One Shots: A sticky situation, indeed
While I am a general fan of honey, the fact that this is a dessert guarded by hundreds of bees does turn my attention...
The Daily Grind: Have you or would you buy an album of MMORPG music?
Music in video games is a funny thing. In the early days games could barely manage music and many didn't even try. But these...
Stars Reach moves its pre-alpha testing from single worlds to multiple worlds
The first thing to note is that Stars Reach, if you hadn't know this, takes place in space. The second thing to note once...
Pantheon extends pre-early access testing through December 1, with ‘record numbers’ showing up
With under two months to go until Pantheon launches into early access, you would think that studio Visionary Realms would be going all-out with...
LOTRO Legendarium: How should LOTRO handle ‘the levels issue?’
Legacy of Morgoth comes out next week for Lord of the Rings Online, and I'm generally excited for it. I wasn't initially, since desert zones aren't...
World of Warcraft’s Patch 11.0.7 may be coming sooner than you think
With World of Warcraft's Patch 11.0.7 and its Siren Isle in testing, there's a lot of speculation and curiosity over when Blizzard is scheduling...
The Daily Grind: Do you play at the pace of your MMO — or do you push yourself?
The other day I was listening to a podcast and the host said that he tried to "play at the pace of the game,"...
The Stream Team: Gorses, goonicorns, and more Mogloween in AQ3D
Massively OP's MJ already loves AQ3D's Mogloween (with the exception of how many fish she has to catch!), and the event just gets better...
Betawatch: Path of Exile 2 delays its early access thanks to demons of the database
Look, I have to ask: Does Path of Exile 2 have a whole lot of demons in it? I haven't really played the game,...
Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is cracking down on shady game mods
Heads-up, folks who mod in ancient emulators: The Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends is cracking down on mods, though hopefully not the...
New books about EVE Online, Second Life, and EverQuest are on the way
You've played the game, now read the story. Or read the story out of curiosity about a game you would otherwise never play. Or...
Shroud of the Avatar revamps player dungeon rooms and prepares for Krampus in Release 131
We're literally just one day removed from Halloween, which means the Great Retail Calendar declares that it's Christmas now (Thanksgiving never existed unless you're...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Wizard’s Wrath and A Wizard’s World
When I first saw mention of A Wizard's World on Reddit this morning, I immediately confused it with another wizardy Kickstarter MMO, Wizard's Wrath....
Design Mockument: Exploring alternatives to the typical MMO trinity
Here's a fun thing for you: I swear that way, way back before the game launched, there were documents from the Guild Wars 2...
Pixel art MMO Necesse is adding a new adventure journal and better crafting stations in today’s update
Back in August, we covered a new-to-us pixel art MMO called Necesse. The game, which allows servers of hundreds of people, had been in...
EVE Fanfest 2025 talks up the week’s worth of extra activities as tickets go on sale
EVE Online's Fanfest convention isn't only about a weekend's worth of reveals and information for the sci-fi sandbox; it's also a whole week of...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Crossroads patch brings new story, raid content, and quality-of-life November 12
Today saw another Live Letter broadcast from Final Fantasy XIV, which was once again all about the MMORPG's first post-Dawntrail content update, Crossroads, along...
Post-sunset, The Wagadu Chronicles team says it considered and rejected open-sourcing the game
One of the saddest sunsets of 2024 affected Kickstarted afrofantasy The Wagadu Chronicles. The MMORPG was Kickstarted by players for nearly $200K all the...
Soulframe deep-dives the changes to its next pre-alpha build and discusses multiplayer feature plans
The pre-alpha "preludes" build of Soulframe is headed for its seventh iteration, and this update is a pretty beefy one as it changes several...
The Daily Grind: Which dead MMORPG needs a resurrection *and* has a possible path to get it?
A while back, our team was working on a MapleStory piece when we did something we often do when writing about MapleStory: lament the...