Pantheon’s new trailer reiterates December early access, monetization revamp: ‘This is not a soft launch’
You already knew Pantheon was heading to early access in December. You knew this because Visionary Realms announced quite clearly all the way back...
Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend
We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...
New World is running a contest to put a player-designed cooking recipe into the game
You know, we've seen a lot of creative contests in MMORPGs that end with the winning designs put into the game, be they houses...
Vague Patch Notes: When slow leveling is a problem in MMORPGs
Last week in Vague Patch Notes, I talked about leveling. At the very end of the column, I mentioned that slow leveling or fast...
EVE Online tweaks sovereignty costs and refines capital ship production to further fuel territory fights
The Equinox expansion for EVE Online has always been about making battling for territory a central focus, but now CCP Games is looking to...
LOTRO gives a development update on kinship revamp delay, 4K resolution, and Elf avatars
There was a surprise development update for several Lord of the Rings Online projects that the game's lead designer delivered in the forums on...
Stars Reach’s technical testing provoked emergent landscaping, player creativity, and the lag monster
Playable Worlds - technical designer Light Bates this time, not Raph Koster - has dished out another dev blog on Stars Reach's pre-alpha playtest....
NCsoft renames Blade & Soul Neo Classic to BNS NEO, confirms western launch
Almost a year ago, NCsoft announced a new spin on Blade and Soul called Blade & Soul Neo Classic. The game as planned would...
The Daily Grind: What MMO class or archetype do you personally identify with?
I've done a few tongue-in-cheek Perfect Tens about common class archetypes from Warriors to Rogues to Bards, but jokes aside, not every MMORPG has...
Albion Online releases the fourth Paths to Glory patch with numerous combat balance changes
The fourth patch for Albion Online's Paths to Glory is out today, and it is basically all about combat balance. Some of those balance...
Star Trek Online activates the new Dimensional Typhoon event, Neverwinter reworks battlepass
A galaxy near, near to here is asking for all Star Trek Online captains to crank it into warp for a new event that...
Lost Ark details the Tier 4 progression tweaks and level-buffing Ignite servers arriving on October 9
Players who have run their character roster up the progression ladder are likely looking forward to Lost Ark's Wednesday, October 9th update, which is...
DC Universe Online debuts Harley Quinn vs Apokolips key art and teaser trailer ahead of September 24 launch
Next week is bringing a bunch of new content to the superheroic world of DC Universe Online, which naturally means that Daybreak's Dimensional Ink...
Perfect Ten: 10 Blizzard games that everyone forgets existed
So by this point I think it's fair to say that most of our readers are aware that I love weird rabbit holes that...
Throne & Liberty releases patch notes ahead of early access, teasing everything from lifeskills to better PvE
Blink and you'll have missed it: Fall is almost upon us, and that means so is Throne & Liberty's global launch. Early access begins...
Star Citizen’s Pirate Week returns with Blockade Runner event, a treasure hunt, and monetized cargo containers
Star Citizen is putting on its best Party City pirate costume and brushing up on its scallywag brogue as the Pirate Week event has...
Wizard101 releases its Australian-themed Wallaru update for the global servers
KingsIsle is continuing to expand Wizard101 with this week's release: It's pushing the Wallaru update from just the North American servers to the MMO's...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you see yourself playing five years from now?
Hey all, it's September 2029! We're just a few months away from the new decade, and against all odds, we're alive and still playing...
The Stream Team: Home on the Janthir Wilds range in Guild Wars 2
Oh give me a home, where the Janthir bees roam
Where the Kodan and the journeykin play;
Where seldom is heard, the Death Counter's word
And I...
How hyper investment and greed led to the games industry’s ‘GaaSacre’ and downward slump
Hindsight is always 20/20, and no more is that axiom more appropriate than a look back at how the gaming industry got to the...
