Massively Overthinking: Have you ever been booted from an MMORPG group because your class wasn’t the meta?
Earlier this month, when some World of Warcraft players were protesting massive nerfs to specific classes, MOP reader Sloth explained the problem superbly: The...
Neverwinter tests Module 30’s Unvaulted zone and dungeon
Neverwinter wasn't just flinging smoke and mirrors your way when its team said that development was continuing on the Dungeons & Dragons MMO in...
Black Desert opens a season server on mobile, adds new accessories to PC, buffs the Halloween boss on console
It's another week of things and stuff for Black Desert's three editions, and once more we're starting off with BDO Mobile as the headliner...
Pax Dei debuts a new trailer and condenses the features of its November 5 Proving Grounds update
Tuesday, November 5th, will be upon players of Pax Dei before they know it: That's when the big juicy Proving Grounds update will arrive...
Throne and Liberty launches Phantom Tracker’s Star season and battlepass as it fights RMT
In the wee hours of this morning, Amazon pushed out another patch for Throne and Liberty:Â The 1.5.0 update launches the new battle pass for...
New World Aeternum says multiplayer PvE and PvP let you ‘continue your solo experience alone in a crowd’
Earlier this morning, Amazon sent over an interesting press release about New World that included a batch of "most asked" questions with dev answers...
Casually Classic: Looking back at my 20+ year journey in World of Warcraft
When was the first time you ever heard of World of Warcraft? As a fan of the three Warcraft RTS titles, I became aware of...
Embers Adrift’s devs discuss the Digital River payment fiasco and temporary F2P shift
Earlier this week we had the unfortunate duty to report a serious legal and financial crisis for Embers Adrift developer Stormhaven Studios: The company...
Vague Patch Notes: Solipsism and what it means for playing MMORPGs
We've been talking for the past couple of Vague Patch Notes columns about the fact that MMOs are, as a genre, defined by having...
City of Heroes rogue server Rebirth delays its next patch to 2025 – but it features full-color costume customization
The teeny City of Heroes rogue server Rebirth updated players on its Issue 7 patch yesterday - and it's good news and bad news....
Elite Dangerous launches its Ascendancy update and teases a brand-new player colonization system
While today marks the big release of Elite Dangerous’ oft-delayed and much-anticipated revamp to the powerplay system along with the early access for the...
Star Citizen pushes alpha 4.0’s engineering gameplay features back over game stability concerns
Star Citizen has long promised players the chance to become an engineer aboard a starship along the "road to 4.0" that CIG has been...
World of Warcraft previews Patch 11.0.7’s Siren Isle, testing this week
World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary patch has been out barely a week now, and Blizzard is already talking -- and testing -- the next...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you consider to be truly niche titles?
Someone said something in Final Fantasy XIV the other night that just stuck in my craw: "FFXIV is kind of a niche title." I...
Guild Wars 2’s new dev blog on the warclaw’s inspiration just makes me want another cat IRL
I wasn't entirely convinced that the warclaw mount re-introduced for Janthir Wilds would actually be a mount I used on the daily in Guild...
Tarisland and Skyforge have finally joined the Halloween event bandwagon
Better late than never for Halloween, eh? We've got a few more late arrivals to the Halloween scene today. No, they have nothing at...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of tanks in MMORPGs
I've been thinking a fair bit about player archetypes lately, and that also means that I've been thinking about the variants within roles. While...
RIP Harry Potter Magic Awakened – NetEase officially killed it off last night
It’s never easy to say goodbye to an MMO – especially one that you’ve personally spent every day playing since launch. Of course, we’ve...
MMO Hype Train: Wayfinder is a genuinely good little RPG – but a missed opportunity to be an MMO
Look at that: I don't always talk a big talk -- sometimes I actually end up playing the game I said I will. Like...
Corepunk says it’s a month and a half behind schedule, but early access is on track for November 26
If you've been following the Corepunk's development over the last few years, you surely know that the team is running behind where it expected...
