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Interview: Worlds Adrift’s Bossa Studios on giving, griefing, and gittin’ gud
After the launch of Worlds Adrift but prior to E3, we sent off an interview to Bossa Studios and recently received our answers, complete...
Multiplayer sandbox Staxel builds out NPCs, pet shops, and summer festivals
Staxel took over the playtime of a bunch of my Twitter buddies this past winter when it hit early access on Steam. We described...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Mavericks, the MMO battle royale hybrid
Automaton Games CEO James Thompson came along with Improbable, Bill Roper, and Mavericks to this year's E3, where I got a second chance to...
Whatever happened to Tibia, The Realm Online, and Meridian 59?
Ever pause during your day and find yourself wondering, “Whatever happened to that game?” With hundreds upon hundreds of online titles these days, it’s surprisingly easy...
SOS fully abandons its classic mode, and its Steam reviews are a dumpster fire
Outpost Games sent round a mailer this week announcing that SOS Battle Royale is now "free to play forever," thanks to its latest patch,...
Dark and Light announces its first expansion, Shard of Faith, for later this summer
It's been a year since Dark and Light went into early access, and the game has been updating ever since that launch. To celebrate,...
Bless Online plans a big server merge for the end of July
Bless Online hasn't quite yet dug out of the hole it made for itself during its early access launch, but at least Neowiz has...
The Stream Team: Cooking up chaos in Cuisine Royale
The things Massively OP's MJ will try... she blames it on Bree! All the boss had to do was point out an amusing skin...
Paid Khitan cosmetic DLC arrives in Conan Exiles
A new era for Conan Exiles is upon us, the era of paid DLC. It is a vital step in the long-term sustainability of...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has lost nearly half of its players since January as Sanhok map goes live
Alas, poor PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, we've entered the second phase of your musician biopic when the fans start leaving. Sure, the game was riding high...
Wild West Online delays its next patch, but will anyone be around to play it?
A planned June 15th patch for Wild West Online obviously didn't happen, and now we know why: The developers said that when they took...
Steam and Discord keep trying to copy each other
Where does your allegiance lie: Steam or Discord? It won't really matter either way, considering that both online services are trying so hard to...
The MMOs of the Steam Summer 2018 Sale
Valve's summer Steam sale is here, complete with a space theme. Here's what's notable in the pile this year and a bit beyond Steam...
E3 2018: Hands-on with Descent, the future of space mining
Fallout 76 wasn't the only Interplay throwback at E3 2018: Descent, one of the games that defined the six degrees of freedom genre, is no longer...
Neverwinter counts 18M players as it celebrates its fifth birthday
Eighteen million! No, that's not how many dollars you've dumped into your Steam account; that's just about how many people have played Neverwinter in...
Bless Online patches in a 3v3 arena and class buffs as players call for server merges
Bless Online is trucking out a brand-new patch today. The highlight is the Certanon Arena, essentially a 3v3 best-of-five PvP minigame for level 45...
The Daily Grind: How much dough have you dropped on Steam in its lifetime?
VentureBeat noticed this week that it's possible to figure out just how much money you've blown on video games, at least through Steam, by...
Black Desert’s weekly update introduces soccer-themed event, guild crafting overhaul, and summer sales
Gooooaaaalllll! Yes, Black Desert is getting into the soccer hype season with its Golden Goal event starting tomorrow. Slay monsters, fish, and harvest to...
Valve turns off lootboxes in the Netherlands for DOTA 2 and CounterStrike: Global Offensive
If you were in any way hoping that the Dutch Gaming Authority's ruling about lockboxes would lead to a worldwide shift, it seems that's...
Elder Scrolls Online offers Steam downtime compensation as review-bombing hits ‘mostly negative’
Earlier this week, we covered the messy business between Elder Scrolls Online and Steam - specifically, that Steam logins for the game have been toast...
