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Fight or Kite: MMORPG PvP is about competition, not combat
Over the last month, Eliot has written a Daily Grind and Perfect Ten that really got me thinking about what PvP truly is. He...
Hi-Rez Expo announces new champions and updates for SMITE and Paladins
Fans of Hi-Rez Studios' big titles were in for a treat at this year's Hi-Rez Expo as it had a little bit of something...
Gamigo tells MMO players ‘the development of RIFT hasn’t stopped’
It's been a nail-biting year for RIFT players following the collapse of Trion Worlds and the sale of the game over to Gamigo. There's...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you wish you could play on the Switch?
I love my Switch, but I feel starved for games to play on it, especially online games. Sure, there are a few out there,...
The MOP Up: Warhammer Odyssey’s Slayer warms up for action
Who will you be when you adventure in Warhammer Odyssey's mobile world? The stocky and surly Dwarf Slayer would like to make a bid...
Global Chat: EverQuest II’s 15 years of being in WoW’s shadow
For just a few short weeks of its now 15-year lifespan, EverQuest II existed apart from a launched World of Warcraft. Then late November...
One Shots: The miseries of camping
Isn't camping wonderful? Reconnecting with nature, smelling like smoke, and sleeping with a canvas wall between you and predators? Obviously, it's not for everyone,...
WRUP: Nearby parallel universe directory edition
Index 47289983-BBA-4683: Ducks do not quack but sing the Ghostbusters theme song.
Index 47289983-BBA-4684: The Ghostbusters theme song is just ducks quacking.
Index 47289983-BBA-4685: Stan Lee...
The Daily Grind: Are ‘limited’ MMO classes a good idea?
Ever since its introduction into Final Fantasy XIV, the Blue Mage class has proved divisive among the community as a "limited" class. The thought...
The Division 2 ponders the future of its communication and state-of-the-game streams
How much is too much information about a game? That depends on how much the game actually has on offer. Over the years, we've...
Desert Oasis: Getting hyped for Pearl Abyss’ Crimson Desert
Curbing my enthusiasm is something I constantly work on, so when the announcement for Crimson Desert made its rounds, I was both excited and...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most purposeful housing?
So this is a thing I've talked about before because I love me some MMORPG housing. Even a bad MMO with housing gets brownie...
Torchlight Frontiers fan creates a build calculator as community waits for launch
The tantalizing wait through Torchlight Frontiers' development and testing continues, but one fan has made the waiting more bearable with a build calculator for...
Fortnite’s Epic Games cracks down on leakers and banned streamers
It's a bundle of Fortnite-related news, and not the fun kind about updates or other things. It's a bundle of... well, of awful things,...
Tencent made bank in Q3 2019 thanks to mobile – not PC – games
While companies like Blizzard are seeing severe revenue drops this quarter and other MMO companies are trudging along, Tencent is having a rather up...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO grind is good (except when it isn’t)
Some of my fondest memories of World of Warcraft involve Adam Sandler and the Badlands.
My wife and I had a pretty steady tradition made out...
Asheron’s Call would’ve been 20 years old this month, but the community isn’t dead
Ah, Asheron's Call. We miss you. You'd have been 20 years old this month, celebrating your antique status with the likes of Ultima Online...
Perfect Ten: Counting Fallout 76’s many post-nuclear flubs
I'll admit that I was the first one out of my seat, applauding wildly, when Fallout 76 was first announced at Bethesda's E3 showcase...
The Daily Grind: What was your ‘golden age’ of MMO gaming?
While history has yet to really settle this issue definitively, many MMORPG players seem to believe that we have already seen the great MMO...
Guild Wars 2 has lost yet another developer, this time to Bungie
Even if you disregard the poor community reception of some of ArenaNet's recent initiatives, it's been a rough couple of months for Guild Wars...
