These are the companies that are trying to build the metaverse
Did you know that Linden Lab is hard at work on a sequel to its Second Life virtual world? Yep, it is, and Recode...
Sword and Bored: Expansion
An expansion released for Mo's game, and Amilya is excited to show him -- maybe too excited.
Shroud of the Avatar pushes out Release 20 with 113 player-run towns
Are you playing Shroud of the Avatar's latest release right now? Obviously not, you're reading this article, but you could be playing it right...
World of Warcraft’s Bashiok has defected to NCsoft [Updated]
Former World of Warcraft Community Manager Micah "Bashiok" Whipple announced he was leaving Blizzard last week to take up a new job this week, leading...
LOTRO announces its 10 surviving servers
Lord of the Rings Online has begun the process of closing down some of its servers and encouraging players to migrate to one of...
EverQuest Next challenges players to design buildings for Halas
One of the cooler parts of the EverQuest Next development process is that it's not happening behind closed doors; players have already had the...
League of Legends does not in fact kill off Gangplank for real at all
Just a few days ago, dear reader, we wrote to you about how League of Legends had done something novel by killing off the...
RIFT community manager: ‘RIFT is in zero danger’
The health of a game is always important to the players; no one wants to make a home that's going to be shut down...
The Daily Grind: How long did you spend in Project Gorgon’s tutorial?
I got sucked into Project Gorgon last night, and I spent over two hours wandering around the game's tutorial cave. There's a lot to...
One Shots: Abstract art
Every once in a while I receive a One Shots email that makes one of my eyebrows climb super-high while the other one dives...
The Daily Grind: What’s a minimum play session for you?
You probably don't sit down to watch a movie when you have five minutes before you leave for a doctor's appointment, and you do...
WRUP: You meant completely free edition
Apparently I got a new game for free on Steam. I wasn't really planning on it; I just saw a little advertisement saying that Race...
The Daily Grind: Are MMO morality systems impossible to get right?
I know it's an old hat at this point, but I'm still quite appreciative that Star Wars: The Old Republic made an effort to...
EverQuest II’s prog server isn’t as fun as the real thing
I've been playing the crap out of EverQuest II for the past week. Funnily enough, the vast majority of said playtime hasn't been on...
Co-op will be limited in Star Citizen’s Squadron 42 [Updated]
Do you love debating over semantics and unstated intent? Because you're going to have a field day with this one. The original Kickstarter page...
Massively Overthinking: Whither went the classic PvE MMORPG?
Today's Massively Overthinking question was sent via e-pigeon from Kickstarter donor Apollymi. No e-pigeons were hurt in the writing of this article.
"Have you heard...
League of Legends kills off Gangplank… for real
The story of League of Legends isn't one that's set up to easily move forward. When players pay real money to unlock champions and...
WoW Factor: Speculating on WoW’s next expansion
On August 6th, we now know, we'll be hearing the name and some details on the next World of Warcraft expansion. What we don't...
The Daily Grind: How much money have you spent on MMOs this month?
I bought EverQuest II's latest expansion yesterday, and along with my SOE Statio... er, my Daybreak All-Access pass and my Star Wars: The Old...
Skyforge explains amulets and trophies
Equipment in Skyforge is fairly straightforward for the most part, but like any game, it features some unique options. Case in point: amulets and...
