state of the game
Torchlight III’s new mainline patch adds Act 3, contracts, new Lifebound mechanics, and Relic updates
How do you know when a game's patch is a hefty one? When it takes two different pages to cover everything that's in it....
Torchlight III schedules Act 3 and numerous fixes for June 30
Torchlight III may have had a bumpy early access launch this month, but Echtra Games is hoping to turn its fortunes around with next...
WoW Factor: How World of Warcraft’s elite progression obsession hurts progression players too
Here's a statement that I think few people will disagree with:Â World of Warcraft has increasingly focused on raiding and high-end progression as the only...
Star Citizen fans debate monetization, journalism, and the state of the game
This past Sunday, I was invited to join the Sol Citizens community podcast to talk about what it's like to cover Star Citizen. As...
Fallout 76 interview: Bethsoft on One Wasteland, text chat, and other radioactive topics
After a year and a half of regrettable design and business decisions (not to mention unending castigation in the media and among the community),...
The Division 2’s update 9.1 makes NPCs just worse all around
Gosh, if the NPCs in The Division 2 were players... well, they wouldn't be NPCs at that point by definition, but they'd also be pretty...
The Division 2 is balancing enemies and reanimating the dead in Update 9.1 on May 12
The Division 2 has put out another State of the Game livestream, and this one is all about the features of Update 9.1, which...
Star Citizen alpha 3.9 Locked Up & Loaded is live with survival effects, new mission, and prison (!)
It'll probably never stop sounding silly when alpha MMOs make a bit to-do about their patches, but it's gonna keep on happening, and today...
Nexon is sunsetting MapleStory 2 after less than two years online
Ah damn, we really didn't need more bad news right about now. But it's here all the same: Nexon officially announced this afternoon that...
Chronicles of Elyria just dropped a new mood and gameplay video
Chronicles of Elyria has a new preview up for watchers of the Kickstarted, in-development MMO. Last last night, Soulbound Studios posted up its latest...
Guild Wars 2’s Visions of the Past: Steel and Fire content lands March 17 – here’s the trailer
During PAX East this year, Guild Wars 2 may not have been granting interviews or talking to media about the state of the game,...
The Division 2 outlines its new Seasons endgame activities arriving with Warlords of New York
While a lot of the focus from The Division 2 has been about the content arriving with Warlords of New York, that's not the...
The Division 2 takes a closer look at the factions in Warlords of New York
Now that players of The Division 2 are heading back to New York, it's time to take a moment to assess the threats there....
Anthem abandons seasonal content as BioWare confirms major redesign and reinvention
So, apparently all the stories last week about how Anthem still hadn't taken down its Christmas decorations struck a nerve, and we've got an...
Blizzard gives a half-hearted apology for Warcraft III: Reforged
Make no mistake: Warcraft III: Reforged is going down in history as one of the worst-received and most poorly handled Blizzard launches. The incredibly...
The Division 2 offers more details on Episode 3 in its latest weekly dispatch
For those of you who saw the Episode 3 trailer for The Division 2 yesterday and were eager to know more after the lovely...
Interview: Barunson on the state of Astellia Online as it launches on Steam today
Astellia Online was big news throughout 2019, as Barunson sought to bring the South Korean MMORPG westward but with careful attention paid to so-called...
The Division 2 outlines overhauls of Recalibration and Skill Power systems
There's a bunch of change coming to the systems of The Division 2. Players were already briefed on gear changes, and now they're getting...
Global Chat: Why player representation in games matters
The recent flap over Escape from Tarkov's public pronouncement of "no icky girls" (my paraphrase) as playable characters in its game elicited more than...
Chronicles of Elyria is still working on the botched Settlers of Elyria event – and future events too
Chronicles of Elyria has returned after winter holidays with a new newsletter for backers. As usual, the newsletter is pretty fluffy (I mean, there's...