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Interview: Population Zero devs on the May Steam launch, buy-to-play, and PvP philosophy
Survival MMORPG Population Zero is officially launching on Steam in early May, Enplex Games announced today. As part of the reveal, the studio's also...
Netmarble’s Q4 2019 were up YOY as the company raked in $1.6B for the year and pushes west
I'm gonna say a weird thing about Netmarble: It has the cleanest, most non-misleading investor report of any of the ones I've poked through...
Interview: Pearl Abyss on Shadow Arena’s Black Desert origins, esports, audience, and more
Along with battle royale fans and Black Desert players, we've been keeping an eye on Pearl Abyss' Shadow Arena, the one-time battle royale mode...
Grab a key for Shadow Arena’s February 27 closed beta, courtesy of Pearl Abyss and MOP
If you were a big fan of Black Desert's Shadow Arena when it joined the MMO and then was removed last year, then you're...
Pearl Abyss had a strong Q4 2019, but CCP’s EVE-spinoff Project Nova is officially canceled
South Korean gaming giant Pearl Abyss is on the rise once again - and unlike many of its mobile-focused competitors, PC MMORPGs and the...
Global Chat: How fares WoW Classic at the six-month mark?
The phases (i.e., patches) for World of Warcraft Classic continue to roll out, and as the endgame takes form and Darkmoon Faire arrives, it's...
One Shots: Something’s fishy here…
At first glance, it looks as though Vincent has been treed by a giant floating koi and an armored chicken. If we're honest, this...
MMO Business Roundup: Tim Sweeney’s politics gaffe, Nexon’s Q4 2019, and the old BioWare crew
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Politics in games
Epic's Tim Sweeney opened this week's DICE Summit with a whopper of...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPG do you wish got a glow-up?
No matter how much we love mechanics, even our most cerebral writers and readers still admit to being graphics snobs. It's human: We like...
Blue Protocol shares more character creation and initial gameplay, Reddit fansubs the closed beta trailer
The first few moments of an MMORPG are certainly the most impactful, and in this new look from Bandai-Namco's upcoming Blue Protocol, that first...
Star Citizen talks alpha 3.9 and beyond in wake of record-breaking crowdfunding year
The Pillar Talk roundtable video from Star Citizen is all about plans. Plans for 3.9, plans for the new Pyro system, plans for the...
Multiplayer-optional ARPG Wolcen just launched on Steam with a huge day-one patch
It's not an MMO, but you might want Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem on your wish-list anyway. It's a new ARPG from WOLCEN Studio, clearly...
Starbase shares work on moon surfaces and advertisements and a new Boltcrackers episode
It's another week of progress notes from Starbase, and just like the last time this one has some shiny new pictures and updates from...
Funcom’s Conan Chop Chop has been delayed yet again, this time to Q2 2020
Funcom spent 2019 teasing its goofy but cuddly online ARPG Conan Chop Chop. Originally floated as an April Fools' Day joke, it turned out...
NCsoft Q4 2019: It was a rough quarter for MMORPGs, especially Guild Wars 2
NCsoft corporate had a solid financial quarter for the last three months of 2019, with increases in revenue quarter over quarter and year over...
TERA’s Crescent Sea is live on PC with Elin Valkyries and the new treasure ship dungeon
It's patch day for TERA's PC crowd today, as Crescent Sea officially goes live, bringing the playable Elin Valkyrie to the game world along...
Enter to win a Star Trek Online LE anniversary badge, T6 battlecruisers, fleet packs, and more!
This might just be the coolest Star Trek Online giveaway we've ever done, and we've done a lot of 'em! In celebration of the...
Once again, Final Fantasy XIV is wildly improving its screenshot feature
At this point Final Fantasy XIV already has an enormously powerful tool for taking screenshots built into the game via the /gpose feature. You...
Allods Online adds new story content, overhauls strongholds and crafting in Soul of Darkness expansion
Dang, it's been a really, really long time since we talked about Allods Online here on MOP - almost a year, in fact, when...
RIFT and ArcheAge outline their respective Valentine’s Day events
The season of love (or at least mutually beneficial teamwork long enough for everyone to get rewards and then never speak of the pairing...
