Major studio known to MMO fans primarily for The Crew and The Division.
ubisoft
Perfect Ten: MMOs for puzzle lovers
Ever find yourself complaining that all of the PvE content in your MMO is nothing but shooting something in the face or chopping down...
Ubisoft pledges half a million euros to Notre-Dame Cathedral reconstruction, gives away free games
In the wake of the tragic fire that caused extensive damage to the historic Notre-Dame Cathedral earlier this week, Ubisoft is stepping forward to...
The Division 2 spots and patches out a homophobic slur hidden in in-game graffiti
The thing about making a large game with lots of moving parts is, well, sometimes you wind up signing off on something you don't...
MMO Business Roundup: Funcom financials, NetEase, Improbable’s BioWare roots, and a real-world battle royale
Welcome back to another MMO business roundup! Business business business!
If you've been watching Funcom's financial reports since 2017 or so, you know that the...
The Division 2 mops up exploits and announces a PTS in its latest state-of-the-game
With launch and its first big patch under its belt, The Division 2 team has delivered a state-of-the-game address about what it's doing next.
Notably,...
Saturday Night Live takes a jab at The Division 2’s love of talking at you
Sometimes you just can't get an NPC to shut up in a video game. Sometimes you can't get multiple NPCs to shut up. And...
RIFT Prime character transfers were delayed over ‘unforeseen circumstances’ as Trove loses CM
When Gamigo announced that it was closing down RIFT Prime, the game's progression server, it told RIFT players that their characters would be safely...
Latest Division 2 update adds unwelcome nerfs and accidentally limits signature ammo drops
It would seem that there's an unwritten law that a multiplayer game's first major update has to bellyflop; the recent Battle for D.C. content...
Global Chat: Do you think you could design a better game than World of Warcraft?
Let's be honest: We all are so egotistical and opinionated that we totally think we could design a better MMO than World of Warcraft....
Cool your jets: Destiny 2’s ‘Crucible isn’t going anywhere’
We've never known the internet to take things to extremes. I have only ever know the internet to be a measured and thoughtful place,...
The Division 2’s Invasion: Battle for D.C. is live with the new stronghold and world tier
The Division 2's first big thing has arrived today with the formal launch of Invasion: Battle for D.C., which is live for all regions...
Hyperspace Beacon: I wasn’t going to talk about Anthem, but I think I should
Like everyone else working in or around the gaming industry, I read Kotaku's Jason Schreier's exposé on BioWare's development of Anthem. And like many...
Not So Massively: The Division 2 has more stuff than personality
The Division was a game with a number of flaws, but one thing it did very well was present an incredibly detailed, realistic, and...
Global Chat: Looking back at 20 years of EverQuest
EverQuest's 20th anniversary isn't going unnoticed and unobserved in the gaming community this month. In fact, several MMO bloggers have raised a glass to...
One Shots: CatDog, CatDog
The second I saw Hirku's picture of his Warframe pet, the lyrics of Nickelodeon's CatDog came to mind: One fine day with a woof...
Massively Overthinking: Thoughts on the holy trinity in MMOs
One of MOP's bright new columnists, Tyler Edwards, blogs over at Superior Realities, and he recently brought to my attention his pieces on the...
The Division 2 gets a new Stronghold and World Tier on April 5
For those who have blitzed through The Division 2's current content to the top of the endgame heap... how? Do you blink? Are you...
Torchlight Frontiers’ time-limited contracts are its version of seasons
The crew over at Echtra Games isn't hellbent on reinventing the MMOARPG format, but instead it is concentrating on taking what works in similar...
One Shots: Selfish selfies
Hey! Hey man, what do you think you're doing? You're a bleeding Division agent, all right? You're the thin line that holds back anarchistic...
The Division 2 reflects on launch, looks toward the coming weeks in state-of-the-game address
Now that Division agents have been roaming the post-apocalyptic Washington, D.C. of The Division 2 for about a week, the folks at Ubisoft have...
