The Daily Grind: What MMO boss quote can’t you get out of your head?
There's one thing to be said about running the same dungeons and fighting the same bosses in MMORPGs repeatedly: You absolutely end up memorizing...
Betawatch: Spooky scary Bless Unleashed closed betas
Yes, I know, Bless Unleashed isn't scary... except for the specter of the original Bless that hovers in the background. Oooh, there's a closed...
Afrofantasy MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles just funded on Kickstarter for almost $200K
Twin Drums and its fans have done it: The Wagadu Chronicles just fully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of €163,910 (around $191,400 US)...
Naïca releases a gorgeous pixel art trailer ahead of its equally pixelated open beta
The open beta for Naïca starts on November 10th. We've covered that before, of course, along with all of the things that the game...
The MMO Cartographer: In the Echo of Echo of Soul
How much would you pay to play a game that has been shut down as a free-to-play game and then re-released as a buy-to-play...
WoW Factor: Shadowlands has a release date… again
I really thought I had written a column when World of Warcraft properly announced the launch date for Shadowlands. Alas, I apparently did not. But I...
Path of Exile’s patch delay stems from lessons learned launching opposite WoW Classic
Earlier this week, Grinding Gear Games told Path of Exile players that it was delaying the release of the 3.13 update and league to...
Massively Overthinking: Doing crimes and getting punished in MMORPGs
A couple of weeks before Dual Universe's snafu banning beta players for taking advantage of a developer's poorly permissioned structure, I saw the game's...
Final Fantasy XI starts a new series of winter campaigns on November 11
Winter is coming in Final Fantasy XI. Wait, sorry, that's not quite right; winter is coming in the real world, and that's being reflected with the...
The Elder Scrolls Online details the challenges and rewards of the Vateshran Hollows
Facing off against deadly foes in single combat, traversing new landscapes, and earning your way to improved rewards. That might sound familiar to players...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will launch November 23
All right, let's give this a shot one more time. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands now has a release date... you know, again. On November 23rd, players...
Vague Patch Notes: The wax and wane of MMOs and genres
I started writing for Massively-that-was in October of 2009. That was 11 years ago. Oh... oh my word, no, that was so long ago....
EVE Online’s World War Bee 2 refreshed its hold over two Guinness World Records
It's officially official: EVE Online broke another Guinness World Record. Two of them, in fact, and it already held them, but now it holds...
The Daily Grind: What non-MMO games scratch an MMO itch for you?
Genshin Impact is multiplayer, but it skews closer to a single-player game during much of the moment-to-moment gameplay. However, I still find that to...
The Wagadu Chronicles adds one last stretch goal with just about two days left on the clock
There's no longer a question mark about the funding target for Afro-fantasy MMOÂ The Wagadu Chronicles on Kickstarter; that happened ages ago, and the project...
Atlas Reactor spinoff title Atlas Rogues now has a trailer to enjoy
The presence of Atlas Rogues - a roguelite spinoff of the sadly defunct Atlas Reactor based on what was apparently an early prototype - is the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the point of collecting MMO vanity pets?
In my book, there are two types of MMO players. No, it's not warlords and carebears. It's not even subbers versus freebies. The only...
Early access MMO Atlas adds sea forts with its latest patch
Do you want to control trade in an area in Atlas? Well, you'll have to wait for the full trading system to be added to...
Counterstrike: Global Offensive players in Australia get a year-long ban for betting on themselves
It turns out that professional athletes placing bets on their own performances in games is generally frowned upon in most sports. This is true...
The gamer who circumnavigated the galaxy in a ship of Elite Dangerous’ own making
By god, the kids have done it: They've circumnavigated the entire galaxy in a carrier. In Elite Dangerous, that is.
According to his now much-loved...
