Yearly Archives: 2016
Final Fantasy XIV dolls itself up for Little Ladies’ Day
The latest patch for Final Fantasy XIV is only a day old and has brought along more story, more dungeons, and more things for...
Perfect Ten: Ten weapons that should be in more MMOs
Swords, spears, axes, maces, and bows for fighters. Wands and fancy-looking staves for mages. Wolverine-style claws and double daggers for thieves. Some useless trinket...
Dam it all! Beavers and handcuffs are invading ARK
By land or by sea? You don't have to choose if you nab yourself one of ARK: Survival Evolved's newest additions: the giant beaver....
WildStar devs on the Arcterra map, dynamic events, and stew
So what do you think about WildStar's new upcoming zone, Arcterra, after yesterday's big dev blog about it? Carbine figured that players would have...
Turbine cancels plans for EU-based LOTRO datacenter
Turbine Executive Producer Athena "Vyvyanne" Peters has bad news for Lord of the Rings Online players in Europe: Your game servers aren't moving to...
Black Desert’s devs on gender-locking, future plans
If you're hoping for every gender-locked class in Black Desert to have an equivalent for the other gender, the bad news for you is...
The Daily Grind: What is your favorite memory from the EverQuest franchise?
It's interesting to note that the EverQuest video game franchise, as a whole, is quite large -- perhaps bigger than you realized. There's the...
Global Chat: What is Daybreak thinking with H1Z1?
Daybreak's announcement earlier this month that it will be splitting H1Z1 into two games triggered a flood of responses from the MMO blogging community,...
Traverse lets you mold and shape your own planet
A tiny dev team is scurrying away on a new title called Traverse that will let players not only think big but create on...
Guild Wars 2 improves structured PvP with a minor patch
We mentioned earlier today that the second season of Guild Wars 2's professional league kicks off today, so it seems apropos that players are...
Worlds Adrift includes US players in next playtest
Worlds Adrift said that the wait is "almost over" for the game's third playtest, although the team did not give a definitive timeline for...
Project Genom launches into Early Access in May
If you want to get in on Project Genom without being part of a formal testing pool, your chance is approaching. The developers have...
Albion Online publishes its first novel, Landfall
Does your MMO have an official novel? Well, Albion Online isn't even out yet and it is breaking literary barriers with its first published...
Breath of Fire 6 launches this week in Japan
Are you a fan of the old Breath of Fire console RPG series? Did you think that the series would be substantially improved by...
Order and Chaos Online player distributes GM powers, havoc ensues
Imagine this scenario: An MMO player somehow gains access to a "DevBox," a special set of tools that GMs and devs can use to...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 52: Horror sloth!
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert 's cash shop, H1Z1, Guild Wars 2, ArcheAge's laundry, Devilian, Grim Dawn, FFXIV, and TSW, with mailbag questions on voiceover localization.
Revival discusses the size and the history of estates
A huge portion of Revival's funding and development centers around the real estate market, so it's not shock that the game's estates are kind...
The Stream Team: Growing attached to Paladins’ Grover
MassivelyOP's MJ has always wanted to be a tree. And now, thanks to Paladins, she can leaf the confines of frail fleshy bodies behind...
Hellgate: London is on Android as a first-person shooter
Back in November, Hellgate: London shut down once again. But now it's back. You can't actually shut down this game, it just come about...
Grim Dawn’s story trailer is appropriately macabre
Not every game goes to the lengths of giving your character a backstory that starts before you log in, but then again, not every...
