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Seafaring survival MMO Age of Water hits Steam early access, addresses premium perks
After a week-long false start, publisher Gaijin Entertainment and developer Three Whales Studio have brought Age of Water into the roiling and (arguably) crowded...
Vague Patch Notes: When MMO designers build traps for players
So last week, I spent a whole lot of words talking about what "the meta" actually means when it comes to MMOs. Put very...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of MMO rotation
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...
The Quinfall drops new gameplay overview videos, closes CBT applications April 10
The Quinfall, aka the MMORPG with the loftiest aspirations yet, is in a show and tell mood recently, as the game's YouTube channel has...
Into the Super-Verse: How to get started with Incarnates in City of Heroes
It wasn't so long ago that I mentioned how pleased I was about City of Heroes matching my different intensity and goals after I...
1998 MMORPG Tibia announces that it’s opening Oceanic servers – with caveats
One of the oldest continually operating MMORPGs on the market is embiggening its scope and reach this month. Tibia's devs announced on April 1st...
Choose My Adventure: Losing myself roaming the realms of Nightingale
This edition of Choose My Adventure might strike similar notes as last week, but I suppose that's to be expected considering you told me...
Lost Skies’ latest dev blog looks at exploding ship parts, island updates, and a utility item in action
We'll start by pointing out that, no, Bossa Studios' developing PvE survivalbox Lost Skies still has no timeline for testing or release. What it...
THE FINALS launches new map, new modes, new weapons, and new features in Season 2
A battle royale shooter like THE FINALS very often lives and dies by getting new seasonal content, so it's probably little surprise that this...
Hearthstone celebrates its 10th anniversary with gifts and World of Warcraft promotions
Where were you 10 years ago this month? There's a good probability that you were part of the curious crowd downloading Blizzard's new Warcraft-themed...
Nightingale’s roadmap includes a lot more QOL than the offline mode
If you were among those grumbling at Nightingale's mini-patch earlier this week, Inflexion's latest missive ought to make you feel better - or at...
Nightingale’s latest patch allows players to select their server regions
For a game that allows you to hop through portals into new worlds, Nightingale hasn't been the best at giving players full control over...
Choose My Adventure: Starting on the road to success and self-reliance in Nightingale
A lot of the first few hours of Nightingale are tutorial. That's probably not terribly surprising considering survival sandboxes need some guidance (and it's...
Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles’ worldbuilding is epic, but the gameplay…
The Wagadu Chronicles has kind of made me sad. I wasn't really expecting this game to be some arbiter of a new age for...
Choose My Adventure: The Wagadu Chronicles is off to an extremely rough start
Early access games are one of those things where you pretty much are buying something broken. It's like antique shopping for video games except...
Tibia sees an uptick in updates as Tibia-inspired 3Dragons plans beta testing
Life over in the classic MMO Tibia has kept going for quite a while now, but things appear to have picked up quite a...
Open world survivalbox Smalland launches out of early access
One brand-new survival game is attempting to go big -- by going very, very small.
Smalland: Survive the Wilds launched out of early access this...
Multiplayer survival sandbox Smalland exits early access February 15 with new content and features
Back in March 2018, we first caught wind of Smalland, a multiplayer survival sandbox that sees players as itty-bitty sprites surviving in the scaled-up...
One Shots: Sky control to Major Tom
I have to imagine that there's no more stressful job in a galaxy far, far away than being an air traffic controller for Coruscant....
Working As Intended: Yes, you can make money as a newbie in City of Heroes
Something I've heard over and over from commenters and even newbies in City of Heroes Homecoming ever since the official license was announced is...
