Matt Firor says Elder Scrolls Online’s ‘population is huge and thriving’ - ZeniMax Online's Matt Firor has addressed The Elder Scrolls Online playerbase on the occasion of its second anniversary with a bundle of screenshots from his own character's journey through Tamriel. "Over…
Daum EU confirms Black Desert figures: 400K Western sales, $12M revenue in first month - In a piece published earlier today, MMO Culture claimed a number of Black Desert statistics gleaned from last week's Daum Korea press conference: 400,000 US/EU purchasers in the first month…
Flameseeker Chronicles: The future of Guild Wars 2 under Mike O’Brien - [AL:GW2]The news coming from ArenaNet has been very interesting since the company's President Mike O'Brien took over as Guild Wars 2 Game Director, so I thought it might be a good…
The Repopulation spin-off Fragmented launches early access this month - Earlier this year, the team behind The Repopulation faced down its HeroEngine difficulties with an ambitious plan to port the entire sandbox MMORPG to a new engine and publish a…
SWTOR launches heist chapter ‘Profit and Plunder’ on May 3rd - If you have early access for the latest chapter in the continuing saga of the Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion Knights of the Fallen Empire, then you are likely playing…
Blizzard swapped Tracer’s butt pose in Overwatch with a… different butt pose - We're sure you're all still watching Overwatch's #tracergate with keen anticipation, so you'll be pleased to know that Blizzard replaced Tracer's infamous "butt pose" with the latest patch. [caption id="attachment_54636"…
EVE Online war update: Thousands return to join the war - For the past week we've been closely following the events of a monumental war that has kicked off in sci-fi MMO EVE Online. The conflict that has come to be known as "World…
Black Desert is patching in auto-path looping right now - Hope you voted yes on the auto-path looping feature that Black Desert put to player vote on Monday! The poll closed with over 83% of the vote in favor of the feature, and it's…
Tree of Life launches open beta April 18th - When is an MMO wipe a good thing? When it precedes a beta launch, that's when. This week, Tree of Life studio OddOneGames announced that it will enter its official…
Camelot Unchained makes ‘slow and steady progress’ toward beta - The pieces are falling into place for Camelot Unchained's first beta, although it's not quite here yet. Mark Jacobs jumped onto the stage on Friday to share some of the…
The Game Archaeologist: Guild Wars Utopia - Aztecs. Chronomancers. Mounts. Halberds. Golems. Dual wielding. These are all but a hint of what a fourth Guild Wars campaign could have been, a campaign that was under development in…
Nosgoth is shutting down at the end of May - Sad news today for fans of asymmetric vampire shooting games; Nosgoth, the multiplayer shooter based on the Legacy of Kain franchise, will be shutting down on May 31st. In an…
Massively Overthinking: Grouping, kill-stealing, and open PvP in MMORPGs - This week's Massively Overthinking topic arrived in our inboxes from longtime reader Leiloni. It's a timely one all about newly launched Tree of Savior -- and one of its more irritating old-school…
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse teases procedurally generated planets - This week's Star Citizen Around the Verse video sees Cloud Imperium's Sandi Gardiner and Ben Lesnick discussing the game's 2.4 patch, explaining the plan for new local merchandise shipping warehouses…
Warframe celebrates third birthday with almost 23M registered users - [AL:WarF]Warframe has been busy celebrating its birthday month with anniversary goodies. "Since Warframe's release in 2013, more than 22 million players have played 2.1 billion Missions, crafted more than 18.5…
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with huge class rosters - After talking with Mark Jacobs the other week about the difficulty of balancing Camelot Unchained's 30 classes, it got my mind thinking of MMOs that don't merely stop with a…
This is why Star Citizen has toilets everywhere - Last week, Star Citizen Lead Level Designer Michael Barclay ran a piece on Gamasutra discussing the conflict between sandboxes and cinematics. He argued that while size and scope matter in…
Players plan a 12th anniversary celebration for City of Heroes - City of Heroes is gone, but the dedicated fans of the game aren't about to let a little thing like the title's shutdown prevent them from celebrating the game's anniversary.…
En Masse confirms TERA layoffs - [AL:TERA]MMORPG.com reports that layoffs have struck TERA's western developer En Masse Entertainment. The official statement from En Masse reads, "The gaming industry is a fast moving, ever evolving and changing business,…
Tree of Savior compensates players for dungeon troubles - It's been a rough go in Tree of Savior as of late, with players encountering what the team is calling "instance instability" in its dungeons. It had gotten so bad…
How players will control capital ships in Star Citizen - Not every spacecraft in Star Citizen will be some sleek, agile fighter; the team is prepping powerful, lumbering capital ships such as the Idris as well. In the latest 10…
TERA’s reward program includes exclusive dungeon [update] - [AL:TERA]TERA is kicking off its player loyalty reward program today, and it might surprise you with how it's structured. The program has two facets, so pay attention. The rewards emporium…
Black Desert puts auto-path looping to player vote - Burke's Law: Never ask a question unless you already know the answer. That's a rule Daum hopefully knows already, else it might not have asked the entire Black Desert community…
Twitch streamer hits 100 in World of Warcraft using only dance pads - Over the years, there have been several players who have created unique World of Warcraft leveling challenges for kicks and giggles. One New Zealander Twitch streamer named Rudeism came up with…
Overwatch’s second animated short features the assassin Widowmaker - Following Overwatch's first animated short featuring the superhero Winston comes a new movie that takes a look at the assassin Widowmaker. The six-plus minute video revolves around an attack in…
Crowfall’s healer/nuker Druid archetype isn’t a ‘firehose healer’ - Crowfall devs confirmed today that they are indeed working on the Druid archetype. In fact, ArtCraft's goal is to integrate the Druid into the Hunger Dome and Siege Perilous testing…