The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best systems for helping newbies?
A while back I saw a deeply underrated post on the MMORPG subreddit about mentoring systems. I don't mean the kind of systems like...
Here’s what Steam’s new Library overhaul is going to look like
It's been hard to gauge whether Valve is feeling any pressure from the likes of Epic and Discord when it comes to its Steam...
Make My MMO: Temtem’s alpha, Destiny’s Sword Kickstarter midpoint
Last year's big crowdfunded MMO of the year, Temtem, officially rolled into alpha 0.2 this week, boasting "character customization, trading, new battle mechanics, minimap,...
Betawatch: It’s a Crowfall sort of week in alpha-beta-land
Considering that this past week was the fabled E3 week, you might have expected something else to just keep throwing out beta updates, but...
Amazon Game Studios is apparently suffering layoffs and game cancelations
Next week, we've got a piece coming in which one of my colleagues remarks that Amazon Game Studios' greatest claim to fame right now...
EA held a summit about toxicity and healthy video game communities at E3
In March of last year, a whole truckton of video game companies announced the formation of what they called the Fair Play Alliance, a...
Dauntless recaps E3 with roadmap update, mobile teaser, and new Switch trailer
Dauntless has a flurry of news to cap off what was a big week, given that it announced a Switch port and ding-up to...
Massively Overthinking: The one about MMO superfans, zealots, and insidious tribalism
We recently received two pieces of mail from longtime MOP readers and commenters that worked together perfectly to form a unified topic. Alex emailed...
Square-Enix wants to make its entire back library available digitally
The announcement of Trials of Mana - the upgrading and localization of Seiken Densetsu 3, a game that was long held as a lost...
The Division 2: Freebie weekend and lessons learned from running a live game
The whole "games as a service" thing is a pretty hot-button topic in gaming circles, but there often isn't a lot of discussion about...
California says Riot Games is refusing to fully cooperate with its gender discrimination investigation
The Riot sexual harassment and gender discrimination fiasco is coming up on its anniversary this summer, and from a legal perspective, it's only just...
ELOA aka Warlords Awakening suffers the indignity of a triple shutdown
Here's a hat trick that no MMORPG ever wants to earn: being closed three times in a row. For Elite Lord of Alliance (ELOA),...
E3 2019: Dauntless hits 10 million players and is heading to the Switch
All the hip kids are playing Dauntless, it seems. Phoenix Labs reported today that the game had managed to hit 10 million players, which...
Indie sandbox MMORPG Dual Universe just raised another $11.2M from investors
We've had an eye on Dual Universe for the last three years, since even before its official reveal in 2016. Since that time, it's...
E3 2019: The Division 2 heads back to New York for third DLC, plus Uplay and movie updates
It seems a little odd that The Division 2 sends us down to Washington, DC when our actual main antagonist heads right back to...
E3 2019: Bethsoft’s Project Orion tackles streamed gaming from an engine tech angle
At BE3 last night, Bethsoft took the wraps off Orion, a project that... well, it's not Elder Scrolls VI, so I suspect most gamers...
The Daily Grind: What’s been the biggest change to the MMORPG genre in the last 20 years?
A while back, there was a thread on Reddit from a younger MMO player who was curious about changes to the way players perceived...
Whoa: Cyberpunk 2077 snagged Keanu Reeves, launches April 16 2020
During the Microsoft Xbox presentation ahead of E3 this afternoon, CD Projekt Red dropped some big news: Cyberpunk 2077 has landed Keanu Reeves, playing...
Elder Scrolls Online soars to 13.5M lifetime players
That's a whole lot of cats rolled, urns broken, and pockets picked.
Elder Scrolls Online has pushed past 13.5 million accumulated players since its launch...
Betawatch: ReWorld beta is due in two months
Look, over that way! Is it a beta announcement? No, it's an announcement of a beta announcement, as the ReWorld Online Twitter has announced that there...
