Con in Cologne, Germany, usually in August every year.
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The First Descendant announces Steam beta test for October 20, unveils its new trailer
Nexon's co-op looter shooter The First Descendant has been making a lot of noise recently. The game was first revealed as Project Magnum during...
Gamescom Opening Night Live: Funcom’s Dune Awakening survival MMO and more multiplayer news
In-person Gamescom is back in Cologne, Germany, and tonight - as it's tonight over there already of course - we're getting the Opening Night...
Black Desert talks up its upcoming Gamescom presence at a Samsung booth and a community event
Gamescom 2022 is looming large as it's set to begin next week, which means we're likely going to continue to hear about various titles...
Nexon’s co-op shooter The First Descendant releases a teaser trailer and plans for beta this fall
At the top of July we reported on The First Descendant, a co-op looter shooter from Nexon that we first heard about during a...
Guild Wars 2 marks 10 years of operation with special community events at Gamescom and PAX West
The significant milestone of 10 years of operation for Guild Wars 2 is going to be celebrated in-person at two different gaming convention events....
E3 plans to return next year as Gamescom 2022 tickets go on sale
The ESA is apparently not willing to let its E3 trade show-cum-games hype dispensary go into that good night. While this year's event has...
Gamescom outlines efforts to be ‘climate neutral’ in 2022 and beyond
Gamescom is, without a doubt, the single largest gaming convention on the planet, which means it also requires massive amounts of energy to operate...
Massively Overthinking: Should MMOs have endings – or at least end points?
I suspect most MMO players are going to read that question and immediately balk at it. We think of MMOs as being defined in...
MMO Business Roundup: Clockwork Labs’ sandbox startup, NPIXEL, LOTRO’s community, and more
Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Clockwork Labs: Brand-new indie game studio Clockwork Labs has raised...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 337: Desperation is a good look on you
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW and the Blizzard scandal, Fallout 76, DokeV and New World at Gamescom, Daybreak, TitanReach, and Into the Echo.
Spine is a team-based combat game that promises lots of action and even more cinematic style
So there was a multiplayer team-based title unveiled during this year's Gamescom. It's called Spine and, we're going to be perfectly honest, there is...
Halo Infinite’s head of creative explains why gameplay previews weren’t available at Gamescom
If you were following along on our Gamescom Opening Night coverage and are a fan or follower of the shooter Halo Infinite, you probably...
Recently downgraded DokeV shows off its open world gameplay
We won't lie: It was a bit of a bummer to report that Pearl Abyss reduced the scope of the fantastically cute DokeV from...
Pearl Abyss downgraded DokeV from an MMORPG to ‘open-world action adventure’
Back in 2019, Pearl Abyss announced a slew of new MMOs, including Crimson Desert, Plan 8, and DokeV, the last of which was being...
Gamescom 2021: New World open beta Sept. 9, plus DokeV, Valheim, Halo Infinite, Riders Republic news
Gamescom 2021 is officially kicking off today as a free virtual event as the pandemic drags on. The Geoff Keighley-helmed opening night live event for...
Gamescom 2021 touts over 70 devs and publishers, highlights panels on education and societal change
While this year's Gamescom is going to be different as it's forced to go all-digital due to COVID-19, the event itself is going to...
The MOP Up: World War II Online divides into two battle fronts
Even as World War II Online (aka Battleground Europe) kicked off its 183rd campaign this past week, the studio is running a spin-off game...
Gamescom 2021 will be an all-digital show thanks to COVID
And there it is: This summer's Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, will be an all-digital event rather than a hybrid one. The proposed hybrid solution...
The MOP Up: Overhit sunsets in Korea
Nexon's Overhit is fading quickly from the mobile MMO scene. Its global servers were shut down earlier this year, leaving only the Korean and...
Sea of Thieves’ Vaults of the Ancients update brings a rich new voyage and quality-of-life on September 9
While Sea of Thieves is quite literally going to the dogs in September, the latest news bulletin from the devs has more fully outlined...
