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The Daily Grind: What’s the most chill MMO for when you want to relax?
Even as the video game industry keeps trying to go bigger, more epic, and more bombastic in its games, I've noticed that there's this...
Animal Crossing New Horizons adds cooking and island design in major update and paid DLC
If you thought Animal Crossing: New Horizons was effectively dead lately, you're not alone: The updates for the last six months were unhappy times even...
PWE has put Torchlight, Torchlight II, and Torchlight III on sale for the franchise’s 12th birthday
It's hard for me to even look at the word Torchlight nowadays without thinking about all the lost potential of Torchlight III and Torchlight...
Lineage W announces November 4 launch and answers player questions in a video showcase
This past August we reported on Lineage W, another version of the long-running Lineage franchise that was first announced for mobile but later announced...
GTA Online plans to mark the 20th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III with events, goodies, and surprises
Later this month will mark 20 years since Grand Theft Auto III, the groundbreaking game that set the standard for all entries in the...
The MOP Up: Ashes of Creation won’t date Alpha 2 testing – at least, not yet
Ashes of Creation has yet another chunky batch of question-absent answers to the community that it posted on the forums. Intrepid said that it...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s October events bring both tricks and treats
Our last Massively on the Go column of September has a very good treat for you pokemon fans: Pokemon GO's October events begin tomorrow with...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Unite mobile is a good port but better update
So Pokemon Unite is now mobile and cross-platform. Who'd have thought a traditionally Nintendo-only IP would do this? The update and dev team letter we mentioned is...
Brewster finally comes home to Animal Crossing New Horizons… sometime after October
A recent surprise Nintendo Direct just did something I had nearly lost hope of hearing: Brewster, the traditional cafe owner and gyroid connoisseur, will...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster on why avatars traipsing across the metaverse are a major tech challenge
Virtual worlds... how the eff do they work? Playable Worlds' Raph Koster has an idea or two, and he's dishing them out in a...
The Daily Grind: Are we witnessing the rise of the ‘life sim’ MMO?
What do you call games like Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing? MMO dev Damion Schubert recently put out a call for a good term...
Diablo II Resurrected has officially launched with yet another live-action trailer
Diablo II: Resurrected is officially live as of now as the remastered version of the original 2000 roguelike from Blizzard North. Resurrected, of course,...
Massively on the Go: How to actually have fun in Pokemon Unite as a new player
The mobile version of Pokemon Unite has landed as of today, and those of you who do not have a Nintendo Switch but wish to...
Trove asks players to side with fae or undead in latest event, releases the Bard class to Xbox and PlayStation
If you had to choose between undead horrors or trickster faefolk, which would you go for? That's the question being asked of Trove players...
Multiplayer sandbox Staxel is launching on the Switch next week
Staxel is a cutesy cozy multiplayer sandbox we've been covering for a few years; it boasts farming, fishing, housing, building, hunting, and more all...
Blizzard’s Vicarious Visions says bringing Diablo II to consoles was ‘a labor of love’
With Diablo II: Resurrected's launch a couple of weeks away, Blizzard's Vicarious Visions is taking the opportunity to share about how the project was...
Massively on the Go: Everything we learned from Pokemon Go’s post-backlash Task Force
While Niantic already reverted its Pokemon GOÂ gym and PokeStop nerf in late August, the company said that more changes would be announced on September...
Massively on the Go: Tricks abound in Pokemon Go for September and Season of Mischief
And you thought Christmas was bad! We're getting ready for Halloween already in Pokemon Go, and not just for the monthly events. The new...
NCsoft says Lineage W will launch this year for PC, mobile, PS5, and the Switch
Last week, we covered NCsoft's initial reveal of Lineage W, yet another entry in the long-running Lineage franchise. Lineage W, however, was initially pitched...
Astroneer is heading to the Nintendo Switch in early 2022
As much fun as Astroneer can be, you currently have to settle in at home in order to play the game, so clearly modern...
