Met a girl at a party …

I met a girl at a party and she said, "Come outside and I'll show you a good time."So we went outside and she ran 100 metres in 9.79 seconds.

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Electrician's Clothing

An electrician's favourite article of clothing would be their shorts.

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This Supermarket Joke

This Supermarket joke.Its an Aldi but a goodie.

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What's Brown and lies beside the piano?

What's brown and lies beside the piano? Beethoven's last movement.      

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Latin

Dropping Latin phrases into conversations to sound smart… That's my modus operandi.

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IMMORTALS FENYX RISING Review

IMMORTALS FENYX RISING Review
An interesting game clouded by features from another title.

Guilty Gear: Strive gets a delay into June

Guilty Gear: Strive gets a delay into June
More time needed to polish some aspects of the game.

Clubhouse Pass Season 2 Is on the Green in PGA TOUR 2K21

Clubhouse Pass Season 2 Is on the Green in PGA TOUR 2K21


Karakuri-kun Official Steam Trailer

Karakuri-kun Official Steam Trailer


Marvel's Avengers: Next-Gen Capabilities Trailer

Marvel's Avengers: Next-Gen Capabilities Trailer


Devs Lost In Space - A New Space Engineers Weekly Community Stream - March 4th

Devs Lost In Space - A New Space Engineers Weekly Community Stream - March 4th


Doom VR Edition is bringing the iconic classic to PSVR headsets

Doom VR Edition is bringing the iconic classic to PSVR headsets
We'll get the chance to experience this nightmarish horror by the end of this month.

NBA 2K21 is coming to Xbox Game Pass today

NBA 2K21 is coming to Xbox Game Pass today
A perfect dunk.

Airport CEO Gallery

Airport CEO Gallery
Latest images for Airport CEO

Airport CEO Review

Airport CEO Review
Like Airports? Like Planes? Like construction and management? You've come to the right place.

The Survivalists Farming & Animal Console Update!

The Survivalists Farming & Animal Console Update!


Nintendo Switch | SNK VS. CAPCOM【Super Impact Blasts - CAPCOM】

Nintendo Switch | SNK VS. CAPCOM【Super Impact Blasts - CAPCOM】


Casually Grounded Dev Stream E06 w/ Aarik, Shyla, Roby Atadero, and special guest RooDaaR!

Casually Grounded Dev Stream E06 w/ Aarik, Shyla, Roby Atadero, and special guest RooDaaR!


Casually Grounded Dev Stream E05 w/ Aarik, Shyla, Adam Brennecke, and special guest Mike Lowery!

Casually Grounded Dev Stream E05 w/ Aarik, Shyla, Adam Brennecke, and special guest Mike Lowery!


It's time to tell you who I am...

It's time to tell you who I am...


Apex Legends now has a new Nintendo Switch gameplay trailer

Apex Legends now has a new Nintendo Switch gameplay trailer
Legends on the roll.

Rust's console version now has a new trailer as well

Rust's console version now has a new trailer as well
Just in time.

Nintendo Switch | SNK VS. CAPCOM【Super Impact Blasts - SNK】

Nintendo Switch | SNK VS. CAPCOM【Super Impact Blasts - SNK】


Outriders Soundtrack - Main Theme

Outriders Soundtrack - Main Theme


Littlewood, a Stardew Valley-like RPG is now out on Nintendo Switch

Littlewood, a Stardew Valley-like RPG is now out on Nintendo Switch
"The world has already been saved".

DayDream – Tech Demo

DayDream is a beautiful and creepy Little Nightmares style puzzle platforming adventure where a young boy and his faithful teddy bear companion make their way through a mysterious dark fantasy world.

In DayDream you take control of a young boy called Griffin who finds himself trapped in a room and about to be consumed by darkness, when his faithful teddy bear (Birley) turns up and … Read More

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Hotel Renovator – Beta Sign Up

Hotel Renovator is a House Flipper-esque building renovation game there you rebuild and furnish run down old flop houses into luxury 5-star hotels.

Currently in development by Two Horizons S.A. and The Dust S.A (creators of Camping builder, Aquapark Renovator and Airport Renovator) is a new simulation game that allows you to create the hotel of your dreams. You start with a dilapidated … Read More

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Slaughter League – Beta Sign Up

Slaughter League is a wonderfully brutal looking game that infuses a bit of Happy Wheels-esque gore and physics-based carnage into a Fall Guys-esque competitive multiplayer game show.

In Slaughter League players will face off across hazard-filled assault courses in the world's most brutal game show. It's playable with up to 10 players and sees everyone making a mad dash for the finish line … Read More

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SpiderHeck – Alpha Download

SpiderHeck is a very cool physics-based fighting game where lightsaber-weilding spiders fight each other or AI enemies in a variety of perilous arenas.

Playable in PvP with up to four players or PvE single-player/co-op, SpiderHeck is a physics-based spider battle simulator where highly agile arachnids attempt to dispatch their enemies using a badass laser-swords (lightsabers). You move your spider with the left stick and swirl … Read More

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Natural Instincts – Beta Sign Up

Natural Instincts is a beautiful eco-aware wildlife simulation game where you aid animals and help them survive in the face of hazards, disasters and human interference.

The gameplay in Natural Instincts is a little like a RTS, with you selecting animals (or groups of animals) then commanding them to move somewhere or do something. However, there's no enemy army to fight in Natural Instincts, instead … Read More

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Kick Bot – Beta Demo

Kick Bot is a challenging and cleverly crafted Sci-Fi precision platformer where you control your character with just two buttons!

Previously featured on Alpha Beta Gamer back in 2019, Kick Bot sees you using just two buttons to control an agile little robot that's on a mission to stop an evil AI from using the "GigaLeg" to litterally kick the Earth. Your character moves … Read More

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Quinterra – Beta Sign Up

Quinterra is a rogue-lite turn-based tactics game with deck-building elements, where you travel through the five domains of Quinterra and conquer them with your army.

In Quinterra you'll be able to choose from a selection of uniquely skilled heroes then set out on an adventure through the five domains of Quinterra. On your way you'll recruit an army and decide which Elites, Minions, equipment and … Read More

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Pyramid Plunge – Beta Sign Up (Steam)

Beta sign ups have re-opened for Pyramid Plunge, a beautifully animated 2D Spellunky-esque roguelike action platformer where two adventurers find themselves trapped inside a great pyramid filled with traps, treasure and monsters.

Previously featured on Alpha Beta Gamer last year, Pyramid Plunge is a lighthearted 2D action platforming roguelike where you attempt to escape from an ever-changing pyramid. It's playable in single-player … Read More

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Protagas Bleeds – Alpha Demo

Protagas Bleeds is a classic 90's style survival horror game set in a mysterious motel filled with grotesque abominations and TV-headed monsters.

Currently in development by Bryce Butcher (creator of Fatum Betua and Remember Places?), Protagas Bleeds follows the story of a couple who are setting out to make a new start, but break down in the middle of nowhere. Fortunately for them there's … Read More

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Janitor Bleeds – Beta Demo

Janitor Bleeds is a tense retro styled first person horror game where you find yourself in an abandoned amusement arcade that's home to a terrifying shadowy monster, and you have to play a cursed arcade cabinet to escape.

In Janitor Bleeds you have an accident on a stretch of road where multiple people have gone missing recently. After walking along the road a little you … Read More

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The Lunar Effect – Beta Demo

The Lunar Effect is a retro styled psychological horror adventure that draws inspiration from Resident Evil and Silent Hill, but has much more of a puzzle focus as you try to escape from a mysterious old mansion you awaken in.

Currently in development by Negative Entities, The Lunar Effect could perhaps best be described as the thinking man's survival horror. It looks and feels … Read More

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Twilight Tower – Game Jam Build Download

Twilight Tower is a narrative-driven car-based horror roguelike where two companions try to climb out of a pit while sand rises up below them and threatens to engulf them.

Created for the Hexcode x Theme Showdown Jam, Twilight Tower is a card-based roguelike set within a massive stone labyrinth that has a pit in the center that continually fills with sand. It's no ordinary sand … Read More

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Agony of a Dying MMO – Alpha Demo

Agony of a Dying MMO is a narrative-driven horror game played via the perspective of different long-time players of a toxic MMO that's about to be shut down.

The story of Agony of a Dying MMO takes place within the final few hours of an MMO that's about to be shut down forever. The MMO was once popular and garnered a large and diverse player … Read More

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The Heilwald Loophole – Alpha Demo

The Heilwald Loophole is a tense and darkly humorous retro styled first person horror game where you attempt to escape from a mysterious hospital with a psychotic doctor, a murderous nurse and a troublesome constipated patient!

With a demo build released as part of the Haunted PS1 Demo Disc, The Heilwald Loophole is a fun little fast paced horror game with a delightfully dark sense … Read More

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Galactic Thunderdome – Beta Sign Up

Galactic Thunderdome is a physics-based Sci-Fi platform brawler where you use a wide variety of ridiculous weaponry to kill your rivals in destructible arenas.

Currently in development by Pansimula, Galactic Thunderdome is a very different type of platform brawler that almost seems like a real-time physics-based version of Worms. It's playable with up to eight players and sees combatants doing battle in a futuristic … Read More

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Walk 散歩 – Beta Demo

Walk 散歩 is a very freaky Japanese stealth horror game where a young girl tries to make her way home while being stalked by a mysterious shadowy entity.

Released as part of the Haunted PS1 Demo Disk, in Walk 散歩 you take control of a schoolgirl as she makes her way home through the streets of the city. The city is eerily deserted, apart from … Read More

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Alwa's Awakening – Open Beta (NES)

Alwa's Awakening is a fantastic retro 8-bit remake of Elden Pixels' Alwa's Awakening that aims to faithfully recreate the entire game as a functioning NES ROM!

Previously featured on Alpha Beta Gamer during the closed Beta sign up, Alwa's Awakening looks set to be a one of the best games playable on a Nintendo's classic NES. The original Alwa's Awakening was released in 2017 … Read More

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Assimilate! – Beta Sign Up

Assimilate! is a local or online multiplayer party game where players attempt to deduce who among them is a human, a robot or a programmer.

Playable with 5-10 players, in Assimilate! each player logs into the game using their phone (much like with the JackBox games) and has three rounds to achieve their objectives as part of whatever team they're on (Humans or Robots). The … Read More

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Peeb Adventures – Beta Demo

Peeb Adventures is a quirky and oddly creepy retro styled 3D platforming adventure where an odd little character with a big trunk gets banished into the back-code of an old abandoned video game.

In Peeb Adventures you control a bizarre (and slightly rude) looking Q-Bert-esque character as he goes on an adventure in a vibrant Mario 64 style 3D game world. It's a charming … Read More

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Magic: Legends – Open Beta

Magic: Legends, the new Diablo-esque fantasy action RPG set in the Magic: The Gathering universe is now in open Beta!

Previously featured on Alpha Beta Gamer during the closed Beta sign up, Magic: Legends is a fantasy action RPG with Diablo-esque gameplay and Magic: The Gathering style deckbuilding elements. The cards you collect can be added to your deck and used … Read More

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Brutal Castle – Alpha Demo

Brutal Castle puts new meaning to the phrase "castle warfare" as you control a fire-breathing castle that punches, stomps and burns Godzilla-esque monsters that are made of earth.

Brutal Castle is essentially a beat 'em up where you are a massive stone castle. The current build features two levels which see you fighting giant monsters that spawn out of the ground and end with challenging … Read More

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Drift or Die – Beta Download

Drift or Die is a narrative-driven cyberpunk driving game set in a dystopian future where conflicts are all settled via drift challenges.

Taking place in the cyberpunk world of Ultra 85, Drift or Die is a racing game where you're tasked with overthrowing a corrupt government with your drifting skills. Due to the collateral damage of war, all conflicts are now settled by drift challenges, … Read More

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Vostok 2061 – Beta Sign Up

Vostok 2061 is a beautiful looking new vertically scrolling shoot 'em up where you travel across the universe, blast aliens and save humanity.

In Vostok 2061 you step into the shoes of a young aviation school graduate who is thrust into an assignment on a distant frontier of the Universe. You'd better learn quickly as you blast your way through nine unique worlds, rescuing Earthlings, … Read More

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Blood Oath: When the Sword Rises – Beta Sign Up

Blood Oath: When the Sword Rises is a brutal multiplayer medieval combat game where you can face off in epic 32 player battles.

There are two very different game modes in Blood Oath: When the Sword Rises – Arcade and Freemode. In Arcade players will be able to face off in fast paced battles in five different modes (Team Deathmatch, Free-For-All, Capture the Flag, Defense … Read More

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Poogue – Game Jam Build Download

Poogue features a clever fusion of Pool and roguelike dungeon crawling as you travel through procedurally generated tables and attempt to pot balls before they pot you!

Created for the 7DRL Challenge, Poogue is a roguelike that sees you attempting to pot your way through a series of procedurally generated pool dungeons. You control your ball much like in a traditional pool game, with you … Read More

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Loretta – Prototype Download

Loretta is a macabre psychological thriller about a 1940's housewife whose husband goes missing while living on a run-down old farm.

Drawing inspiration from the works of Steven King, Hitchcock, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper and Vladamir Babokov, Loretta is a tense little thriller that explores the darker side of human nature. The current prototype build takes around 10 minutes to play through and follows the … Read More

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Sunblaze – Beta Demo

Sunblaze is a charming and brutally touch 2D precision splatformer that takes place within a massive morphing single-screen cyberspace.

Previously featured on Alpha Beta Gamer during the beta sign up, Sunblaze is a hardcore precision platformer tat draws inspiration from Celeste and follows a young woman called Josie (aka. Sunblaze) who finds herself trapped inside her father's superhero training simulator. She's inexperienced, but she's … Read More

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The Plane Effect – Beta Sign Up

The Plane Effect is a surreal and very stylish narrative-driven Sci-Fi puzzle adventure where you attempt to make your way home during your last day in a dark dystopian future.

Previously featured on Alpha Beta Gamer when it was called The Last Day, The Plane Effect follows the story of an office worker called Solo who is told that today is his last day … Read More

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DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai: A Hero's Bonds – Beta Sign Up (Android)

Android users can now sign up to Beta test DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai: A Hero's Bonds – a new mobile only action RPG set in the DRAGON QUEST universe.

Based on the DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai manga series, A Hero's Bonds looks very much like a fast paced and casual take on the action RPG genre. In the game you control … Read More

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A Musical Story – Beta Demo

A Musical Story is a beautiful lo-fi rhythm action adventure that takes you on a 70's Psychedelia filled journey as a Jimi Hendrix-esque musician relives the memories of a road trip with his band.

In A Musical Story you follow the story of a fictional (Jimi Hendrix inspired) musician called Gabriel, who is critically ill in a hospital. Throughout the adventure you'll relive Gabriel's memories … Read More

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Elite Dangerous touches on Odyssey alpha feedback regarding taxis, on-foot NPCs, and mission details

With the alpha test of Elite: Dangerous Odyssey continuing to press forward, players of the expansion's test build have already provided a lot of similar feedback judging by a feedback response posted on the testing forums. In the post, Frontier Developments call out several pain points in the current alpha and outlines some promises to […]

Multiplayer shooter Outriders officially releases, is added to the Xbox Game Pass on day one

Today is the day that Outriders, the multiplayer action shooter RPG from publisher Square Enix and developer People Can Fly, is officially a launch title. Not only that, it's an official launch title added to the Xbox Game Pass and Game Pass Ultimate right from the off, granting members of the service their chance to […]

Here's how Final Fantasy XIV players will access the game's PlayStation 5 beta

When the next major patch for Final Fantasy XIV arrives on April 13th, the open beta for the PlayStation 5 version starts as well. If you've already got the console and you're playing away happily on the PS4 version, it's time to upgrade, since the beta is open for everyone playing on the console version. But […]

Vague Patch Notes: Template

The other day, I was in the middle of a humanizing anecdote when something happened that was tangentially related to MMOs. This prompted me to start thinking about this particular tangential issue, by which I actually mean that this was a column I wanted to write for a while but finally had an excuse to […]

April Fools' Day 2021 across the MMOverse

Love it or hate it, April Fools' day is a Thing, and MMO companies seldom miss an opportunity to get in on The Thing. Let's take a peek into what they've brought us for 2021, shall we? Have you ever wanted to date your ship in Star Trek Online? No? Well you can anyway. Star […]

Stick and Rudder: Five potentially stupid yet fun Elite Dangerous spaceship builds

Even though I've logged a total of 112 hours of Elite: Dangerous at the time of this writing, I'm still pretty much a noob in the grander scheme of things. I've only just recently gotten into core mining. I've slowly started to crawl up the Trader ranks towards Elite status. I still haven't really gotten […]

Camelot Unchained showcases work on alchemy, movement, Ériu updates, and a video of the Verdant Forest

With the month of April just beginning, there's a lot to look back on in terms of development progress made in March for Camelot Unchained. First off, the latest Top-Tenish provides some updates on getting the alchemy system working in-game; some new movement updates that include increased movement speed, work on caravans, and promise of […]

Nielsen is closing down SuperData and its monthly gaming revenue peeks

I think I might have been the only person on the planet who noticed that March had slipped by without a monthly report on the relative earnings of the game industry from SuperData. As it turns out, it wasn't an error or a delay: It's because SuperData is being closed down. And that's not an […]

Blizzard is surveying WoW Classic players on character clone pricing

While the mere confirmation that Burning Crusade Classic will feature a level boost option, prompted a whole lot of debate in the community, another upcoming paid service seems to have escaped such controversy. Blizzard is going to be offering an option for player to shell out money to clone their characters so that they can […]

Magic Legends doubles spell drop rate, gives a week of free battlepass XP

Cryptic Studios is listening to — and acting upon — player feedback regarding Magic Legends following its recent soft launch. In the ARPG's second State of the Game report, Executive Producer Steve Ricossa shared many of the big changes that are coming to the game in today's update and in the near future. The most […]

The Daily Grind: What's your favorite April Fools' day MMO gag?

This year, we have elected not to do an April Fools' joke because we found ourselves with something more pressing to do. It turns out that copyright crackdowns in various places such as Twitch have become super aggressive, so from this point onward we'll be using gorgeous in-house artwork for our header images for all […]

The Stream Team: Droid party at Nar Shaddaa in SWTOR

Massively OP's Larry and MJ are closing in on the Shroud in SWTOR. Next up in the hunt: Nar Shaddaa, the big party planet (moon, whatever). It's certainly possible the duo will get sidetracked and start talking about favorite foods, funny foibles, and who knows what else while wandering among all the neon lights. Since […]

Runes of Magic celebrates 12 years with login rewards and a series of quests

Runes of Magic seems to be one of those MMO titles that continually flies under the radar but keeps on truckin' despite that. Case in point, the title has been operating for 12 years and is eager to celebrate the milestone with its players. Between now and Thursday, April 22nd, players can follow a new […]

New World discusses the 'vision' behind its alpha dungeons

"Expeditions" turns out to be a pretty popular concept right about now, but New World's might be a bit different from what you're expecting, as that's Amazon Game Studios' term for basic three-to-five-person dungeons. The studio penned a dev blog today detailing what players can expect from the content, specifically from the Amrine Excavation and […]

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen dates next pre-alpha test for next weekend, plans to talk balance and progression in April 1 livestream

Today's Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen news is all about the near future. As in the next couple of weeks or so. For those who are eager to kick the game's tires, the devs have put out an announcement that the game's next pre-alpha test will be running next weekend, Saturday, April 10th, and Sunday, […]

Agony of a Dying MMO is an atmospheric narrative game about players' final hours in a sunsetting MMO

How do you cope with the closing hours of an MMO as it shuts down? We all have a variety of answers to this question, but there's a narrative-driven horror game that seeks to touch on a few of those feelings. It's called Agony of a Dying MMO, a game that's part of a bundle […]

Elder Scrolls Online drops Blackwood trailer, announces next-gen 'Console Enhanced' edition

Among the most interesting announcements made during today's Elder Scrolls Online Blackwood preview stream was ZeniMax's revelation that it's releasing an "enhanced" edition for the newest-gen consoles. The Elder Scrolls Online: Console Enhanced will launch for the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, free for all owners of the game on Xbox One and PS4. […]

Fly on a donkey with Black Desert's April Mules' Day prank

Black Desert's PC version is rolling out its April Fools' day prank early, but given the context and adorableness rating on this one, we don't think you'll be sad. "April Mules' Day" is live today and runs for the next two weeks, allowing Shai characters to literally ride a flying donkey. I mean, I don't […]

Massively on the Go: Why Nintendo and Pikmin make sense in Niantic's hands

With the recent news that Nintendo and Niantic will work together for more AR games based on Nintendo IPs, I thought it might be time to revisit an old conversation we all had the last time Niantic was grappling with a major popular IP. As readers may remember, soon after Pokemon Go launched, Niantic was tapped […]

Elder Scrolls Online is about to stream Blackwood – come getcha flame atronach pony

Hear that noise? It's the sound of ZeniMax's hype machine for Elder Scrolls Online's Blackwood cranking up. Yes, Blackwood is only a couple of months away now, which means that the studio is prepping players with teasers – including a gameplay stream today. We don't always cover these kinds of announcement streams ahead of time, […]

The Wagadu Chronicles explores jungles, architecture, and more spirits in concept art, showcases new UI

The developers of The Wagadu Chronicles MMORPG continue to churn out Kickstarter updates, and the latest one features another round of fabulous concept art and in-game creations as the team at Twin Drums continues to flesh out its world. In this update, we have a look at even more lush rainforest vegetation, an exploration of […]

Elyon opens closed beta test signups with English website overhaul

Back in December, just as Elyon (fka Ascent Infinite Realm) was launching in Korea, we were left to get excited over the opening of the game's western website. However, as we noted at the time, that website consisted of a slide image and five sentences of lore and explanation for how MMORPGs work. There wasn't […]

Perfect Ten: Top 10 annoying things you hear in MMORPG global chat

General chat, sometimes called "Barrens chat" or "zone chat" or "the party line," is both the bane and the secret fixation of my existence. It's like a text-based reality show that plays out in real-time whenever I log into an MMO. If — for some rare reason — I'm bored of playing the game or […]

Elite Dangerous patches in faster system map loading and several fixes for the Odyssey alpha

With phase one of the Elite: Dangerous Odyssey alpha well underway, there have been a few more pressing matters that have cropped up that require the application of hotfixes. After all, while this is and alpha and broken things are to be expected, some things can be a bit too broken. The day of the […]

No Man's Sky adds a multiplayer-focused mode and improved multiplayer missions in the Expeditions update

Remember when No Man's Sky woefully underdelivered with regards to its multiplayer offerings? That seems like so long ago and the new Expeditions update is going to make that flub feel even further away as the survival sandbox has added a new limited-time multiplayer-focused mode known as Expedition mode, the first of which, known as […]

World of Warcraft will start testing patch 9.1 soon, unveils a world buff storage device for Classic

It's been an unusually long time since the launch of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands for the game to have not released its first major patch for the expansion, and it's going to be a while longer yet until the patch is released, but the good news is that it's at least been dated. The PTR is […]

Dungeons and Dragons Online activates its fourth permadeath server season

You've only got one life to live in Dungeons and Dragons Online — so make it a good one. The doors to DDO's permadeath server is open once more, as the MMO is running the fourth iteration of the Hardcore League from March 31st to June 29th. So why would you want to play a […]

EverQuest II dives into the Plane of Shadows with this week's content drop

The days may be getting longer, but that only means that the shadows are increasing in force. Yesterday, EverQuest II dared its players to return to the Plane of Shadows to face off against Emperor Ssraeshza — but only with the help of a Feral Spirit ceremony to bolster their power. Game Update 117: Whispers […]

CDPR says it's 'reconsidering' Cyberpunk 2077's planned multiplayer

Covering Cyberpunk 2077 has been an exercise in frustration here on multiplayer-focused MOP as CD Projekt Red has been stringing along promises of a distant multiplayer for ages now. Last we heard, it was likely several years away and probably going to be a "standalone product" rather than some sort of mere multiplayer component. That […]

The Daily Grind: What MMO content is perfect for short gaming sessions?

Lately I've been exploring Lord of the Rings Online's new(ish) mission system, which is essentially a smaller version of skirmishes that scale to a player's level. While these missions aren't anything mind-blowing in terms of activities or lore, I do appreciate that they offer the option to get something meaningful done in 10 to 15 […]

The Stream Team: A pre-Easter egg hunt in Guild Wars 2

There can be only one Highlander, but there can be many griffon eggs in Guild Wars 2's Desert Highlands. And Massively OP's MJ will gather them all! She's hoping things go so well she can even start her search in Elon Riverlands. Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. for this pre-Easter egg hunt! What: Guild […]

Closers celebrates April Fools' day with limited-time skins and high school-themed event dungeons

Somehow, I think the idea of April Fools' day was lost in translation between the publishers of Closers and the West. Or maybe the idea of April Fool's is being shoehorned in as part of the game's latest event. Perhaps it's best not to ponder these things and just enjoy the event. Which is based […]

Final Fantasy XI plans a variety of bonus events throughout April along with the usual egg hunt

Final Fantasy XI is going to make you hunt eggs in April. This is familiar to any long-time player of the game, naturally. Starting on April 5th, you will be hunting letter-bearing eggs that spell various things like the first three letters of your character name, alphabetical sequences starting from your first letter, or seven-of-a-kind […]

RIFT's 10th anniversary event gets some small new surprises

Gamigo may not be in the business of making new content for RIFT these days, but at least the company has the ability to flip the switch that activates the game's annual events. And considering that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the fantasy MMO, it's a good thing that players are able to […]

Massively OP Podcast Episode 315: The Wrath Baby strikes back

Justin, Bree, Chris, and Tyler discuss Magic Legends' soft launch, World of Warcraft's price hikes, WoW Burning Crusade's beta, Elite Dangerous' Odyssey alpha, Raph Koster's virtual world manifesto, and Monster Hunter Rise's launch, with mailbag topics on when subs aren't worth it and why MMO currencies are just the worst.

Path of Exile's latest patch improves the game engine in preparation for the Ultimatum expansion

Path of Exile's engine is getting a little upgrade in patch 3.13.2, promising a variety of improvements like better texture streaming for faster loads, added automation to remove old minimap and shader data, an updated patcher to eliminate some file fracturing, and renderer system updates that have made them roughly 15-20% faster. As one might […]

Sony confirms that the PlayStation 3, PSP, and Vita stores will shut down this year

It turns out that the rumor was true, unfortunately. Sony has confirmed that the online stores for the PlayStation 3, PSP, and PSP Vita will all be shuttered this year, with the former two shutting down on July 2nd and the Vita store remaining open for a little longer until August 27th. Past this point, […]

The Soapbox: Would Asheron's Call make a good battle royale game?

With the recent announcement of Crayta coming to PCs, I was reminded of some discussions on the Asheron's Call subreddit about making a battle royale fan server. While I've always hoped fan would generate AC-themed projects, I also wonder whether recycling assets might be a cost-effective way for WB Games (which still owns the franchise) to test […]

RuneScape restores its first wave of accounts and applies combat changes, OSRS talks next steps for equipment balance

After a March that the devs of Jagex and the fans of RuneScape would likely love to forget, the process of bringing back locked-out accounts is officially underway, with the very first wave of affected players being welcomed back to the world of Gielinor. As reported earlier, players will be coming back to messy bank […]

Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Festival returns… next week

You know what would've been awesome? If Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box were reopening this week, when April Fools' Day actually is and when my kids are off cyberschool for spring break. Alas, it's not this week – it's next week, as ArenaNet has just announced. "This year's Super Adventure Festival begins on April 6 […]

Final Fantasy XIV updates the digital fan festival and patch 5.5 sites

Patch 5.5 is just around the corner for Final Fantasy XIV, and that means more updates to the special preview site for the patch. The latest update includes a section about the open beta for the game's PlayStation 5 version, starting on patch day (April 13th), along with a preview of the fight against Diamond Weapon. […]

Choose My Adventure: I think I accidentally turned my Cleric into a Necromancer in RIFT

One of the big selling points in RIFT has always been the ability to combine three of the game's Souls into a custom class. Granted, the Souls in question were tied to a Calling (aka class) and were a bit limited in that regard, but for the most part the game's class customization allows for […]

Playable Worlds' hiring page suggests Raph Koster's upcoming MMO is a AAA sandbox

We're assuming that we're destined to hear a lot more about Playable Worlds' incoming MMORPG in the near future, what with Raph Koster's promise to do just that this year on top of his "premanifesto" last week. But while we wait for the hype machine to start cranking back up, we can poke around in […]

Casually Classic: In defense of a good 'looking for group' tool in World of Warcraft

While World of Warcraft certainly made a number of questionable design decisions over the years, for my money one of the absolute best moves Blizzard ever did was institute the looking for dungeon tool (or LFG tool) back in Wrath of the Lich King. Players who found it too frustrating or stressful to get into […]

Mortal Online 2 extends its stress test a few more days and checks in with a tech report

A Discord post shared on Reddit has provided an update regarding Mortal Online 2's ongoing beta stress test, announcing that the test will be extended "a few more days" as a result of the discovered technical difficulties. According to the post, the test saw an "enormous" number of players laying into the game's servers over […]

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen begins selling NFT-minted artwork to fund development

You either believe that NFT-minted artwork is the wave of the future, a brick in an impossibly tall pyramid scheme, or techbros turning the idea of card collecting into an environmental hazard. Or perhaps you're curious, in which case this Reddit thread does a pretty good job of explaining the scheme. However you feel about […]

Albion Online's daily pop rises to 140K players ahead of summer mobile launches

2020 was good for Albion Online and its studio Sandbox Interactive: We've been reporting over the last year how the game has continued to rise in population, notably reaching 125K players a day last fall. No doubt that's a large part of why the company allowed itself to be bought out by a Swedish mobile […]

Burning Crusade Classic's beta bumps the level cap to 68

WoW Classic's Burning Crusade beta took another step toward release last night, as Blizzard expanded the test's scope and made a few crucial fixes along the way. Now, the level cap has been increased from 64 to 68, a good sign that the beta is making progress. Other changes with the beta include making sure […]

The Daily Grind: What's the oldest MMORPG character you still play?

Every year or so we'll do a conversation topic about the oldest MMO we still play. But realistically, the same couple of MMOs always come up, and it's not the most interesting discussion. Old things are old. But MOP reader Doug gave us some great inspiration in a tweet the other day about his oldest […]

The Stream Team: Undead frolicking at Path of Exile Ritual altars

It's odd to Massively OP's MJ: Ritual is not her favorite Path of Exile league, but it sure keeps pulling her back! That tantalizing lure of maybe getting something good in the ritual loot again is just too enticing to resist. On the plus side, at least she also gets to enjoy her zombie army. […]