As a result of changing laws in the European Union, WarPortal has made the decision to shut down Ragnarok Online in most European countries. The decision seems to coincide with the EU's new data protection legislation the GDPR that goes live the same day. The law requires companies to more aggressively protect users' personal data by upgrading storage security throughout the EU. This will not affect CiS or North American servers.

Sword Art Online is one of those enduring anime series that so many people are familiar with. The best part is that the IP has come out of passive viewing and into the realm of gamers. Sword Art Online: Integral Factor is a new free to play mobile online RPG that brings many of the most familiar aspects of great RPGs to players around the world.

Art Craft has introduced a new video series called "Fly on the Wall" that literally lets viewers take part in a piece of a day's development of Crowfall. In this episode, the discussion viewers are made privy to is one surrounding World Building with several members of the Crowfall team.

Daybreak Game Company may be in trouble thanks to US sanctions against Russian "oligarch" Viktor Vekselberg who owns Columbus Nova long thought to be the owner of DGC. Going back to 2015 and the demise of Sony Online Entertainment, a press announcement revealed Columbus Nova as the new owner, but in a weird twist of events, that press release has been deleted and wiki pages for DGC have been scrubbed. Massively even received a statement yesterday denying CN's ownership at any time.

Do you love Fortnite? Can't scratch that itch for Player Unknown's Battlegrounds? Ever wish it was more... pirate-y? Well here comes Maelstrom with its unique naval warfare system where you play against other players as well as monsters. You are pitted against other enemy players and the zone shrinks on you as you play, however, in this game when you get caught outside the zone you are at risk of a giant leviathan destroying your ship.

If you're a RaiderZ fan, you may want to see the revamped game make a return to your region. If so, the team is asking its community to respond to a single question survey about where (generally) you live. This will help determine where the game is released once the overhaul is complete.

MMORPG.com is celebrating the Deep Space Nine-themed expansion for Star Trek Online, Victory is Life. We have been given 125 total gift keys for Star Trek Online! First we have 25 keys for the T5 Defiant Tactical Escort Retrofit and 100 keys more for the Stalker Stealth Fighter. Enter this sweeps for a chance to win one of these incredible gift keys!