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Bungie bosses admit Destiny 2 revenues missed expectations this year by 45%
On Monday, we learned that Sony-owned Bungie was struggling with layoffs and delays both for Destiny 2's The Final Shape and for its extraction...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs as Saturday morning cartoons
My insane MMO and MMORPG thought experiments do indeed continue: Previously I considered what muffins MMO NPCs are, then I considered what flavor of...
Hyperspace Beacon: Have Star Wars The Old Republic’s visuals aged well?
Initially I wanted to write a column about how the transition of Star Wars: The Old Republic to Broadsword and how we're seeing its...
Bungie studio hit by layoffs, delays of Destiny 2’s Final Shape and Marathon
Sony-owned Bungie has become the latest gaming company to suffer apparently significant layoffs this year - enough to cause major delays to multiple titles.
As...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best vehicle experience?
I am generally not a fan of vehicles in MMORPGs. No, let me rephrase that. What I don't like is when my character becomes...
PlanetSide 2 announces the return of its Outfit Wars PvP tournament in December
If you have a "mixed success," try, try again. That's (probably) the line of thinking being taken by PlanetSide 2, which has confirmed the...
Global Chat: EVE Vanguard has a lot to prove
Just because you're a huge EVE Online fan doesn't mean that you're instantly rallying to the cause of CCP's EVE Vanguard. The Ancient Gaming...
Destiny 2 details vault access changes and further cost adjustments coming in Season 23
As the current season of Destiny 2 nears its end and the new one looms, Bungie is continuing to outline several updates to the...
Star Wars: The Old Republic starts testing Update 7.4 – but not the GTN overhaul
Star Wars: The Old Republic fans are buckling on their lightsabers and holstering their blasters in anticipation of jumping into the next story adventure...
Aliens Fireteam Elite commits to quality-of-life updates as its studio begins work on a new title
Updates for the co-op multiplayer shooter Aliens: Fireteam Elite have been a bit sporadic (the last content update was released in April), which...
Perfect Ten: Solid MMOs you might be sleeping on in 2023
For today's list, I wanted to take a different approach to recommending MMORPGs to you. I know we often talk about underrated titles, but...
Warframe’s Digital Extremes has a new CEO: Soulframe boss Steve Sinclair
There's been a changing of the guard at Digital Extremes: The Warframe company's founder and CEO, James Schmalz, has stepped down from his CEO...
The Daily Grind: What dead MMO cred do you have?
As truly sad as it is to have a beloved MMORPG shut down on you, there's some measure of consolation that you actually got...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 442: Harbingers of MMO hype
Justin and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV's Fanfest, SWTOR, Pantheon's 247 split, Albion Online's Wild Blood, Star Citizen, and Squadron 42, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, and Fallout 76, plus a mailbag topic on getting new players hooked on MMOs.
Star Citizen’s second day of CitizenCon shows updates to character creation, FPS gameplay, flight, and frontier locations
With day two of CitizenCon now closed, everything that's currently in the works for Star Citizen has been shared by CIG, and we're here...
CIG says Squadron 42 is ‘feature complete’ and entering polish phase in new gameplay trailer
With all of the noise coming out of CIG's CitizenCon, the studio decided to unveil one last surprise at the closing of the event....
Destiny 2 announces Halloween contests, outlines plans to make Sparrows faster in Season 23
The weekly Destiny 2 newsletter is less about major updates and more about its Festival of the Lost event, as it continues to mark...
Star Citizen shows off new ships and offers vague details of ship release timing
When CitizenCon has a panel called Talking Ship, you can pretty much guess what's going to be on the table. The various vehicles in...
Star Citizen demonstrates new visual effects, destructible items, server updates, and engineering gameplay
The opening presentation of CitizenCon has recently wrapped up, offering up a wide assortment of tech-focused updates and at least one gameplay feature that...
Star Citizen’s new test server will open Pyro to goodies pack owners and ‘active testers’ on October 31
When Star Citizen dropped its alpha 3.21 build this past Friday, one of the features that were touted was a "preview channel" - aka...
