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Global Chat: Does permadeath mode in MMOs have merit?
Whenever you're stuck for an MMO topic to talk about on a blog, you can never go wrong with chewing on the concept of...
World of Warcraft announces plans to improve Castle Nathria drop rates in a February 16 patch
Ahead of the upcoming March patch arriving to World of Warcraft, which is introducing Stygia crafting and bringing back Valor points (though in a...
LOTRO Legendarium: How can LOTRO become more alt-friendly?
Lord of the Rings Online has so much to offer players, from an expansive world to thousands of quests to, um, chicken soccer. But...
Whatever happened to Absolver?
Remember Absolver, the martial arts multiplayer title from developer Sloclap and publisher Devolver Digital? There hasn't been much news out of the game beyond...
Warframe offers a brief look at upcoming updates and events arriving this spring
Where I live, we're still under the frosty heel of winter and probably won't see spring until sometime in mid-April if we're lucky. As...
RuneScape offers another update on its ongoing player avatar refresh project
The devs of RuneScape are very hard at work making very pretty avatars for players. Readers will recall that this was first outlined in...
Valentine’s Day begins in Star Citizen, SWG Legends, DAOC, and more
OK, MMOs, we get it, you have chocolate and pink stuff and hearts. This is the last one of these roundups I'm doing this...
World of Warcraft’s patch 9.0.5 adds Stygia crafting but will not allow upgrading old M+ items
So the next patch for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is bringing back Valor points... after a fashion. But there are actually some new things available...
Vague Patch Notes: Emergent gameplay in MMOs isn’t a defense of awful behavior
To the surprise (or at least disappointment) of many, it turns out that some players in Elite: Dangerous found an exciting and fresh way to...
Here’s how Star Wars: The Old Republic is improving amplifiers
Star Wars: The Old Republic's amplifier system is a relatively new addition to the game, having been introduced back in 2019 with the Onslaught...
Blade & Soul delivers a solo dungeon and chocolate hearts with its Eternal Blade update on February 17
The next update for Blade & Soul arrives on February 17th, and it's placing you in a difficult situation of fighting on your own. The...
Conan Exiles adds Isle of Siptah improvements, sprint attacks, and offline single-player mode on PTS
There's a new build of Conan Exiles available for players to try out on Testlive and it brings with it a whole slew of...
Large-scale multiplayer Neverwinter Nights persistent world Arelith is getting a new city tomorrow
If you've been following The Game Archaeologist column all the way back to Massively-That-Was, you maybe will recall a piece from June 2014 about...
Fallout 76 preps the return of the PTS and next week’s Fastnacht Day celebrations
Bethsoft is planning an "action-packed week in Appalachia" in this week's edition of the Fallout 76 newsletter, and that's because the team is sending...
Gamigo unleashes Valentines events on ArcheAge, RIFT, Trove, and Defiance
Gamgio's got a fleet of Valentine's Day events stacked up for its MMORPGs. To wit:
ArcheAge invites you to "synthesize your love" with the...
WoW Factor: The return of Valor is far from valorous
This week's announcement that World of Warcraft will be bringing Valor back as a currency piqued my immediate interest, especially when we're not that...
Phantasy Star Online 2 is coming out on the Epic Game Store next week
With a global release under its belt already and a revamped version in the works for later this year, Phantasy Star Online 2 is...
Check out this amazing player-created trailer for LOTRO’s Mordor expansion
Do you remember back in 2017 when Lord of the Rings Online released that embarrassingly bad trailer for the Mordor expansion that was in...
Wizard101 assures players it is ‘still KingsIsle’ after acquisition and outlines a PvP hotfix
It's a tale as old as time by now: MMO studio is acquired, MMO studio issues a stated commitment that nothing in the game's...
Glitch reboot releases early demo version, opens Discord and Patreon for funding
Almost two years ago now, the two key Glitch successors - Eleven and Chrildren of Ur - joined forces to rescue the MMO from...