game design

I'm pretty blasé about most monetization in games, but there are a few things that I don't like, and charging for early access is...

This week, MOP's Chris ran afoul of the MMO meta when he was going through New World. Only he... didn't, not really. He ran...

Rotations! They're not just just for your tires any more; they're in your MMORPGs, determining what order you should press the shiny buttons on...

It will not surprise anyone reading this to learn that there are things which upset me. This is just part of being a human...

Reading comprehension is an important skill that one could argue is being lost to the flood of hot takes and those who absorb only...

Let's make something clear right up front: If you came into this column eager to head for the comments section to say, "Well, I...

We've been shaking our head ruefully at BitCraft's name for several years now, as it seemed clear to us that the name could be...

Both the Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour LA Tour and now the Global Tour have both ended, and while there are good points to be...

It is not uncommon to spend the beginning of a year reflecting back on the old while looking forward to the new. That's something...

While Mists of Pandaria isn't exactly the talk of the World of Warcraft scene right now, it may be when Mists Classic is invariably...

Pokemon GO's Sinnoh Tour LA Tour has come and gone, and honestly... it's helped me appreciate some parts of the Hoenn Vegas Tour while...

It seems like we're never going to be done talking about City of Heroes at this point, and clearly I am here for this....

For whatever reason, The Secret World is one of those games that people keep going back over mentally, an MMO that still collectively has...

Last night's Blizzard stream on Diablo IV's already well-fleshed-out Season of the Construct dropped both eyecandy and details on the upcoming content. "Associate director...

For our first Massively Overthinking of the year, we're drawing a hard line between what we think will happen, what we mean to make...

The beginning of 2024 is being looked ahead by lead devs of Pearl Abyss, as Black Desert on PC and console and Black Desert...

I remember a number of years ago, in an article for a game I can't recall, an MMO developer discussed how an early build...

World of Warships is a title that seems to be under constant scrutiny for community interactions, aggressive monetization, and the deployment of random mechanics...

The latest NDA-free alpha test for OARPG Corepunk is almost wrapped up (it ends this Wednesday, December 20th), but already player impressions are a...

We're still not entirely sure just what Blade & Soul is doing with its upcoming Neo Classic servers, but it looks as if NCsoft...