Global Chat: What powerful memories come from playing MMOs?
Upon seeing how a friend was becoming disenchanted with MMOs, blogger Ravalation hypothesized it was because he was shying away from other players too...
Path of Exile shows off the many, many challenges of the Legacy Challenge League
When Path of Exile patch 2.6 launches, you're going to have some challenges to overcome. The Legacy Challenge League boasts 40 different challenges for...
EVE Online saw big bump in players and profits in 2016
Don't count EVE Online as over and out just yet. The long-running space sandbox reported a remarkably good year for 2016, posting an increase...
Final Fantasy XIV brings out new delivery and weapon quests with patch 3.55a
Ready to take on Proto-Ultima with several other people? Ready to finish off your anima weapon quests? Or are you just looking forward to...
The Daily Grind: Is an MMO still an MMO if it lacks chat?
In the comments of Andrew's last Soapbox on whether or not Pokemon Go properly constitutes an MMO, veteran MMORPG designer Raph Koster argued provocatively against...
DC Universe Online makes Weapon Combos more potent over time
Weapon combos are the main source of damage for players who focus on weapons in DC Universe Online. This is not a complex or...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon launches on May 5
Remember how Darkfall: Rise of Agon's team mentioned last month that the game was roughly four months away from launch? That seemed kind of...
Elite: Dangerous is adding in the Trappist-1 system… which was already almost there
If you care at all about space (and you should, because we're all in it), you probably heard about NASA's discovery of the Trappist-1...
The Daily Grind: How might your favorite MMO capitalize on nostalgia?
It would be an understatement for me to say that I'm stupidly excited to see Morrowind come to The Elder Scrolls Online this summer....
Paladins bumps up Essence gains significantly for players
The Paladins community was not terribly happy with the changes made to the game's microtransaction model for, let's face it, entirely understandable reasons. Introducing...
The Doomfist has been stolen on Overwatch’s test server
There have been hints of it flying around for quite some time from Overwatch datamining, but now it's happened. A Twitter update first posted...
One Shots: There’s nothing wrong with being childish
An interesting bit of fallout from last week's One Shots challenge to submit a picture that captures a "childlike" spirit is that several commenters...
The Daily Grind: Do you track your character goals in MMOs?
The second Final Fantasy XIV expansion is just around the corner, if "just around the corner" means "a few months away" for you. Me?...
WRUP: Parts may fall off edition
Congratulations on your new vehicle! You've made an excellent choice, because now we can feed our families. This money will be a blessing to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the strangest MMO you ever tried?
Last month, I wrote a column on several MMOs that walked on the weird side. Even though many online games play it safe with...
Betawatch: Albion Online announces its launch date (February 24, 2017)
After extending its beta well into 2017, Albion Online has announced its date for officially leaving that hallowed state: July 17th, 2017. Just a...
Crowfall shows off the design of the Fort architectural set
The next big development milestone for Crowfall is work being done on the game's Eternal Kingdoms, a place for players to build a spot...
The Soapbox: Pokemon Go Generation 2 still isn’t a real MMO
Pokemon GO Generation 2 is out now, and it feels a lot like an MMO expansion in a lot of ways:Â We have new features,...
Marvel Heroes has totally overhauled summoners
As part of Marvel Heroes' Black Bolt patch last night, Gazillion made a number of major changes to the summoner characters. Previously, Gaz says,...
WoW Factor: Where do we go after WoW Legion?
So at the risk of being dinged for spoiling the current World of Warcraft expansion, let me say this: Azeroth is not going to...
