MMO Business Roundup: Game devs on Marathon concurrency discourse, Matt Booty says no new layoffs
Welcome back to yet another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! There’s really no clever way to bundle this whole set of headlines up...
Minisforum’s new flagship NAS comes with OpenClaw pre-installed — Strix Halo-powered N5 Max can run a local AI LLM
Minisforum has announced it is readying a new NAS that comes with OpenClaw pre-installed. The NAS will be powered by AMD’s flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 to help accelerate AI workloads that users program OpenClaw to execute.
EverQuest II starts open beta for Gerion’s Reckoning and begins anniversary celebrations for EverQuest
Is it weird if the sequel is marking the anniversary of the original before the original does? A little bit, but marking the 27th anniversary...
Leveraging Copilot In Excel To Steal Data Without Any User Interaction
Patch Tuesday has come and gone once more and this time it contained a doozy of a patch, not that it was communicated willingly to...
Microsoft Teases Next-Gen Xbox Project Helix At GDC 2026
Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division has been in a bit of freefall as of late, with its longtime CEO Phil Spencer departing the company alongside heir apparent Sarah Bond. New CEO Asha Sharma is quickly trying to steady the ship, having unveiled the gaming brand’s upcoming console last week, dubbed Project Helix. Now, Xbox is giving gamers a sneak
MapleStory Classic World Signups Open for April’s Global Online Closed Test
Signups have opened for Global MapleStory Classic World's closed online test, which is happening in April. Go to Source Author: Christina Gonzalez
Final Fantasy XI Begins Trust Magic System Overhaul in Latest Update
Final Fantasy XI continues strong,. Now, the March update is here, featuring the first part of the Trust magic system overhaul, featuring a new Alter...
Hypixel founder explains Hytale’s modding focus: ‘We hire from the community’
Hytale loves its modders, and you can see that in the amount of focus the game has built up on modding. But Hypixel founder Simon...
Valve details new game verification system for upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine — 30 FPS at 1080p for Steam Frame Verified, same as Steam Deck
The Steam Machine is on track for launch this year despite component shortages setting Valve back. Hardware aside, the company has just provided a major update on the software side of things with new verified programs for the Steam Machine and Steam Frame, and they seem to be as straightforward as expected.
Snail Games talks up For The Stars, Gobby Gang, Bellwright, and ARK at GDC
Snail Games hit the ground running at GDC 2026 this week, presenting a half-dozen of its upcoming and current titles to the industry. This started...