Perfect Ten: The 10 components of a ‘fair’ MMO PvP fight
I spend a lot of my time thinking about MMO PvP. You might not realize it, but I'm actually a really big fan of...
World of Warcraft: Legion Q&A addresses the lore and balancing of artifacts
Artifacts are a big deal in World of Warcraft: Legion, which is why the most recent live developer question and answer session was all...
Trion has filed a Starfall Prophecy trademark – is it for RIFT?
Trion Worlds has filed a new trademark relating to video games this week: Starfall Prophecy.
A thread on the official RIFT forums has led to a...
Richard Garriott and Starr Long are literally selling their blood for Shroud of the Avatar
Remember last year back when Richard Garriott raffled off his rat tail to raise money for Shroud of the Avatar? Yeah, good times. Now...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs reward vets for helping newbies?
During this week's podcast, Justin explained to me something that Trion is up to in RIFT that blew me away: Players who have run...
Massively Overthinking: What’s never going to happen in your favorite MMO?
Last week's Overthinking question was a very broad one all about genre-wide wishes that go unfulfilled. But what if we drill that down? That's...
Albion Online walks through the mechanics of the Reputation system
The developers of Albion Online want you to murder the heck out of your fellow players, but they also want to make sure that...
Marvel Heroes interview covers the many forms of Ultron
Oh sure, Ultron might be this world-domineering robot with an evil bent, but... look at him! He's just so dang chipper about it that...
The Black Death’s retail trailer is grim and gory
The Black Death sure appears to be running for the title of "Most Grim Survival Sandbox of the Year," particularly after seeing its new...
Neverwinter’s summer festival returns with more flair
Sitting around your house, bored and sweaty this summer? Don't whine to us, especially after we tell you that Neverwinter has the cure for...
The Stream Team: Calming the enraged Gatekeeper in The Secret World
You've heard the old adage that redheads have a temper? Well imagine if you add red arms, red torso, red legs! Part of this...
Riders of Icarus is already opening a new server
That didn't take long -- Nexon is apparently already opening new servers, at least in Europe, to handle the influx of players sweeping into Riders...
New World of Warcraft comic goes over the arrival of the Burning Legion in Suramar
Being the Grand Magistrix of Suramar seems like a pretty great gig for the majority of your rule. For one thing, you have power...
Turbine layoffs confirmed: Turbine is transitioning into a ‘mobile’ dev studio
We've updated the end of this post with Warner Bros.' statement to us.
It sounds as if Turbine may have been hit with another round...
PSA: Grab a free copy of Elite Dangerous Arena this weekend
While you're still going to have to cough over some cash to grab the full version of Elite Dangerous, the good news for cheapskates...
TERA’s Aces Wild update is live today
You've heard a lot about TERA's next big update lately, haven't you? There's been all sorts of information about what's coming with the update,...
Chaos Theory: Loot bags and golems galore for The Secret World’s fourth birthday
There may have been moments over the past 12 months when fans feared this time would never come, but it has: Happy fourth birthday, The Secret World!
It's...
WoW’s patch preloading begins ahead of Legion beta launch test today
World of Warcraft players, get ready to hurry up and wait: A massive 20-gb patch has begin preloading in Battle.net, heralding the pre-launch 7.0...
NCsoft is linking Blade & Soul’s servers next week
Is it a merge or something not as dire? Either way, Blade & Soul is preparing to make some significant adjustments to its server structure...
Multiplayer ARPG Heroes of Incredible Tales is out on Android and iOS today
It's not quite an MMO, but Heroes of Incredible Tales does have an MMO pedigree: It's the first-born spawn of Yong-Hyun Park's NAT Games...
