Electronic Arts wants a world where in-game advertisements are standardized across the industry
This may not be bad as the time when then-Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello suggested gamers pay real-world money to reload their in-game guns,...
Colorless skill gem sockets are coming in Path of Exile’s Curse of the Allflame
Can removing color from a world bring happiness? It can if the world is Path of Exile's Wraeclast, and the objects losing color are...
Go under the sea in Path of Exile: Curse of the Allflame, launching July 24
Under the sea. Sans mermaid and singing crab. The only melody here is a somber Path of Exile tune. The next chapter in Wraeclast's...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzkostas suggests Midnight’s UI and addon overhaul makes the MMO more ‘approachable’
Earlier this year, the World of Warcraft community was in an absolute tizzy over Midnight's changes to the UI and specifically the modding features...
Massively Uplifting: Digital Extremes’ culture of charity goes far beyond TennoCon
Warframe celebrated its 13th anniversary since release earlier this year - yes, we now have teenage space ninjas! - and now we're closing in...
Final Fantasy XIV says Dawntrail’s Arcadion raids will be ‘a firm guideline’ for fights in Evercold
One of the most common opinions held among Final Fantasy XIV players is that the Arcadion raid series introduced in Dawntrail were the pinnacle of...
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney is trying to reinvent the metaverse (again) without calling it that
You'd think that someone whose proclamations just seem to make gamers hate him would stop talking, but Epic Games' Tim Sweeney, who recently presided...
MMO Business Roundup: EA’s latest layoffs, Overwatch’s pricy cosmetics, and GAAS nuance
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. Don't worry, none of it is good. OK, one thing is neutral, at...
‘Having Destiny was healthy for us:’ Warframe talks Protoframe romance and the loss of Destiny 2
With Warframe having just released a major update and with its most obvious competition in the form of Destiny 2 hitting maintenance mode, you might be...
Despite a ‘toxic’ and ‘dysfunctional’ work environment, Destiny 2 devs reminisce on lifelong friendships
As one might expect, the former developers who put their efforts into Destiny 2 are feeling pretty retrospective about their time working on the...
Everyone, including Amazon, is being extremely weird about the Lord of the Rings MMO
The Amazon Lord of the Rings MMO non-cancelation/cancelation thing has been super weird, and Amazon executives continue to be super weird about it, which...
Final Fantasy XIV recaps the journey of the Echoes of Vana’diel raid series
Did you think that when Final Fantasy XIV did a raid crossover with Final Fantasy XI, the developers on the bigger game were just avoiding any...
Interview: Fenris Creations CEO Hilmar Pétursson on the future of AI in EVE Online
It's been an odd few months for EVE Online and its developer Fenris Creations, with the company rebranding from CCP Games and buying itself...
Aion 2 welcomes ‘friendly competition’ with Guild Wars 3 as NCsoft talks up both MMOs
An outsider to this genre might assume that two NCsoft-owned MMORPGs releasing one after the other would be a source of concern, but outsiders...
Guild Wars 3 won’t feature a subscription or battle passes, Colin Johanson reassures fans
Afraid that the recently announced Guild Wars 3 is going to cost you an Orrian and a leg...endary armor set? Breathe easy, friend, because...
Take-Two CEO considers Red Dead Online to be ‘immensely successful and long lasting’
They say that a broken clock is right twice a day, and that certainly could be applied to Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick's opinions...
Hollowed Oath hits $125K crowdfunding as it patches in gamepad support and swimming
Now at over $125,000 of its $100,000 crowdfunding goal, indie MMO Hollowed Oath is trying to make the most of its final week or...
Take-Two CEO balances AI optimism against industry layoffs and lies, GTA6 holds to November release
We are once again all forced to listen to an executive honk into a proverbial microphone while some people nod and conflate it with...
Cryptic’s Jack Emmert on hungry MMO fans and games that are ‘basically features, but without any soul’
There are arguably few game developers in our sphere of interest have as much insight into what can make an MMORPG tick than Jack...
It’s 2026 and Dune Awakening is trying to convince everyone that it’s not an MMORPG again
You know, I'm starting to think that either interviewers love baiting Funcom about Dune Awakening's MMORPG status, or Funcom really loves baiting MMORPG players...
