The Daily Grind: Has an MMORPG ever scared you?
It’s the Spooky Season here in our portion of the globe and in most MMORPGs, and that means it’s time to nod in appreciation of the times when our genre dips its toes into horror.…
Month: October 2026
Person Behind Viral AI-Generated Fallout: New York Game Hauls It Offline, Says Bethesda Issued Cease and Desist
The person behind a viral AI-generated Fallout: New York game has pulled it offline after receiving a cease and desist from Bethesda. Earlier this week, a self-styled “AI creative” known as “CHRIS FIRST” on X…
Riot Games Co-Founder Says 2XKO Needed ‘Hundreds of Thousands, if Not Millions’ of Monthly Active Players to Survive
The co-founder, co-chairman, and chief product officer of Riot Games, Marc Merrill, revealed the number of monthly active users 2XKO would have needed to justify its budget, and the eye-popping amount has sparked an animated…
New GTA 6 Age Rating Confirms Game Will Feature Sex Scenes
GTA 6 will have sex scenes, according to a new listing from international ratings boards. In New Zealand and Australia, GTA 6's store page on PlayStation was updated to include the game's official age rating.…
Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations Getting New ‘Slaughter Mode’ as Free Update Next Month
Doom: The Dark Ages developer id Software has announced a new free update coming to the first-person shooter's Revelations DLC next month: an endless single-player "Slaughter Mode." As announced on today's Slayers Club Live livestream…
The Stream Team: Concluding the Crypt of Mortis in AQ3D’s Wandering Light Saga finale
The Wandering Light Saga has been woven throughout this year, taking Massively OP’s MJ on a journey through the den of evil for the AQ3D’s Hand of Mortis cult beside Sera Phimion. The two have…
Massively Overthinking: What does a sandbox MMORPG have to do to hook you in the first two weeks?
There’s a Reddit thread that caught my eye, but not necessarily for the reason that it maybe intended to. A team of folks making an “Ultima Online-inspired private shard” asked a simple but also bold…
Grand Theft Auto Online kicks off Halloween events and goodies all through October
The Halloween season is in full effect in Grand Theft Auto Online, as the multiplayer title has kicked off a whole bunch of events and bonuses that celebrate the spooktacular season all through the month of October,…
A very hungry dragon and a three-headed dog arrive to ARK Survival Ascended’s base game and two DLCs
What do a dragon that gets stronger the more it eats, a three-headed dog that’s totally not Cerberus, and a dinosaur that got some TLC have in common? They’re the highlights for ARK: Survival Ascended’s suite…
Fallout 76’s upcoming roadmap highlights world pets and a Raven Rock map expansion
Just because the world ended doesn’t mean it can’t have a future. So sayeth Fallout 76, which put out a new multi-seasonal roadmap for the online RPG in its newest director’s letter. Bethesda seems focused…