Final Fantasy XI halts updates this year with one last storyline
How long should a game last? Final Fantasy XI has had an impressive run, but its glory days are indisputably past. That's why Square-Enix...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite Elder Scrolls Online race?
I'm looking forward to some Elder Scrolls Online this month, but I may not use my max-level character. His guild is gone, and frankly...
EVE Online adds buddy invites to trial accounts
EVE Online, like many MMOs, is best enjoyed with a friend, if for no other reason than to have at least one other person...
Project Fan Faire needs your support
Remember that time when Daybreak bought out SOE, fired a bunch of people, and cancelled Fan Faire? Yeah that sucked, but a few fans...
Elite: Dangerous names space station after Terry Pratchett
Fantasy comedy writer Terry Pratchett, who passed away last week at the age of 66, will be honored with a place among the stars...
The Daily Grind: Were you playing MMOs 16 years ago?
This week, EverQuest is celebrating its 16th anniversary. That's right: It was all the way back on March 16th, 1999, that the seminal title...
WildStar tells the tale of the Ravaging of Arboria
Ever wonder why WildStar's floppy-eared Aurin are galaxy-hopping instead of staying at home and gnawing on carrots? It's because of an event called the...
Tamriel Infinium: Five reasons to return to Elder Scrolls Online
Gamers rarely give an MMO a second chance. Far too often, a game bears forever the impression it earned the first time we played it. When...
An Ingress convention could happen in 2015
Augmented reality MMO Ingress could be heading for its own official convention this year, thanks to the mobile game's popularity and growth.
Google's Niantic Labs...
Sword and Bored: Health buff
Mo gets a bright idea when he realizes that MMORPG food inexplicably restores health -- and lots of it.
The Daily Grind: Which MMO was better than you expected?
I've been dabbling in Ascent: The Space Game here lately, even though I keep telling myself that I'm done with early access titles. It's...
One Shots: A clear commute
Sometimes simple can be beautiful. I don't know what it is, exactly, that attracts me to this week's title pic, but I think its...
The Daily Grind: What’s Funcom’s secret project?
When Funcom's Joel Bylos casually announced this week that he was moving on from his role as game director of The Secret World to...
The Game Archaeologist: Ten more facts of EverQuest life circa 1999
A couple of weeks ago I shared with you several stories from EverQuest veterans about what life in the game was like back then....
The Secret World begins its epic forum game with a plea for help
A new forum game is afoot over at The Secret World, as one of the in-game characters, the Stationmaster, posted a cry for help...
The Daily Grind: When’s the last time an MMO made you laugh?
There are few things that I love more in gaming than to have a genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Maybe something silly and stupid happens in...
EverQuest Next ditches lore and general discussion forums
Assuming that there will be a wealth of lore and backstory in EverQuest Next, you won't be finding out about it on the official...
BAFTAs honor Braben, Bungie, Blizzard, and Riot
Destiny and David Braben were big winners at last night's BAFTA awards. Bungie's shooter was dubbed the best game by the British Academy of...
The Daily Grind: What constitutes an ‘action combat MMO’?
In the course of organizing MOP's new tag database, I found myself looking for input on games to include in the "action combat" tab. I had...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the worst patcher?
I went to patch my Elder Scrolls Online install yesterday. In and of itself, that's not really news. Fifteen hours later, though, it's still...
