OARPG stands for “online action roleplaying game.”
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Lost Ark’s December update preps the Summoner class and a winter wardrobe
Deck the halls? Nay, wreck the halls, says Lost Ark! Amazon's MMOARPG is preparing one final content update for the year with another class,...
QA workers at Diablo IV studio unanimously vote to form a union
Activision-Blizzard has once more been thwarted in its efforts to stop workers at one of its studios from forming a union.
After fighting through months...
Lost Ark’s interdimensional Witcher crossover launches in the west in January 2023
Nearly a month ago, Lost Ark teased a collab with The Witcher IP coming next year, followed by crickets. A lot of crickets. But...
Path of Exiles’ rogue-like The Forbidden Sanctum launches December 9 for PC, December 14 on console
It's finally December! And you know what that means. No, we're not talking about that mega winter holiday filled with elves; we're talking about...
National Labor Relations Board denies Activision-Blizzard’s attempt to freeze Albany QA workers’ union vote
While this might have seemed like a Sisyphean effort on the part of Activision-Blizzard, it's still always good to know when flagrant unionbusting efforts...
Diablo Immortal promises catch-up mechanics, a new zone, and boss raid targeting in future updates
The devs of Diablo Immortal took a moment to answer some player questions, which in turn ended up being a sort of preview post...
Elyon prepares to sunset in Korea following its western shutdown
It's an ignominious end to a once-promising MMORPG. Elyon (previously Ascent: Infinite Realm) has less than a week left before Kakao closes it in...
Lost Ark teases December’s Brelshaza Legion Raid, addresses ongoing disconnect issues
We've got one more day of November, but Lost Ark is already looking ahead to its December update: Amazon's posted a dev blog telling...
The Stream Team: Getting a look at Grim Dawn
An apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, you say? Even featured in the illustrious Choose My Adventure? You've piqued...
Diablo Immortal’s latest update launches its seventh battle pass and merges multiple servers
If your dream has been to wander the maps of Diablo Immortal dressed up like a stone statue, then this week's update is ready...
Path of Exile details the changes coming to Eldritch Altars in Forbidden Sanctum
Those of you who had relied upon Eldritch Altars for maps in Path of Exile will have to deal with the fact that when...
Diablo Immortal’s next update brings another round of server merges, more events, and its next battle pass
Tomorrow, November 23rd, is bringing a new update to the multiplayer ARPG Diablo Immortal, and with it there will be a second round of...
Path of Exile’s next content drop is The Forbidden Sanctum
While Grinding Gear Games is keeping most of the details about Path of Exile's big December content update secret (for now), the studio did...
WoW Factor: So Blizzard just lost China
Sometimes it's not fun to work in this particular industry. Not in the sense that it's horrible, but in the sense that you've written...
WoW, Overwatch, Diablo, and more to sunset in China following failed Blizzard-Netease licensing deal
Last week, as part of its Q3 2022 investor report, Activision-Blizzard included what we described as an ominous note about its apparent difficulties negotiating...
Lost Ark compensates players for pheon exploit debacle, patches in Feast with Friends
Lost Ark's narrative today is a good news/bad news kind of story. Let's start with the bad news first: As we noted on Monday,...
MMOs and MMORPGs fill several voting categories at this year’s Game Awards
While many of the categories that fans can vote on in this year's Game Awards certainly skew towards some of the heavy-hitting single-player titles...
Lost Ark accidentally hands out – and then claws back – pheon grants to players
What the heck are pheons? They're not a retro snack chip from the '90s; they're a currency in Lost Ark that lets players purchase...
Path of Exile outlines announcement plans for its next expansion and shares clips from the Mayhem event
While the month of November is mostly about events, the devs of Path of Exile are preparing to unleash the torrent of news about...
Wow Factor: Welcome the desert of the real Blizzard
This entire column came about because our team was discussing World of Warcraft at work and I observed something kind of odd: The Dracthyr...
