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Lost Ark’s big region merge of South America into North America East has begun
As promised, Amazon has begun the Great Mergening in Lost Ark with today's maintenance release. OK, nobody's really calling it that, but we should....
First Impressions: Corepunk’s MOBA-esque closed alpha was fun – with lots of room to grow
I've got a pretty good poker face, especially when nobody can see my face. So I've been pretty subtle about my excitement for Corepunk...
The MOP Up: My Time at Sandrock will make you a proper Monster Whisperer
To start off our small news roundup this weekend, let's head over to co-op farm sim My Time at Sandrock, where the devs talked about...
One Shots: Stargazing for incoming asteroids
Now that you've got the Jurassic Park hymn playing in your head from today's headline picture, you're prepared to romp around with dinos, stick...
Corepunk abruptly ends its second alpha test over disconnects, bugs, and general ‘discomfort’
As we've been covering for the past couple of days, the second alpha test for the OARPG Corepunk hasn't exactly been going well: The...
Blizzard throws anniversary celebrations for Diablo IV and Diablo Immortal
How can you top one birthday celebration? By stacking another one on top of it, of course. And that's the two-hellbirds-with-one-stone approach that Blizzard...
The Stream Team: Taking a peek at the closed alpha of Corepunk
It's been quite a long time coming -- and a few stumbling starts besides -- but Corepunk is now in its second closed alpha...
Path of Exile 2 announces couch co-op plus simultaneous PC/console launches and updates
At last night's PlayStation reveal hoopla, Grinding Gear Games had two announcements for Path of Exile 2 ready and waiting. First, yes, the game...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst whaling in a multiplayer game you’ve seen in the last year?
This week, mainstream MOBA gamers flipped alllll the tables over Riot Games' gambit to sell a $450 League of Legends cosmetics bundle themed around...
Diablo Immortal breaks down the design of its new Tempest class
With last week's release of the new Tempest class to Diablo Immortal, Blizzard is taking a bit of a victory lap and deep dive...
Diablo IV makes its new Masterworking crafting skill cheaper to use
Now that Diablo IV's item game-reshaping Loot Reborn update has had some time to settle into the ARPG's landscape, the studio is taking the...
Corepunk opens its doors for its second alpha test today
It's time for 10,000 lucky invitees to hop into the latest alpha test build of Corepunk today, as the second alpha for the MMOARPG...
Global Chat: V Rising isn’t the Diablo clone you might expect
In An Age tucked into the bloody meal that is V Rising following the vampiric survival game's launch and found it a mixed bag...
Diablo II Resurrected launches its seventh ladder season today
There's good news for fans of Diablo II: Resurrected who like blitzing through the OARPG as fast as possible to make it to the...
Lost Ark’s May update, Chaos Rising, is live today with the Hanumatan trial guardian raid
If you feel chaos rising today, don't worry - it's just Lost Ark's May update. Chaos Rising is lighter on content, owing to the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 470: Pandaria re-re-remix!
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Pandaria Remix, Diablo IV Loot Reborn, Wayfinder Echoes, Nightingale, Wagadu Chronicles' sunset, and MMO studio Q1 financials from around the industry, with adventures in LOTRO, SWTOR, and Farm Together 2, plus a mailbag topic on MMO intro music.
Amazon Games opens new studio in Romania to support ‘ambitious long-term roadmap’
As large parts of the games industry contract, Amazon Games is buying the dip and expanding with a new game dev studio in Bucharest,...
Corepunk previews deep dish progression systems for its weapons and heroes
With Corepunk looking to enter early access sometime later this summer, the devs at Artificial Core are keen to share previews of what players...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley’s creator can’t quit tinkering with the game
Stardew Valley's creator recently sat down for an interview in which he said, “Once I reopen the book on Stardew, I always have a...
Lost Ark outlines plan for merging South American region into US East
Amazon has been talking up a big global merge for Lost Ark for the last few weeks, and now, we're finally getting some hard...
