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Apex Legends news: Twitch Prime goodies, esports things, and a new gun
As often seems to be the case with games like these, news from the realm of Apex Legends comes in a bundle form. For...
The Survivalist: Astroneer adds whimsy to the enjoyable terrors of space survival
Ever feel like you can't keep up with all the survival sandboxes coming out? With so many, it can be hard to keep them...
Project Winter thwarts group survival with dastardly traitors
Tell us if this sounds like a game you've played before: You and a handful of comrades are stranded far from civilization and must...
Breach warms up to the Pyromancer in new trailer
Random thought, but why don't we ever see elemental magic users in RPGs flinging about safety foam, lawn clippings, or sand that could totally...
The Survivalist: Outpost Zero improvements have really increased its fun factor
Sitting back and loosely following the development of an early access game, then hopping in here and there to check out a score of...
The Stream Team: Shot Online because why not?
We here at MOP try to follow up on as many MMO and multiplayer games as possible, from the big-name AAAs to the small...
The Stream Team: Spicy times with the Dauntless Scorchstone Hellion
Dauntless has once again added a superheated new monster to the Shattered Isles and it looks like it's a zesty little fight. It's the...
Modern-fantasy dungeon-crawler Breach enters early access tomorrow
After spending the last few months in alpha testing, multiplayer dungeon-crawler Breach is almost ready to make the leap to early access, allowing players...
The Survivalist: Seven survival game features I want to see in 2019
A new year is all about new hopes, new goals, and -- hopefully -- new features and content. I am talking about games, of...
Orange Shirt Kid joins the legal battle over Fortnite dances as Epic reintroduces glider re-deploys
The epic saga of Epic Games's legal battles over Fortnite dance emotes continues as the mother of the player popularly known as Orange Shirt...
Slash and dismember your way through possessed villagers in The Black Masses
If hacking and slashing your way across an island filled with throngs of possessed inhabitants sounds like a good time to you, then you...
Blizzard’s corporate culture is becoming much more cost-focused with stronger Activision influence
Let's start with the good news here. According to the most recent article covering Blizzard's ongoing corporate culture shifts on Kotaku, the studio's shifts...
No Man’s Sky multiplayer finally hits beta for GOG players
No Man's Sky took its place in the hierarchy of multiplayer titles - even MMOs, one might argue - this year with the addition...
The Stream Team: Hunting for Frostfall presents in Dauntless
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Snow is falling, decorations are hanging, and a being of almost pure aether is stalking the...
Rapper 2 Milly files lawsuit against Epic Games over Fortnite dance emote
Epic Games is under fire from rapper 2 Milly, who has filed a lawsuit against the Fortnite developer that alleges that one of the...
Stardew Valley’s multiplayer mode is heading to the Switch very soon
After waiting for the Stardew Valley multiplayer mode to exist in any version of the game for half of forever - a wait exacerbated by...
The Survivalist: ARK’s Extinction makes bases extinct
It had to be too good to last! We were all pretty shocked when Studio WildCard actually launched ARK's newest expansion on the right...
The Survivalist: Giving thanks for survival, from the genre to Conan Exiles
Since my column falls on Thursday, I always have the honor of sharing in the spirit of Thanksgiving by discussing what I am grateful...
The Survivalist: Conan Exiles’ Picts, pets, and pokey arrows
In a world where no game is perfect, I continue to be pleased with the progress Conan Exiles keeps making. I'm also happy that...
The Stream Team: Tripping the Rifts with the Dauntless Riftstalker
A new monster has made its way to Dauntless. Part bat, part cat, part teleportation device, and part Halloween on four legs -- it's...