That’s the 15 of May. Runefest is back, and you know what that means. Tickets are eventually going to go on sale. You may be wondering how this is possible since the event went up last month and tickets immediately sold out. Thanks to an update in capacity, another 1,000 tickets will be going on sale. Move fast, because these are definitely going to go out really really really quickly. Tickets will go on sale at 5pm BST on Wednesday, May 15. And a fair reminder that any ticket sold outside of SeeTickets reselling platform may be cancelled and invalidated for entry. Runefest takes place Septemb ..read more

Hey kids, it’s Mark Hamill! MultiVersus is coming back on May 28, and you know what that means; we have another trailer. And what better way to get people excited than the news that Joker is coming and who better to voice him than Mark Hamill! You may recognize Mark Hamill from his role as Mark Hamill on the hit film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Other than that he hasn’t done much in film to the best of our knowledge. Check out the trailer ..read more

Until May 4. May the fourth be with you, because that’s the day that Hi-Rez Studios will fourth the SMITE 2 servers to shut down. I apologize for nothing. The first weekend for SMITE 2 is here, and that means it’s time to sell founders packs. You can check out the SMITE 2 alpha by signing up for access or get instant access by buying a pack. Servers are up with no NDA until May 4 at 10p.m. ET. That’s Eastern Time for you on the west coast. SMITE 2 launches later this year, it is a remake of the original game with new stuff because SMITE 1 is running on chewing gum and prayers. The new version ..read more

Including legendary weapons. Everyone’s favorite Polish MMO is dropping new content. Broken Ranks announced this week that players will be able to upgrade epic weapons to legendary status. How do you upgrade your epic weapons to legendary? Thankfully we have a handy video guide. Spoiler alert; it doesn’t involve any grind whatsoever. I’m kidding, it involves a lot of grind. This is an MMORPG after all. More information on the epic weapons here. For a rundown of events going on in May, check out this handy dandy roadmap ..read more

They won’t stop talking about it. Diablo IV is changing up its itemization in Season 4, launching May 14, and you probably already know that even if you don’t play the game. Why? Because they won’t stop talking about it to everyone and everywhere. It’s like Diablo IV has joined a vegan crossfit group that also codes entirely on Linux. Season 4: Loot Reborn takes on a new theme, overhauling many core game systems to refresh how items are earned, how they function, and how they improve as you level through World Tiers during the season. Unlike previous Seasonal themes that affect only the Seaso ..read more

Their PvE, should they choose to include it. With Escape From Tarkov setting its player relations on fire this past week, it only seemed inevitable that other developers would use the opportunity to promote themselves. Cue in Project L33t, a game not unfamiliar with controversy as the developer is closely associated with well-known con artist Sergey Titov. Project L33t is an upcoming extraction game similar to Escape From Tarkov, and the folks at Holmgard Games announced that Project L33t may have a PvE mode at some point in the future. Or it may not, they’re not sure. It depends on the logist ..read more

Being rebuilt from scratch-ish. Derek Smart is back, and he’s talking about Line of Defense. A game we pretty much assumed was dead given the last blog post on the website wouldn’t be all that familiar with Covid. An MMO shooter that’s been long in development, Smart notes that with the full version of Unreal Engine 5 being out, he has rebooted development from scratch and will be releasing it on said engine. Though I have been working through some other pet projects which actually pay the bills, I have now decided to reboot the project from scratch, and rebuild it with UE5. Mostly from scra ..read more

After years of floundering. After years of diminishing returns, gross negligence, and disappointing performance, ArcheAge has finally given up the ghost and announced its sunset. In the west at least. The termination notice was delivered earlier today on the official Steam channel; After discussing the performance of ArcheAge with XL Games at length, we have concluded that we’re no longer able to provide the MMORPG we envisioned. The declining number of active players means the game’s content is no longer accessible in the way it used to be, and the experience of it is different from what was ..read more

By the internet. Escape From Tarkov players are looking to escape from Battlestate Games this week. In a movie that historians will likely remember as being incredibly stupid, pre-orders for the Unheard Edition of the game went live this week. And what do you get with the Unheard Edition? Well you already know one of the things if you read the headline. The $250 Unheard Edition includes your usual fanfare; more slots, unique weapons, increased fence standing, free access to subsequent DLCs, unique items, etc. It also grants access to the PvE co-op with persistent progression and no wipes. And ..read more

Shutting down soon. Genfanad is a perfect example of a title that meandered in development and ultimately couldn’t find its place. Originally devised as a RuneScape Classic clone of sorts, Genfanad has changed its direction over its tumultuous development to become a trading card game of all things. Well it turns out that idea didn’t work either, and now the Genfanad devs finally have a concrete vision for the MMO. They’re shutting it down. Rose Tinted Games announced that the Genfanad servers will close down on April 30. Whilst we’ve tried to morph Genfanad into a title that we’d be happier ..read more