Legal proceedings between Crytek and Star Citizen’s Cloud Imperium move to alternative dispute resolution
Just when we all thought the matter had seen a major roadblock in the proceedings, a new chapter in the game engine lawsuit between...
Anthem players are up in arms over this weekend’s loot nerf
Turns out BioWare and EA didn't want to wait until Tuesday to shake up Anthem: It patched on Saturday instead, with a lengthy list...
RuneScape’s lady devs host AMA on getting started in the industry, stream abuse, and rocks
In honor of International Womens' Day, the ladies (and at least one dude) who work at RuneScape studio Jagex have graciously teamed up for...
BioWare doesn’t think Anthem’s ‘loot is lame’ – it’s fixing damage scaling bugs next week
Anthem wasn't done when it launched. Let's just get that out of the way: The consensus across journalists and players (including ours!) is that...
Here’s what The Division 2’s ‘living world’ endgame is going to look like
If your body is ready for The Division 2's launch, better get your mind right too: Ubisoft ran a state-of-the-game stream this week, and...
Warframe’s Operation Buried Debts, Hildryn ‘frame, and melee combat revamp are live
Digital Extremes is keeping the pressure up with Warframe's incessant content rollouts, and we are not mad about it at all. Last night, the...
Massively Overthinking: The paradox MMO
Back in February, the MMORPG subreddit offered up yet another fun thread: User Friendly_Fire told the MMO community that what it really wants is...
Apex Legends outlines balance changes as well as the philosophy of balance
Balance is a tricky beast in a game like Apex Legends, and that's the core of the philosophy behind Respawn's overall approach to changes. The...
Squadron 42 studio Foundry 42 is rebranding under Star Citizen’s Cloud Imperium conglomerate
Foundry 42, the Chris Roberts subsidiary studio that's been working on Star Citizen's singleplayer spinoff Squadron 42, is getting a bit of a rebrand...
Red Dead Online’s testers grump over patch issues as Rockstar updates with Fool’s Gold event
During MOP's last podcast recording, Justin and I discussed Snail Games' upcoming Outlaws of the Old West survival sandbox MMO-lite, and naturally we pointed...
Having Anthem trouble on your PS4? Sony might be granting refunds
Multiple sites are now reporting that Sony is granting at least some refunds to Anthem players suffering from frequent crashes on PlayStation 4. Players...
EVE Online and CCP Games are losing another key developer: CCP Guard
EVE Online is losing a key dev today as Senior Community Development Lead Sveinn "CCP Guard" Kjarval announced his departure from CCP Games.
"After sixteen...
The MMO Bookclub devotes March to Tibia, Destiny 2, and Apex Legends
If you haven't been hanging out with the folks at MMO Bookclub lately, you may have missed a shift in the format that's expanded...
Chronicles of Elyria’s latest community letter promises production update, title transfers, and more
Chronicles of Elyria's February newsletter rolled out last night to fans and backers, and it's primarily focused on goings-on in the community, but there are...
Blizzard Roundup: NetEase on Diablo Immortal’s launch, plus news on HOTS, Hearthstone, and Overwatch
MMO Culture has an interesting translated bit from the NetEase conference call last week that homes in on Diablo Immortal, the game that was...
Anthem unveils loot changes to improve gearing
If you missed it earlier, our first impression of Anthem is that it's a good game underneath serious issues and a lack of content; addressing...
Reverse Engineering: Predicting Fortnite’s earthquakes… with science!
It looks like things are literally shaking up in Fortnite. We are currently tracking a series of changes coming to the game leading up...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Hades’ Star, Cabal Mobile, Redstone, and Curse of Aros
Welcome back to another roundup of weirdo little MMOs and online games you've never heard of but probably should hear of! That's why we're...
Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Z promises ArenaNet is ‘still committed’ to Guild Wars 2 with ‘long-term plans’
In the wake of the massive ArenaNet layoffs that we've been covering since last week, Guild Wars 2 players have been - let's be...
Diablo III developer offers feedback on Anthem’s reward structure
Here's something neat: Travis Day offering feedback on the reward structure of Anthem. Why is that neat? Well, it's neat in part because BioWare has...
