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Massively Overthinking: The curious cycle of MMO refunds, tutorials, and reviews
MOP reader Steve recently posed us an intriguing question about the state of tutorials in MMOs and other games - and how those tutorials'...
Path of Exile’s battle royale mode returns for weekend fun
Do you miss Path of Exile's 2018 April Fools' joke battle royale mode made real? Or did you miss out on it completely as...
Black Desert talks up a rather vague 300% increase in daily players
Fair warning: The information in this article is going to frustrate you. That's because Pearl Abyss has released relative numbers for Black Desert, claiming...
Chronicles of Elyria backers sound the alarm on class action waiver in new NDA
Chronicles of Elyria backers are raising an eyebrow this week over the new NDA that Soulbound Studios is asking them to sign before granting...
Desert Oasis: The key takeaways from Black Desert’s Heidel Ball 2021
It's been a busy two weeks for Black Desert Online. The past week saw another Arena of Arsha event, this time with trial characters. And...
RuneScape Mobile has finally launched for iOS and Android – here’s the new trailer!
RuneScape's mobile launch has had the good/bad kind of problem: It's a little too popular for its own good, with 1.8M mobile registrations before...
The Elder Scrolls Online brings back a free trial of its ESO Plus subscription this week
Did the reveals from E3 pique your interest in The Elder Scrolls Online? Did you happen to miss out on the last time the...
E3 2021: Elder Scrolls Online announces Waking Flame and Deadlands, Fallout 76 plans Steel Reign and The Pitt
The Xbox-plus-Bethsoft E3 games showcase held a bit of news for MMO players, if you can rip your eyeballs away from Starfield long enough...
Horse MMO Star Stable apologizes for the dust-up over its Pride event
File this one under this is why we can't have nice things: Horse-themed MMO Star Stable has been a bit of a mess thanks...
Fallout 76 ends Nuclear Winter battle royale mode, offers a free trial
While you'd think that the end of a nuclear winter would, y'know, be a good thing, it's bound to disappoint some of Fallout 76's...
EVE Echoes’ Exploration update launches tomorrow with new CONCORD pass after a slight COVID delay
EVE Echoes has some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Exploration Update is big and still coming. The...
Elder Scrolls Online’s in-game lockbox item earning system won’t ship with Blackwood
Whether you are for buying Elder Scrolls Online's crown crates or not, you can't deny that there aren't some sweet goodies lurking in those...
Epic v Apple: Apple’s CEO ‘has a feel’ about App Store profits but no data, closing arguments are made
The Epic vs. Apple antitrust trial has entered its final stretch, closing out with a big moment for Apple's side of the case as...
Desert Oasis: So Black Desert wants to be an esport now
Even though the San Francisco Giants threw away a 6-2 lead against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, the real highlight of my weekend was...
Roblox is now referring to its ‘games’ as ‘experiences’ in light of Epic v Apple trial arguments
It would appear that Roblox is undergoing something of a branding shift, the timing of which is interesting to say the least. Apparently, the...
Epic v Apple: Fortnite at ‘full penetration’ on console, more industry profit details, and text descriptions of trailers
It's the stupid gift that keeps on stupid giving. It's the lawsuit that might have industry-wide shockwaves. It's a trial that has seen whether...
Sony faces a potential class action lawsuit over restrictions on digital PlayStation games sales
It would appear that the ongoing legal spat between Apple and Epic Games has prompted up further legal uprisings against digital game stores' business...
Massively Overthinking: Is there an MMO you’d never be caught dead playing?
So today's Massively Overthinking question is entirely the fault of fanny packs. I don't care how hard retailers and fashion gurus push fanny packs...
Epic v Apple: Emails are forever, leaks are inevitable
As we noted yesterday, the Epic v. Apple trial got underway this week and has already been offering up some choice nuggets, though less...
The Epic v. Apple trial is already offering a look behind the scenes of Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, and Sony
MOP's Lawful Neutral columnist Andy burst into the office yesterday, gleefully rubbing his hands together and asking whether we were ready for the trial...