The Elder Scrolls Online previews Thieves Guild DLC with a new trailer - The Elder Scrolls Online has been teasing its Thieves Guild DLC for a while now, and today we have a closer look at the lore and the mechanics. "The Thieves Guild of Abah's Landing, an organization…
Black Desert’s character creator tool available; CBT2 begins February 18 - If you're most interested in when you can get back into playing Black Desert Online again, the answer is on February 18th. It's just that straightforward. Don't trust us, trust the official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/BDO_News/status/689437585760845824 ...wait,…
Here’s what you can do with the Black Desert character creator - Yesterday's release of the standalone character creator for Black Desert has prompted the internet to play dress-up dolls en masse, some in the service of winning the ongoing contest and possibly pocketing a closed beta key and…
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO tropes we don’t need in 2016 (but clearly aren’t going anywhere) - All right, we've had just about a month of 2016 now, and I'm writing this on my birthday. Odds are good that I'm going to be writing about MMOs for at least a little while longer…
WoW Legion makes major changes to specializations and transmog sets - Are you tired of dealing with dual specs in World of Warcraft? It was revealed at BlizzCon that the existing spec system was going to change so that players could freely switch between specs, a feature…
The Division’s new map, system reqs, and commitment to the PC - Want to see the map you'll be traversing when you leap into The Division next week? Great. Ubisoft has uploaded an interactive map to the game's official site today for just that purpose. Dive on in.…
Overpower melds fantasy arena matches with RPG progression - Is your MMO a little on the slow side? Need a jolt of excitement and danger to go with your love of RPG progression? Then you might harken to the call of Overpower, a new fantasy…
EVE Evolved: Should CCP start developing Walking in Stations again? - [AL:EVE]In all the time that I've been writing about EVE Online, one of the most common recurring comments is that the game badly needs some compelling avatar-based gameplay. Many people have been compelled to try EVE over…
Star Citizen showcases actress Gillian Anderson’s Squadron 42 role - Cloud Imperium is hyping Squadron 42 in today's behind the scenes video, this one showcasing the involvement of X-Files actress Gillian Anderson, who remains a badass. Anderson plays Captain Rachel McClaren in the game. "I look like Sandy…
You’re going to have to purchase World of Warcraft: Legion twice for early access and a physical collector’s edition - Remember all of the absurdity about World of Warcraft's collector's edition with Warlords of Draenor? That was ridiculous. Basically, if you wanted to pre-order the collector's edition for the physical goodies but also wanted the digital…
Age of Conan has a new game director with plans for 2016 - Funcom's Romain "Tilty" Amiel, well known to MMORPG gamers as the lead designer on The Secret World, has taken over game director duties from Age of Conan lead designer Matthew "CirithGorgor" Bennett. Bennett announced back in…
Working As Intended: What Star Wars Galaxies got wrong - If you've listened to Massively's staff and readers talk about Star Wars Galaxies a little bit, you might come away with the impression that the now-sunsetted, pre-WoW Star Wars sandbox was perfection in every way --…
Analysts consider NCsoft’s 2016 prospects: Guild Wars 2, WildStar earnings dip predictions - Last March, Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities wasn't that hopeful on the financial future of WildStar. Little has changed in the firm's opinion for 2016, as it predicted that WildStar's profits will drop almost to nothing this…
Interview: Fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss is working on Smed’s OARPG, Hero’s Song - Among the dream team John Smedley assembled for Hero's Song -- studio Pixelmage's new 2-D open-world ARPG -- is Patrick Rothfuss, an acclaimed fantasy author who rocketed to stardom in 2007 when his first novel, The Name of the Wind, won…
Hyperspace Beacon: Is SWTOR losing its MMORPG cred? - One of the recurring gamer complaints about Star Wars: The Old Republic is that it's becoming less and less an MMORPG over time. With Knights of the Fallen Empire's fresh emphasis on the solo story, how is SWTOR going to…
Vivendi sells all of its shares of Activision Blizzard for $1.1 billion - Breaking up is always hard to do -- unless, of course, there's a whole ton of money in the mix to make you feel better about the whole thing. Vivendi has jumped out of doing business…
Check out post-apoc sci-fi MMORPG Trinium Wars’ reveal trailer - Sci-fi and fantasy post-apoc fans are in for a treat today as Hanmaru Soft and InselGames have formally announced Trinium Wars for PC. Touting ex-SEGA and ex-Blizzard artist Jang Wook Lee's involvement, the MMORPG has launched…
City of Steam is shuttering on January 31st - In the heady days of yesteryear, we believed that removing the need to download a client would be the key to unlocking more people who wanted to jump on the MMO bandwagon. This was one of…
