NCsoft president Songyee Yoon’s new book tackles the gaming industry’s lingering perception problems
I suppose with Throne & Liberty on the way, it only makes sense that NCsoft executives are granting interviews in western press - like...
TennoCon 2024: Music, motorbikes, and romance make Warframe 1999
It's the 1990s! We've heard of snips and snails and puppy dog tails, and sugar and spice and everything nice. But what is Warframe...
TennoCon 2024: Soulframe’s creative customization and a preview of preludes
With how much I am looking forward to the launch of Soulframe, you better believe I was eagerly anticipating seeing and hearing more about...
Settlers of Kalguur brings a massive melee overhaul and more to Path of Exile
Given such a major change incoming with Path of Exile's Settlers of Kalguur league, you'd be forgiven for wondering whether the rest of the...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas reflects on a ‘a time of introspection and reexamination’ for the MMORPG
World of Warcraft game director Ion Hazzikostas has a lot to say regarding the changes that the game's development staff is making moving forward...
CCP Games CEO says making EVE Online’s dev platform open source cements the MMO’s legacy
EVE Online developer CCP Games is planning on making its Carbon development platform open source sometime later this year, which will grant interested developers...
Bungie’s plan for Destiny 2’s eleventh year is less linear and more about world-building
Bungie has been operating Destiny 2 for a decade now, and that means next year is the 11th of storytelling in a world full...
Amazon Games shares its long focus approach while saying that the Lord of the Rings MMO is ‘not too far away’
It can be pretty easy to assume that the strategy of Amazon Games is to throw handfuls of anything at the wall to see...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2
It's June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies' 21st birthday, and I'm sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG...
Pokemon Company’s threat of potential legal action against Palworld appears to have fizzled out
During the height of Palworld's popularity, gamers threw a lot of accusations in the direction of developer Pocket Pair, claiming plagiarism of Pokemon's designs...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas and Morgan Day talk about raid difficulty and defensive balance
The time-honored practice of World of Warcraft releasing a new raid tuned to challenge people racing to clear it first and then steadily making...
SGF 2024: Previewing Funcom’s Dune Awakening, from PvP philosophy to the survival MMO label
I must admit I went into Summer Game Fest with pretty low expectations. I was MOP's "E3 guy" back when E3 was a concern,...
Interview: Bohemia on multiplayer sandbox Ylands’ Switch release, Steam development, and games as a service
A few weeks back, we caught wind of a big change for Bohemia Interactive's cutesy multiplayer pirate sandbox Ylands: It's launching on Switch, but...
SGF 2024: Hands-on with PvE-centric sci-fi horror survival shooter MMO Once Human
For those who saw Once Human and thought, "Gee, that kind of looks like a mix of H1Z1 and The Secret World," you're not wrong based on...
SGF 2024: Amazon discusses New World Aeternum on console, swimming, solo content, and archetypes
In case there's anyone out there still confused: New World Aeternum is not a single player or co-op game. I know the Summer Game Fest announcement of...
Persist Online interview: CipSoft explains why Persist is an MMORPG, not a survival shooter
Earlier this week, we covered the surprising news that Tibia developer CipSoft has a new MMORPG on the way. At least, the studio is...
EVE Vanguard developer talks about the shooter’s gameplay, update plans, and references to DUST 514
EVE Vanguard, the integrated companion FPS to EVE Online, represents something a bit different for the otherwise spaceship-focused MMORPG but certainly not something that...
Former City of Heroes developers talk design chaos, sequels, and the MMO’s enduring legacy
Last night, I happened to log into City of Heroes Homecoming just as the team was posting up the promised mega Q&A with former...
Blizzard says adding raid finder to WoW Cataclysm Classic is a matter of player feedback
LFR. Three little letters that can apparently spell intense psychic damage to a certain class of player in World of Warcraft Classic. With the...
Interview: Wayfinder’s AJ LaSaracina on the Echoes transition, launch, and long-term plans
Following yesterday's surprise reveal that Airship Syndicate is planning to transition the always-online MMO looter shooter Wayfinder into a buy-to-play online-optional title - without...
