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Former Bungie devs speak out about studio culture, mismanagement, and monetization pushes
It looks as if Destiny 2 and Marathon developer Bungie is still a pretty hard place to work at if reported statements from former...
NetEase’s mobile FPS Destiny Rising opens pre-reg on Apple App Store, plans closed beta on Android May 29
Last year we first started reporting on Destiny Rising, a rumored - then confirmed - mobile version of the Destiny shooter that lets players...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO fans create divisions that do not exist
There is a constant debate in the World of Warcraft fan space that you have no doubt seen at this point, but it is...
PvPvE mecha extraction shooter Synduality Echo of Ada prepares for Season 2 even as user reviews tank
Last January saw another addition to the arguably very crowded PvPvE extraction sub-genre in the form of Synduality: Echo of Ada, a mecha-based extraction...
Warframe brings Yareli Prime and the latest Nora’s Mix to the game today
While the next big Warframe update is a month away, fans are not exactly going to want for things to do right now as...
The Stream Team: Fighting off the invaders of Super Earth in Helldivers 2 co-op
It's time to beat back the squids in Helldivers 2! With the invading Illuminate razing Super Earth to the ground, it's up to MOP's...
Overwatch 2 adds Freja to Stadium, launches its Street Fighter collab, and revives an October 2020 patch
It's the mid-season in Overwatch 2, and that means it's patch time for the shooter, as Blizzard is bringing some new updates and fresh...
Helldivers 2 players are being tasked with saving Super Earth in latest update
The concerted march of the Illuminate toward Super Earth went on unabated, and now the planet is under attack. This is the setup for...
World of Warships Legends ramps up to a Steam beta test this weekend as preps a PC debut
Looking for a lighter, faster, and perhaps more accessible version of Wargaming's popular World of Warships? There's always World of Warships Legends, although up...
World War II Online outlines updated capture mechanics as it releases an enticing new gameplay trailer
World War II Online is one of those games that just keeps on keeping on, staying online for over two decades now, and soon...
Call of Duty Warzone Mobile enters maintenance mode after underperforming with ‘mobile-first players’
Yes, we're surprised to be reminded that Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile is a thing, and that lack of knowledge of the game's existence...
Bungie’s morale is reportedly in ‘free-fall’ after the Marathon plagiarism incident
You know what game studio you probably wouldn't want to be working at this month? Bungie. The Destiny 2 developer is taking its deserved...
Apple’s legal intransigence forces Fortnite off the appstore globally as Epic Games again asks the courts to intervene
Last week we reported on apparent Apple stonewalling in regard to Fortnite's return to the US App Store, as the corporation appeared to be...
Bungie has been called out for plagiarizing art – again – this time for Marathon
The upcoming PvPvE extraction FPS Marathon has a pretty distinct art aesthetic of stark neons and blacks, but apparently that wasn't distinct enough to...
Vague Patch Notes: What makes MMO monetization predatory?
I am really, really excited to be writing our limited series over in Gachapwned because I feel it's going to be an interesting deep-dive...
Apple’s apparent stalling forces Epic Games to delay a Fortnite patch as its App Store submission dangles
There are children, there are petulant children, and then there are tech executives, apparently: Readers might remember that Epic Games was in the process...
Helldivers 2 adds new Illuminate enemies, weapon customization, and a cash shop update in today’s patch
There's a big stonking patch for fans of the co-op shooter Helldivers 2 today, and there's just one word to describe it: squidtastic. There's...
PAX East 2025: First Descendant brings new zone, gear, characters, and NieR Automata collab this summer
Multiplayer shooty-with-the-booty The First Descendant is preparing for its third season this summer, and with it comes a whole bunch of new things, according...
The Stream Team: ‘We need to talk’ in Warframe 1999
If there was ever a sentence that would make Massively OP's MJ freeze, it's "We need to talk..." That and "I'd like to talk...
Activision lawsuit argues hackers make PC players quit Call of Duty Black Ops 6 over toxicity
For one reason or another, online shooters just seem to attract some of the worst kinds of online behaviors, and while cheating isn't the...
