Generally used to describe MMOs from before World of Warcraft’s launch in 2004, though sometimes shortened to describe just the first few MMOs launched prior to 2000.
classic mmo
The Daily Grind: Do you plan your MMO play around bonus experience mechanics?
Rested experience mechanics are actually one of my favorite systems in online games. They've taken many forms over the years, from Ultima Online's power...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite MMO house of all time?
You folks know I love MMO housing systems, and in fact, we've been crowning the MMOs with the best housing systems for years. But...
Ultima Online is streaming more New Legacy reveals this afternoon [Updated with summary]
Broadsword has been talking up Ultima Online's incoming New Legacy server since the game's 23rd birthday stream last fall. So far, we know that...
Perfect Ten: The types of players in every MMO
We have some fun here in Perfect Ten land dealing with lists. That's kind of the whole point. We've done columns about the races...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 328: SOLO? YOLO!
Justin and Bree discuss Aion Classic's messy launch, SOLO's launch date, LOTRO's legendary servers, and Anarchy Online's 10th birthday, with adventures in WoW Classic, FFXIV, and Albion Online, plus a mailbag topic on zombie MMOs. (Not real zombies.)
TitanReach attempts to put its controversies in the past with new details on early access development
Indie MMO TitanReach has had a strange run to date. It caught our attention in 2020, when it launched a $430,000 US Kickstarter, which...
The MOP Up: Ultima Online welcomes Treasures of Wildfire
A new event has arrived on Ultima Online's Origin server, bringing with it story and collections galore. Hey, it's something new to do during...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online, from launch to now
July 27th 2001. On this date, Funcom pulled the trigger on Anarchy Online, launching it in North America with a planned release in Europe a...
Anarchy Online celebrates 20th birthday with new dev retrospective and video
Last week, we covered some of the initial events Funcom was rolling out for Anarchy Online fans to celebrate its 20th birthday. As of...
Massively Overthinking: What class is missing from your favorite MMO?
I've been obsessed with Albion Online the last few weeks - it really feels so much like Ultima Online to me. Ultima Online but...
Old School RuneScape outlines future patch updates and releases its first wave of Steam client updates
Last week, Old School RuneScape kicked out an update that was headlined with its 150th quest, and since then the devs at Jagex have...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 327: Ducks all the way down
Justin and Bree discuss WoW 9.1, Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO Classic, RuneScape Mobile, and Black Desert's Corsair, with adventures in Final Fantasy XIV, WoW Classic, Albion Online, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on developer promises and skills we learned in MMOs.
The Daily Grind: Would you play a LOTRO Classic server?
Lord of the Rings Online devs surprised players this past weekend by saying that a Classic server for LOTRO might be on the table,...
RuneScape releases the next quest in its year-long Elder God Wars storyline on PC and mobile
Today sees RuneScape take yet another step in the year-long Elder God Wars questline. The City of Senntisten quest has officially launched, arriving to...
The MOP Up: Rogalia says goodbye, farewell, and amen
It may not have been an MMO you heard of -- and that's the problem, because it seems like nobody else heard of Rogalia...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online, from development to beta
We all have stories of our very first MMORPG experiences, and the one that I often share is that my initial dip into this...
RuneScape Mobile has finally launched for iOS and Android – here’s the new trailer!
RuneScape's mobile launch has had the good/bad kind of problem: It's a little too popular for its own good, with 1.8M mobile registrations before...
A Kingdom Divided, Old School RuneScape’s 150th quest, is officially live today
As of now, Old School RuneScape has 150 quests for players to experience with the official release of A Kingdom Divided.
"In A Kingdom...
Anarchy Online celebrates its 20th birthday with daily logins, events, and sub deals
There aren't a whole lot of MMORPGs that make it to 20 years old, but Anarchy Online is joining those hallowed ranks this month....
RuneScape updates familiar behaviors in latest patch, OSRS announces testing for new game client features
We're off to another week of news bits from RuneScape and Old School RuneScape. That's it. That's the lede. I've got nothing more to...
