Justin Olivetti
Skyforge dares you to beat its anomalies
One thing is for certain: When it releases, Skyforge will not be lacking in its variety of content. Today, the dev team posted a...
Dofus overhauls creaky crafting system
There are revamps and then there are revamps, if you know what we mean. Dofus is clearly not messing around when it announced that...
Survarium reverses its disastrous server merge
Even though they may be feared, server merges are a fact of life in many MMOs. One such merge came this past April in...
Nexon revenues rise in early 2015
After reading through Nexon's financial report for Q1 2015, one can imagine the company skipping along while whistling a merry tune. Yes, it's generally...
Perfect Ten: Future MMOs that I can’t wait to play
I imagine that most of us have a future bucket list of MMOs that we wish would get here already. It wasn't but a...
Heroes of the Storm World Championship coming to BlizzCon
With the well-fought Heroes of the Dorm tournament out of the way, Blizzard is preparing an even larger community event for Heroes of the...
World of Warcraft goes on the offensive against bots
World of Warcraft botters, beware: Blizzard is coming after you hard. The studio said yesterday that it has leveled the banhammer against several accounts...
The Repopulation adds diplomacy minigame with new patch
Wait, there are other ways to resolve conflict with in-game NPCs than to stab large holes in their torsos? The Repopulation seems to think...
Raph Koster used MMO design to help revitalize a bar trivia game
You might know Raph Koster from his MMO legacy as a designer on Ultima Online or Star Wars Galaxies, or perhaps from his current...
Rodinia War melds strategy and fantasy action
What flavors go well together? Peanut butter and chocolate, obviously. Sarcasm and stand-up comedians. Mario and mushrooms. And now, apparently, builder games and MMORPGs.
This...
Heroes of the Storm devs talk Kael’Thas and character design
Wondering how Blizzard's developers choose from the studio's incredible roster of characters and then crafted those selections into Heroes of the Storm's champions? Then...
Neverwinter cracks 1.6M players on Xbox One
If you're looking for Neverwinter's true success story, it might not be on the PC at all. Cryptic Studios announced today that ever since...
Forsaken World Mobile will include five classes
When it launches, Forsaken World Mobile will come out of the gate strong with five classes from which to choose. According to the list...
A Tale in the Desert preparing to restart with Tale 7
A Tale in the Desert's current "telling" -- Tale 6 -- has been running a long time, ever since its debut in 2011. Since...
Crowfall backers can now gift a copy to a friend
If you have too much money burning a hole in your pocket and a good friend who didn't get on board with the Crowfall...
EVE Online’s Matt Woodward defects to Albion Online
EVE Online is less one developer today and Albion Online is richer by one, as Matt Woodward has jumped ship to work on the...
The Daily Grind: Has eating and drinking in MMOs become passé?
It's sometimes so odd to me what game mechanics aim to mimic real-life behaviors and activities while so much else is ignored. We drink,...
Jukebox Heroes: How Elite: Dangerous’ music put me into a mild coma
You know what gets me righteously angry? I shall tell you. I shall tell you, and then you shall share in my anger, you...
Sea-based sandbox Windward launches
Unfurl the sails, cut the jib, and swab the poop deck -- Windward launch, ho!
The sea-based sandbox officially rolls out of drydock today on...
Massively OP Podcast: Episode 13
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's sub decline, EQ Next, GW2's Dragonhunter, EQ progression servers, SWTOR harassment, and adventures in Marvel Heroes, Secret World, and Guild Wars, plus mailbag questions on SWG's PvP and pay-to-win.