The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most familiar-feeling bars and taverns?
Star Trek Online has a bit of an advantage when it comes to giving me a place to hang my hat - it's really easy...
Make My MMO: Fractured’s latest stress test brought it to 70K registered players
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured ended its second stress test with a bang this week, and unlike the first test,...
Dead Pixels is another MMO-centric comedy from the players’ point of view
Let's say you've blitzed through the first season of Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, the MMO comedy about a dev studio, and you're looking for...
Elder Scrolls Online takes you on a date, shows off new housing, and hosts a massive memorial
I hope you don't mind me getting personal, but how is your love life doing lately? Ooh, I'm sorry to hear that. At least...
LOTRO Legendarium: Revisiting Riders of Rohan in Lord of the Rings Online
It's finally time: We're heading back to Rohan. On Lord of the Rings Online's progression servers, at least -- the live servers have hosted...
New World shows off the factions and enemies of the world of Aeternum
We already had an idea that New World is a dangerous place and that we were getting a video diary about the factions as...
PSA: The wedding attire in Final Fantasy XIV will be unlocked for both genders in the next patch
If you're not already excited about the next major Final Fantasy XIV patch, you are probably not playing the game. But there's a bit in...
The Daily Grind: What makes for a good MMO boss fight?
Thanks to the DikuMUD model, MMO players have fought many, many bosses in their gaming careers. New dungeons primarily are introduced by how many...
Betawatch: New World is back in the old alpha
It's a whole New World all over again! And it is actually a new New World, to be clear; it's back in alpha testing, yes, but...
Final Fantasy XI’s latest patch adds a new avatar and a new monster to Domain Invasions
The good news about the latest update for Final Fantasy XI is that no one is upset about Summoners gaining access to a new avatar,...
Blade & Soul Korea announces ‘Frontier World’ alternate servers and continues its Force Master spec tease
Don't get me wrong, Blade & Soul players here in the west are getting some nice stuff with the next update, but the Korean...
Bless Unleashed details its Valor Perks character-buffing cash shop item
Pay-to-win? Pay-for-power? Pay to "unleash your character’s full potential as they traverse the dangerously beautiful lands of Lumios" as Bless Unleashed describes it? Whatever...
Champions Online releases its new in-game Serial Story and a Trade Paperback questionite lockbox
Ready for some more Serial Story action in Champions Online? That's good, because the second narrative story mission is out now just in case...
World of Warcraft unveils changes to the Mythic Dungeon Invitational and Arena World Championship
The race to a world first kill of the last World of Warcraft Mythic raid of this expansion is over, so it's time to focus...
Legends of Aria showcases Point Release 9’s ranked arena matches and militia keeps
Sure, you can head to the wilds of Legends of Aria and find plenty of PvP there (as well as maybe lose your mind...
The Stream Team: Valentine’s Day means helping heckbugs find love in Trove
What are your plans for Valentine's Day? Massively OP's MJ will be helping some heckbugs find true love in Trove! The so-ugly-they-are-cute critters are...
Elder Scrolls Online explains the need to re-download the game client and offers a free torchbug for doing so
Yes, when Update 25 of The Elder Scrolls Online hits, you're going to have to re-download the entire client all over again. The upshot...
WoW Factor: How could World of Warcraft restore confidence ahead of Shadowlands?
The last opportunity that Blizzard had to really restore player confidence was Warcraft III: Reforged. And...
Yes, that's very good, please stop laughing. I know. It's...
MMO Business Roundup: Tim Sweeney’s politics gaffe, Nexon’s Q4 2019, and the old BioWare crew
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Politics in games
Epic's Tim Sweeney opened this week's DICE Summit with a whopper of...
Final Fantasy XIV posts the preliminary patch notes for Echoes of a Fallen Star
The waiting may be the hardest part, but Final Fantasy XIV always takes the edge off of waiting for patch day with its full set...
