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The Stream Team: Eight years of Xsyon apocalypse survival
Eight years ago the irradiated landscape of Xsyon opened up, complete with mutant chickens and vicious rabid squirrels! Today marks the apocalyptic survival game's...
OrbusVR: Reborn previews new dungeons and talent tweaks ahead of final beta test
The folks at OrbusVR have been hard at work since they announced the game's first major expansion/complete overhaul, OrbusVR: Reborn, back in August of...
Population Zero releases world design video ahead of weekend alpha and next week’s update
Ahead of this weekend's alpha play test, the Population Zero developers have posted up a video ostensibly about world design. You'll need to flip...
Albion Online answers questions about randomized dungeons from players
The developers at Albion Online are hyped about the game's new randomized dungeons. That makes perfect sense. But they also recognize that players have...
Indian police arrest 10 over PUBG ban
Four cities in the Indian state of Gujarat have instituted a ban on PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds over concern that the game causes violent behavior. The...
Star Citizen previews urban dystopia and in-game holidays, drops February studio report
Very few settings in games spark as much joy in me as a glowy rainbow neon urban cyberpunk dystopia, so that makes this week's...
Guild Wars 2 player builds Super Adventure Box guild hall in tribute to designer Josh Foreman
My kid has already started pestering me about Super Adventure Box this year. It's almost April 1st. Is it open yet? Will there be...
CryoFall straddles massively multiplayer with a scifi survival experience
Question: How many players on a server does it take to graduate a game from "multiplayer" to "massively multiplayer?" And should there be an...
LOTRO Dwarves delve too deep, progression players rush in to see
Dust off that goat and ride fiercely into Khazad-dûm, for the vast underground kingdom is finally open for business on Lord of the Rings...
Warhammer Online blogger and MMO podcaster Steve ‘Slurms’ Lichtsinn loses battle with cancer
Out of the boisterous class of Warhammer Online bloggers that emerged on the scene in 2008, Steve "Slurms" Lichtsinn became well-known for his affable...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs as distraction vs. culture
Earlier this month, there was a fascinating conversation swirling around a Gamasutra article by Bryant Francis, specifically a quote from game dev Patric Mondou. "We're moving away...
It’s good to be bad in Hearthstone’s new Rise of Shadows expansion, coming April 9
Hearthstone is inviting players to give in to the dark side in its newly announced expansion, Rise of Shadows, which will be stepping into...
The Stream Team: Sneaking back into Space Engineers
It's been a long, long while since Massively OP's MJ has delved in and streamed Space Engineers. But with its recent launch, now is...
Vague Patch Notes: The philosophy of challenge in MMOs
Today, I want to start thing off by talking about Final Fantasy. This is not entirely surprising. What may be surprising is that I'm talking about Final...
Crowfall previews the PvP map structure of its first campaign in feature walkthrough video
Since its original Kickstarter reveal, Crowfall has been absolutely clear on its key conceit: PvP. This is a PvP MMO. In fact, the devs...
Dual Universe counts 30,000 simulated players on the same planet in its latest alpha
If you're gonna be an MMO, we wanna see massive: lots of people on a server, lots of people in a fight. Dual Universe...
MMO Business Roundup: Gaming inclusion, Peria Chronicles, Google, and PUBG’s Brendan Greene
Welcome to another fast roundup of MMO-related business news!
Bookmark this research study so that if ever the loud angry gatekeeping trolls of gaming are...
The Stream Team: Investigating Conan Exiles’ latest updates
Conan Exiles has rolled out a really meaty update recently, revamping the Unnamed city, beefing up bosses, and adjusting the purges. More powerful bosses...
The first chunk of Fallout 76’s Wild Appalachia patch has launched today
After just one day's delay, minor indeed, Bethsoft has rolled out Fallout 76's next big thing - against an admittedly much more crowded multiplayer...
Xbox One hopeful Bless Unleashed reveals its next class: The Berserker
Bandai Namco has released another trailer for yet another class launching with Bless Unleashed when it hits Xbox One later this year: This one's...
