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New World restarts its 34-episode Discovering Aeternum video series, running through December
If you've been buried in Gamescom news as we have been, you may also have missed that Amazon is rolling out a new video...
Skull and Bones’ Into the Dragon’s Wake kicks off a new season on August 22
Just when you finally got your pirate vessel fully insured, along comes a new ship and cannons to blow up your deductible. Yet look...
Stars Reach’s Raph Koster on MMO trust, fear, and freedom: ‘We understand how nervous players are about griefing’
Regular MOP readers know that our commenters have already spilled a lot of ink about Raph Koster's in-development MMORPG Stars Reach - and he's...
Path of Exile’s Settlers of Kalguur tackles real-time mechanics with city building
The Grinding Gear rooster has crowed, signifying the dawn of a new expansion and league. And what might they be? Welcome to Path of...
Star Citizen showcases alpha 3.24’s Blockade Runner event and delayed cargo freight gameplay
Star Citizen looks to be spooling up its hype drives for the sci-fi sandbox's next alpha build, starting off with this week's Inside Star...
The Quinfall previews maritime activities and trading ahead of today’s second closed beta
You've signed up. You've been selected. You thought it was happening on June 22nd but that was delayed. Now the time is here, as...
Gamigo offloads Desert Operations and Wargame 1942 publishing to Fawkes with only two weeks’ notice on migrations
Remember back at the end of 2020, when Gamigo began rather obviously to divest itself of most of its publishing agreements and video games,...
Palia’s Bloomin’ Bounties patch gives players loot and cheevos for partying up
Against all odds, Palia and its slimmed-down development team are pushing forward to flesh out the cozy mini-MMO, as the Bloomin' Bounties patch rolls...
Bohemia’s multiplayer survival sandbox Ylands has officially landed on Switch for offline play
As we've been chronicling - and I might be a little obsessed with it now that I'm finally catching up on its existence, sorry...
Hearthstone brings class-switching mechanics, tasty drinks, and vacation stops with Perils in Paradise expansion
The summer vacation idea isn't only striking MMORPGs; it's also inspiring the digital card game Hearthstone, which just announced its upcoming Perils in Paradise...
New World’s new video series is set on explaining the game to prospective console players
Still fussed over that whole Aeternum thing, New World players? Well, how about a new video series that welcomes you console players into the...
Interview: Bohemia on multiplayer sandbox Ylands’ Switch release, Steam development, and games as a service
A few weeks back, we caught wind of a big change for Bohemia Interactive's cutesy multiplayer pirate sandbox Ylands: It's launching on Switch, but...
Bohemia’s adorable multiplayer pirate sandbox Ylands is headed to Switch as a B2P offline version
We hadn't even heard of Ylands before today, but now we wish we had; it's apparently Bohemia's 2019 cozy - and very tiny -...
Black Desert refines ship gear enhancement for PC, tweaks monster zones on console, and adds a pirate island on mobile
We're once again in a new week for Black Desert, which means that all three versions of the MMORPG have gotten a little something...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s GU 7.5 Desperate Defiance launches today alongside The Acolyte collab
Star Wars The Old Republic's 7.5 patch is upon us today, as servers went down at 8 a.m. EDT this morning to prepare. The...
PSA: Pirate101’s Through Death’s Door chapter will revert to paid DLC ‘within the next few months’
Last month saw Pirate101 finally get some substantial content with the launch of the Through Death's Door chapter. At the time of launch, Kingsisle...
Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones teases season 2 content and resets for season 1
As Ubisoft's beleaguered pirate MMO Skull & Bones approaches the end of its first season of play, the company has dispatched a dev stream...
‘If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing,’ say gamers reviewbombing the remaining The Crew games
Ubisoft's self-inflicted wounds continue their slow damage-over-time effects as the company that responded to the Stop Killing Games initiative by killing The Crew 1...
Seafaring survival MMO Age of Water hits Steam early access, addresses premium perks
After a week-long false start, publisher Gaijin Entertainment and developer Three Whales Studio have brought Age of Water into the roiling and (arguably) crowded...
Pirate101 launches new story, gear, and deco in today’s Through Death’s Door update
KingsIsle is continuing to make good on its plan to revitalize Pirate101 this week with its new story-driven update, dubbed Through Death's Door.
"Through Death’s...
