Opinion

With a reduced budget and a smaller team, Lord of the Rings Online can't afford to throw gobs of money at composers and orchestras...

When an MMORPG recedes into the rearview mirror of life, all you are left with are memories, music... and screenshots. It's amazing how a...

As I've stated on many occasions, I have no interest in progression content in MMOs. I know from plenty of experience doing it that...

When I wrapped up writing my previous LOTRO column on the game's first year of live operation, I felt that I had left this...

Not gonna lie, I really like farming in MMOs. No, not the grindy kind of farming, just the actual process of farming crops on...

Part of me was tempted to write this column chiefly about the rather baffling idea that Blizzard was surprised by the number of people...

Recently, EverQuest Lead Producer Holly Longdale spoke to the rumors and general silence revolving about the continuation of the franchise, saying that Daybreak is...

Last week, Guild Wars 2 put an end to the whining about info droughts by promising a big reveal of living story season 5...

Look, you've probably heard this before, but it bears repeating now: Don't pre-order that game. Pre-ordering games is a bad idea. And this week,...

I have alts in Final Fantasy XIV. This is absurd for two reasons. First, the statement makes it clear that I have alternate characters...

There was always something that bothered me about City of Heroes, and it took until the point that the game actually introduced its crafting...

Back in my classic Guild Wars days, I was so happy to have the scrimmage system. It was a great way to solve arguments....

I could definitely write a Why I Play on Astroneer (and maybe I still will!) because there are so many reasons this game just...

We've certainly kicked around the topic of player housing in this space before, but a lot of the division and disagreement I've seen on...

Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, Pagan Online, EverQuest 3, Guild Wars 2, and Worlds Adrift, with adventures in WoW, SWG, and Villagers & Heroes, plus mailbag topics on The Secret World and MMO fashion.

The thing about being a superhero that almost nobody tells you is that there are personal stories involved. Sure, the big picture is what...

It'd be tempting to think that back in the long, long ago when MMOs were still young, MMO players weren't quite as jaded about...

This past week Crowfall patched in update 5.100 (that’s right - we’ve gone from 5.9 to 5.100, as one does), which wiped existing characters...

There's a wide-open space for storytelling in Final Fantasy XIV with the conclusion of the 5.0 MSQ, a lot of different ways that the...

On Saturday, president of ZeniMax Online Studios Matt Firor and creative director of The Elder Scrolls Online Rich Lambert took the stage at Quakecon...