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From castles to conservation to content, I had a ball at Black Desert’s Heidel Ball 2024
It may have been a bit since the end of Pearl Abyss' Heidel Ball 2024, celebrating 10 years of Black Desert Online, but it's...
Black Desert’s 300v300 War of the Roses elite PvP battleground begins this week
If mass PvP is your jam, Black Desert has some violent delights for you in the form of War of the Roses, live on...
City of Heroes Homecoming begins public testing of new raid and Marine-themed support set
The totally legal and licensed City of Heroes Homecoming (isn't that fun to say?!) has rolled out Issue 28: Page 1, dubbed Legacy, to...
Co-op survivalbox Medieval Dynasty adds cross-platform play and updated character creator
Ever wanted to live in the medieval ages but didn't want to actually go through the effort of dressing up in period outfits and...
Last Epoch stresses QOL improvements coming with its Harbingers of Ruin update
We're on the cusp of receiving Last Epoch's anticipated Patch 1.1: Harbingers of Ruin, which is scheduled to arrive on July 9th. While you...
Warcraft Rumble introduces Cenarion family minis and the Moonglade zone in Season 7
The quick-hitting mobile mini battling title Warcraft Rumble has decided to invite the Cenarion family over for its Season 7, bringing on several new...
Whatever happened to ‘nostalgic’ 2-D MMO Kakele Online?
If you are thirsty for some old school MMO vibes in a more modern package and don't mind dipping into the shallow end of...
Aion Classic EU showcases the upcoming cross-server PvP battlefield of Apheta Beluslan
For all of its PvE gameplay, Aion also has a lot of faction vs. faction PvP going on for it, and soon more of...
Starbase begins public testing of warp travel, universe map feature, and a station builder
Back in April, we noted a sudden return from radio silence for the sci-fi building sandbox Starbase, which at the time talked up several...
Fortnite Reload mode brings the battle royale shooter back to gimmick-free basics
For all of the aspirations Epic Games has heaped upon Fortnite as some metaverse-adjacent hub of greater entertainment, the actual battle royale mode that...
Fallout 76 is giving players a highly customizable outpost with the upcoming Milepost Zero update
As most fans of Fallout 76 know, putting together the perfect CAMP is the real endgame. But what if you were capable of customizing...
Corepunk’s third alpha test arrives this week with a fully voiced pilot episode
A third round of alpha testing for the genre blended Corepunk kicks off this week, starting on Monday July 1st and running through Sunday,...
Vague Patch Notes: Many kinds of challenge and many kinds of fun in MMOs
Earlier this week, MOP's Bree and I were discussing my plans in Final Fantasy XIV as part of the Dawntrail early access launch. Now,...
First impressions of ASKA, Sand Sailor’s brand-new colony-building survival sandbox
Thanks to the press preview hosted by Thunderful and Sand Sailor, I recently had the opportunity to play around with survival sandbox ASKA a...
Theorycraft’s Project Loki is now Supervive, a F2P neon squad-based battle royale
Theorycraft Games is a studio name that's popped up several times over the last couple of years, largely owing to the fact that it...
Crafting-centric MMO Haven and Hearth is currently on its 15th world reset
Way back in 2018, we first peered in on Haven and Hearth, a simplistic-looking crafting and survival MMO that's been doin' its thang for...
Enlisted gets a new map, new weapons, and better graphics in its Rzhev update
When a military location is historically known as a "meat grinder," you can probably expect things to get pretty intense, which means that players...
EVE Vanguard engages its latest subscriber-only playtest with new map and mechanics
Yesterday wasn't just the summer solstice; it was also the start of the Solstice event/playtest for EVE Vanguard, the integrated FPS mode of EVE...
SGF 2024: Previewing Funcom’s Dune Awakening, from PvP philosophy to the survival MMO label
I must admit I went into Summer Game Fest with pretty low expectations. I was MOP's "E3 guy" back when E3 was a concern,...
Blizzard promises a ‘robust footprint’ at Gamescom for WoW, Diablo, and Overwatch 2 celebrations
During not-E3's Xbox showcase, Blizzard hinted very strongly that it would have more reveals and festivities coming later in the summer, which made sense...
