Choose My Adventure: The quest for power and pants in Once Human
After last week's Choose My Adventure episode, it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that my Once Human character would get some pants for...
Dual Universe marks its second anniversary with a guided tour of player-built locations
Friday, September 27th, will mark two years of operation for the sci-fi building and PvP sandbox Dual Universe, which is obviously cause for developer...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever bumped into anyone in real life who plays your MMO?
My husband just started up his fall semester, and every year he gets new students to advise. This year, he found out his newest...
Albion Online invites players to ‘make an impact’ on the game with an ‘ultimate’ survey
Got five minutes and a desire to mold the direction of Albion Online's development? There's an ultimate survey for that!
"It’s time, your voice matters,"...
Elder Scrolls Online admits chat mod tools had ‘hiccups’ but denies it’s auto-banning RPers
Last week we reported on concerns raised by roleplayers about Elder Scrolls Online's use of "AI-powered proactive and reactive moderation methods" that were reportedly...
The Daily Grind: Do you worry more or less about an MMO when it runs a sale or free trial?
This Daily Grind was technically inspired by Diablo IV, but it could really apply to lots of online games. Blizzard just finished up with...
The Stream Team: Together with friends in Final Fantasy XIV
You ever get that moment when you log into an MMORPG, pause, and then think about just why you're in-game? But then decide to...
One Shots: And suddenly, the bushes rustled
What weird and wild adventures is Utakata up to in Blade and Soul this week? Apparently it involves staying up way past a little one's...
The Daily Grind: Which maintenance mode MMORPG have you still played the longest?
Maintenance mode is a weird thing even just as a concept. Some games claim to be in maintenance mode while still receiving regular updates,...
WRUP: The best movies of the 1990s recorded off television onto overused videocassette review edition
A League of Their Own: After 15 minutes of footage from Hard Copy discussing the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan incident, this movie begins with a...
The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred MMO combat playstyle (as opposed to class or role)?
MMO classes don't merely have to be divided into the traditional tank/DPS/healer categories. There are plenty of other ways to separate classes and even...
Bohemia officially moves Vigor from PC early access to launch as Steam reviews tank
Bohemia Interactive's free-to-play multiplayer looter-shooter Vigor officially launched on PC this week after a console launch and then a run in early access for...
The Stream Team: Trying out the co-op chaos of The Spell Brigade
MOP's Chris is ready for some wizarding madness! Specifically, he'll be checking out the co-op survival shooter The Spell Brigade, all while joining forces...
New World testers killed almost 40M overland mobs during last weekend’s Aeternum beta
At the conclusion of New World's Aeternum open beta earlier this week, Amazon promised a recap blog - and now on Friday, we finally...
The Daily Grind: What are the best ways to recapture inactive MMO players?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired directly by the "you've been touching too much grass" meme. Obviously, the powers that be want us back scrolling...
Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend
We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...
Stars Reach’s technical testing provoked emergent landscaping, player creativity, and the lag monster
Playable Worlds - technical designer Light Bates this time, not Raph Koster - has dished out another dev blog on Stars Reach's pre-alpha playtest....
The Daily Grind: What MMO class or archetype do you personally identify with?
I've done a few tongue-in-cheek Perfect Tens about common class archetypes from Warriors to Rogues to Bards, but jokes aside, not every MMORPG has...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming takes in a few matches of Quidditch Champions
Are you ready for some fake sportsball? Then you're in the right place because MOP's MJ and Chris are going to watch some previously...
Albion Online releases the fourth Paths to Glory patch with numerous combat balance changes
The fourth patch for Albion Online's Paths to Glory is out today, and it is basically all about combat balance. Some of those balance...