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Drink in 20 glorious minutes of Blizzard Gamescom previews
While it's no BlizzCon, Gamescom has become an increasingly important platform for Blizzard to share exciting news about its roster of games. And we're...
Destiny 2’s launch trailer is clucking awesome
"Do you see all that I have done?"
The stakes are high for this fall's Destiny 2, with a near-unstoppable villain smashing through the status...
Overwatch goes all apocalyptic with its new Junkertown map
It's time to lock and load and do what video gamers do best: escort! Today, Blizzard announced a brand-new map for Overwatch called Junkertown...
Destiny 2 to include text chat, promises to treat PC players like ‘first-class citizens’
We are one week away from Destiny 2's open beta test on the PC, and computer players might be growing both excited and anxious...
Xbox One X announces ‘select enhanced titles’ that include many online games
At its pre-Gamescom press conference this Sunday, Microsoft revealed more about its upcoming Xbox One X and its glorious 4K gaming capabilities. As part...
Massively Overthinking: Alone together vs. forced grouping in MMORPGs
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that everyone has at some point seen the xkcd called Isolation, but if not, there...
Overwatch promises that console reporting is (still) on its way
Remember how Blizzard said that a bad behavior reporting function was on its way to Overwatch's console edition? While the studio promised this week...
World of Tanks introduces PvE War Stories, amps up metal soundtrack
Maybe it shouldn't come as a huge shocker that the studio behind World of Tanks is into (pause for punny effect) heavy metal. Wargaming...
Armored Warfare will blast its way to the PlayStation4 in 2018
Tank MMO Armored Warfare is coming to console -- or at least one console -- My.com has announced today.
"My.com, Developer and Global Publisher is...
Global Chat: The MMO blogosphere’s reaction to Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire
It seems like the entire MMO blogosphere wanted to chip in thoughts on the Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire announcement, whether or not...
Retro shooter Keystone rebrands as The Amazing Eternals ahead of founder beta
Remember back in 2015 when a gamer sneaked into Digital Extremes' headquarters and wandered around for a day, tricking the unassuming Canadian devs into...
Destiny 2 teases PC open beta with sweet Nvidia trailer
Hey, graphics junkies and PC fans. Are you hyped for Destiny 2's PC launch yet? In case you're not, Bungie and Nvidia have a...
The Division’s 1.7 update comes with a Survival DLC free play weekend, new lockboxes, and global events
The Division has this week patched up with Update 1.7, a whopper of a patch that introduces an epic new time-limited global event system,...
Cliff Bleszinski thinks streaming the LawBreakers testing was a mistake
Hey, kids! Want to read a big long interview with Cliff Bleszinski about launching LawBreakers? Because you probably shouldn't read it if you're an...
The Stream Team: A Jackal assassination in Warframe
As much as Massively OP's MJ wants to complete all the missions on Venus, she heard that there's a pet to be had on...
Ubisoft on Skull and Bones’ business model, ‘treasure chest’ lootboxes, and live events
If you thought that Ubisoft's Skull and Bones pirate MMO wasn't going to have lootboxes, seriously, what rock are you living under? (And is...
The Stream Team: A first look at Foxhole
Massively OP's MJ has played sandboxes set in space, in prehistoric times, in apocalyptic wastelands, and in fantasy worlds. But until now, she hasn't...
Destiny 2 is fixing a lot of bugs for its PC beta
The down side for players looking forward to Destiny 2 on the PC is that they have to wait a little longer for pretty...
Massively Overthinking: Is the popularity of small-scale co-op games hurting MMORPGs?
Gamasutra has an unusual piece from an Ubisoft developer this week arguing that co-op gameplay is the industry's rising midcore trend, one that he...
Overwatch finally incorporates a deathmatch mode
While resistant for a long time about adding the game mode, Blizzard has finally acquiesced to bringing deathmatch to Overwatch.
Game Director Jeff Kaplan explained...
