Ascent: Infinite Realm rebrands to Elyon, launches new website
April Fools’ Day around the MMO ‘verse, 2020 edition
Albion Online wants to boost players’ ‘incentives for backstabbing and going to war’
Elyon aka Ascent Infinite Realm ‘pivot’ is confirmed by western publisher Kakao
Phantasy Star Online 2 confirms that the PC version is still arriving this spring
Legends of Aria’s $19.99 Dark Sorcery DLC has officially launched
Elite Dangerous fully reveals Fleet Carriers, launching in June
WoW Classic promises ‘relief’ for overcrowded servers
Saga of Lucimia promotes pre-orders with a weekend alpha test
LOTRO’s 2020 producer letter: Dwarves, weddings, PvP servers, Rohan housing, and more
World of Warcraft’s Shadowlands closed alpha is finally beginning this week
No Man’s Sky just patched in the Exo Mech update, confirming leaked video
Our interview with Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida and Yusuke Mogi
Disgruntled Chronicles of Elyria backers seek aid from the Washington attorney general
E3 won’t be happening in a digital format this year
Amazon’s MMO New World just delayed launch from May to August 25
Blizzard hasn’t canceled BlizzCon 2020 over the pandemic, is still working on the show
Chronicles of Elyria boss says development is still ongoing, still seeking funding
Jagex cancels RuneScape’s RuneFest 2020, considers ‘alternative virtual events’
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida confirms that patch 5.3 will be delayed in the wake of the pandemic
Make My MMO: Following Chronicles of Elyria reports, state attorney general addresses crowdfunding scams
Fallout 76’s large-scale Wastelanders update is officially live — here are the patch notes
EverQuest II faces the Showdown at the Diaku Corral in today’s patch
Over a thousand people rolled toons in Ship of Heroes’ impromptu beta
Former EverQuest boss Holly Longdale scooped up by Blizzard to work on WoW Classic
Phantasy Star Online 2 launches on PC in late May, officially leaves Xbox One beta today
Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff just fully funded on Kickstarter for $79,000
DC Universe Online’s latest Birds of Prey episode is live with gobs of new content
NCsoft is already sunsetting its Aion: Legions of War mobile MMO
San Diego Comic Con is officially cancelled this year thanks to COVID-19
Eternal Magic has officially launched on Steam
More World of Warcraft: Shadowlands covenant abilities unveiled as Classic returns layering for population issues
Classic Guild Wars is turning 15 years old with a party, new gear, and a Guild Wars 2 gift
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s GU 6.1.1 is live with the personal conquests revamp
PAX West 2020 is still tentatively on amid COVID-19 while GameStop re-opens
SuperData March 2020: Digital games spending sets achieves new highs thanks to COVID-19
World of Warcraft will remove Pathfinder requirements for Draenor and Broken Isles flight in Shadowlands
Lord of the Rings Online turns 13 years old, gives players a self-crisping pig, and releases Mists of Wilderland
Blue Protocol’s beta test starts with delays, heavy demand, and some notable software scanning
Dungeons and Dragons Online discovers Update 46: The Lost Gatekeepers
Funcom: DUNE still ‘a few years away,’ will be a ‘more ambitious and robust version of Conan Exiles’
World of Warcraft appears to be quietly ignoring Battle for Azeroth’s genocidal intro in Shadowlands
Gamigo is sunsetting classic Defiance – on the Xbox 360 – next month
Astellia Online is no longer run by Barunsun E&A, which might explain its new blockchain promotion
Former RIFT dev on instant adventures: ‘We wanted to do more of them’
City of Heroes’ rogue servers mark their first anniversary as the game itself turns 16
Age of Conan’s Onslaught is live, the Funcom MMO’s ‘biggest update in years’
Chronicles of Elyria boss insists work on the game continues in spite of team layoff
RuneScape studio Jagex finally confirms it was sold for $530M to a new ‘global asset management company’
Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime laments World of Warcraft’s social unraveling
Star Citizen alpha 3.9 Locked Up & Loaded is live with survival effects, new mission, and prison (!)
EverQuest is adding two new time-locked progression servers, Aradune and Rizlona, launching May 27
Guild Wars 2’s next living story episode, No Quarter, will launch without voice acting thanks to the pandemic
Amazon says New World’s territorial sieges represent a ‘social dynamism that no other game has’
Former World of Warcraft developer Ghostcrawler weighs in on Mike Morhaime’s ‘social glue’ discussion
