Final Fantasy XIV is why Final Fantasy XI didn’t get a PlayStation 3 port
If you're wondering why you never got a version of Final Fantasy XI to play on the PlayStation 3 (back in the years when the...
Riot hires Witcher 3’s lead quest designer for its MMO, imposes stiffer AFK penalties in League of Legends
This news post is basically a grab bag of tidbits from Riot Games' projects. That's the lede. That's all the lede you're getting. I'm...
Playable Worlds’ lead QA engineer on the industry’s problematic ‘godlike status’ for devs
Playable Worlds, the outfit headed up by MMO designer Raph Koster and promising both a sandbox MMORPG and the metaverse, has a developer profile...
LOTRO is once again giving away 26 quest packs and selling eight more for cheap
With Gundabad fast approaching this fall, Standing Stone Games is rolling out the red carpet for Lord of the Rings Online players who might...
Perfect Ten: Ranking the Guild Wars 2 professions from best to worst
There are a lot of times when this column is not in any way a ranking, when it is just a list of things...
New World’s latest trailer invites you to ‘carve a new destiny’
We're now just six days away from the launch of Amazon's New World, with the hype charging waaaaay up as the MMORPG genre is...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft replacing sexualized artwork misses the point
So World of Warcraft has been on a bit of a tear with replacing achievement names, artwork, and so forth recently. At the time I'm...
Amazon on New World: ‘We really wanted to make sure that this time we get it right’
The multi-million-dollar question of the hour is whether or not Amazon finally can pull off a successful launch of a major game. The studio...
The Daily Grind: What MMO content are you looking forward to in the last months of 2021?
This is going to be a busy end of the year, isn't it? We've got expansions coming out for Final Fantasy XIV and Lord of the...
Vampire survivalbox V Rising discusses crafting, castles, and your insatiable thirst for blood
V Rising has been on our radar for a few months now; it's a multiplayer survival sandbox that's trying to make vampires cool again...
Profane takes a jog over all sorts of different terrain to show off footfall VFX in latest Twitter thread
When you're dashing through an MMO's world, how carefully are you staring at your feet? Probably not very closely, if we had to guess....
World of Warcraft brings Brewfest around once more in both retail and The Burning Crusade
Do you feel like celebrating right now in World of Warcraft? No, not so much? Can't imagine why. Let's try a different question: Do you...
Neverwinter brings back the Harvester of Nightmares to consoles and offers a balance patch to Wizards
You might think that someone called the Harvester of Nightmares might actually be a halfway decent guy in Neverwinter. Ominous name, sure, but maybe he...
Revelation Online’s Demonic War update shifts to an October release window
Wait, didn't we hear about the Demonic War update for Revelation Online before? Yes, yes we did; back in May 2021, when the update...
The Stream Team: A return to raiding in Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers
It's been a long time -- a number of years to be precise -- since MOP's Chris has done any of the raid level...
The Elder Scrolls Online previews the Deadlands DLC exploring the realm of Oblivion
Johnny Cash told us all that love is a burning thing that makes a fiery ring. Also a burning thing is the realm of...
Elyon begins preregistration ahead of its October 20 free-to-play launch
So Krafton-Bluehole's upcoming MMORPG Elyon's been a bit of a tangle these last few months. After changing its name and its theme, it rolled...
Amazon is publishing Glowmade’s new ‘creative online co-op experience’
What else does Amazon Games have cooking besides New World, Lost Ark, and that unnamed game from Smed? Apparently, it's also publishing a game...
Elite Dangerous brings AA turrets and bug fixes to Odyssey, quality of life to Horizons, and Powerplay changes to all
Today is the day when Elite: Dangerous sees some rather sizeable updates, whether players are in Horizons or in Odyssey. On the Odyssey front,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Test driving Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons’ Vindicator, Bladesworn, and Catalyst elite specs
It’s time again for another End of Dragons elite specialization beta! It’s an exciting time for Guild Wars 2 players, who are learning what elite specs...
