Elite Dangerous halts developer livestreams [Update: Aaaand now they’re back]
The open comms out of Elite: Dangerous are closing once again. The game's senior community manager posted brief alerts on the forums that developer...
Massively Overthinking: Bots in MMOs – but not the bad bots
A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a provocative thread about bots - no, not those bots. Essentially, the Redditor asked whether...
Halo Infinite’s Season 2 roadmap angers some fans despite explanation of work-life balance
The next season of Halo Infinite has been promising long-standing fans of the series a lot of features, but the timing of those features...
Former EVE Online CSM member recounts CCP mismanagement during his tenure
What's life like at EVE Online developer CCP Games? To hear one former CSM member's account, it's generally pretty chaotic and poorly managed. A...
BioWare’s contract QA workers in Canada are aiming for unionization
If games companies thought that they could stave off worker organization attempts with union busting, they haven't met 2022: Apparently, now a portion of...
Bless Unleashed PC is becoming a blockchain play-to-earn MMORPG
Apparently, Valofe can be counted among the other studios being seduced by the siren song of crypto and play-to-earn schemes: A press release from...
Fractured Online’s beta exploiter ban incites discussion on testing and bad actors
At what point does a player's actions in a beta test go beyond the scope of testing and into bannable offense territory? That's the...
RuneScape makes controversial Treasure Hunter changes, OSRS previews smithing minigame
For those who like the lockbox-riddled Treasure Hunter in RuneScape, listen up: There are some more changes coming down the pike next week, intended...
Lord of the Rings Online players experience queues for the first time in years as concurrency ramps up
While word that people like free stuff isn't exactly mind-blowing news, what does appear to be surprising to players of Lord of the Rings...
Phantasy Star Online 2 gets ready to go snowboarding in the summer
During a livestream earlier this month, SEGA revealed a new region and patch that's coming to Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis. The region...
Gala Lab announces a cross-platform version of Flyff, plans registration for a southeast Asia server
For MMO gamers of a certain age, the name Flyff will possibly conjure a bit of nostalgia, or at least elicit a reaction akin...
Final Fantasy XIV’s new housing lottery is so broken Square has suspended the next cycle
If you were hoping for a house in Final Fantasy XIV's new housing lottery system, well... you probably didn't get one, but it wasn't...
Pixil Online is a free-to-play pixel graphics open world MMORPG for Android devices
There's always something charming about 16-bit pixel graphic MMORPGs for me. Maybe it's all of my years playing SNES JRPGs, or the hours I've...
Massively on the Go: Niantic’s Peridot may be cause for Pokemon GO alarm
Earlier this week, Niantic announced its next location-based game coming to some countries later this month: Peridot. It's about finding and raising virtual pets...
Three years later, Blizzard finally reveals Overwatch 2’s Sojourn
So let's talk about Sojourn. You remember Overwatch's Sojourn, right? She's been hinted at as a playable character for an absurdly long time -...
Disney has quashed another Club Penguin emulator, this time with arrests in the UK
Remember way back in 2017, when Disney shut down the long-running Club Penguin MMO in order to replace it with Club Penguin Island? And...
Lost Ark’s recent Proving Grounds PvP video appears to show off a battle pass feature
With Lost Ark going in on its PvP gameplay by way of a PvP invitational esports event and its current Proving Grounds mode, it's...
Whatever happened to social MOBA MMO Project F4E?
In an industry full of strictly delineated titles, it always catches our attention when a game throws everything into a pot and stirs vigorously....
The MOP Up: Funcom’s Dune Spice Wars comes to early access this month
While it's not Funcom's long-awaited massive open world RPG set in the same sci-fi universe, the studio's Dune Spice Wars is going to take...
Guild Wars 2’s unnamed fourth expansion has announced its narrative lead
Back in March, ArenaNet promised many big things coming to Guild Wars 2 in the future, including a fourth expansion after End of Dragons....
