The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite nickname for an MMO NPC?
NPCs you have to deal with long enough in any game are going to facilitate memes. This is inevitable. But some NPCs wind up...
Marvel Snap details the compensation packages players are getting for the recent downtime
It's been a frustrating couple of days for Marvel Snap fans in the US as the mobile CCG went dark in the country as...
WRUP: How to get a pear to run on your Nintendo Entertainment System or something edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about the worst movie we still own a copy of.
The Daily Grind: Do weather effects improve your MMO experience?
Is there such a thing as an uncanny valley for video game environments? To me, there is. When a place in an MMO never...
The Stream Team: Driving around with a friend to tackle odd jobs in Motor Town
When you enter a game called Motor Town, you pretty much get what you'd expect on the tin; it's a town with cars that...
Black Desert starts new arena season on PC and new high-tier content on mobile as players raise $70K for charity
This week once again has a bunch of good news for players of Black Desert, with all three editions seeing something new added in...
Past Fate talks up its latest development update with added jiggle physics
If you have been keeping an eye on the seemingly grim-and-grimy world of Kickstarted MMO Past Fate but held off jumping into the game...
Final Fantasy XIV is considering taking legal action against a stalker-empowering game mod
If you're a part of the Final Fantasy XIV community beyond a certain level of engagement, you are no doubt aware of the game's...
New World’s overnight update broke the PvP season servers, and yeah, it’s real bad
(Updated with Amazon's latest response at the end.)
Amazon's overnight patch for New World seems to have unintentionally broken a few rather important parts of...
Blizzard donated one million dollars to a relief charity supporting California wildfire victims
The response to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires this past month has been particularly strong from the gaming industry, owing to the fact that...
The Daily Grind: Are there ‘acceptable levels of jank’ in MMORPGs?
I have to credit MOP's Chris for the phrase "acceptable levels of jank" here: He used in in a (positive!) conversation we were having...
Massively Overthinking: Has an MMO cadence switch-up ever actually worked out for the best?
When I was going through our historical awards for the debrief earlier this month, I had a little chuckle looking at the awards for...
Transfer or be transferred: Here’s what to expect from Throne & Liberty’s big server merge
Earlier this week, Amazon's Tico Talks video touched lightly on the studio's planned merges for Throne & Liberty's global edition, and now today, we're...
Warframe of Mind: The day Warframe’s story broke me
I am not someone who is an easy mark for breaking down as a sobbing mess with a sad moment in a story, which is why it surprised me when Warframe made me sob with its storytelling. If you've ever thought it's a narrative-light game that's just space ninjas shooting weird dudes, this is a refutation of that.
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO patch that punched above its usual weight?
Whatever your MMO of choice has as a patch schedule, the game has a cadence to it. You expect certain things from a patch....
The Stream Team: Heading into high rank in Monster Hunter World
MOP's Chris has once more been bracing for the next entry in the Monster Hunter series by playing through Monster Hunter World, and right...
Dungeons and Dragons Online opens its special 64-bit ruleset server to all players for a limited time
It's 2025 -- are you still playing on a 32-bit server like a chump? Like a goober? Like a... newb? Well now you can...
The Daily Grind: What would you do if your MMO abruptly disappeared overnight?
Like many Marvel Snap players, I woke up this past Sunday morning and was shocked to discover that the entire game was yanked in the US...
Choose My Adventure: Necromancing in RuneScape is hella fun – so should I sub?
Well, that was another unforced error on my part: I had put the City of Um as one of the questing locations to shoot...
The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMORPG sunset of 2024?
Man, this one is easy for me to answer, though I wish it weren't so: ArcheAge was the most brutal sunset of 2024, and...