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The Game Archaeologist: City of Villains, enhancement diversification, and Going Rogue
It's always easy to look back at the making of City of Heroes and its first year with a memory tinted toward the good...
Gamescom 2018: World of Warcraft dives into Azshara’s backstory and hosts a concert
It turns out that Blizzard was saving something special for Gamescom 2018 after all. At the show, the World of Warcraft studio unveiled the...
Vague Patch Notes: On scaling and meaningful advancement in WoW and other MMORPGs
It seems like pretty much nobody is happy with how scaling is working in World of Warcraft at the moment. The game's scaling means...
Elite: Dangerous moves into the third chapter of its Beyond cycle next week
You've got to appreciate a game like Elite: Dangerous that downplays an update as "smaller" when it contains more new stuff than some other...
Villagers and Heroes: Wrath of the Black Thrush strikes next month
For those always seeking quality MMORPGs that seem to fly under the radar of public interest, may we present to you Villagers and Heroes?...
World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth sells ‘more than 3.4 million’ copies for a ‘day-one sales record’ for WoW
We were just grumbling on this week's MOP Podcast about not having any idea how well World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth had sold...
World of Warcraft buffs Feral Druids, uncovers secret demon goat pet
Feral Druids are enjoying a round of hearty buffs this week in World of Warcraft.
A hotfix yesterday increased the damage of several skills for fuzzy...
RIFT’s fans speculate over the Storm Legion expansion on Prime
You may have heard the news that RIFT's Prime server is poised to finally leave the bounds of vanilla content and jump into the...
World of Warcraft players are noticing major issues with item scaling and gold inflation
The Heart of Azeroth in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is meant to be a powerful relic containing the very essence of the...
Grab a MU Online, MU Legend, C9, Flyff, or Rappelz in Webzen’s summer giveaway
Webzen is winding down the summer with a bang: a massive round of bonus events across its whole catalogue of MMOs, including including MU...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 183: Battle for Battle for Azeroth
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss WoW Battle for Azeroth, Fallout 76, WildStar, NCsoft, Ashes of Creation, MMO Kickstarters, FFXIV, and SWG, with more haiku and mailbag entry on rating WoW for kids.
Guild Wars 2: New systems team, outfit vouchers, PvP updates, Revenant overhaul, and anniversary sales
One of my big grumps with Guild Wars 2 and plenty of other MMORPG cash shops is the time-limited items. The stuff I want...
EverQuesting: The history of the EverQuest franchise
Back in 2013, I took a walk through the annals of the EverQuest franchise's history. What started as one title not only blossomed into...
Trion’s ArcheAge will launch 5.0 Relics of Hiram this fall with a new zone and Malediction skillset
Trion announced today that ArcheAge 5.0, Relics of Hiram, is landing for MMORPG sandpark fans this coming fall. You're looking at a new zone,...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s weekly caps and whether they’re useful
One of the elements of Final Fantasy XIV that has remained remarkably uniform throughout the game's history is how Allagan Tomestones work. Aside from...
RIFT Prime will get the 2012 Storm Legion expansion this fall
Remember way back in 2012 when Storm Legion launched in Trion Worlds' MMO RIFT? You can remember all over again this fall, at least...
First impressions of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, part 4: Conclusions
Part four covers expansion odds and ends plus the conclusion to our series: the problem with Azerite, progression, and why the expansion isn't bad, just weakly executed.
EVE Evolved: Ship fittings for EVE Online’s Secrets of the Abyss event
EVE Online's recent Into the Abyss expansion has been live now for several months, adding the first ever solo instanced PvE game mode in...
Archeage adds new content to its fresh start server
How long is a fresh start server really about a fresh start? You could argue at this point that it's more of a fresh...
A fluffy casual’s starting perspective on World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth
Let me tell you a bit about me and how I play MMORPGs. Between two jobs and a family, my gaming time is relegated...