The Daily Grind: Are you giving New World a second chance?
As this post is going live and you're reading this, it's Tuesday morning, the New World Aeternum servers are online for Europe and about...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMO you’re hoping won’t get screwed up before it launches?
MOP's Carlo recently linked us to a thread about the new Heroes of Might and Magic game from Ubisoft, and while the game is...
The Stream Team: Sunday funday in Final Fantasy XIV
It's Sunday. Eorzea Sunday, to be precise. By now you all know what that means: MOP's Chris and his crew are coming together to...
Global Chat: Does the MMO genre need a good rebranding?
As we all seem to love the topic of MMO definitions, it's with little surprise to see blogs discuss it as well. Contains Moderate...
Splatoon 3’s Splatoween for Halloween is a blast from Splatoon’s past
Despite already being in maintenance mode, Splatoon 3's making good on its promise to still hold certain seasonal events starting with Splatoween. This one's...
One Shots: The crackle and pop of a homestead hearth
No matter how long the road, how great the challenges, or how tempting the loot, at the end of the day we simply want...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMORPGs you found intimidating to start playing?
So a friend of mine had never played World of Warcraft. This, of course, is fine; there is no test you have to pass...
Game of Thrones actor Kristian Nairn says World of Warcraft helped him kick a drug addiction
Actor and DJ Kristian Nairn is a lovable geek icon of the past decade or so, having made his mark as Hodor in the...
Destiny 2 preps more hurricane relief and a speedrun for its newly released dungeon
The Vesper's Host dungeon added to Destiny 2 this week has already had its world first conquerors named, but that doesn't mean that Bungie...
WRUP: Serious version experiment one – Video Game News edition
Welcome back to What Are You Playing. As readers may well remember, the prior week saw a poll asking to determine the future of...
The Daily Grind: Do you have any completionist characters in MMOs?
When I play MMOs, it seems wrong to me to skip around in the game, bypass quests and zones, and leave areas littered with...
Microsoft is sunsetting multiplayer functionality for Age of Empires 3’s classic version
So we have some good news and some bad news about multiplayer RTS Age of Empires 3. Let's do the bad news first: It's...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends expands the Galactic Moon Festival for Halloween 2024
One of the oldest - and goofiest - MMORPG Halloween events has returned today thanks to player-run Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends:...
The Stream Team: Enjoying the Harvestmath festivities in Lord of the Rings Online
MOP's Chris and his Happy Cappy Nirlun the Bear-Chested are off to enjoy Harvestmath in Lord of the Rings Online! There's quests to be...
Star Trek Online ends grandfathered subscriptions – in exchange for free lifetime memberships
As if the news of Cryptic's mass layoffs and de facto demise this week wasn't news enough, now Star Trek Online's new caretakers appear...
The Daily Grind: Do you bother leveling much in MMORPG playtests?
Amazon's New World is about to launch Aeternum next week, but I'm still thinking about the playtest. In that playtest, Amazon promised cosmetics to...
Massively Overthinking: How do you stop MMOs from feeling like (or becoming) a part-time job?
In last week's Choose My Adventure, MOP's Chris penned a perfect paragraph summing up the paradox of MMORPGs - it doesn't even matter what...
EverQuest Online Adventures rogue server Sandstorm continues weekly updates and celebrates Halloween
At the top of this year we did a quick check-in on the rogue servers of the old console MMORPG EverQuest Online Adventures, including...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG has the worst fishing?
I have long been a tireless advocate for the idea that fishing, as a minigame, is not good. I do not care for fishing....
Stream Team: A hero’s work is never done in Enshrouded
It's time to step into Enshrouded again with Larry and MJ. They have a lot of house guests now, and all of them are...
