighting and costuming certainly helps, as does the serene pose of the subject. And as George Washington...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Luckcatchers 2, Storebound, Might of Spells
Welcome back to a roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent games you've (very likely) never heard of. If you have, then pat yourself on the...
Korean court finds Dark and Darker studio infringed Nexon’s trade secrets
Over the last couple of years, we've been covering the seemingly endless lawsuit drama between Nexon and Ironmace over Dark and Darker. Nexon accused...
Riders of Icarus, which once had 1M western players, is riding into the sunset under Valofe’s banners
A week ago, we covered the odd news that Valofe's Riders of Icarus had abruptly canceled its plans to merge down the North American...
The MOP Up: Villagers and Heroes invites you to test-drive a raptor
Villagers and Heroes posted a preview of its upcoming Patch 5.40.5, with Sugarsweet Summithas, raptor mounts, lots of changes to frontier zones, raid balancing,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 503: The Quinfail
Justin and Bree discuss The Quinfall's messy early access, Camelot Unchained's worrisome future, New World's broken servers, and Throne and Liberty's server merge, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallout 76, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, and Playnite, plus a mailbag topic on what kind of MMO character template we have IRL.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 502: Chronicling all the non-combat content in MMOs
Justin and Bree host the first MMO theme show of 2025 with a deep-dive into the wide range of non-combat content in our genre, plus adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Stars Reach, and Aloft.
Splash Damage pulled the plug on online shooter Transformers: Reactivate
Transformers is a franchise that's had a surprisingly difficult time breaking into the online sector, and it looks like its luck isn't changing any...
Multiple game studios and even the Fallout TV show are impacted by the devastating California wildfires
If you're paying any attention to the current US news, you know that large parts of dense Los Angeles, California, are under siege by...
Former WildStar dev Tim Cain claims the MMO’s lengthy development hurt its launch
Most gamers likely associate the name of Tim Cain with the creation of Fallout, but he also worked as the programming director and then...
Fallout 76 begins player testing for playable ghouls tomorrowday
Ghoulfriends, your moment is almost here: The playable ghoul patch officially arrives on Fallout 76's PTS tomorrow, December 20th.
Now, we've known that the TV-show-inspired...
Fallout 76’s plans for 2025 include ghoul players, fishing, and a Big Bloom event
With 20 "milestone" patches and 21 million players to date, Fallout 76 clearly overcame its troubled beginnings to become a strong live service game....
