maintenance mode

The beginning of this year saw the VR MMORPG OrbusVR herald a year-long fifth anniversary celebration, which would normally be cause for a studio...

The de facto maintenance mode-like updates for TERA Console continue on, with the latest patch performing another dungeon access cycle, launching a new battle...

There are a lot of wild conclusions you could leap to after hearing the report that EG7 put an end to the 2020 remaster...

Earlier this week, we checked in on Chimeraland, finding the delightfully weird title had abandoned its website, social media presence, and Discord, leading us...

The seasonal model that's powered Diablo III for a very long time now is winding down, though fans should try and take heart that...

If you've been following along with the news out of the multiplayer critter hunting RPG Dauntless, you'll know that things haven't been particularly happy...

I'm never going to not be a little sad about Champions Online. Not in the sense that it flopped in an unfair fashion; while...

Let's pause for a hot minute to absorb the fact that WoW Classic just hit its fourth anniversary. For the reheated leftovers of an...

This past June saw Evercore Heroes, a self-described competitive PvE fusion of MMO and MOBA, enter into closed beta, and though it made an...

Those who have dabbled or gone hardcore into the world of multi-user dungeons (MUDs) and text-based MMOs will no doubt recognize the name of...

Social media algorithms are a dangerous thing. A few weeks back, Reddit began recommending me the sub for Heroes of the Storm. Although I...

We're back with part two of my long-overdue post-mortem of The Secret World, my favourite MMORPG of all time. In the first part I...

Star Wars: The Old Republic is a special game to me. Like many of you, I've poured hundreds of hours into BioWare's expansive MMO...

This weeks marks the eleventh anniversary of the launch of The Secret World. While the game is still playable (for those with existing accounts),...

I've mentioned many a time that one of the ideas behind the Vague Patch Notes column here on MOP is to have a place...

So is Star Wars The Old Republic still moving to a new studio? Yes - but the open secret that the studio is EA's...

My relationship with Star Wars: The Old Republic is best described as "complicated." The game launched at a time when I was still pretty...

MMOs and multiplayer games getting small patches isn't anything new, and is indeed often a necessary part of running a live title, but the...

Let me start by making something clear: I would always prefer that a game go into maintenance mode rather than shutting down. While it...

Missing Marvel Heroes on its 10th anniversary? Your inclination may be to look for an acceptable substitute -- but keep looking beyond Marvel's Avengers...