The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) is an MMO that lives up to its name. This game has been around for quite a while, and it just keeps growing. At the recent Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft announced that the "Necrom" expansion, already released on PC, would soon be coming to Xbox. Just over a week later, the expansion has landed on both Xbox and PlayStation. Now console gamers can play as the new Arcanist class and journey to the lands of Telvanni Peninsula and Apocrypha as they fight to save reality itself.

Today's Xbox Games Showcase offered few surprises. Some Xbox fans had hoped for bombshell announcements that would help Microsoft's console to better compete with PlayStation, but no such announcements occured. That's not to say that Microsoft didn't show any cool games! They just showed games of about the same hype level as were shown at last year's event. Additionally and despite reports to the contrary, several games were shown only as cinematic footage rather than in-game footage. Still, we learned about some cool upcoming co-op games, and that's always reason to celebrate.

Since its initial release in 2014, The Elder Scrolls Online has thrived and outlived numerous competing MMOs. New content drops like the recent 'Blackwood' expansion continue to expand the game, and now the long-awaited 'Console Enhanced' update has arrived on Xbox Series S and X and PlayStation 5. This update adds sw...

E3 2021 is the first E3 since Microsoft acquired Bethesda, and today’s Microsoft and Bethesda Games Showcase is the first joint E3 press conference from the two companies. The 90-minute event revealed a number of new and previously announced games that will be coming to Xbox and PC in 2021 and 2022. Naturally, we’re most psyched for the 10 co-op games featured in the showcase.

Loads of people right now are working from home and staying inside playing games (including the Co-Optimus staff). MMO studios are in the same boat, meaning that we’ll see some delays in the coming weeks and months for content related to MMOs. At the same time, they’re doing their best to keep us entertained by offering their regul...

The holiday season is upon us. Snow is falling, the indoor fires are crackling, and everyone is ready to take a nice long break from work! The season typically means holiday-themed events for MMOs. For this month’s MMOCO round-up, we look at some special events for Black Desert Online and Final Fantasy XIV as well as information for The Elder...

Halloween has passed and we’re into the days of fall where the weather begins turning a bit cooler. Time to bundle up with some updates to MMOs! In this issue of MMOCO, we have content patches and expansions for The Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert Online, and Lord of the Rings Online....

The Elder Scrolls Online may have been out for a while, in fact it's something we checked out back in 2015, but recent updates and new expansion called Elsweyr has made us re-evaluate our interests in Bethesda's co-op heavy MMO.

As snow and cold gusts blow across the U.S., it’s the perfect time to stay inside and get some MMO gaming in. This month for MMOCO we’ll be looking at TERA’s console plans for 2019, a release of Guild Wars’ “Complete Collection” pack, and a currently ongoing event in Elder Scrolls Online. TERA Previews 2019&rs...

The summer continues with more content updates and events for seasoned MMOs. For this month’s MMOCO round-up, we look at a new piece of DLC for Elder Scrolls Online, a new update for TERA, and two seasonal events for FFXIV....

The sun is out and summer is looming. This month for MMO Co-Opportunities, we have details for Cloudrest (the 12-person trial in ESO’s upcoming expansion), an overhaul to Guild Wars 2’s underwater combat system, and a release date schedule for Black Desert Mobile. Upcoming ESO: Summerset Trial, Cloudrest, Detailed For MMO player...

April is here bringing with it content patches and expansion announcements for MMOs. For this installment of MMO Co-Opportunities, we’ll be discussing the new Elder Scrolls Online expansion, the release of Secret World Legends’ next story installment, and the start of Season 14.5 in Star Trek Online....