The MOP Up mops up all the little itty-bitty MMO news tidbits that we missed during the week. [Follow this feature’s RSS feed]
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The MOP Up: CDPR lays off the rest of Gwent’s dev team
As CD Projekt Red prepares to end development of its card battler Gwent, it announced that it'll be letting the remaining 30 developers on...
The MOP Up: Netmarble and Take-Two finances are powered by MMOs
We have a couple more earnings reports to, er, report to you today. Netmarble's Q1 2023 financials reported $472.4M in revenue, with MMORPGs making...
The MOP Up: Don’t fear Last Epoch’s Reaper form
Last Epoch's Reaper is getting a glow-up with this week's update! The studio said that it's improving the visual effects, outfit, and groovy scythes...
The MOP Up: Magic the Gathering Arena jumps the gun on Steam
While we were all led to believe that Magic the Gathering Arena was coming to Steam this fall -- mostly because investors were told...
The MOP Up: World War II Online focuses on rebuilding squads
"Squads" are the watchword of World War II Online as of late, with Cornered Rats pouring more effort into bolstering this group makeup in...
The MOP Up: Chrono Odyssey preps gameplay video, plans global release
Expect to start hearing more buzz about South Korean next-gen MMO Chrono Odyssey now that it's ramping up hype and info. Its studio told...
The MOP Up: Champions Online ups the ante on Monster Island
With a name like "Monster Island," you wouldn't expect this Champions Online locale to be a walk in the park. And in fact, this...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online wises up
As the Necrom expansion looms in Elder Scrolls Online's future, there are several new NPCs for players to anticipating meeting. One of these is...
The MOP Up: Pokemon Go and the mystery of the missing 15-foot spoon
A Pokemon Go player helped solve a bizarre mystery: A 52-year-old man playing the MMOARG stumbled upon a massive 15-foot red spoon near a...
The MOP Up: Hearthstone welcomes the Year of the Wolf
The Year of the Wolf is coming to Hearthstone: "Throughout the Year of the Wolf, we’ll be focusing our efforts on making Hearthstone and...
The MOP Up: Open-world tactical RPG Wartales releases next month
Looking to wage medieval war in a different format? You'll soon get your chance with Wartales, an open-world tactical RPG that's fully luanching on...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 reworks its Gyala Delve meta-event
Guild Wars 2 pushed out a patch last week that adjusted how the Gyala Delve meta-event functions and doles out rewards. Part of this...
The MOP Up: Wolcen comes to consoles
Action RPG Wolcen is expanding its realms this week as it jumps to consoles on March 15th. Maybe it's time to check out this...
The MOP Up: SWTOR gets swoopy and plaguey in March
Star Wars: The Old Republic may not have a big patch coming out this month, but the MMO does have a couple of events...
The MOP Up: World of Tanks expands its garage to include tournament access
World of Tanks players are being treated to another round of feature ammo in the near future, as Wargaming is expanding the functionality of...
The MOP Up: New World brings a couple together in the name of love and conquest
A couple that met and fell in love while playing New World was invited by Amazon to share some tips about how to engage...
The MOP Up: SMITE delivers a ‘bonus’ update full of nerfs
SMITE delivered a "bonus update" to the MOBA's community this past week with several downward adjustments to various features. Speed buff got nerfed "by...
The MOP Up: Meet Starfall, a new indie Minecraft MMO
So many amazing projects have been birthed from Minecraft over the past decade-plus, including fully formed games. One of the newer of these is...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends revamps its matchmaking system
Ever wonder how a competitive online game pairs you up with other people for skirmishes? In a new dev blog, Apex Legends' team went...
The MOP Up: Final Fantasy Record Keeper meets its finality
We're a little late to the party on this, but friend of the site Connor pointed out that Square Enix shut down yet another...
