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Overwatch 2 is once again crowdfunding its OWCS esports prize pool with a skin bundle
Blizzard appears to be making another attempt at crowdfunding an esports competition as it's selling a skin bundle to Overwatch 2 players in order...
Kickstarted afrofantasy MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles is sunsetting before launch
I'm terribly sorry to report this morning that The Wagadu Chronicles is shutting down development and sunsetting.
Our readers will know that Wagadu was a...
League of Legends asserts that its new anti-cheat tech isn’t bricking player PCs
Earlier this week saw patch 14.9 roll out to League of Legends, which included the release of Vanguard, Riot's bespoke kernel-level anti-cheat program. Unfortunately,...
‘Evergreen titles and robust content pipelines reign supreme,’ says games industry firm Newzoo
We conveniently had a community discussion on the meaning of old-school when it comes to MMOs earlier this week, so consider that required reading...
League of Legends discusses arena mode, gameplay changes, and a PvE ‘bullet heaven’ mode
Change is a-comin' for several portions of League of Legends, as several devs from Riot Games have come together across multiple blogs and one...
MMO Business Roundup: Embracer finishes restructure, Riot settles lawsuit, Ubisoft continues layoffs
Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Embracer: Embracer has been a dumpster fire of epic proportions...
Cozy MMO Palia handwaves its bizarre beta obfuscation on the grounds that it’s free-to-play
Yesterday, we recapped the ongoing drama with Singularity 6's cozy mini-MMO, Palia. The short version is that the game hit beta last summer and...
Overwatch 2 announces nonbinary geotech hero Venture, trialing this weekend
It surely goes without saying that Blizzard did not see Riot Games announce a non-binary character this past weekend and then decide to announce...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 463: WoW’s pirates storm the gangplank
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV Dawntrail, the Riot MMO, WoW Plunderstorm, the state of Cryptic and its MMOs (Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Champions Online), ArcheAge 2's delay, Path of Exile 2's beta delay, and New World's next season, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, The Sims 4, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on rekindling the social magic of old MMORPGs.
Valorant’s newest non-binary character is capable of messing with players even after death
Generally speaking, when your player character is gunned down in a Valorant match, that's it - you just have to sit there and spectate...
Fight or Kite: Is Epic’s MOBA Paragon just too easy to remake but impossible to succeed?
This past week we got some news regarding Predecessor, a new MOBA game on the way. At first blush, it looks like many other...
Vague Patch Notes: Why in the world do you want the Riot MMO to be a thing?
Let's make something clear right up front: If you came into this column eager to head for the comments section to say, "Well, I...
Riot has ‘decided to reset the direction’ of the Riot MMORPG as team goes ‘dark’ under new boss
It's hard to take the Riot MMO too seriously when we're still stuck using Runeterra pics and calling it the Riot MMO for want...
Extraction MOBA Seekers of Skyveil drops new video and opens March playtest signups
It's been at least five minutes since somebody announced a new extraction title, and this is one we knew about, so we'll make exceptions:...
Vague Patch Notes: Sort your own MMO community, guy
One of the things I note is that every so often - not all the time, but every so often - something will just...
Sea of Thieves readies a preview event, anti-cheat, and sixth anniversary
With Sea of Thieves preparing to debut on the PlayStation 5 next month and "sixth anniversary antics" in full swing, this PvP pirate sim...
The MOP Up: Lost Skies gets downright cozy inside of its ships
Lost Skies'Â February dev blog showed off some UX work, early prototypes of its weapon damage system, and some super-cozy ship interior concepts. Also, the...
Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles’ worldbuilding is epic, but the gameplay…
The Wagadu Chronicles has kind of made me sad. I wasn't really expecting this game to be some arbiter of a new age for...
Riot Games’ 2v2 tag fighter Project L is now 2XKO, plans playtests this year and launch in 2025
Riot Games would very likely appreciate it if fans would ignore the layoffs that swept over the studio just a month ago and instead...
Daybreak’s DC Universe Online studio Dimensional Ink is the latest games team hit with layoffs
The culling of games industry employees continues through the beginning of this year: A list compiled by Kotaku that outlines the over 6,400 layoffs...