state of the game
Guild Wars 2 previews better strike mission rewards, class tweaks, and a new system for raid accessibility
ArenaNet just dropped a fresh studio update and a state of the game blog for Guild Wars 2, featuring check-ins from Game Director Josh...
Sci-fi MMOs Divergence Online and Otherland are finally taken off of sale from Steam
If you've forgotten about the sci-fi sandbox MMO Divergence Online, we can't entirely blame you: The game is mostly known for several moments of...
Interview: ArcheAge’s Ham Young Jin on the Great Prairie, the western build, and beyond
ArcheAge is on the cusp of a big update this week as the Great Prairie releases on June 23rd, bringing with it a huge...
Dual Universe begins the countdown to its launch, won’t perform a full wipe
Houston, we are go for launch.
That's the message that NovaQuark has for its Dual Universe community. The studio said that after assessing the state...
Embers Adrift recounts May development updates, unveils plans for additional beta testing windows
The month of May has been a busy one for the devs of Embers Adrift and they're here to tell you all about it...
Embers Adrift is disappointed that players couldn’t break its servers
Well, this may be a first: an MMO studio that's actually a bit bummed out that players couldn't bust its servers upon command. In...
Black Desert’s new silver and extraction rebalance raises fresh whaling complaints
We've got a bit of an eyebrow-raiser for you from Black Desert this morning: Pearl Abyss is making a precision strike on the economy...
Overwatch 2 designers talk about the game’s first beta test including support buffs and the lack of a ranked queue
The Blizzard team behind Overwatch 2 is doing its best to communicate with players about the state of the game's testing and what changes...
Dauntless adjusts hunt passes, adds new weapon rumors, and starts a new season in Return to Light update
Players of Dauntless should be intimately familiar with the hunt pass feature of the game, which works like any other battle pass you've seen...
AdventureQuest 3D takes a victory lap for past releases, promises new saga and early level updates in the future
What's the state of the game in AdventureQuest 3D? Allow the game's project manager Blaze to tell you all about it as he recounts...
Book of Travels’ April fixer-upper patch tackles bugs, missing trait effects, and vehicles
Back in February, Might and Delight boldly announced that it was halting content updates for in-development early access "tiny MMO" Book of Travels, at...
Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box is back in today’s patch
So who's up for some retro jumping puzzle fun? Guild Wars 2 is, and if you're angling for a break from the apparently hugely...
Embers Adrift on beta shift: ‘We are excited to shift our focus from systems to content’
With Embers Adrift now officially in its no-NDA backer beta phase, there is plenty for the devs at Stormhaven Studio to talk about this...
Blade and Soul’s next update adds new Gunslinger spec, Demonsbane dungeon, and class swapping March 16
Next week will bring some Unchained Chaos to Blade and Soul, which is the name of the update arriving on Wednesday, March 16th, not...
Embers Adrift touts crafting, character, and quest improvements as beta barrels its way
With a closed beta on the way for March 1st and a hopeful launch date later this year, Embers Adrift will need to prove...
GDC’s State of the Game Industry: NFTs, the metaverse, and more than half of game devs want to unionize
Ahead of the annual Game Developers Conference, GDC organizers poll industry workers and release it all in a state-of-the-industry wrapper, which has landed in...
The Game Archaeologist: Talking 25-year-old Tibia with CipSoft
It's not every MMORPG that can boast that it started back in the late '90s and is still going strong even today. However, Tibia...
Embers Adrift aims for a 2022 launch while it beefs up combat and character creation
Is it just me or is Embers Adrift (fka Saga of Lucimia) working hard to become a scrappy MMO underdog these days? After years...
WoW Factor: Is World of Warcraft a good value for the money?
There are a lot of reasons to not be subscribed to World of Warcraft at the moment, although "the current state of the game...
KingsIsle confirms new Pirate101 content for 2022 is in the works, looks back at 2021 design goals for Wizard101
Before launching into this story, let's put out a quick review. At the beginning of this year, players of Pirate101 started up a "flood...
