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Kickstarted MMORPG Legends of Aria is relaunching as Legends of Aria Classic on May 9
When last we looked in on Legends of Aria, it was fading fast into unfortunate obscurity. The Kickstarted MMORPG - originally known as Shards Online - had been one of many crowdfunded throwback MMOs from the mid-aughts, but it struggled to find its voice and its playerbase once it actually launched. Developer Citadel Studios eventually sold the studio and...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever backed an MMO kickstarter?
Back around the time when I first was getting my sea legs on Massively-that-was, donating to an MMO Kickstarter was basically a rite of passage. There was a sense among certain wings of the industry that this was the wave of the future, and when some of those games released we'd all see the results of creative visions untrammeled...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming checks out Your Only Move is Hustle
Fighting games aren't normally the purview of our stream team (except for that one time), but that doesn't mean MOP's MJ and Chris can't watch someone else play a fighting game. And better yet, this one is turn-based, so maybe they'll have an idea of what's going on! That's the hook for Your Only Move is Hustle, and...
World of Warcraft shows off the ways that Warbands will share currency, items, and reputations
Your Warband is going to share everything. Clothes, money, social standing, even boyfriends. That's the big takeaway from the new entry on Warbands from World of Warcraft, which shows off the ways that Warbands will have numerous reputations from Dragonflight as well as new reputations rolled together. It also explains that the Diplomacy racial trait will be changed to...
Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive lays off 600 employees and axes game projects
The wave of job cuts flooding the games industry doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon, as this time around Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced it's laying off 5% of its workforce, or 600 employees in total.
The round of firings is part of a series of wider cost-cutting measures for the company, which has also...
Elder Scrolls Online *might* have all rolled-back accounts unlocked by the end of the week
Earlier this week, Elder Scrolls Online players were annoyed by a nasty bug that duplicated their efforts between the PTS and North American live servers, resulting in downtime for everyone on the server and a serious rollback for a sizable number of accounts affected. Last night, ZeniMax Online Studios apologized for the mess, telling fans that while players will...
RuneScape cancels summer event in favor of permanent content, OSRS tweaks undead pirates and more
Summer is cancelled. No, we're not just saying that because we don't handle the heat very well; we're saying that the large new summer event that RuneScape was working on has been completely cancelled in order for Jagex to focus its efforts on more permanent content.
This mid-development shift in strategy is in response to feedback from players who want...
The Quinfall will let you dress up your horse and have a hornet for a pet
Gameplay videos are continuing to spill out from Quinfall, this time granting curious players a look at the current pet and mount systems that will be in the MMORPG.
The footage begins with a peek at some of the many pets that players can have run alongside them, from expected critters like dogs, cats, and birds to more exotic varieties...
Hearthstone has kicked off its fairytale season 7 and the new battlegrounds duos mode
Blizzard has been busy the past week, and now it's turned its attention back over to Hearthstone, which officially launched its Battlegrounds Duos mode last night, alongside the game's seventh season of battlegrounds play.
"Battlegrounds Duos is a new Mode within Battlegrounds," the studio explains. "In Duos, you and a partner team up against three other teams of two. Each...
The Stream Team: Hunting for the big robot doggos in Helldivers 2
OK, so they're technically called factory striders, but MOP's Chris sees them as giant robot dogs. Robot dogs packed with guns that kill. So it's time for he and his best friend to go on the hunt! Join him today at 2:00 p.m. EDT as he tries to pet the robodogs with heavy ordinance!
What: Helldivers 2
Who: Chris Neal
When: 2:00...
Last Oasis, four years in early access, finally releases its modkit and teases season 6 (again)
Last Oasis has been a side-eye magnet in the MMO world for a few years now. The "woodpunk" survival MMORPG had the misfortune to launch into early access in March 2020, right as the west was confronting the COVID pandemic, and it struggled badly, at one point going offline for a full week and offering refunds. In spite of...
Gaijin’s ocean adventure MMO Age of Water delays early access a week
Gaijin's seafaring survival MMO Age of Water was intended to rolled into the smooth ocean of early access tomorrow, but it's choppy waters instead, as the publisher and studio Three Whales have begged players for an extra week.
"Age of Water humbly asks for one more week of waiting," the devs write on Steam. "The weather these days is stormy,...
Lord of the Rings Online patches up ahead of tomorrow’s hamster event I mean anniversary event
It looks as though Lord of the Rings Online is closing a small loophole that allowed players to fish out a legendary tracery by manipulating the instance settings. Today's Update 39.2 changes the rules so that players wanting the best dungeon payouts are going to have to crank that level setting up to the max.
"Instances can no longer award...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO rotation
Rotations! They're not just just for your tires any more; they're in your MMORPGs, determining what order you should press the shiny buttons on the bottom of your screen in order to do stuff. But there are apparently people in the MMORPG genre who sincerely wish that we could go back to a time when MMOs didn't have rotations....
Neverwinter previews Adventures in Wildspace’s new dungeon, heroic encounters, and more
Following a worrying bit of silence and slower development on Neverwinter's front, it's certainly good to see that a huge module is heading our way next week. Currently, Adventures in Wildspace is scheduled for April 23rd, which doesn't give you much time to catch up on all of the changes and additions that's packed into this patch.
To help you...
Casually Classic: Four lessons we’ve learned from WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery so far
As I write this, we're still a long way off from the end of WoW Classic's Season of Discovery. A final stretch of leveling with all of its secrets lies before us, followed by some more endgame content. According to the roadmap, Blizzard has plans for this server well through the fall (and maybe beyond? The studio's not making...
Lost Ark’s Darkness Unleashed is live with the Thaemine Legion Raid and gear transcendence
Amazon has successfully patched Lost Ark's April update as of this morning: Dubbed Darkness Unleashed, this is the patch with the Thaemine Legion Raid, which the studio has been previewing for weeks now. Thaemine is supposed to be the game's hardest raid ever, pitting eight players against the Dark Baratron.
"Despite the efforts of adventurers to fend off demons in...
New World’s Springtide Bloom is here with new rewards and a host of Slayer Script fixes
New World players are waking up this morning to the 5.0.1 update and the dawn of Springtide Bloom, an event that has quickly become the Most Spring in any MMORPG ever.
"Springtide Bloom is back! Craft Wispy Spritz, lure Wispy Wasps into their blast radius, and reap Wispy Wasp Goo in exchange for Springtide Tokens. Additional rewards can be earned...
Chronicles of Elyria’s Jeromy Walsh holds a ‘fireside chat’ that’s long on promise but short on timelines
Jeromy Walsh, the remaining developer on the multiple pieces of Chronicles of Elyria, is continuing to use his Discord server as a place to talk up plans and ideas, this time holding a "fireside chat" conference call with fans. And according to multiple viewers' accounts and summaries, the nearly two-hour discussion provided little to reassure MMORPG fans.
Throughout the chat,...
Black Desert just overhauled its gear enhancement system with a major QOL addition, the Ancient Anvil
Black Desert is continuing to bolster its gearing enhancement system, this week with the new Ancient Anvil upgrade live today, meant to improve players' quality-of-life by taking the sting out of enhancement failures.
"When Adventurers fail to enhance their gear, the new system determines that when the number of accumulated essences (the 'Agris Essence') reaches a specified number, the Ancient...
