The Elder Scrolls Online’s getting extra character slots and expanded crafting inventories
ZeniMax has a shortish dev piece out today running down the chief cash shop and sub changes coming when The Elder Scrolls Online's Dark Brotherhood...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 66: Meridian 59’s Brian Green
Justin interviews Brian Green, who's worked on Meridian 59, Storybricks, EverQuest Next, and Camelot Unchained in his long MMORPG career.
SMITE has officially racked up 20,000,000 players
Mythology MOBA SMITE has now racked up 20,000,000 players -- that's according to Hi-Rez President Stewart Chisam, who announced the milestone on Twitter...
Make My MMO: Chronicles of Elyria raises a million bucks (May 21, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, there's a new player in the crowdfunding business: Fig, a "community-powered publisher" whose "goal is to strike a balance...
Leaderboard: Do you go light side or dark side in MMORPG factions?
We’ve been following gaming research firm Quantic Foundry since last year as it's been publishing datasets and conclusions based on its Gamer Motivation Model....
Betawatch: AdventureQuest 3D shows off its cross-platform performance (May 20, 2016)
You would think that cross-platform play for games would generally be a thing by now, but the fact that I can only get a...
Beta testers actually used Overwatch’s commendation system for good
Still feeling bereft of Overwatch in this period between the beta and the launch? Can't help you there, but Blizzard has expounded on its...
AdventureQuest 3D is the cross-platform MMORPG that might hook you
If you're anything like me, you've hopefully realized that there can be just as much anticipation in your life over small, interesting games as with...
Lord of the Rings Online suspends digital sales until June
We've included Turbine's statement to us at the end of this piece.
Lord of the Rings Online is suspending its online sales for the duration...
The Daily Grind: Is MMO ‘open’ development really good for the genre?
Massively OP's Andrew Ross and I were recently discussing how to approach an opinion piece on Chronicles of Elyria when he reminded me that...
Spiral Knights, Puzzle Pirates to be preserved by former devs’ new company
Fans of tiny older MMORPGs on the verge of extinction have cause for a bit of celebration this spring: A new patch to five-year-old...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Matt Firor on game population, not going F2P, and defining MMOs
ZeniMax Online’s Matt Firor told players back in April that the console versions of The Elder Scrolls Online had "opened the game up to...
CCP announces Gunjack Next for Google Daydream
EVE Gunjack is getting a sequel, and it's an exclusive for Google's Android-based Daydream VR platform, which itself was announced just today. Gunjack Next --...
Blizzard and Twitch address harassment defiling game event streams
In case you had forgotten since yesterday's news that RuneScape had to ban players for running around in-game wearing KKK costumes and shrieking racial...
Black Desert expands world and PvP with Valencia, refuses costume alteration refunds
Black Desert is getting a massive update on June 1st when the first chunk of the Valencia update is launched. According to Daum, Valencia...
Square-Enix sunsets Lord of Vermilion MOBA in June
We're sorry to report today that Square-Enix is sunsetting Lord of Vermilion Arena. We first covered the MOBA, which was based on the Lord...
Chronicles of Elyria emphasizes technology, identity, and cartography
Chronicles of Elyria has it its funding goal and is aiming at its first stretch goal, which is good news for fans of the...
Mark Kern to deliver Nostalrius petition to Blizzard next week
The Nostalrius team isn't the only one heading to Irvine to meet with Blizzard: The ex-WoW, ex-Firefall developer Mark Kern says he's locked in...
WildStar’s lead writer is gone too
Over the weekend, former WildStar Product Director Mike Donatelli and Design Director Chris Behrens announced on Twitter that their last day working for Carbine...
The Daily Grind: Why do you buy from MMO cash shops?
If you still aren't convinced that a great deal of MMORPG monetization is just gambling in disguise, consider that an acclaimed academic on the...
