The Daily Grind: Which MMO have you bought and barely played?
There was a time when any new MMO was only open to you if you bought it, and that made for an interesting situation....
EVE Online plans a massive missile test for July 4th
The best way to celebrate July 4th is to fire as many explosives as possible in as many directions as possible. If you would...
Enjoy the Fallout 76 experience in Fallout: New Vegas… in a way
As people who are intimately familiar with the online game space (source: you read this site), most everyone here can imagine the worst excesses...
The Daily Grind: What MMO is theoretically perfect but fails to click with you?
Let's talk about Final Fantasy XIV for a minute. This game really frustrates me because, on paper, it has so much of what I'm...
The Repopulation explains how server wipes will be handled moving forward
Here's a shocking revelation: MMO players do not actually like having all progress reset in the blink of an eye. So you can understand...
Pokemon Go apologizes for technical issues at its EU event by making the event a complete waste of time
All right. Let's walk back through this. Pokemon Go holds an event in Dortmund, Germany. Because this is Pokemon Go, the event hits technical...
Heroes of the Storm tests out two hero reworks while prepping new skins
The latest patch for Heroes of the Storm is up on the game's test realm, and it contains a new set of hero reworks....
Stay Awhile And Listen II is on Kickstarter covering the development of Diablo II
Would it be wrong to call Diablo II the most influential sequel ever? Maybe. But it undoubtedly had a huge impact on the game...
Journalists and academics clash over the World Health Organization’s ‘gaming disorder’ classification
Ever since the World Health Organization decided it will include its "gaming disorder" classification in its upcoming disease classification manual revision, game journalists, mainstream...
Secret World Legends community mod allows players to make their own in-game missions
No one likes a content lull in a game, but Secret World Legends players don't have to take it lying down. They don't actually...
World of Warcraft is banning ads on the Group Finder moving forward
Quick question: What is the Group Finder in World of Warcraft intended for? If you answered that it's for finding groups, possibly with an...
Final Fantasy XIV unlocks Heaven-on-High with patch 4.35 today
You could argue that the new Deep Dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV doesn't really deserve the name; you're going up, not down. That means...
Guild Wars 2 living world AMA on beetles, Joko, PvP, fractals, raids, and just what the heck happened last week
Team ArenaNet descended on Reddit last night to chat about all things - what else - Guild Wars 2. But if you haven't got...
Star Trek Online previews the rebuilt Deep Space Nine for the console launch of Victory is Life
If you were going to ask someone to identify the most iconic starbases in Star Trek Online, there's really not much contest. Sure, Earth...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG skill system that avoids the ‘illusion of choice’?
Over the weekend, my husband and I were chatting about playing on a Star Wars Galaxies emulator again, probably the Legends one that people...
Maps and music bring culture and history to your Guild Wars 2 play
It's time to get your culture on in Guild Wars 2.
Up first: Dataminer @that_shaman has posted a massive update to his Historical Guide to...
Path of Exile adds two new Incursion Rooms with its next patch
The next patch for Path of Exile is adding two new Incursion rooms, and at a glance one sounds a lot better than the...
MMO business roundup: Virtual reality, Niantic, WoW emu hacking, and what Google’s up to
We've got some MMO industry topics you shouldn't miss, so welcome back to our MMO business roundup!
• Last week, Pokemon Go company Niantic previewed...
France’s gambling authority condemns but does not ban lockboxes
The international community is becoming aware of the problems of lootboxes, and that means that laws are being formed in response to the business...
Fractured is just over 40% funded as the developers show off more of the game
The earliest moments of a Kickstarter can be the most nail-biting, as doing well early on can often determine whether or not the project...
