See: TheFallout series on Wikipedia. MMO players will forever be waiting for Fallout Online, we suspect.
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The Daily Grind: Is Fallout 76 an MMO?
We all know that the definition of "MMORPG" and "MMO" have been stretched, twisted, and interpreted in vastly different ways over the years based...
Fallout 76’s closed beta is scheduled for October
Zip up those Vault Tec suits, kiddos, because you're going out into Fallout 76's West Virginia wasteland as soon as this October. That is,...
Lawsuit continues against Trion Worlds and ArcheAge’s 10% discount snafu
Three years in, a player-led lawsuit against Trion Worlds concerning false advertising and lockboxes in ArcheAge continues to bounce around the California court system.
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Fallout 76 doesn’t want to be labeled as ‘survival,’ shows off emote wheel
What is Fallout 76? Even Bethesda doesn't seem to have a clear grasp on terminology to label it, avoiding both the MMO and survival...
The Daily Grind: How can we solve Reddit’s gaming ‘tragedy of the commons’ problem?
In dealing with the ArenaNet fallout over the last couple of weeks, I started giving serious thought to the Reddit problem in gaming, and...
Former Guild Wars 2 developer criticizes ArenaNet boss for ‘solicitation of harassment’ and minimization of her work
Former ArenaNet developer Jessica Price has just made a string of new statements on Twitter discussing some of the issues surrounding the ongoing Guild...
Todd Howard says ‘Elder Scrolls Online is one of the biggest online games in the world’ as Ubisoft and Bethsoft weigh in on games as a service
Are you all in on games as a service? Are single player-games over, replaced by much more profitable eternally online (and lockbox-ridden) titles? Bethsoft's...
Enjoy the Fallout 76 experience in Fallout: New Vegas… in a way
As people who are intimately familiar with the online game space (source: you read this site), most everyone here can imagine the worst excesses...
Warner Bros. denies wrongdoing in Bethsoft’s Fallout Shelter/Westworld copyright lawsuit
Last week, we reported on an emerging lawsuit lodged over the new Westworld mobile game. Bethsoft is suing Behaviour Interactive and Warner Bros. over what it...
Todd Howard blames Fallout 76’s lack of cross-platform play on Sony
The reason you won't be able to play Fallout 76 with your friends on consoles is because of Sony, according to Bethesda studio director...
Check out the landscapes and legendary local lore of Fallout 76
We're not allowed to forget about Fallout 76 for even an instant, apparently: Bethsoft has posted up the epic Welcome to West Virginia video that...
Bethsoft alleges Behaviour and WB ripped off Fallout Shelter in the new Westworld mobile game
A trio of companies known best to our audience for their MMOs are gearing up for a big court battle in the streets of...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Descent, the future of space mining
Fallout 76Â wasn't the only Interplay throwback at E3 2018:Â Descent, one of the games that defined the six degrees of freedom genre, is no longer...
Global Chat: The fallout of Fallout 76
Bethesda's E3 reveal of Fallout 76 had many gamers and franchise fans talking, no more so than out among MMO bloggers. After all, taking...
Fallout 76 gives the beta edge to Xbox One and drives tourism to West Virginia
One of the perks of pre-ordering Fallout 76 is that you'll be automatically included in the pool of B.E.T.A. testers. However, life is not...
Global Chat: The best of both worlds
If you have ever played more than one MMORPG, the thought has probably crossed your mind that you would love to see your favorite...
The Game Archaeologist: The tangled legal history of Interplay’s canceled Fallout Online
With the recent revelation that Bethesda's Fallout 76 is going to be an online multiplayer survival game, players who have been hoping for a...
E3 2018: Nintendo thinks lockboxes are unfairly maligned, help ‘drive engagement’
You know how sometimes, when nosy press asks you a question with no good answer, you're better off shutting up? And when they don't...
E3 2018: hands-on with The Division 2 – a major upgrade over the original game
At this year's E3, Ubisoft creative director Julian Gerighty said team behind The Division 2 tried to learn "everything" from The Division to help make the sequel...
E3 2018: Skull and Bones fleshes out its gameplay with the Hunting Grounds
Player choice and random map elements are the key to the meat of Skull and Bones' replayability said Ubisoft at this week's E3 2018....
