World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is trying to move away from ‘anything that feels like it might be a grind’
You've heard it from the World of Warcraft development team over and over: Anima for your covenants in Shadowlands will not be a grind....
Perfect Ten: Classic alt challenges for MMOs
When you start up your first character in a new MMO, it's all fresh and novel. But if you're the sort of tedious weirdo...
Tencent edges out Sony in Leyou Technologies buyout negotiations
A week or two ago, we covered the especially-amusing-to-MMO-fans news that Sony was gunning to buy up Leyou, the Chinese holding company that both...
Astellia Online heads to Avalon with its latest update
The future has been revealed for Astellia Online, and that future is contained in one word: Avalon.
The next big content update will take players...
Torchlight III opens PTR, tests endgame ‘dun’djinn’
With massive adjustments, patch filler, and wipes incoming, Torchlight III isn't the most stable of online environments these days. Weirdly enough, it may actually...
The Daily Grind: How grown-up do you like your MMO graphics?
I may be settling comfortably into middle age, but I'll freely admit that I'm very partial to bright colors and highly stylized designs for...
The Stream Team: Catching the killer in Elder Scrolls Online’s Kagnthamz
The side quests (and holy sweet rolls!) and event distracted Massively OP's MJ from continuing The Elder Scrolls Online main Greymoor questline, but she's...
Neverwinter’s upcoming Summer Festival features fashion, football, and fast snails
The summertime festivities are about to arrive in Neverwinter as the appropriately named Summer Festival draws nigh, bringing a bunch of events to partake...
RuneScape introduces Player Advocacy Group-led changes, OSRS adds new Slayer content
Ah, yes, another week of RuneScape updates via the usual newsletter. Time to open it up and -- what's this? a totally new format?...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 279: New World in the new year
Justin and Bree discuss New World, WoW Shadowlands, Dual Universe, Legends of Aria, Elder Scrolls Online, and Torchlight III, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag topics on lazy development and Mists of Pandaria.
Elder Scrolls Online’s Stonethorn DLC launches August 24 for PC, September 1 for console
Elder Scrolls Online is apparently not wasting any time when it comes to its Stonethorn cadence. After announcing the new DLC last Thursday, it's...
Elite: Dangerous fixes an installation issues for fleet carriers that may result in a new crew member
Fleet carriers have some bugs in Elite: Dangerous, and the newest patch for the game arriving tomorrow is fixing one of the major bugs...
Book of Travels’ eight-week beta test this past spring won’t be its last
If you blinked, you missed it: Might and Delight's Book of Travels closed beta began in May, and it ended just eight weeks later....
Choose My Adventure: Exploring the Caves of Chaos in Dungeons and Dragons Online
I’ve heard you loud and clear, Dungeons and Dragons Online friends. There were a number of comments on last week’s column espousing the virtues...
World of Warcraft: Shadows Rising is a solid book stuck in an uncomfortable midspace
My long-standing policy for the prequel novels for World of Warcraft expansions has been to not read them. We've gotten these things for a...
Tencent now completely owns Funcom, purveyor of Conan Exiles and Secret World Legends
Dune, Conan Exiles, Secret World Legends, Age of Conan... all of these properties and more are now directly under the thumb of China's Tencent.
Funcom...
Guild Wars 2’s next episode, Jormag Rising, launches July 28 – here’s the new trailer
As promised, ArenaNet has pushed out the trailer for Guild Wars 2's next episode, titled Jormag Rising and launching in just two weeks.
"Chapter four...
Previewing Dual Universe’s space PvP, construction, looting, and death
It's no secret that my favorite aspect of Dual Universe is the opportunity for creativity. Bring on that voxel building! Oh the hours I'll...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs charge subs for beta?
Dual Universe is not the first MMORPG to charge a sub for a beta - let me just state that upfront. So today's Daily...
EVE Online’s Zenith update begins the apex to the Triglavian invasion, adds new items and features
Today marks the rising crescendo of the Triglavian invasion in EVE Online. The Zenith update kicks off the beginning of the sandbox's third quadrant...
