MMORPG News

General: Sister Wives - The Tale of the Modern RPG
World of Warships: Team Battles Detailed in New Dev Video Diary
Escape from Tarkov: New Video Shows 'Making Of' Cinematic Trailer & It's Cool
General: Conan Exiles Developer Diary #1 - Introducing the Game
General: NCSoft Profits Up, Guild Wars 2 Sales Soar
Elder Scrolls Online: Thieves Guild Systems & Skill Lines Revealed
EVE Online: Skill Trading Begins with Latest Update
Blade & Soul: Rising Waters Deploys Today, Over 2M Players Achieved
Neverwinter: Famous Faces to be Featured in The Maze Engine
Heroes of the Storm: Balance Update Deployed
Wizard101: How Important is Going First?
Sword Coast Legends: Headed to Consoles in Spring 2016
Star Citizen: Package Split Explained in New FAQ
General: Rich Vogel & Gordon Walton Co-Chair Austin Game Conference
Elder Scrolls Online: Everything You Need to Know About Thieves Guild
SMITE: New EU Office Opens to Support Growing EU Community

General: Sister Wives - The Tale of the Modern RPG

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 03:29 AM PST

It's almost Valentine's Day and love is in the air! This week, Chris talks about sweet, sweet love, erm... workin' it, and how modern RPGs really seem to hate monogamy.

World of Warships: Team Battles Detailed in New Dev Video Diary

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 05:21 AM PST

The World of Warships team has produced a new developer diary video to show off how team battles function in the game. Team battles will be launching soon, a feature that players have been asking for since the game launched last year. Team battles are the next step on the way to clan battles.

Escape from Tarkov: New Video Shows 'Making Of' Cinematic Trailer & It's Cool

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 04:38 AM PST

Battlestate Games has posted a new video to show behind the scenes footage of how the first cinematic trailer for Escape from Tarkov was made. Scenes include motion capture actors as well as 'gray box' footage prior to the addition of textures and more. It's a fascinating look at the process behind a very detailed cinematic. See what you think!

General: Conan Exiles Developer Diary #1 - Introducing the Game

Posted: 11 Feb 2016 04:10 AM PST

The first in a series of developer diaries to give behind the scenes look at Conan: Exiles, an upcoming survival title by Funcom and based on the Conan IP. The video diary gives players a first look at some of the features in the game as well as a look at several locations throughout the game. Check it out!

General: NCSoft Profits Up, Guild Wars 2 Sales Soar

Posted: 09 Feb 2016 06:11 PM PST

NCSoft has released its Q4 2015 revenue report that shows quarter-over-quarter growth across the board, including a significant surge for Guild Wars 2 seemingly tied to the release of the Heart of Thorns expansion.

Elder Scrolls Online: Thieves Guild Systems & Skill Lines Revealed

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 01:44 PM PST

The Elder Scrolls Online site has been updated with a comprehensive look at the new Thieves Guild systems and skill lines that will arrive with the new DLC later this month. Players can look forward to a new TG passive skill line, the Larceny System, Mementos and Assistants.

EVE Online: Skill Trading Begins with Latest Update

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 01:33 PM PST

The ability for EVE Online players to extract skills to create a Skill Injector has arrived with the latest game update. Skill Injectors can be traded or even sold for in-game currency via markets with buyers able to use them to boost skill levels on a character of their choosing.

Blade & Soul: Rising Waters Deploys Today, Over 2M Players Achieved

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 11:34 AM PST

Blade & Soul players looking for more content will be happy to hear that the Rising Waters content expansion will deploy today. To show off what can be expected, the development team has posted the official patch notes.

Neverwinter: Famous Faces to be Featured in The Maze Engine

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 10:58 AM PST

Neverwinter will be expanding again soon with the arrival of The Maze Engine. In a new post on the official site, developers reveal a few of the famous faces players are likely to encounter along the journey.

Heroes of the Storm: Balance Update Deployed

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 10:51 AM PST

The latest update has been deployed on Heroes of the Storm servers that bring a number of balance changes to several heroes. The group that has received the most attention is the Assassin line that includes Falstad, Jaina, Kael'thas, Nova and Thrall.

Wizard101: How Important is Going First?

Posted: 09 Feb 2016 10:55 AM PST

The last Feedback Friday of January touched on an issue many players have strong opinions about - how important is casting your spells before your opponents? For those who are unaware, Kingsisle releases a Feedback Friday every week to gather player opinions and suggestions on different topics.

Sword Coast Legends: Headed to Consoles in Spring 2016

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 09:43 AM PST

The Sword Coast Legends site has been updated with good news for console owners. Both XBox One and PlayStation 4 owners will be able to get hands on the game in Spring 2016.

Star Citizen: Package Split Explained in New FAQ

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 08:42 AM PST

The Star Citizen site has been updated with a new FAQ to clear up some of the confusion that last week's announcement caused with regard to the separation between Star Citizen, the persistent world, and Squadron 42, the single-player campaign.

General: Rich Vogel & Gordon Walton Co-Chair Austin Game Conference

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 08:34 AM PST

The Austin Game Conference has been dated for September 21-22, 2016 and is aiming to provide "critical insight into developing live, connected, participatory games with real-time engagement between developers, players and spectators." Of particular interest are the co-chairs of AGC, Gordon Walton of Artcraft Entertainment and Rich Vogel of Bethesda's BattleCry Studios.

Elder Scrolls Online: Everything You Need to Know About Thieves Guild

Posted: 09 Feb 2016 10:45 AM PST

Patch 2.3.0, aka The Thieves Guild was released on the PTS last week. As long as you own the game you have the opportunity to login to the PTS and give this new DLC a try for FREE. Let me tell you, this expansion is extremely enjoyable. Between doing the Guild Jobs and Heists you'll always have something to do, not to mention main story quest for the Thieves Guild and the side quests that partake in Hew's Bane.

SMITE: New EU Office Opens to Support Growing EU Community

Posted: 10 Feb 2016 07:01 AM PST

Hi-Rez Studios has announced that it has opened a branch office in Brighton, United Kingdom to support the growing European SMITE community. The new EU team will be primarily focused on community management, localization and marketing operations with development to continue in Hi-Rez's Atlanta, Georgia office.