Community

The softer, gentler side of MMORPG life. [Follow this category’s RSS feed]

Star Wars Galaxies Legends will host an in-game concert with YouTube musician Lucas King

2
While live musical events for Star Wars Galaxies Legends aren't going to be happening anytime soon (for obvious reasons), that doesn't mean digital ones...

Defiance 2050 introduces some new community ambassadors to ‘strengthen the communication chain’

5
While players of Defiance 2050 may have been concerned by the sunset of the game on Xbox 360, it would appear that Gamigo is...
Sure. Fine. Great. Superb.

Wild Terra 2 opens its beta up for free play until June 22

4
The developers of Wild Terra 2 would like you to play the game, see how much stuff has been added to the game in testing,...
Good job, guy!

Red Dead Online disables the ability to spawn KKK members via cheats

12
Good news, players of Red Dead Online, you will no longer be getting attacked by hackers spawning the KKK on you. That's a sentence...

Choose My Adventure: The slow slog to familiarity in EVE Online

8
Once more, we begin this adventure in EVE Online with some self-owning. For an embarrassingly long amount of time, I was incapable of working...
I LOVE YOU, YOU LOVE ME, WE'RE A CROSS-PLAY FAMILY

The Daily Grind: What parts of an MMO should be automated?

15
When we think of "automation" in MMOs, usually our mind goes straight to what we see happening in mobile online games. Everything there seems...
uh

Astellia Online’s newest event gives you stuff for staying logged in for two hours

6
There are two ways to look at the latest event for Astellia Online. On the one hand, you can get stuff in the game just...

APB Reloaded is 10 years old as its latest owners are throwing a (gun) party

4
When I joined the Massively team in 2010, the first MMO that released during my tenure was All-Points Bulletin, at the time one of...
Pay to lose.

Perfect Ten: The big book of MMO death mechanic rationales

16
In the ancient Before Times (so, you know, two years ago), I wrote a column all about the different mechanics that hit you when...
No custom.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands continues to roll through testing with new transport animations and customization

12
There are some races that are still waiting on new customization options within World of Warcraft: Shadowlands' alpha testing. But others are getting their...
Blaugh!

Elder Scrolls Online hosts Greymoor house deco contest, lands on Stadia today

0
The newest story in The Elder Scrolls Online is all about vampires in the north, and that seems like as good a time as...

The Daily Grind: Do you eat while playing MMORPGs?

62
Back in May, Newzoo came out with a report that asserts something like four in five gamers across the world are also busy stuffing...

Check out the player-designed battle mounts coming to Skyforge (eventually)

5
Seeing something you've created arrive in the game you're playing has got to feel all kinds of special, so we feel pleased for the...

Star Wars Galaxies Legends introduces two new buildings for Empire/Remembrance Day

6
One of the unique events in the MMO landscape was always Star Wars Galaxies' Empire Day and Remembrance Day, which intentionally crosses paths with...
undead, etc.

Sea of Thieves looks forward to its next major patch while pledging support for Black Lives Matter and the community

3
Everyone should feel welcome in Sea of Thieves. That's a big message shared by the game's executive producer Joe Neate ahead of the latest...
Classy.

Wisdom of Nym: The highs and lows of Final Fantasy XIV’s role quests

2
You might be thinking that we're a little early to be doing this sort of thing, and you wouldn't be entirely wrong; normally I...

Elite: Dangerous sets new player concurrency records on Steam

17
There's been a renewed interest in Elite: Dangerous recently, possibly owing to the upcoming Odyssey expansion as well as the recent Fleet Carriers update...

EVE Online’s Project Discovery initiative tasks players with helping research COVID-19

2
The novel coronavirus is still out there and it's still a problem, and EVE Online players are being tapped to help out thanks to...

One Shots: Reading rainbow

27
Last week we asked readers to share their favorite color in the form of a screenshot. But why pick one color when WildStar had...
Oh no tentacles.

The Daily Grind: What widely loathed system in an MMO do you really like?

49
As broken as it was, I still did like the foundations behind Final Fantasy XIV's launch setup of abilities. The down side to this system,...

ADVERTISEMENT