City of Titans says it’s completed the rebuild of its alpha test server
City of Titans had a rough 2018. The Kickstarted City of Heroes spiritual successor was meant to release its "issue 0" alpha by the...
Escape from Tarkov devs apparently abused DMCA to target more than one YouTube critic
Back in December, we covered trouble brewing in the Escape From Tarkov community, as Russian developer Battlestate stood accused of abusing DMCA takedowns against...
Vague Patch Notes: How to recognize MMO lies from quite a long way away
One of the most consistently weird elements of covering MMOs is that there's a very simple and yet incredibly odd metric of knowing if...
Legends of Aria players grumble over perceived pay-to-win items in new cash shop
Yesterday, Legends of Aria players were startled to see the new cash-shop in the early access version of the game. Upsetting players even more...
Bethesda scrambles to deploy Fallout 76 hotfix in the wake of its botched patch debacle
The last patch for Fallout 76 didn't go so well, to say the least, as it reintroduced a whole slew of previously fixed bugs...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs that turn you off just based on history?
We were having an interesting discussion in work chat the other day about EVE Online involving Brendan and me. Brendan, obviously, is the expert on...
Albion Online teases its upcoming randomized PvE dungeons throughout the game world
The next update for Albion Online is offering new paths to treasure just spawning in the world, although you're going to have to fight through...
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds now has an app for tracking kills around streaming players
If you're rushing into battle in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and shooting away, you may realize only belatedly that you gunned down a well-known streamer's character in...
Perfect Ten: MMO arguments we need to put down
You know what I hate? No, not just botting. No, not people with more cash to spend on game development than sense about whether...
Elder Scrolls Online players run extensive tests to highlight character race disparities
Do you ever worry that you chose poorly when it came to picking an MMO race? For some Elder Scrolls Online players, this fear...
The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs for ambient sociability?
In my gaming time, I switch back and forth between MMOs and solo games (often adventure or RPGs) quite often. When I'm in the...
Haven and Hearth prepares for a world reset on February 1
The current iteration of the world for Haven and Hearth is the 10th version of the game world, and it's been running for quite some...
Guild Wars 2 compensates those suspended unjustly in 2018 spyware cheater purge thanks to victim’s GDPR sleuthing
Last April, the Guild Wars 2 community was shaken by the news that over 1500 players had been suspended from the game after ArenaNet...
Star Citizen addresses crashes as testers recap the player-run Daymar Rally
Star Citizen's alpha has been plagued with stability issues in its latest build, and you might be tempted to think, duh, it's an alpha,...
Atlas plans to make the climb to the top less arduous for players
The development team behind Atlas is happy with the influence that hardcore players and large companies have upon the game. That's a core part of...
Guild Wars 2 drops new short story about Rytlock following up All or Nothing
Remember a couple of years ago when Guild Wars 2's narrative team introduced a lore series about the bespectackled Asura Vikki and her pink...
Take a look at the remastered battlegrounds heading to World of Warcraft in patch 8.1.5
Whether or not you're tired of Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch in World of Warcraft, those two battlegrounds are old. They're the oldest ones in the...
Leaderboard: What’s the greatest MMO soundtrack of all time?
In collaboration with Justin's Jukebox Heroes column, we're taking stock of our readers' opinions on the best MMO soundtracks of all time in today's...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on the the European Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival
Originally I hadn't actually planned to do this particular column, and had instead figured that I'd just go down on reactions to the fan...
Bethsoft says it’s listening to player feedback on Fallout 76’s planned Survival mode
Last week, Bethsoft stirred consternation over its plans for Fallout 76's Survival mode ahead of its March beta. The mode will essentially add pure...
