patch notes
Fallout 76 improves power armor and the new player experience
You might feel like striding across an irradiated wasteland in a full set of power armor somewhat undercuts the feeling of bare-bones survival that's...
Torchlight Frontiers’ huge Beast Buddies patch is delayed to next week
When we look at how Echtra Games creates and celebrates huge patches for Torchlight Frontiers while that MMO is still in alpha testing, we...
RuneScape patches holes in Land Out of Time, promotes summer special sub sale
With RuneScape's Land Out of Time fresh on the live servers as of last week, Jagex is already looking ahead to post-launch fixes and...
Realm of the Mad God gets invaded by aliens and readies a remaster
So here's an MMO that we haven't talked about on Massively OP since, um, 2017? Hey, there are a lot of games out there,...
Fallout 76 confirms a July 16 launch date for Patch 11 and provides preliminary details for a summer event
After a bit of a delay, the next update for the blasted Appalachian landscape of Fallout 76 has its release date. Tuesday, July 16th,...
Bless Unleashed has kicked off another closed beta for Xbox One testers – check out the patch notes
Bless Unleashed's latest closed beta on Xbox One is now officially underway. While preloading for the beta was originally supposed to begin last night,...
Vague Patch Notes: Why live MMOs struggle to onboard new players
There are, at the time I write this, two basic approaches for getting new players up to speed in existing MMOs. Both of them...
Black Desert addresses community requests as PC releases Altar of Blood and Xbox One adds Ninjas
In the wake of Black Desert's Heidel Ball event last month, Pearl Abyss has dropped a set of player-submitted suggestions with dev answers to...
Wurm Online resets the Elevation map and introduces a new launcher
The plans to reset a server for Wurm Online have come to fruition. The Elevation map has been revamped and reset, granting everyone a...
Anthem’s Cataclysm PTS testing may be yielding some improvements to the shooter
With the PTS testing that continues to be performed on Anthem, you would expect things to be improving, yet so far some of the...
RuneScape’s Land Out of Time has launched – check out the trailer
It's a big day for RuneScape: Land Out of Time is dropping for the original-flavor game. Well, the most original-flavor version of the game...
Tree of Savior brings back Rainbow Trek jumping puzzles and gives out free class change vouchers
A new limited time event in Tree of Savior is both letting players experience the game's jumping puzzles once again and start over with...
Path of Exile fixes a variety of bugs to avoid crashes and other issues
Sometimes the smallest seeming bugs can have some really big issues. The latest Path of Exile patch, for example, fixes an issue wherein the...
10-year-old Runes of Magic’s crafting festival has begun
Runes of Magic had admittedly fallen way off my radar over the last while, right up until our own MMO Cartographer dipped back into...
Apex Legends kicks off its second season with an altered arena and a new legend
The Apex Games are back in full swing, as Apex Legends has just kicked off its second season. Dubbed Battle Charge, the new season...
Black Desert’s latest patch kicks off a new summer event and tweaks guild skills
Black Desert's having a bit of a good run the past week, what with the launch of the Shai and the announcement of a...
PixARK’s summer update introduces new subspecies and a sporty motorboat
Summer fun has arrived in the voxelated world of PixARK, whose latest patch introduced a slew of new aquatic subspecies and swanky seasonal outfits....
Conqueror’s Blade’s first major update brings five new units, endgame progression, and balance tweaks
Every good knight needs a squire, so it's convenient that free-to-play medieval-warfare MMO Conqueror's Blade has just released its first major update, Knights &...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers has officially been brought
One of the summer's major releases for MMO players officially arrives today as Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers formally launches out of headstart and into the...
Star Citizen brings patch 3.6 to wave 1 backers, introduces new universal launcher
The next stage of Star Citizen's alpha test, update 3.6, is live and running on the game's Public Test Universe for wave 1 backers,...
