Shroud of the Avatar offers a 10% pledge bonus for the summer
Shroud of the Avatar has been offering its pledged testers regular updates for a while now, and that's pretty darn cool. If you were...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best achievement system?
I've been dabbling in a bit of Star Wars: The Old Republic here lately, and I had forgotten how many achievements there were in...
See the fun that alpha testers are having in Albion Online
After just a week and a half of Albion Online's summer alpha test, players are stacking up an impressive pile of videos showing off...
One Shots: Blinded with science
Skyforge is becoming a hot property for bored summer gamers looking for something new to explore. Reader Tyler reports in from the recent closed...
The Daily Grind: What do you do when you ‘finish’ your main MMO goals?
There's a sense of satisfaction when you wrap up a big set of goals. You're downed the last boss of the last raid tier...
Make My MMO: July 11, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Derek Smart reminded everyone that he exists. Not that he's crowdfunding an MMO or anything, but he did...
DCUO celebrates The Flash’s 75th birthday
Did you know that The Flash turns 75 this year? Yep, he does. And there's probably a joke about being a spry septuagenarian in there somewhere,...
WRUP: Pallas cats are the best cats edition
As an owner of two cats which manage to somehow feel like seven cats, I really, truly want a Pallas cat. They are unbelievably...
The Daily Grind: What was your last encounter with an MMO gamemaster like?
MMORPG game masters may be the unsung heroes of the industry. While developers get all of the spotlight and community managers the attention, the...
Leaderboard: What Blade & Soul class will you play?
I'm getting pretty excited for Blade & Soul, but I really have no idea what class I'm going to play at this point. The...
Black Desert video review rips MMO beta as a ‘shallow game’
When it comes to MMO betas, don't you usually want to cut through the hype and hysteria to get at the truth of whether...
The Soapbox: Star Citizen is still worth the wait
Wow, it's Star Citizen and Derek Smart in the same post! OK, now that I've stopped laughing (again), you can call me crazy because I remain optimistic about...
ArcheAge’s skill queues lead to near-instant kill exploits [Updated]
Skill queues are meant as a way for players to "store up" commands and have all of those commands finally executed in one fell...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO innovation we long for (or do we?)
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor BigMikeyOcho, who wants to talk innovation:
"Sometimes when I play MMOs, I get the feeling that I'm...
Smedley isn’t backing down from tough talk about hackers
Daybreak CEO John Smedley generated a lot of press yesterday with a series of angry tweets directed at Lizard Squad's Julius Kivimaki. Today, Smedley...
APB: Reloaded producer communicates about communication
It's hard to love a game when you don't know what's going on behind the scenes, and it's frequently possible to feel as if...
Notch: ‘F2P is bait and switch and should be illegal’
Well, there's at least one game developer who hasn't sold his soul to F2P. That would be Markus "Notch" Persson, otherwise known as the creator...
Paragon Chat sees 200 concurrent users at peak
Paragon Chat is not the City of Heroes revival that everyone wants, obviously, but it is a chance to walk around, chat, and enjoy...
Take a look at the Warcraft movie scenery VR-style
Do you want to properly simulate the feeling of flying through World of Warcraft on the back of a gryphon? There's an app for...
Star Citizen dismisses ‘feature creep’ concerns, declares Star Marine has NOT been canceled
The year thus far has not been the best possible year for Star Citizen. The game has seen a few people depart from prominent...
