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New World shares a lore post as players raise $2300 for St. Jude’s in a player-run fishing tournament
New World has a story to tell its players. A story about two enterprising pirates seeking the Heart of the Ocean - a jewel...
Trove’s Lunar Plunge brings back the battle against the minions of Q’bthulu until August 23
Eldritch horror that are boxy and colorful are still eldritch horrors, so players of Trove are going to want to perhaps handle the matter...
Requiem Online’s reboot opens its haunted house for pre-registrations
It was just a couple of years ago that we were asking, "Whatever happened to Requiem Memento Mori?" The bloody horror MMORPG launched in...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are better with fewer people playing?
In Tyler's longform piece on The Secret World a while back, he said something that leaped out at me: that the game isn't really...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming some more solo Secret World nightmare missions
MJ and Chris are back at the OPTV Drive-In for another Backseat Streaming show! This time, they're back in The Secret World taking in...
The Game Archaeologist: The origins of Blizzard, Mythic, Funcom, SOE, and BioWare
A good origin story always captivates me, especially when it gives me a new perspective on something I've come to appreciate over the years....
Fight or Kite: Love vampires and battle royales? Here’s what Bloodhunt brings to the table
The latest entrant into the world of BRs comes from the World of Darkness series Vampire: The Masquerade. Even though I’ve played a number...
One Shots: Songs for a sinking ship
Maybe it's just me, but whenever I see a screenshot with a Dutch angle, I naturally assume that either a ship or the entire...
The Stream Team: Celebrating The Secret World’s 10th anniversary
That feeling when a game that is is "dead" is still more fun to play than many live ones! Massively OP's MJ has made...
Why I Play: What keeps me coming back to The Secret World
Now and then I'll allude to being the weirdo who's still playing The Secret World -- not Secret World Legends, but the original. I've...
Secret World Legends holds its anniversary event while a livestreamer hosts his own event for TSW
It's time once again for the anniversary event of Secret World Legends to shuffle along for another year. Those who have experienced anniversaries past...
NetEase’s Once Human throws players into a ‘weird’ post-apocalyptic survival situation
Just because the world as you know it has ended doesn't mean it has to be any less fun. In fact, it can even...
The original Secret World suddenly finds itself back on digital store shelves
The Secret World - as in the original, not the Legends remake - is something of a beloved game around these parts, with its...
Monster mashing MMO Chimeraland plans a summer launch, opens pre-registration to NA and EU players
Are you eager to create acts of sacrilege against the natural order because you want two monsters to smoosh together and create a whole...
V Rising hits 2M copies sold, discusses its atmospheric music
Survival sandbox V Rising continues to see its star climb, as Stunlock Studios announced this afternoon that it's now sold 2M copies during its...
Co-op horror shooter Ripout preps a demo for later this month
Looking for a fun place to vacation this summer? Why not take a trip to Ripout's 2084, where all of humanity's been overcome by...
The Stream Team: Backseat streaming some mission running from The Secret World
It's time once more for MOP's Chris & MJ to hop into the drive-in for another episode of Backseat Streaming! Tonight, we're going to...
V Rising’s spiders are upsetting enough to prompt players to ask for an arachnophobia mode
Spider enemies are something of a staple for video games of all stripes, which likely makes it challenging for those with genuine arachnophobia to...
The Daily Grind: Has an MMO ever frightened you?
If any game has ever aimed for frightening the living daylights out of players with more focus than The Secret World, I don't know...
Guild Wars 2 rolls out its first Elder Dragon legendary skin collection with today’s Sky Pirates launch
With the release of Sky Pirates in Guild Wars 2 today, endgame players who've unlocked Aurene legendaries can finally begin their quest for the...
