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Gamigo director and producer moves to new position at co-development studio Lost Boys Interactive
Gamigo has seen one of its executive-level staffers shift to a different company entirely: Matthew Pettit, who was part of Gamigo's Austin, Texas office...
Elite Dangerous confirms Update 13’s release, fixes crashes, and elaborates on combat bond bug reports
The newest Discovery Scanner newsletter from Elite: Dangerous is out, featuring the usual hodgepodge of informational bits for players of the spaceship sandbox. The...
Bungie reduced direct communication with players over ‘real threats’ to devs
It's becoming clear that Destiny 2 developer Bungie is experiencing a problem with playerbase toxicity - readers will recall that the studio is taking...
Star Trek Online fans hold vigil for the late, magnificent Nichelle Nichols
The Star Trek fandom is mourning this week at the news that Nichelle Nichols passed away from natural causes at the age of 89....
The MOP Up: Trove’s Sunrise update arrives on consoles
Trove's new Solarian class is finally available to play on Xbox, Switch and PlayStation, as the Sunrise update landed on those consoles this past...
Star Citizen reverses course on its credit clawback
Yesterday we reported on a decision by Star Citizen to roll back an in-game credit grant that was meant to award regular players, remarking...
Star Citizen claws back in-game currency stipend in 3.17.2 thanks to ‘overcounting’ error
This story requires a little bit of background: Regular players of Star Citizen's last alpha build were going to receive a stipend of credits...
Star Citizen 3.17.2 brings a new event, updated missions, new locations, and a 100-player server cap
The alpha of Star Citizen continues its seemingly endless march forward with a new build now available for backers, bringing with it several new...
Star Wars: The Old Republic previews next month’s ‘short story’ update, gives out free decorations
Following the anemic content offerings and reception of this past spring's Legacy of the Sith, Star Wars: The Old Republic is under a lot...
Massively Overthinking: Is old-school MMO dungeon-camping ever coming back?
A while ago on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I randomly wound up on the topic of camping in MMOs - not pitching a...
PlanetSide 2’s latest PC hotfix addresses particle effect framerate drops and client crashes
If you're a PC player of PlanetSide 2 who has been experiencing some performance problems with the online shooter recently, there's some potential good...
Star Wars: The Old Republic brings its bounty hunting event around once more
So there's only one class in Star Wars: The Old Republic that hunts bounties for a living. It's called Bounty Hunter; you may have...
EVE Online’s Fanfest data dump shows a surprisingly wide range of player types
EVE Online is going full science fair mode with the release of a whole suite of fancy graphs and data collected and presented during...
Global Agenda is still online and active half a year after its surprise return
We were all pretty surprised by the return of MMO shooter Global Agenda, which came back from the dead first as an off-the-cuff server...
Star Citizen confirms work on increasing player numbers per server for alpha 3.17.2
Star Citizen, as it stands right now, is not an MMO in the "massively" sort of sense; there are multiple servers that players are...
Fan site compiles a list of every MMORPG rogue server and emulator still running
Not every emulator project is as popular or as well known as Star Wars Galaxies Legends or City of Heroes Homecoming. To help bring...
The Daily Grind: Does your real-life moral compass dictate your MMO activities?
MOP reader Slava has another good scenario for us to ponder this morning.
"I just made a big change in my Albion Online life by...
The Stream Team: Razing Warframe’s relays
For the most part, in order to progress from one planet to the next in Warframe, players have to conquer relay stations in the...
Elite Dangerous recounts Lavecon 2022, current community goals, and player-run events
The past couple of newsletters coming out of Elite: Dangerous have been generally tame but no less informative, as the devs have cast spotlights...
Star Wars: The Old Republic is looking for a new development director
With the recent loss of long-time SWTOR mainstay Charles Boyd, the MMO's community could use any shot of positive news about the game's future....
