The Stream Team: Turning back to tanking in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris has once again found himself bit by the MMORPG tanking bug. Mostly because his stream of Final Fantasy XIV last week saw...
Grand Theft Auto Online celebrates 4/20 with extra weed rewards and a special mission
While the name of the game is Grand Theft Auto Online, it is not exactly a surprise that the game involves players doing a...
One Shots: That’s a whole lot of WD-40
Let's be real: A giant, city-destroying robot is going to require lubrication by the tankful. And some poor sap is going to have the...
The Daily Grind: How much do you stress yourself out in group content in an MMORPG?
In basically any MMORPG, nobody actually cares about your performance in most group content. Unless you are pushing for progression - in which case...
WRUP: David Lynch had an orbital cannon named Tiny Benjamin edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about adulting.
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best combat sound design?
Way back when I first dipped into MMOs with Anarchy Online, I remember being vastly underwhelmed by the lackluster sound design of that game's...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen opens a fresh start server, rolls back other servers over a duping bug
It's a weird, woolly, and odd set of headlines coming out of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen early access, and there's really no way...
The Stream Team: Joining in on the live return of sci-fi shooter MMO Defiance
Defiance? In 2025? It's more likely than you think! MOP's Chris is going to be boots-on-the-ground during Fawkes Games' revival of the previously sunsetted...
Fallen Earth’s been offline over two months now, but Little Orbit isn’t giving up on its return
So here's an out-of-nowhere thought for the day: Did Fallen Earth ever come back online since its abrupt closure in early February? And it...
World of Warcraft’s anniversary Classic servers hit Phase 4 on May 1
All right, let's make something clear for the World of Warcraft fans: It's almost time to go back to Zul'Gurub again. But this isn't...
The Daily Grind: How many people do you have on ignore in your core MMORPG?
I have mentioned in a few places now that the new Glamdring server in Lord of the Rings Online is fairly dreadful in terms...
Massively Overthinking: Putting the Elder Scrolls Online cadence into perspective
Last week, far and away the biggest MMORPG news was the fact that Elder Scrolls Online finally revealed its new cadence - and its...
PlanetSide 2 players offer Daybreak $10,000 to revert last week’s server merge
Earlier this month, when Daybreak and Toadman finally merged the PlanetSide 2 North American servers into one, players had quite a shock when they...
The Daily Grind: Are you returning to Guild Wars 1 for the anniversary bash?
I know several MMO gamers - including some of our own writers! - who have been enticed to pick up Classic Guild Wars this...
LOTRO and DDO devs host a meet-and-greet at PAX East
Any Lord of the Rings Online or Dungeons and Dragons Online fans heading to PAX East next month (or happen to live in the...
The Stream Team: The mechs go rumbling on in MechWarrior 5 Clans co-op
MOP's Chris has once again deemed this Wednesday afternoon to be Mechsday! That means that he and his best friend will be playing in...
Lord of the Rings Online has announced compensation for all the server transfer woes
Let's just mention this up front: No, we still don't have new dates for the opening of the Lord of the Rings Online dark...
Brighter Shores pushes back against perceived lack of updates as player sentiment dips on Steam
Despite the MMORPG's name, things in Brighter Shores do not appear to be very sunny right now, as players have begun to sink the...
New World is conducting its third round of merges since Aeternum
Whether server merges are a welcome relief or a moment of pause to an MMO fanbase depends on a bunch of factors, like big...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO festivals a relief valve from too-serious content?
The other day I was listening to an SSG video that promoted the viewpoint that MMO festivals actually function as a "relief valve" from...
