Betawatch: Ashes of Creation pushes forward with publisher talk (August 24, 2018)
It's good to see that after the somewhat oddly-named "alpha zero" test phase, Ashes of Creation is planning to move on to alpha one...
Trove gives you the chance to reroll your secondary stats
If Trove is your on-the-side MMO that you visit occasionally, you may want to check in with it this weekend. This is due to...
PlanetSide 2 disables anomalies while Daybreak figures out what their deal is
Let's check back in with the war efforts over at PlanetSide 2 today. Daybreak's pushed out a hotfix this week that disabled anomalies while...
The Stream Team: Queen vs Necromancer in Elder Scrolls Online
Massively OP's MJ may not have the newest DLC, but that doesn't mean she isn't adventuring in The Elder Scrolls Online. She's recently been...
Gamescom 2018: World of Warcraft dives into Azshara’s backstory and hosts a concert
It turns out that Blizzard was saving something special for Gamescom 2018 after all. At the show, the World of Warcraft studio unveiled the...
Legends of Aria tests realm capacity with a large-scale invasion event on Saturday
How many players can a single realm of Legends of Aria support? There are lots of ways to find out, but there's only one...
City of Titans teases its City of Heroes-inspired aura system
It's feeling like superhero week here - Champions Online turning nine, Valiance Online revving up, and now we've got a sneak peek of City...
Reddit erupts over Black Desert backtracking on ‘pay-to-win’ Valks’ Cry items
If you've somehow come all this way in Black Desert's western run without believing there's even a teensy bit of pay-to-win in the game,...
Vague Patch Notes: On scaling and meaningful advancement in WoW and other MMORPGs
It seems like pretty much nobody is happy with how scaling is working in World of Warcraft at the moment. The game's scaling means...
Happy sixth birthday, Guild Wars 2 – so what did they get us??
Got any day-one Guild Wars 2 toons? Log them in and pick up your six-year birthday presents starting today. It's all part of ArenaNet's...
Massively Overthinking: Pay-to-win vs. cosmetics in MMOs and virtual worlds
MOP Patron Avaera has entreated us to debate the problems of pay-to-win and cosmetic gear, and indulge him we shall.
"The idea that good MMOs...
Star Citizen rolls out the Mercury Star Runner concept ship during Gamescom
Happy Friday. Star Citizen has a new concept ship.
The Mercury Star Runner has an adorable name, a snowspeeder profile, and a fat pricetag: $200...
Mortal Online sandbox MMO devs try battle royale with Mortal Royale
Trove, Skyforge, and now Mortal Online - it's a weird batch of MMORPGs whose devs are getting into the battle royale scene, but there...
Valiance Online starts churning out costumes, promises a bunch of new patches soon
Why be a superhero if you can't look the part? That's half the fun, although nobody really explains in movies and comic books where...
The Daily Grind: Do you ever feel addicted to MMOs or entrapped by compulsive gameplay mechanics?
MOP reader Alex recently wrote to us about the ongoing conversation sparked by WHO's controversial and not particularly well-supported "gaming disorder" classification, hoping we...
The Stream Team: Secret World Legend’s faction missions
They're baaaack! At least in some form. Secret World Legends has added in faction missions, one element that was still missing from TSW. Things...
Destiny 2 prepares for its Forsaken update with the Last Stand of the Gunslinger trailer
We don't want to depress you, but we kind of hope that Cayde isn't your favorite character in Destiny 2. See... the new trailer...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Michael-Christopher Koji Fox talks about working on A Realm Reborn
There are lots of people who know what it's like to work on a game that is not going to be very good. There...
The Stream Team: Checking in on WildStar
So what is going on with WildStar? Something sure sent someone into a rant (listen to this week's podcast for all those juicy details!)....
World of Warcraft will not be changing level scaling or leveling any time soon
So, remember the issues players are noticing with item scaling in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth? Specifically, you kill things faster by not...
