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Jukebox Heroes: Exploring World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth’s patch music
One of my favorite modern trends of MMORPGs is that studios are no longer saving the entirety of a soundtrack for the base game or expansion releases. Oh sure, those usually get a great album push -- especially if it's one of the bigger games -- but for a while now, many studios have also been releasing new music on a steady basis with significant content patches.
Bungie partners with shoe brand to release $140 Destiny 2 boots, sure why not
Let's be honest, Destiny 2 makes some very weird merchandising choices, whether it's Pop-Tarts, energy drinks, or scented candles. By comparison, then, $140 boots...
PlanetSide 2 brings the Nanite of the Living Dead event back for more spooky shooting
Fans of PlanetSide 2 probably had lots of reason to be scared following the latest round of Daybreak layoffs on Friday, and not in the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 242: And then Blizzard said, ‘Hold my beer’
Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss the Blizzard boytcott and fiasco, the Daybreak layoffs, Shroud of the Avatar's sell-off, the Guild Wars 2 hacker piece, and a few happier stories too.
Star Trek Online brings Awakening to console and launches a breast cancer charity event
Let the games of catch-up begin! Star Trek Online players on PS4 and Xbox One can now get the same stuff that PC players...
Destiny 2 accidentally confirms the return of the Haunted Forest Halloween activity
Maybe it was an accident of programming, or maybe it was a little intentional tease of what's to come. Whatever the case may be,...
Star Trek Online’s former lead producer departs Cryptic
With several series finales and touching moments in history, fans of Star Trek have many ways to say goodbye. Now that former lead producer Maria...
EVE Evolved: Chatting up EVE Online world record holder Ethan ‘Katia Sae’ Richards
EVE Online player Ethan Richards is best known by the name of his in-game character Katia Sae, who earlier this year completed an incredible...
SWG Legends teases new dances, flourishes, guild halls, houses, and Halloween
The SWG Legends rogue server of Star Wars Galaxies is ramping up for its October update, and what better way to show off the...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s thorny patrol
Cryptic is really hot to trot with Star Trek Online's new patrol system, and this past week the studio highlighted the third new one:...
SWTOR previews the new tricks Onslaught brings to Snipers and Gunslingers
It's almost like Star Wars: The Old Republic just realized how close October 22nd is and how many sub-classes there are left to preview....
One Shots: Bring me a shrubbery!
When has something as mundane and nondescript as a bush ever been a helpful hero? And when have we ever featured a MapleStory screenshot...
Daybreak confirms yesterday’s layoffs and ‘realignment of the company into separate franchise teams’
Yesterday, we reported on the sad news that MMORPG company Daybreak Games had suffered yet another round of layoffs. As developers began weighing in...
The Game Archaeologist: Funcom’s long-abandoned Midgard MMO
There used to be a time that Funcom was deeply into the MMORPG business, bringing us titles such as Anarchy Online, Age of Conan,...
It looks like Daybreak’s been hit with yet another round of layoffs
Former H1Z1 Technical Director and PlanetSide Arena dev Josh "Autenil" Kriegshauser posted a tweet this evening suggesting that Daybreak has once again undergone layoffs.
"Sorry...
Destiny 2 kicks off Nightmare Hunts, tweaks 3v3 matchmaking, and counts PC as its biggest platform
Destiny 2 has had a pretty big few days on account of its Shadowkeep launch, so naturally things will keep on changing and evolving...
Mark Kern didn’t just quit WoW Classic: He accused his old Firefall studio of Chinese corruption
Earlier this week, we reported that former World of Warcraft Team Lead Mark Kern had very publicly posted that he was quitting WoW over...
SWTOR shines a spotlight on the new abilities, Set Bonuses, and Tactical items of the Scoundrel and Operative
It's been a few days since Star Wars: The Old Republic gave us a look at what Onslaught is doing to some of the...
Global Chat: One MMO gamer is trying to finish Fallen Earth before it’s gone
When you know that your beloved MMORPG is about to be shut down, what do you do? If you're the blog 24 Hours in...
Interview: Star Citizen’s Sean Tracy on the gameplay features of alpha 3.7, live today
Today marks another big installment for the alpha of Star Citizen. The 3.7 update should now be live for everyone as you read this,...