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The MOP Up: Prosperous Universe’s economy gets a boost with local markets
The economy obviously is a major component of the upcoming Prosperous Universe -- it's kind of hinted at right there in the name, after...
Global Chat: Daybreak is a zombie, walking
What can call an MMO blogger out of retirement? A game studio putting in below the bare minimum of effort in its updates seems...
Former Epic producer reveals that Fortnite almost got canned over Save the World
Fortnite Battle Royale has been a runaway success for Epic Games, cementing the popularity of the battle royale genre in mainstream gaming culture and...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of vanilla World of Warcraft’s soundtrack
With half the MMO community in a frenzy about the coming of World of Warcraft Classic this summer, many a gamer's mind has turned...
H1Z1 launches season 4 as Daybreak says it’s ‘not ready to call it quits’ on Z1 Battle Royale
Z1 Battle Royale - the PC game once known as H1Z1 - has had a rough year or two, losing most of its playerbase,...
Perfect Ten: SNES games that would have made for amazing MMORPGs
I think many of us hold a fond nostalgic torch for a specific console or computer that meant a lot to us growing up,...
The Daily Grind: How likely are you to abandon and reroll your MMORPG characters?
With City of Heroes back in my MMO rotation thanks to the multiple rogue servers floating around right now, I've been back in full...
The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs? Part two
Last week we learned what was up with a number of the smaller survival sandbox MMOs. Sadly, some have faded away, but others are...
Survival sandbox roundup: War of Rights, DayZ, Conan Exiles, Astroneer, Atlas, and Ark
It's Friday, and you know what that means: A solid week of MMORPG news has pushed a whole bunch of survival sandbox news off...
Into the Super-verse: Getting to know City of Heroes all over again
It has been well over a decade since I played City of Heroes with any regularity, and yet when I saw that familiar loading...
Daybreak deletes H1Z1 Maui lootbox skin citing cultural representation concerns
While the war over lockboxes rages on in online games, there's another war brewing about the nature of what's in them, as a move...
Daybreak’s Z1 Battle Royale is sunsetting its South American servers, canceling Showdown event
April's been a rough month for fans of Z1 Battle Royale, the PC version of H1Z1. Developer NantG laid off a chunk of staff...
The MOP Up: Grab your Harry Potter nickname now!
When Harry Potter: Wizards Unite arrives later this year, by which name will you be known and feared? Lord Scooby? Mr. Cheddar? Fluffybutticus? The...
NantG says it’s handing Z1 Battle Royale back to Daybreak – it’s not sunsetting, but there were layoffs
Yesterday, we broke the news that Z1 Battle Royale looked to be in serious trouble based on developers stating publicly that they'd been laid...
Rumor: Z1 Battle Royale, H1Z1’s PC version, seems to be in big trouble as devs confirm layoffs
Note: We'll be updating this piece at the end with the latest, and we've also put out a second piece here with NantG's statement.
It...
The MOP Up: Warframe descends to Deck 12 on consoles
Warframe's Deck 12 has unlocked for console players -- and there are deep, dark secrets to be uncovered by descending to it.
"Now is the...
Perfect Ten: MMOs that set themselves up as spiritual successors
As with the larger video game market, sequels aren't unknown in the MMO space. We've seen studios take a stab at following up successful...
The MOP Up: Aion’s cherry blossoms signal the arrival of spring
The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full bloom over at Aion Europe, with this spring festival offering a hero trial, a "topsy-turvy" laboratory, a...
H1Z1’s PC version, Z1 Battle Royale, sees another leadership reshuffle as Jace Hall steps down
Yesterday, Daybreak and NantGMobile announced that Jace Hall is no longer consulting on the PC version of H1Z1 known as Z1 Battle Royale, having...
Z1 Battle Royale declares the return of the king with a massive new update
Season 3 of Daybreak's PC H1Z1 (or Z1 Battle Royale now, or Z1BR for you hip kids) is coming back in a big way....
