economy
Desert Oasis: Finding the plot in Black Desert’s story
In our preview of Black Desert's new Guardian class, one of the more surprising conversations to come out of the comments was the opinion...
Black Desert’s Kunoichi rolls out to PS4, awakens on Xbox One, and drinks all the wine
It's patch day once again for console players of Black Desert, as this week Pearl Abyss has finally added the Kunoichi to the PS4...
Wurm Online is officially ending the player-run RMT market in March
For a number of years, Wurm Online has allowed players to transform in-game assets and silver into real-world profit through an RMT system, and...
Dual Universe’s game-changing alpha 3 is officially going live today
It's been the subject of a whole lot of reporting here recently, and for pretty good reason: Alpha 3 of Dual Universe is looking...
Star Citizen’s roadmap moves and removes various weapons, vehicles, and features
Star Citizen is in active development, so things are going to change and shift around. That said, the most recent roadmap update has had...
Legends of Aria adds a ‘Grand Bazaar’ to spur economy
The economy of Legends of Aria is about to get a shot in the arm. The team, identifying that isolated player shops weren't working...
Global Chat: Why player representation in games matters
The recent flap over Escape from Tarkov's public pronouncement of "no icky girls" (my paraphrase) as playable characters in its game elicited more than...
World of Warcraft’s Visions of N’Zoth is kind of a ‘horrific’ mess – where’s the old ‘Blizzard Polish’?
One popular World of Warcraft YouTuber is calling this past week's Visions of N'Zoth Blizzard's "buggiest patch ever" as a result of the WoW...
Path of Exile’s community fiercely debates what to do about trading
It was a quiet morning. Quiet, that is, until one Path of Exile player posted a lengthy criticism of the game's trading system to...
Here’s what’s changing in Dual Universe’s economy when alpha 3 launches
Let's talk about money. Space money. Dual Universe dev Novaquark tweeted out a blog post that almost flew under the radar, and it shouldn't...
Checking in on long-running Vendetta Online and the expansion that didn’t happen
It's been a hot minute since we checked in on Vendetta Online - maybe a long enough hot minute that nobody even says hot...
SMITE launches Season 7 on PTS and goes into more detail about the season’s new Joust map
The next season of SMITE is on its way and with it is a new Joust map for players to... well... joust on. In...
RuneScape shares player-made activity pets, addresses a Treasure Hunter exploit, and celebrates 19 years
Oh man, I was almost scared that there wouldn't be a metric ton of things coming out of RuneScape this week, but my worst...
Interview: Star Citizen on the Argo MOLE and the future of mining gameplay in alpha 3.8
It was probably easy to assume that the marquee feature of Star Citizen's alpha 3.8 was going to be blowing wind. That's not all,...
DC Universe Online introduces a progressive tax to correct money exploitation
So here's the bad news, DC Universe Online fans - the game got hit with a pretty nasty exploit that allowed players to flood the...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019
Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...
EVE Online’s ‘free market’ patch – and new gambling system – are live
Today's EVE Online update is a juicy one for players who dip into the economic corner of the game, and let's be honest, everyone...
ArcheAge Unchained’s ArchePass is back as XLGAMES reveals the next mega patch [Update: Aaaaaand it’s gone again]
You know what I would love to not have to type anymore? The word "ArchePass." The loyalty system that launched with ArcheAge's Unchained version...
Star Trek Online makes Phoenix Packs permanent while removing a daily free pack
The biggest problem you can get with exchanges between real-money currencies and in-game currencies in MMOs is when one is far more valuable than...
EVE Echoes launches its open beta on mobile devices
It's time to keep a little piece of cutthroat space politics in your pocket wherever you go, as the open beta for EVE Echoes...
