online multiplayer
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming rides into the multiplayer demolition derby of Wreckfest
We usually say that viewers should strap in for streams in OPTV, but for today's episode of Backseat Streaming, that's going to be doubly...
A year after FTC complaint, Roblox will now hide ads for players 13 and under
Last year, the watchdog group Truth in Advertising (TINA) filed a complaint with the FTC over Roblox's "deceptive advertising" reach towards younger players, claiming...
Second Wave is an in-development anime-styled hero shooter from former TERA and Black Desert devs
If your idea of a good hero shooting time is doing so with a bunch of anime-styled characters, then you might be interested in...
Wonderers Eternal World brings storybook icons together for roguelike delves, minigames, and social activities
What happens when fairy tale and narrative characters like Alice, Gretel, Robin Hood, and Snow White get forgotten? That depends on what fictional universe...
Tower of Fantasy adds underwater content and new story, revamps leveling, and launches new events
The day has come for what looks like Tower of Fantasy's biggest update yet. Version 2.4, aka the one about going underwater, is now...
Palia continues to have no release date but thanks players for their support in a brief video
MMO fans who have been looking wistfully in the direction of Palia for word of the game opening its cozy universe to players are...
Tower of Fantasy unveils server merge plans and quality-of-life adjustments arriving in update 2.4
While update 2.4 for Tower of Fantasy is bringing some deep sea content for players, there's more coming to the game in the patch,...
PAX East 2023: Wayfinder unveils new character, battle pass plans, and April closed beta testing
As we reported before, the co-op rogue-lite title Wayfinder was headed to this year's PAX East for demoing and a panel. That panel has...
Here’s how Blizzard is addressing Diablo IV’s connection issues, crashes, and audio bugs
Blizzard already warned players of a bumpy ride through this weekend's open beta test of Diablo IV, and sure enough, tough times have indeed...
Fortnite celebrates Ramadan with Lantern Fest 2023 as players start releasing Unreal Creator content
The celebration of Ramadan might primarily be about introspection and religious restraint, but it also is marked with lanterns lighting the streets, and it's...
ARK 2 confirms the existence of a horrible spider, ARK Extinction arrives to Nintendo Switch April 11
Arachnophobes, look away from ARK: Survival Evolved's latest newsletter because it confirms that the survivalbox's sequel has a terrible giant spider in it. Seriously,...
VR game developer Polyarc readies closed testing of a competitive multiplayer VR title in April
VR gaming fans might be familiar with the name of Polyarc; for those who aren't, it's the studio behind the adorable looking VR titles...
BitCraft dates its next pre-alpha for March 31, promising to add ‘several thousand’ new testers
The pre-alpha testing progress of BitCraft is pushing forward, with the developers noting in last month's address that "several thousand" players would be considered...
FTC finalizes fine for Fortnite’s dark patterns as Epic talks up NFT ‘games’ on EGS
Usually when people says things are going "pretty well," your first sympathetic instinct is to ask about what might be troubling them; those words...
The Other World is a multiplayer action survival RPG promising an evolving land of lore instead of story
It's time to once more delve into the fanciful, big promise-delivering world of crowdfunded multiplayer and MMO games. Today we've been directed at The...
The Crew 2 Season 8 brings it to the streets of US cities with new courses and a new battle pass
Urban racing is its own distinct challenge as players of racing games can likely attest. That challenge is the crux of the most recent...
Interview: Century Age of Ashes looks to the future of PvE and balance as Season 2 begins March 21
There are a lot of things changing for the horizon of the co-op and competitive dragon-riding battler Century: Age of Ashes. Players already know...
MechWarrior Online rebrands as MWO: Legends, crams a new tier of Mech and mini battle pass into cash shop bundles
Piranha Games is heralding "a new dawn" for its giant robot battling MMO MechWarrior Online, as it rebrands the game from MWO: Solaris 7...
The Stream Team: Returning to Exoprimal for its latest open beta test
MOP's Chris hopped in to the earlier test of Exoprimal and found it all right enough, but this time things are presumably different -...
Ukraine-based STALKER 2 dev studio has been hacked and blackmailed by a pro-Russian group
We haven't been tracking the development trajectory of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl very closely, particularly since it's projecting a December 2023 launch with...
