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Betawatch: Here comes Crowfall’s beta
Five years since its Kickstarter, Crowfall is finally entering beta next week! That's good news for backers and even better for MMO PvP fans...
Massively Uplifting: Good deeds don’t take the summer off for Bungie, Niantic, and Trolls in WoW
When summer comes, some lucky folks get to take the season off. Even those who continue on their regular labors often head out on...
The MOP Up: All Points Bulletin revs its engine upgrade
This past weekend, Little Orbit's All Points Bulletin ran its second open beta test as it prepares to roll out the huge Unreal Engine...
Betawatch: The silence on Squadron 42 was all about a video not being pretty enough
So Star Citizen fans were more than a little miffed that the news on Squadron 42 had slowed from "a crawl" to "did that...
Star Citizen fans call on CIG to post an update on Squadron 42 development progress
A post on the Star Citizen subreddit has been growing in traction in recent days, putting into perspective an abject lack of substantial progress...
The MOP Up: EVE Online’s Triglavian conflict comes to a head
The big conclusion of EVE Online's multipart Triglavian invasion is coming to a head with Quadrant 3: Zenith, which should hit soon.
"Actions have consequences,"...
Global Chat: Your complete LOTRO wedding guide
Is your mind whirling with all of the things to do with Lord of the Rings Online's new Midsummer Festival and the associated wedding...
Betawatch: Fractured and Magic: Legends do the closed alpha dance
You can test if you want to if you've gotten an invite. Yes, Fractured kicked off its most recent closed alpha after a delay,...
More Ubisoft employees recount a culture of sexism that propped up offenders and informed game design decisions
The fact that Ubisoft executives have made the studio an unsafe place to work has already been well chronicled, but a new report from...
COVID-19 roundup: How the pandemic has affected game devs, GameStop’s flip-flopping on mask wearing policy
Hey, it's been some time since we've done one of these roundup stories about the novel coronavirus' effect on gaming, and since there are...
The MOP UP: Star Wars Galaxies Legends invites new players to a server far, far away
Thinking about getting into that Star Wars Galaxies that all your friends have been pressuring you to play since 2003? The Legends rogue server...
Global Chat: What gets us grumpy in MMOs
Whoever said "always look on the bright side of life" obviously never talked to gamers, because we are a notorious bunch for looking at...
Betawatch: Magic Legends begins invites for its second closed alpha
I bet you thought Betawatch this week was going to be all about World of Warcraft's Shadowlands beta, which did indeed begin and we've already...
Destiny 2 expands its Season of Arrivals as a result of the Beyond Light expansion delay
Since Destiny 2's upcoming Beyond Light expansion has been pushed back into November, reason would perhaps stand that the ongoing Season of Arrivals would...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: War Nomad, LifeBlast, Rise in Time
Care for another round of MMOs you've likely never heard of? Sure you are. You've got nothing else going on until a certain shadowy...
The MOP Up: RuneScape’s beach blast is (almost) back
Depending on where you live, you may or may not be allowed to (or want to) go to a beach this summer -- but...
Global Chat: Being scared of devs ‘improving’ MMOs
Do you ever live in fear that the development team behind your favorite MMORPG might screw things up in the name of progress and...
Betawatch: Dual Universe targets August for a subscription beta
Here comes the beta for Dual Universe! And you'll need to pay for it if you don't buy an alpha-access pack before then; there...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Deadside, The Isle, Minions of Elden, Dekaron M, Ragnarok Origin, TitanReach
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've (probably) never heard of!
We'll start with Deadside, which is definitely in the...
The MOP Up: Roblox players spend over $1.5 billion to date
With a record-breaking haul of $100 million in May, Roblox crossed the $1.5 billion threshold in terms of the game's revenue to date. A...