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New World offers in-game loot for testing Aeternum next week – open beta preloading begins September 11
New week starting on September 13th, Amazon is finally opening up the Aeternum beta for all comers, both PC and console. But if you've already played New World on PC - or saw Aeternum during its console test - you might be wondering what exactly is in it for you to come test the MMORPG you already know about.
Well,...
Lord of the Rings Online devs talk expansion development in new video series
MMORPG expansions don't appear out of thin air, although it might appear so from the player side of things. Two developers behind Lord of the Rings Online took the opportunity of a recent hour-long "We Have a Cave Troll" podcast to share how these hideously complex content updates come into being.
Lead Designer Allan "Orion" Maki and Senior World Designer...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened was the most full-featured MMO you never played
The sudden and unexpected announcement that Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is being shuttered and taken offline everywhere save the original Chinese servers came as a huge blow to the game's community, understandably. Not only were we not expecting a sunset, but there were no obvious signs for players that the game was even struggling. Leading up to the announcement,...
Once Human addresses content, performance, and the unresolved currency bug
There are a lot of questions likely floating around Once Human, and while some player matters are perhaps not getting the resolution gamers would like, some of them were answered in a WCCFTech interview with overseas operations head Derek Qiu, who even offered a statement about the premium currency bug that otherwise hadn't otherwise been addressed by NetEase or...
Star Citizen recounts August’s efforts on gameplay and enemy AI updates, showcases space cows in a video
It's time once more for CIG to show off its monthly progress for Star Citizen, and as followers of the alpha game might expect, a lot of what was done last month was focused on alpha 3.24, though there are some of the usual forward-looking tidbits as well.
The vast majority of the update was focused on enemy AI behaviors,...
Here’s what to expect from Nightingale’s massive Realms Rebuilt update when it lands next week
Nightingale fans have been waiting for Realms Rebuilt all summer - since even before we knew it was called Realms Rebuilt. But your wait is almost over as the massive update drops next week on September 12th, and naturally that means Tencent's Inflexion Games is here with a new video walking through the highlights.
If you've been reading the dev...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines plans for further graphical adjustments in future patches
One of the things that Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail brought to the table was a series of graphical updates that improved character models, textures, and lighting to make the MMORPG look a whole lot nicer. And while the updates in question were pretty well-received, there has been some feedback pointing out a few anomalous issues, which has prompted producer...
NetEase Q2 2024: NetEase’s MMOs propelled a revenue lift, but its stock dipped hard anyway
We haven't often covered NetEase's financial reports, but as the company continues to chuck out (and sunset) new multiplayer games and MMOs, it seems time to rectify that. The Chinese megacorp released its Q2 2024 financials at the end of August, and on the surface, it wasn't dreadful news: The company saw a revenue dip of 5.1% since Q1...
World of Warcraft tests 20th anniversary event and new Dracthyr class combos
A day after hyping its upcoming 20th anniversary event, World of Warcraft began testing its next big patch on the PTR.
This is a pretty substantial -- and nostalgia-ridden -- event that is scheduled to run November and December. It includes a Blackrock Depths raid, Tier 2 transmog sets, old-world timewalking dungeons, a new time-traveling adventure with Chromie, Warcraft III-themed...
The Daily Grind: Do you call your MMO characters toons, chars, alts, or something else?
A few weeks back, the MMORPG sub erupted in a heated discussion about what to call, well, our characters. And it's a legit question because through time and hundreds of games, the terminology hasn't always been consistent. The OP began by asking about the term "toons."
"Why are characters called toons?" the Redditor asked. "The best I've gotten is 'some...
The Stream Team: Celebrating five years of D&D nights in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Exactly five years ago tonight, Massively OP's MJ started Thursday D&D nights in Dungeons & Dragons Online on OPTV (Neverwinter started the week prior). MJ and her group stepped out of the tutorial into Korthos Village on new characters, ready for adventure. And how many adventures they've had! So what's the best way to celebrate D&D style? In a...
Massively Overthinking: Monetization dealbreakers in MMORPGs
A few weeks back, I overheard my kids complaining about some custom Minecraft server that was apparently trying to monetize survival mode, which seemed ridiculous to them because if they wanted that, they'd just go back to their own free servers. My 10-year-old joked that "next they'd try to monetize love."
To be honest, I'm surprised that somebody out there...
Open world MMO Past Fate focuses on optimization with its recent closed alpha patch
It's looking dubious that Ivy North Games' Past Fate will make its formerly stated goal of an early access release by the end of 2024, but in the meanwhile, the skill-based open-world MMO cruised into Patch 0.4.9 of its closed alpha test.
The devs said that this patch primarily focuses on optimization improvements: "We reduced the memory usage which will...
EVE Online prepares the process of selecting its 19th Council of Stellar Management
It's nearly election season in EVE Online, as in CCP Games is providing dates and details for the creation of the sandbox's next Council of Sterllar Management aka the player group that provides insight and suggestions about the game's general development.
The process begins between September 17th and October 1st, which is when applications will open for interested candidates. After...
Mabinogi celebrates 20 years with an in-person event in Korea as the western version shares a roadmap
Mabinogi crossed the major 20-year milestone earlier this week, which is obviously cause to celebrate across the globe, but the biggest party happened at the Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea, where Nexon held a big in-person bash for fans of the anime MMO. The video not only provides some footage from the rainy yet busy event, it also...
Throne & Liberty cranks up the marketing machine with a new video series ahead of launch
Don't look now but we're less than four weeks away from the new launch of Throne and Liberty here in the west, which means NCsoft should be ramping way up on its marketing, right?
Well, the first chunk of that dropped this week on social media, as Amazon and NCsoft appear to be taking a page out of the New...
PvP sandbox MMO Profane says testing is ‘almost ready’ while showcasing several development updates
It's been quite some time since we peered in on the development of Profane, the PvP sandbox MMO from Insane Studios. Readers might recall that the game has been in development since 2020, and while its Twitter feed has been filled with equal parts previews and memes, one of the more substantial pieces of news has come in the...
Guild Wars 2 just unveiled a new 5v5 PvP mode called Push with beta starting next week
Somebody go tell MOP's Sam that Guild Wars 2 is about to get a new PvP mode and he may actually like it! ArenaNet just published a dev blog discussing what exactly it has cooking in the new mode, which is called Push.
"Today, we are excited to share the Push game mode—a 5v5 match where the main objective is...
Baldur’s Gate 3 adds new evil endings and an in-game mod manager for PC, promises crossplay soon
Sometimes it's good to be bad, but perhaps your villainous runs in Baldur's Gate 3 felt a little hollow since you didn't get any particularly compelling endings. Those days should be long gone now thanks to the multiplayer RPG's latest patch, which has introduced some new evil endings for evil characters to enjoy evilly.
There are now 13 new cinematic...
Black Desert patches in Morning Light Seoul’s pre-quests on PC, launches collab with Berserk anime
Next week will be a big one for Black Desert on PC because that's when Land of the Morning Light's Seoul addition will launch. Even so, this week's update is still a pretty big deal too, primarily because it launches the pre-quests that lead into the new region.
Characters that are level 56 can get the ball rolling towards Seoul...
