open world
New Blizzard job posting reignites hopes for a potential StarCraft open-world shooter
Out of all of the IPs that Blizzard owns, few of them seem more underused than StarCraft, which is a shame because the game's...
Vitae Aeternum: New World Aeternum’s stagger changes could make or break the game
In all the hubbub over New World's controversial Aeternum relaunch, there's one element of the update that's been largely overlooked. The features infographic mentions...
Second Wind: World of Warcraft’s radically casual new endgame
Today we're going to be dusting off Second Wind, a column where we revisit MMOs of the past. It's an older column, sir, but...
The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too
In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
Not So Massively: It’s okay that Redfall is just okay
I rarely let myself get too hyped for unreleased games, but I was keeping one eye on the vampire-hunting online FPS Redfall. When it...
Vitae Aeternum: New World Rise of the Angry Earth’s uneven Elysian Wilds and main story
In my first post covering New World's Rise of the Angry Earth expansion, I laid praise upon the new mounts and riding skill, as...
The Swordsmen X Survival quietly lists an April 27 early access release date on Steam and releases new trailers
Last month we took a peek back in the direction of Swordsmen X: Survival, a martial arts survival sandbox that first crossed our desk...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet inches franchise closer to Monster Hunter multiplayer status
Let me start off by saying I am thoroughly enjoying Pokemon Scarlet and Violet for what they are: an open world Pokemon game with more multiplayer than Sword and...
‘Shared open world’ mobile and PC RPG Tower of Fantasy confirms global release later this year
In July of last year, we caught wind of the multiplayer title Tower of Fantasy, a sci-fi open world RPG in development by China's...
Tencent teases the announcement of a new open-world MMO powered by Unreal Engine 5 next week
With all of the summertime games showcases fluttering around like tree pollen, it's probably easy to kind of lose track of one or two...
The Soapbox: Single-player open worlds will never equal those of MMORPGs
These days it seems like sprawling open worlds are becoming an ever more popular choice for single-player games, from the newer Assassin's Creed titles...
Fioresia Online is an open world MMORPG with farming, housing, questing, and castle conquering
Well, would you look at this little charmer. Say hello to Fioresia Online, an in-development open world MMORPG that promises a variety of things...
Not So Massively: Imagining a true MMORTS
MMOs and RTS are two of the genres of game I play the most. Given that, you'd think I'd be a big fan of...
Kickstarted space MMO Starfighter: Infinity is heading to early access
If you are in the market to try out a new space sim and aren't that discriminating when it comes to graphics or a...
Conan Exiles patch brings gamebreaking bugs, causes community uproar
It seems there's been a bit of a hubbub surrounding the latest patch for Conan Exiles. It all started a few days ago, when...
EA is reportedly making an online, open-world Star Wars game
Depending on your feelings toward Electronic Arts and Star Wars, the news that the publisher is working on a new open-world game set in...
Blizzard to WoW testers: Class orders will not be like garrison missions
If you've paid any attention to World of Warcraft during its present expansion cycle, you are probably aware that Garrisons have not exactly been...
The Daily Grind: How do you plot your gameplay in an open-world sandbox?
Quantic Foundry's series of blog posts in support of its Gamer Motivation Model continue with its most recent piece on open world games, which...
Conan Exiles includes purges, human sacrifice, and nudity
While the upcoming Conan Exiles will take place in the same fictional universe as Age of Conan and be made by the same studio,...
Funcom announces Conan Exiles, a multiplayer open-world survival game
Funcom has just announced that one of the Conan games it's working on is Conan Exiles, a multiplayer, open-world survival game.
'CONAN EXILES' is first...
