It’s not every day that an online game changes the official ruleset of whole servers the day after everyone rolled characters, but that’s exactly what Funcom did yesterday in Conan Exiles. As MOP’s Justin reported incredulously yesterday, the studio abruptly changed all of Conan Exiles’ PvE Conflict servers – that is, the servers that are primarily PvE with small windows...

Look, we know, none of the people reading this right now like lockboxes. And, you know, for good reason. But despite that dislike, lockboxes do manage to make a stupid amount of money. Odds are good that some of the people reading this have bought some, whether or not you liked the experience, and odds are equally high that many...

There must be something in the air because games are launching! Paladins has joined the ranks of launched titles yesterday, and Massively OP’s MJ is hopping in to see the changes that made it into this live build. Tune in live at 8:00 p.m. as OPTV‘s infamous Stream Team brings you a look at the launch. What: Paladins Who: MJ Guthrie...

Who hasn’t used Google maps to check out some interesting patch of Earth? Now who hasn’t wished they could do the same for Middle-earth? Back in the day, a Google map for the lands of Lord of the Rings Online existed on the site MyLotro. Now, Standing Stones Games has given a fan permission to use in-game screens to recreate...

It must have been some time ago at Capcom’s business strategy meeting where the top executives were sitting around and talking in hushed tones about what the company’s development strategy would be. Of course, the whiteboard already had the obvious suggestions on it: a massively unpopular Street Fighter sequel that launched without features, a half-hearted Marvel vs. Capcom installment, pretending...

With the Seeking the Horizon update out and open beta coming in a couple weeks, the Dauntless dev team is moving quickly to evaluate testing feedback and make improvements. The good news is that it sounds like the co-op slayer is shoring up its server performance, streamlining its weaponmaster track, and keeping players from getting stuck on, er, tree stumps....

Cutthroat PvP MMORPG Gloria Victis is currently featured as part of Humble Bundle’s War Gamez bundle, so you can snag it and a bunch of other war… gamez… for next to nothing right now. “It’s a perfect opportunity for everyone to join the conflict in the vast medieval open world, master their own skills in the non-target combat and loot the players...

The trouble with having one universal hub in Albion Online is that basically no one cares about the five other hubs in the game. That’s what the game’s next content update, Merlyn, is partly meant to address. While Caerleon will not be changed, each of the other five royal cities will be getting bonuses to refining certain types of goods...

Project Genom has been heavily updated this week, and according to developer NeuronHaze, that’s all thanks to the players who’ve supported the title since 2016. Updates to the map are among the key improvements. “The previous version of the game’s world which had an area of 10 square kilometers, increased to 100 square kilometers and was completely redesigned: hundreds of...

Suffice it to say, it’s been a massive first day for Conan Exiles. Funcom’s brutal sandbox title is riding high off of one million sales to date and over 28,612 concurrent players charging into the fray. To meet the demand, Funcom has been turning on servers left and right, with nearly 1,500 shards coming online in various regions. The studio...