Embracer-owned Cryptic Studios will suffer devastating layoffs at the end of October
We've been keeping a very worried eye on Cryptic Studios for the last year or so, ever since it became clear that the floundering...
Brighter Shores confirms November launch date following October 22 closed beta
Back in August, we learned that Brighter Shores, the new MMORPG en route from Jagex and RuneScape co-founder Andrew Gower, was targeting November 5th...
Lost Ark will be offline most of today patching in the Arkesia Ignited update
It's patch day for Lost Ark, though you may not get to play much today, as downtime for Arkesia Ignited is currently underway, with...
World of Warcraft’s 20th anniversary update goes live on October 22
World of Warcraft players now have a hard date for Update 11.0.5, which is coming in less than two weeks on October 22nd. The...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs perform a soft reboot on their storylines now and then?
Here's the thing when it comes to ongoing narratives, whether they're TV series, a string of novels, or online games: You can't keep escalating...
The Stream Team: Fighting titan blight in Guild Wars 2
Massively OP's MJ is finally out of the Kodan village in Guild Wars 2. Now, she gets to explore the wilds of Janthir. However,...
Pixel Starships adds new level cap and rooms for internet starships, launches a Double Dragon crossover
It's been quite a while since any major updates have come out of the 8-bit styled sci-fi strategy MMO Pixel Starships - we wondered...
Browser-based kingdom sim MMO Illyriad’s latest update features factional alliance mechanics
Illyriad is one of those MMOs that crops up every now and then from seemingly out of nowhere to mark a major milestone for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 488: Amazon vs Amazon
Justin and Bree discuss Ultima Online New Legacy, New World Aeternum, Throne and Liberty, Lord of the Rings Online's Legacy of Morgoth, and fall expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in World of Warcraft, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on what we're willing to do for long-term MMO rewards.
New World details the rewards coming in Aeternum’s Season of Opportunity
Again we're back talking Amazon's New World as the studio has this afternoon decided to lift the veil on the season pass that will launch...
Pax Dei weaves a lore-focused audio story of the creation of its world
Did you know that Pax Dei has lore? It's true! While our Choose My Adventure columnist learned only a story of highly bloodthirsty foxes,...
Black Desert PC introduces the element-wielding Awakened Dosa in latest update
Sure, being able to magically weave fog is pretty cool, but what if you could weave five elements alternately in a fight? That's the...
Albion Online’s Horizons launches October 28 with open-world love and custom UI editing
We've finally got a date for Albion Online's big fall patch: Horizons officially launches on October 28th. Studio Sandbox Interactive has been talking up...
Choose My Adventure: Throne and Liberty continues to both intrigue and concern
I appreciate that reading that summary about my current feelings regarding Throne and Liberty comes off as conflicting, but that's primarily because I continue...
Star Citizen shows off new character creation choices and successfully crams dozens of players into a tram
As one might expect, Star Citizen is heads-down focusing on the arrival of CitizenCon (and stealing developers' weekends to do it), which basically means...
Tarisland provides a video overview of Season One as the pre-season Eve Carnival event begins
Whether you want to call it a season or a large content update, Tarisland is continuing to bang the drum over its upcoming Blight...
Lord of the Rings Online begins testing its Legacy of Morgoth expansion
The very first public beta for Lord of the Rings Online's fall expansion is now up on the Bullroarer server. Legacy of Morgoth is...
Here’s how New World’s PvP scene is improving with Aeternum next week
If New World's PvP layout was any kind of draw for or bar to your enjoyment of the game, you're going to want to...
Throne & Liberty counts 3M players in its first week as Amazon has now added 55 extra servers
The MMORPG community may be confused over the burgeoning Steam counts and mixed reviews for Throne and Liberty, but somebody is thrilled with the...
The Daily Grind: Do you try launch MMORPGs just for the experience?
An hour before the F2P launch of Throne and Liberty last week, I was quietly working and minding my own business when I saw...
