Rumor: Firefall’s Red 5 Studios has suffered mass layoffs
Former Red 5 Studios employees are suggesting the company is in big trouble today. Community Manager FadedPez has apparently been discharged from the studio.
https://twitter.com/FadedPez/status/757697647075467264
Matt DeWald...
Virtus Gaming hopes to be the next big thing for MMORPG communities
Last week, we were contacted by the purveyor of a new online gaming social media platform called Virtus Gaming. Drew Duncan's his name, and...
Leaderboard: Is Black Desert’s new subscription value pack pay-to-win?
Black Desert players are on fire over the new subscription value pack. Well not literally on fire, but damn close.
MOP reader Sally pointed us...
Pokemon Go: Fatwas, maps, lawsuits, and Kirby’s call-out
Happy Friday! Please don't die in 100 degree heat this weekend playing Pokemon Go, OK? We'd miss you.
It's all over, guys: Someone has...
World of Warcraft weathers roleplay and silencing controversies
All is not well following World of Warcraft's recent pre-expansion patch earlier this week. Two controversies are rocking the game resulting from the update...
Warframe was hacked in 2014 to the tune of almost 800,000 email addresses
If you've been playing Warframe a long time, it's a good time to refresh your account credentials.
Vice's Motherboard blog reports this week that it...
Shards Online AMA covers permadeath, community servers, and the Steam launch
Citadel Studios' Derek Brinkmann hopped on Reddit yesterday for an AMA revolving around Shards Online. Among the highlights:
The game does have hunger, but...
Black Desert: Siege warfare and value packs in the west, naval battles in the east
The PvP game in Black Desert has ramped up with the formal addition of conquest and node warfare. As if you needed an excuse to...
Star Trek Online confuses community with ship giveaway
Who would have thought that the Ferengi could stir up such unrest in Star Trek?
Controversy has arisen after some Star Trek Online players have...
Star Citizen rep: ‘Nothing special’ about $3000 Kickstarter refund
A Star Citizen backer who says he believes the game is a "scam" now says he's successfully procured a series of refunds for his Kickstarter pledge...
Elite: Dangerous postpones CQC tournament in favor of PvP Icarus Cup
Frontier has canceled the Elite: Dangerous CQC tournament intended to run this year, at least as it was originally planned. Head of Community Zac...
Leaderboard: Are you preparing for WoW Legion?
Legion is coming.
Last week, Blizzard began pushing out the pre-patch for pre-launch events for World of Warcraft's Legion expansion. That means Demon Hunters are...
Warframe game director apologizes for the ‘mess’ created by its last update
Warframe's Spectres of the Rail update on Friday hasn't quite gone to plan. Redditors have taken Digital Extremes to task for pushing out a...
Tribes: Ascend Creative Director resigns, Hi-Rez plans final patch in his honor [Updated]
A few weeks ago, Hi Rez Creative Director Sean McBride announced that he was leaving the company. "Unfortunately at this point in time Hi-Rez...
WoW’s patch preloading begins ahead of Legion beta launch test today
World of Warcraft players, get ready to hurry up and wait: A massive 20-gb patch has begin preloading in Battle.net, heralding the pre-launch 7.0...
H1Z1: King of the Kill got a major combat patch today
Daybreak's Garrett Fern is blessed with an epic RPG name. He's also the H1Z1 combat and gameplay designer on deck to tell King of...
Long-running vampire MMO Dark Eden looks for Steam Greenlight approval
While it might seem that Steam exists to promote and sell the newest games on the market, on occasion old classics pop up looking...
Daybreak bans, unbans thousands of third-party key purchasers
If you bought and activated a key for EverQuest, DC Universe Online, PlanetSide 2, EverQuest II, or a Krono subscription from a third-party reseller, you...
League of Legends’ overhauled Ryze lands on the test server
League of Legends character Ryze has had so many do-overs that even the Riot Games copywriter can't remember whether it's been three or four....
The Stream Team: SWTOR Dark vs. Light Event begins
Star Wars: The Old Republic launched its Dark vs. Light event yesterday under a heavy umbrella of player controversy. Veteran players have taken to...
