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Perfect Ten: Ten things that killed me in Final Fantasy XI
In many ways, Final Fantasy XI was a designed copy of EverQuest. It did, however, remove a lot of the elements of that game in particular....
The Daily Grind: Do you miss free return events in MMORPGs?
Eliot was writing a piece about Final Fantasy XI's return home event a week or two ago and I suddenly had a pang of...
One Shots: Never crowd surf over cats with claws
If you ever find yourself at a heavy metal concert where most of the crowd is made out of bestial cat-things, trust me: Don't...
MMO Business Roundup: Theorycraft, My.Games, the FIFA fixing lawsuit, and Roblox’s latest concert
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
Theorycraft: Could you found a new games studio on $37.5M? Yeah, probably. A bunch...
Final Fantasy XI announces more Voracious Resurgence and the pinnacle of Odyssey for March
Is March the cruelest month in Final Fantasy XI? You might not think so, but consider that players will be forced to contend with the...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO sunsets and the myth of meritocracy
A few weeks back, I talked about why a given MMO might have failed even when it possessed good qualities. It was a response...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 311: The day the MMOs died
Justin and Bree discuss Anthem Next's demise, Defiance and Gamigo's MMO purge, DDO's big news, Black Desert's free-play, Riot's MMO, and mobile Warcraft, with adventures in LOTRO, City of Heroes, WoW Classic, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus mailbag topics on post subs, Valheim, and MMOs as they used to be.
Guild Wars 2’s ‘Balance’ episode launches March 9 – here’s the new trailer
Guild Wars 2 next big thing - Season 5: The Icebrood Saga: Episode 5: Champions: Chapter 3: Balance - is launching next week. ArenaNet...
Massively Uplifting: Love and generosity in Sea of Thieves, Guild Wars 2, SOTA, and more
February is often known as the commercialized month of love (Happy Hallmark Day!), but that doesn't mean there wasn't genuine love abounding throughout the...
Destiny 2 promises an end to Infusion caps, new PvP balancing, armor transmog, and cross-play in 2021
The fact that Bungie is expanding its operations in support of Destiny 2 should tell you that the studio has plans for the game,...
Leaderboard: So, is RIFT next?
Gamigo, which just bought the studio behind Wizard101 and Pirate101, cleaned house yesterday, purging multiple MMORPGs that it acquired during its past acquisitions of...
Eden Eternal becomes the third MMORPG Gamigo killed off today
Right about now, a whole bunch of Gamigo MMORPGs are wishing they had to deal with only server merges. That's because Gamigo's now axed...
Defiance and Defiance 2050 are dismissed from duty
Clearly, Gamigo is cleaning house today. Shortly after announcing that the MMO publisher is shutting down Twin Saga, it also posted a farewell notice...
Dungeons and Dragons Online is releasing its own ‘mini-expansion,’ Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, this summer
The anniversary festivities aren't the only thing en route to Dungeons and Dragons Online: Standing Stone Games' Rob Ciccolini just dropped a letter from...
Wisdom of Nym: The shirt-based speculation around Final Fantasy XIV’s next melee job
Bad news, folks: We're going to be waiting a while longer to find out the new melee job for Final Fantasy XIV, and waiting...
The MOP Up: World of Warships comes to the Epic Games Store
Big boats need a big harbor, and Epic Games Store certainly can provide that. Wargaming announced this past week that World of Warships is...
Bungie swells its studio size and seeks to expand the Destiny IP with ‘new stories and experiences’
It would appear that things are going just swimmingly for Destiny 2 studio Bungie. In a recent press release, the company announced that it...
The Stream Team: Facing Valheim’s first prey
Trees may be the biggest threat in Valheim right now, but soon Massively OP's MJ will face the first prey the gods sent her...
Final Fantasy XI kicks off a discount and its return home campaign once again
If you haven't been back to Final Fantasy XI for a while, the game wants you back. It misses you. If you've never been...
Destiny 2 discusses a quest details UI, returning classic content, and Black at Bungie philanthropy
The weekly Bungie update is once again sharing a diverse cornucopia of Destiny 2 news pieces, from features that slipped patch note notice to...
