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PAX East 2025: Warframe gets Yareli Prime May 21, Isleweaver update, new Frame, and Valkyr rework in June
Where Digital Extremes' in-development action RPG barely got any stage time, the studio's sci-fi looter shooter Warframe commanded much more attention on the PAX...
Overwatch devs join Communication Workers of America to officially form a ‘wall-to-wall’ union
The unionization movement across Blizzard's developers has expanded once more, this time across those who work on the hero shooter Overwatch. The Communication Workers...
Destiny 2 answers questions about Year of Prophecy updates as its 3v3 Heavy Metal PvP mode arrives
Now that it's been a couple of days since Destiny 2 unveiled its Year of Prophecy content plans, players of the looter shooter have...
Overwatch 2 applies a balance update for Stadium and announces a collab with Street Fighter 6
Overwatch fans knew that balance to the popular Stadium mode was on the way, but this week the great tweakening has begun as the...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on hero bans and similar rulesets in multiplayer games?
For all the interest in Overwatch 2's apparently really great Stadium mode, I haven't seen all that much positive feedback on the new hero...
Massively Overthinking: Are you a random reward disliker in MMOs?
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us via a phrase MOP's Eliot dropped back in April that leaped out at me. He was discussing...
Sony announces a new ‘lighthearted’ team shooter set in a new sci-fantasy world
"Didn't Sony just shutter a team-based action game," I asked MOP's Sam when he brought us this news.
"Is it even a major studio if...
Fortnite’s return to the Apple App Store will happen via Epic Games’ Swedish account
Now that Apple is being told in no uncertain terms to stop hindering Fortnite's functional re-entry to the App Store and to let developers...
Perfect Ten: MMOs (and MMO moments) that live in infamy
To a certain degree, MMOs have always existed in a state of infamy. People assume that the game requires hours of sitting and scowling...
EVE Fanfest 2025: EVE Vanguard early access launches summer 2026
Upcoming MMOFPS EVE Vanguard was on display this week at EVE Fanfest 2025, with attendees getting a chance to get hands-on with the game...
Morhaime-backed multiplayer extraction RPG Wildgate is running another public test this weekend
Back in March, we covered the latest new game emerging from Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven conclave, Wildgate, which devs describe as a "crew-based first-person shooter...
Destiny 2 is swapping seasons for semiannual expansions – and collaborating with Star Wars
Bungie's Destiny 2 Edge of Fate reveal stream this afternoon is promising quite a major restructure of how the game delivers content - one...
Multiplayer game builder Everywhere’s creation tool will be usable in single-player action shooter MindsEye
Back in 2022 we first caught word about a game called Everywhere, a self-described "multi-world gaming experience" from indie studio Build A Rocket Boy...
Overwatch 2 confirms hero balancing and more features for Stadium mode all the way to ‘Season 19 and beyond’
People seem to really like Overwatch 2's Stadium mode - and that includes MOP's own Tyler. That substantial boost in popularity has very obviously...
Copyright infringement lawsuit over Destiny 2’s Red War narrative is allowed to proceed
Last October we first reported on a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Destiny 2 developer Bungie in which author Matthew Kelsey Martineau, who was...
NCSoft invests in indie studio emptyvessel for its multiplayer cyberpunk squad FPS Defect
It looks as if NCsoft is making sure it's got its fingers in another pie in the world of western games development, as the...
The Daily Grind: Do you play the same MMOs as your significant other?
One of the things I love about having a dedicated room in my house with all the computers is that my family games together...
Hearthstone adds new mini-set May 13, Overwatch 2 collabs with Gundam, Warcraft Rumble launches Season 14
It's time for yet another set of news stories that make up a Bundle O' Blizzard. A snow pile? Whatever you want to call...
Not So Massively: Overwatch 2’s stadium mode is a huge accessibility win
Outside of the occasional versus-AI game every six months or so, I've largely ignored Overwatch 2 since Blizzard abandoned the idea of adding further...
MMO Business Roundup: Microsoft stonewalls ZeniMax union, Electronic Arts lays off hundreds
Welcome back to another quick roundup of some MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news of the week! It's business time in Hollis, Queens, but it's...
