Yearly Archives: 2016
Life is Feudal transforms into an MMO with its March beta test
A long time ago, back in the stone ages of 2014, Bitbox did alpha testing for its upcoming MMO, Life is Feudal. It was an...
The Stream Team: More Makeb mischief in SWTOR
You keep asking for it, so MassivelyOP's Larry and MJ will keep giving it to you: More SWTOR Choose My Alignment adventures. MJ's Agent...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2015
It's become tradition to fare well the MMOs that sunsetted in the preceding year, but that wasn't always the case. At the beginning of 2015,...
Marvel Heroes’ David Brevik has resigned
VentureBeat is reporting that Gazillion CEO and Marvel Heroes front-man David Brevik has left the company. Interim CEO Dave Dohrmann described the departure as...
Crowfall shows off the Ranger archetype
The next major round of Crowfall testing isn't going to just feature another gameplay mode. It is going to feature that, yes, but it's...
Neverwinter moves cosmetics from ZEN cash shop to lockbox currency
Back in October, PWE wrote about its plans to massively overhaul Neverwinter's Trade Bar Store -- that is, the special store where you can...
Star Citizen has a ‘surprise’ in store for Alpha 2.1
Hailing frequencies are open, captain, and a new Star Citizen broadcast is coming through, loud and clear. CIG has published its latest episode of...
Sword Coast Legends postpones free update in favor of Rage of Demons expansions
Development schedules are tricky things. From the outside it's easy to look at them as promises, contracts made between players and developers, but in...
The Daily Grind: Which old MMORPG deserves more love?
Last week, MMO designer Raph Koster made a Twitter comment that's stuck in my mind:
https://twitter.com/raphkoster/status/682380531934322688
Hell yes it has. It's getting mainstream and indie attention left...
Red 5 Studios is undergoing ‘strategic reorganization’
Firefall developer Red 5 Studios is apparently in the midst of a "strategic reorganization," according to a message from the executive team passed along...
The Stream Team: Rooftop hopping in The Secret World’s Issue #13
Last week in The Secret World, MassivelyOP's MJ started bounding across Tokyo's rooftops at the request of Harumi, that brilliant little hacker with a...
Massively Overthinking: Let’s play with the Gamer Motivation Model
Over the winter holidays, we wrote about game analytics consulting firm Quantic Foundry, which has published what it calls its "Gamer Motivation Model" --...
ARK’s 25th digest discusses dino nerfs, contest winners, and new ideas
It's only been a few days since the tamed dinos in ARK: Survival Evolved were beaten nearly senseless with the nerf bat; stats were...
Final Fantasy XIV players hold a vigil for Sian Blake in Limsa Lominsa
Players are holding a vigil following the death of Final Fantasy XIV voice actress Sian Blake (the voice of Yugiri). The vigil is being...
Final Fantasy XIV devotes a full trailer to Lord of Verminion’s strategic pet battles
If you've never played Final Fantasy XIV or stopped playing some time ago, you might not be aware of the fact that there's a...
WildStar salutes its military leaders
It might be easy to forget that WildStar's Dominion and Exiles are at war with each other, especially considering how much both factions' citizens...
PSA: Champions Online lifetime subscriptions are on sale
Cryptic and PWE have announced that Champions Online lifetime subs are 33% off until January 21st, 2016 -- that's $199 instead of $299, if you...
Crowfall hits 100,000 website signups, runs ‘snap tests’
As Crowfall tackles 2016 head-on, the team behind this PvP MMO is celebrating its 100,000th "Crow" to register on its website. ArtCraft posted new...
League of Legends teases creepy new Champion and/or musical theater experience
Riot Games has released an atmospheric teaser trailer called Mind of the Virtuoso, presumably a tease for a new League of Legends champion that's...
Old School RuneScape opens the doors to the continent of Zeah
RuneScape's 2007 server enjoyed a booming year in 2015, and Old School RuneScape will be offering even more this year. The developers posted an...
