Justin Olivetti
Guild Wars 2’s Current Activities Team shoves kitties in your face
If you were hired to work at ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2, what team would you want to join? The C.A.T. people make a...
Chronicles of Elyria demos its character creator in front of a live studio audience
Who's ready to look super-duper freaky? Chronicles of Elyria, that's who!
The in-development indie MMO demonstrated the first iteration of its character creation system in...
Crowfall Q&A turns its focus to NPC creation
Don't be fooled by the PvP nature of Crowfall -- the game world (or worlds, plural) will feature many NPCs to add flavor and...
Worlds Adrift is trying to melt its servers and getting rid of a major currency
What are those wacky devs up to over at Worlds Adrift? Apparently trying to "melt the servers" with this Thursday's update and stress test....
Earn gobs of free Hearthstone packs for Witchwood expansion
Even if your knees are too weak to think about venturing into Hearthstone's upcoming Witchwood expansion, you might want to venture out of your...
MMO studios form Justice League-style alliance to combat toxicity
After years of trying to crack the serious issue of negative behavior and toxicity among their individual communities, 30 game studios and industry leaders are...
Lord of the Rings Online releases secret goat quest
Leave it to the sly folks at Standing Stone Games to slip a little spring surprise into Lord of the Rings Online.
The studio behind...
RIFT Prime jacks up its quest experience, works on lag
Players on RIFT's relatively new Prime progression server will see one major complaint addressed today: Trion Worlds is tripling the experience rewarded from quests...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen’s devs take you spelunking in the pre-alpha
Here's a neat two-for-one deal for fans of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. The developers recently hosted a livestream in which they showed pre-alpha...
EverQuest II teases a change to its monthly moonlight enchantments event
Fey mushroom rings are sprouting all over EverQuest II, marking the return of the monthly Moonlight Enchantments event. This one-day-only event comes and goes...
ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo's one-year-old Switch is starting to pick up more and more online titles as it matures and gains in popularity, and its latest coup...
Perfect Ten: Why MMO progression servers are a brilliant idea
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been enjoying the journey through RIFT Prime, the game's first progression server. Trion Worlds surprised and...
Ship of Heroes turns a critical eye to February’s combat alpha
Last month, Ship of Heroes ran its first alpha combat test with backers, and it was a blast (literally). With enough time to process...
Sea of Thieves servers buckle and break under a surge of would-be pirates
Whether you are personally playing it or not, there are a lot of ambitious pirates trying to cram their way into Sea of Thieves...
Brigitte smashes into Overwatch
She's buff, she's beautiful, and she's bringing her modern-day squire style into the realm of Overwatch.
She's Brigitte, the goddaughter of Reinhardt Wilhelm who fancies herself...
The Daily Grind: Are fan emulators of dead MMOs worth developing?
As an amateur historian and an MMORPG enthusiast, I generally applaud efforts by the community to resurrect, preserve, and even reboot sunsetted games. While...
Magic: The Gathering Arena moves into the next phase of its closed beta
Wizards of the Coast's most famous card game continues to prepare its newest multiplayer version for public consumption. This Thursday, Magic: The Gathering Arena...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 162: The Morninglight wants you
Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon, RIFT, Trove, Secret World Legends' South Africa, ArcheAge's progression servers, Black Desert on Xbox One, World of Warcraft, and Bless, with mailbag entries on classic Guild Wars and RIFT Prime.
Defiance activates four events for Armistice, gives out a week of patron time
Don't twiddle your thumbs and sigh with impatience that Defiance 2050 hasn't arrived yet; get active in Defiance right now, thanks to its Armistice...
Forget matchmaking – Wizard101 introduces ‘hatchmaking’
"Hatchmaking?" you say. "What is that?"
Leave it to Wizard101 to come up with a quirky new twist on MMO gameplay. In the family-friendly title's...