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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...
The Defiance revival has now reintroduced the Castithan race from the long-dead 2013 DLC
When Fawkes Games licensed Defiance from Gamigo and resurrected the old MMORPG from the dead, it was adamant about bring up the base game...
Star Citizen heralds the Idris as a victory for its server tech as players grouse over its limited sale
Star Citizen's Invictus event ushered in more than just CIG's pay-to-win clusterfudge; it also introduced the Idris, one of the sandbox's biggest internet ships...
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...
First Impressions: Moonshot’s Wildgate is fun, but its biggest challenge is the players
I'm not much of a PvP guy. Without putting too fine a point on it, I'm bad at them. But something about Moonshot Games'...
Star Wars The Old Republic is launching patch 7.7 Dynamic Worlds on May 28
The time is almost here for fans of Star Wars The Old Republic, as patch 7.7 has been confirmed to be landing on May...
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...
Hands-on: Co-op roguelike Lynked Banner of the Spark is ready for launch and more fun than ever
I think all gamers have a dream game in their head that they wish somebody would make, a mashup of the best parts of...
Perfect Ten: Dead MMORPGs that were weird and I’m glad they existed
I am going to make what may be a contentious statement here: I am not particularly sad about a lot of MMORPGs that shut...
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...
MMO Week in Review: Blue Protocol, Warborne, and Equinox Homecoming
The MMO whose untimely demise we called the biggest disappointment of 2024 is getting another chance: This week, we learned that the revised version...
The MOP Up: Squirreled Away gives into player demands to create an unlimited treehouse mode
Co-op treetop survival sim Squirreled Away said that it's listened to player demands and is preparing a full-on creative mode for tree houses for...
PlanetSide 2 marks continued server improvements, upcoming Infiltrator changes and new directives
When Toadman Interactive/Daybreak (aka ToadBreak) merged the NA servers of PlanetSide 2, it did so extremely poorly, electing to move the more performative Emerald...
Star Citizen will make future ship components buyable in-game on day one, current items buyable in June
Earlier this week, Star Citizen decided to absolutely tap dance in it by selling ship components like weapon kits, bomb racks, and stat-boosting blades...
Star Citizen’s new cash shop offerings provoked fresh pay-to-win and predatory monetization accusations
The Invictus Launch Week free-fly event of Star Citizen is usually meant to be a time of celebration; a way to try out ships...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO developer you think is unfairly maligned?
A while back, someone in our comments laid down a spicy zinger for MMO developer John Smedley, whom MMORPG fans surely know best as...
Massively Overthinking: What will the MMORPG genre look like in 2030?
If you had asked me in 2020 what the MMO genre would look like in 2025, I'm not sure how I would've answered. It...
Pearl Abyss Q1 2025: Black Desert Mobile’s Chinese endeavor is over
Last weekend, we ran the numbers on Black Desert and EVE Online, thanks to some gap-filling on Q4 2024 made possible by Pearl Abyss's...
Star Citizen patches in alpha 4.1.1 and Invictus free-fly event, showcases the Idris cash shop ship
It's been all that Star Citizen has been talking about and this week it's all here. The internet spaceship sandbox has launched its alpha...
