End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2023
2023 was definitely a year of surprises for me. Not all of them were pleasant! If you’ve been watching my columns, you probably have a...
Embers Adrift adds a new alpine zone, defends its decision to deploy quests without XP
Just days before the closing of the month, Embers Adrift pumped out its November patch with some hearty content to enjoy. A brand-new zone, Grizzled...
Dragon’s Dogma II Arrives in March 2024, New Trailer Released
Capcom blew the doors off of Dragon's Dogma 2 this week with a 15 minute showcase unveiling the game's release date and a number of...
Bossa Games’ post-Worlds Adrift co-op game, Lost Skies, heads into pre-alpha
We’ve had an eye on Bossa Games – again – ever since May of this year, when the company best known to MMORPG players for...
Mortal Online 2 releases its big Unreal Engine 5 upgrade and gameplay adjusting patch
The time has come for players of Mortal Online 2 to enjoy crispier textures, shinier lights, and nicer-looking skies. The game has fully released its...
Mortal Online 2’s Massive Unreal Engine 5 Update is Here, Along With New High Risk, High Reward Zones
Mortal Online 2 is now running on Unreal Engine 5 and has ushered in its version 2.0.0. The upgrade isn't just visual, as the team...
Skull and Bones is now targeting February 2024 for its launch following eleventy billion delays
Insider Gaming is reporting that Ubisoft has finally narrowed down Skull and Bones’ launch date to February 16th, 2024. And believe it or not, that’s...
Unity ejects Weta Digital from its portfolio and lays off 265 more employees
In the frantic race to the bottom in 2023, Unity is pushing hard to cross the finish line first. The former game engine darling has...
Sony Interactive Entertainment and NCsoft announce a ‘strategic’ partnership
What exactly are Sony Interactive Entertainment and NCsoft doing together? Painting each others’ nails? Plotting the destruction of their most hated of all animals, the...
The Daily Grind: Should all PvP-centric MMOs offer ‘safer seas’ servers?
By now you may have heard that Sea of Thieves — a famously PvP-centered game — is incorporating a smaller “safer seas” PvE mode for those folks...