Betawatch: July 3rd, 2015
I freely admit that I never actually played Glitch, but I was glad it existed and sad at the people who never even had...
Elite: Dangerous downgrades graphics, plans appearance at Lavecon
If you have been wondering if Elite: Dangerous looks a little less gorgeous as it did before, trust us, it's not just you.
After players...
The state of MassivelyOP’s ARK server
Well, the MassivelyOP ARK: Survival Evolved server is still a thing. It's been running for just over 10 days now, and it's been publicly available for...
The Daily Grind: Does knowing how the MMO sausage is made ruin it for you?
Ever have a day when a confluence of posts and quotes lead you to one big MMO-related question? This post is that question, and...
Massively Overthinking: On the doom of server-wide MMO communities
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes from KS donor Morreion, who asks,
Do you think that MMO server-wide communities will ever make a comeback?
I suppose...
CCP taps Zendesk for EVE customer support
CCP's latest dev blog address changes to EVE Online's customer support. More specifically, New Eden has a new customer support help center courtesy of...
How Neverwinter designs the critters that wreck you
Neverwinter has an advantage in terms of enemy design, since years of Dungeons & Dragons have given it huge amounts of material to work...
Perfect Ten: The 10 dev stages of every new MMO class
Any game with classes adds new classes over time. It's almost axiomatic. I don't know why absolutely every game cannot be designed with the...
The Daily Grind: Have you been to an MMO fan event?
CCP put EVE Online's Fanfest 2016 tickets on sale this week, and while I haven't played the sci-fi sandbox in some time, the annual...
World of Warcraft and RuneScape dare you to become a beach bunny
What's up with all of the beach studio blogs lately? I guess we know where all of the devs' minds are at now that...
G.I.R.L. scholarship winners get H1Z1 internship
Daybreak's eight-year-running Gamers in Real Life (G.I.R.L.) scholarship program is done evaluating applicants and ready to proclaim the winners. That's right, winners plural; this...
Leaderboard: What’s your favorite online action RPG?
Online action RPGs aren't really MMOs per se, but Massively has been covering them for quite a while anyway. I've only played one of...
Ascent’s new president of the galaxy ruffles feathers, furthers roleplay
Ascent's president of the galaxy election is in the books, and a player named Prolapser ran away with 77 percent of the popular vote....
Massively Opinionated: What’s the next big MMO buzzword?
In this episode, Larry, Brendan, and Tina debate next-gen MMOs, unfinished games, and MMO buzzwords.
MechWarrior Online talks map design and tree destruction in a new video
Trees are awful. They are the actual worst. MechWarrior Online lets you stomp around in a war machine, but for too long it has...
Daybreak overrules EverQuest progression server vote
Part of what keeps the community engaged with progression servers like the most recent EverQuest pairing of Ragefire and Lockjaw is the idea that...
Star Wars: The Old Republic has a resurgence of rakghouls
Well, Star Wars: The Old Republic fans, we've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that another upswing in rakghoul activity...
The Secret World plots its third anniversary
Can you believe that it's been three years since the release of The Secret World? It's even more surreal if you're a developer who...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is aging the best?
While we demand and expect playing perfection from MMOs on launch day, that's a pretty hilarious stance to take when one looks at all...
Global Chat: Are fellowship maneuvers due for a comeback?
Lord of the Rings Online hasn't been en vogue in MMO circles recently, but that doesn't mean that the game and its systems are...
