Cozy MMO Palia handwaves its bizarre beta obfuscation on the grounds that it’s free-to-play
Yesterday, we recapped the ongoing drama with Singularity 6’s cozy mini-MMO, Palia. The short version is that the game hit beta last summer and has...
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer admits massive layoffs were due in part to gaming’s ‘lack of growth’
Ever since Microsoft announced a wave of layoffs that would affect 1,900 people – over 800 of whom work for Activision-Blizzard – the officially stated...
Embracer Group Sells Most of Gearbox Assets and IP to Take-Two, Keeps Cryptic Studios and MMOs
Weeks after reports said that Gearbox Entertainment was close to a potential sale, Embracer Group confirmed the sale of most of the company, including key...
Dune Awakening discusses MMO size, PvP and PvE, the deep desert, and getting rid of Funcom ‘jank’
Funcom’s Joel Bylos was among those in attendance at this year’s GDC, which is the stage where he answered questions about the upcoming Dune: Awakening...
RIFT hosts a server load test party this evening with free level-ups
Have we said how utterly bizarre it is to see RIFT pop up in our feeds this much recently? Not that we’re complaining, mind you;...
Hostile NCsoft shareholder meeting reveals ArenaNet is working on Guild Wars 3
The topic of Guild Wars 3 has been a common one over the last few years; when I dredged our articles, the first one I...
The Daily Grind: How long can you do the same thing in an MMORPG?
I have, it must be said, a high tolerance for grinding and repetition. I can handle a very long stretch of doing the exact same...
ECS LIVA Z5 PLUS Mini PC Review
It has been nearly ten years since I first went hands on with one of the LIVA mini PCs from ECS, with that original LIVA...
Homeworld 3 Delayed, For Only Good Reasons
Homeworld 3 is now due to launch May 7th, about two months after it was first to launch but in this case players might not...
Ravendawn Adjusts Mentor System to Reduce Powerleveling, Adds Fishing Bait, and Moves to Battle Griefing
Ravendawn's latest update is heavy on the user experience improvements, including performance improvement, some penalties for griefing, more fishing tweaks, and updated to the Mentor...