Betawatch: Magic Legends begins invites for its second closed alpha
I bet you thought Betawatch this week was going to be all about World of Warcraft's Shadowlands beta, which did indeed begin and we've already...
Vague Patch Notes: New World delays to add the game into the game
All right. Someone has to ask it, and it doesn't need to be me but it's still going to be me because I feel...
The Daily Grind: Are you anxious about the Funcom acquisition?
I read the news today, oh boy. Tencent has bought out all of Funcom's stuff. This is pretty significant; it's yet another thing being...
Perfect Ten: Classic alt challenges for MMOs
When you start up your first character in a new MMO, it's all fresh and novel. But if you're the sort of tedious weirdo...
World of Warcraft: Shadows Rising is a solid book stuck in an uncomfortable midspace
My long-standing policy for the prequel novels for World of Warcraft expansions has been to not read them. We've gotten these things for a...
Wisdom of Nym: What to do in Final Fantasy XIV during the 5.3 patch delay
Here we are in July, and we're not going to get our next patch for about a month. Normally, this isn't such a big...
The Daily Grind: Would you give an MMO as a gift to someone?
Video games as gifts are a tradition that stretches back into the era of the NES, when that was basically how you got new...
Betawatch: Dual Universe targets August for a subscription beta
Here comes the beta for Dual Universe! And you'll need to pay for it if you don't buy an alpha-access pack before then; there...
Vague Patch Notes: Don’t alter MMO systems for people who never liked them to begin with
Here's a concept that just would not leave my mind thanks to World of Warcraft, but it's not a bad thing. But in order...
WoW Factor: Dissecting the drips and drabs from the Shadowlands reveal stream
All right. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands kicks off its beta next week. I would kind of like to be involved in that! I am...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever tried to get your money back from an MMO Kickstarter?
We're all clear on the fact that at this point Kickstarted MMOs do not have a great track record, right? For every Elite: Dangerous...
Wisdom of Nym: The two-month delay of Final Fantasy XIV’s next patch
Well, it turns out this week did not bring much in the way of new information about Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.3. Or... it...
The Daily Grind: Has the Crucible pull-back affected your thoughts on New World?
Here's the thing: I have definitely not been on the hype train for Amazon's New World for a variety for reasons. But with the...
Betawatch: Crucible has re-entered beta
Ah, Crucible, welcome back to the warm embrace of being in beta. Yes, after launching with something like a bellyflop, the game is now...
WoW Factor: The missing soulbinds of Shadowlands’ testing
Everyone remembers about soulbinding, yes? It's one of the major new features in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands? Like, it's literally the whole thing that...
Vague Patch Notes: Trying to salvage MMOs from bad launches
So I'm glad that Crucible got a "pull back to beta" instead of a complete shutdown. I'm surprised but still happy because that's more...
Perfect Ten: World of Warcraft’s multicolored elf rainbow
Remember how I managed to get an entire column out of all the different flavors of troll within World of Warcraft? Except I kind...
First impressions of Star Trek Online’s new Klingon tutorial and House Divided arc
One of the things I have always admired about Star Trek Online is the fact that its writers know how to take a premise...
Massively on the Go: Fun ideas for online play in Animal Crossing New Horizons
I love sandbox gameplay. I'm pretty sure a lot of you readers do too, which is probably why a good deal of us have...
Wisdom of Nym: What does Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.3 delay mean for the schedule?
Gosh, remember when it seemed like we... like, actually knew what 2020 was going to look like, or at least in the broad strokes?...
