A review of Everquest from Boss Fight Books

  While not, strictly speaking, the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Everquest has a notorious reputation as the first such title to truly break into the mainstream. In his Boss Fight history, Matthew S. Smith covers pretty much everything that both led into Everquest’s original creation, and then, the controversies it inspired. Then…

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Forever Skies developer responds to ‘significant’ disappointment with the survival game’s launch: ‘It’s tough to see that the game didn’t meet the expectation of so many players’

Forever Skies was one of the more intriguing early access survival projects that sprawl across Steam like a forest of (choppable) trees. The premise was basically “What if Subnautica, but in the sky?” which given Subnautica is one of, if not the best survival game in existence, is a pretty exciting concept. Plus, you get…

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No, Geoff Keighley—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was not made by a team of ‘under 30 developers,’ and devs say repeating the myth is ‘a dangerous path’

While opening last night’s Summer Game Fest showcase, host and Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley noted how 2025 has been marked by the surprise successes of smaller game projects. Alongside “indie creations” that “stand side by side with heavyweights,” Keighley shouted out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 from Sandfall Interactive, which he called “a monumental achievement”…

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Fallout 76 now lets you go fishing in its irradiated waters, though I’m more interested in the massive combat overhaul added in its ‘Gone Fission’ update

Look, I’m not a big fan of fishing minigames for a whole bunch of reasons. But I am deeply fond of abysmal puns. So on that basis alone, Fallout 76‘s Gone Fission update gets a pass from me. But this exquisitely/terribly titled addition to Bethesda’s multiplayer Fallout does more than let you yoink marine life…

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Geometric factory sim Shapez 2 just got a massive update that adds 3D construction and better trains, and it’s also 30% off until next week

Shapez 2 has quickly established itself as one of the better factory sims to roll off the games industry’s colossal imagination assembly line. A more focussed, yet still expansive game of automation and optimisation, Shapez 2 gives you the scale of Factorio, but removes concerns like building-destroying enemies and paying for structures with resources. Released…

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Nightreign’s distilled shot of Elden Ring juice makes it my ideal level of soulslike investment after 14 years of getting good

I’ve fallen off of soulslikes. Not because of a lack of appreciation: I’ll always treasure felling a FromSoft boss so I can snatch up their soul, read the item description and wonder what all those proper nouns might mean. It’s a problem of exhaustion. The cracks first started showing in Sekiro—watching Guardian Ape stand back…

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