Leaderboard: Is E3 no longer relevant to gaming?
CNet had an interview out last week with Sony's Shawn Layden discussing a number of aspects of the company's business plans that, while potentially...
Pirate MMO Atlas makes things lighter with its most recent patch
The latest Atlas patch deployed on Saturday turned everything lighter. Yes, everything. Gold weighs less. Everything weighs less. Animals weigh less. Bears have less...
Wisdom of Nym: The system changes I’d like to see in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
We don't yet know everything we're going to learn at the Tokyo fan festival about Shadowbringers, but we can be reasonably confident that it...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online has a gambling problem
The gambling debate has kicked off again in EVE Online, this time in response to the annual Guardian's Gala event that's currently running throughout...
Crowfall’s Raph Koster has some advice for community managers
Community management may be one potential path to making inroads at a development studio, but before you take that job, you'd best heed the...
One Shots: Your moment of zen
When life -- and even gaming -- gets too hectic, where do you retreat to in order to find some peace and quiet? We...
The Daily Grind: What are the moments in MMOs that make you feel powerful?
You know, for all the fun of going back and curbstomping low-level enemies, that doesn't make me feel powerful in an MMO. What makes...
WRUP: The song of Demon Joe who thought an axe was a sword edition
Sit down my friends, and hear a tale of a demon they named Joe,
It's a lame name for a demon, I think, but that's...
The Daily Grind: When have you bumped into MMOs in real life?
The other day I was driving through my neighborhood and I happened to look at a cross-street that read WESTFALL. And, being the former...
Battle Bards Episode 138: Wild wild westerns
Boy howdy, is it time for another highfalutin Battle Bards episode? Shucks, looks like! In this week’s show, the trio saddle up for a...
PlanetSide 2 updates carbines and spawns on the test server while celebrating love in the live game
The latest patch to PlanetSide 2's test servers has some pretty far-reaching changes to the game's spawn system. Previously, the system didn't really direct you...
Lineage II Classic releases its Saviors update on February 27
The first major update to Lineage II Classic is arriving on February 27th, and it's got some steep new challenges for players. Four new hunting...
Final Fantasy XIV reveals its schedule for the final Fan Festival in Tokyo
A destination! A new job! Possibly another job! More about new races that has been significantly complicated recently! New areas! Awesome outfits! Yes, the Final...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s mysterious Hrothgar text has no good explanation
It was just supposed to be a minor patch for Final Fantasy XIV and it's touched off a huge flurry of confusion. Someone in the...
Ashes of Creation is preparing a game director’s letter, fans infer that delays are incoming
It appears that all is not well behind the scenes of Ashes of Creation. Intrepid's Steven Sharif has made a few remarks on the game's...
Villagers & Heroes has been hacked – time to change your passwords
Bad news coming out of the adorable indie crossplatform MMORPG Villagers & Heroes as of last night: The game's been well and truly hacked.
"At...
The Daily Grind: How much does nostalgia drive your MMO play?
Blogger and MOP reader Serrenity recently pointed us to a Kotaku article on the subject of video game nostalgia. Author Alyse Knorr maintains that...
Massively Overthinking: Showing up vs. showing off in MMOs
Last week's Daily Grind about ambient sociability got a lot of MMO gamers talking about that desire to have people around, even if they...
MapleStory 2 kicks off Project New Leaf, proposes removal of controversial fairfight mechanic
It's always nice to see game devs listening to feedback from their communities, which is exactly what Nexon is doing with MapleStory 2's recently...
Champions Online introduces the Midnight archetype
If you were hoping that today would be the day that Champions Online surprised everyone with a huge new bundle of actual content, we're sorry...