The Daily Grind: How much do you care about an MMORPG’s health?
Every year at the end of December or beginning of January, one of us - usually Justin or Eliot - pens a top 10...
Villagers & Heroes turns on its Halloween event through November
For everyone who says that Halloween begins on September 1st, Villagers & Heroes sees you and appreciates you. The game's annual Halloween event did...
Final Fantasy XI offers new Ambuscade opponents along with Ark Angel cosmetic gear in its latest patch
The latest update for Final Fantasy XI has arrived, and as players have no doubt grown accustomed to, it features new Ambuscade opponents. That's...
Old School RuneScape adds Araxxor cheevos and buffs crystal shard earnings in latest patch
You would think that taking down a giant spider boss in Old School RuneScape would be enough of an achievement, but Jagex has decided...
Ghostcrawler makes the case for slower leveling in his upcoming MMORPG Ghost
The vast majority of MMORPG fans have yet to experience any part of Fantastic Pixel Castle's upcoming MMORPG simply known as Ghost through any...
Black Desert adds new monster zones and new weapons to mobile, shares more Seoul video previews for PC
Usually when we put out the weekly Black Desert news bundle we start with the PC version of the game. This time around, however,...
Guild Wars 2 players are building absolutely INSANE houses with Janthir Wilds’ homesteads feature
I've only just unlocked my new player house in Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds and haven't dug my claws into the feature, but for...
Perfect Ten: The 10 crafting and gathering professions you find in every MMO
Despite the common perception that MMORPGs are only about smashing, slicing, and blasting foes to oblivion, these games typically offer a whole lot in...
Vitae Aeternum: New World Aeternum’s open beta build is actually pretty good – but will it be enough?
Starting this Friday, Amazon Games will be running an open beta test for New World's soft relaunch as Aeternum. Before then, the studio offered...
Lost Ark releases the Behemoth raid and Chase the Storm event
September's big content drop for Lost Ark has arrived today, starting with an impressive 16-player raid against the Chaos Guardian Behemoth: "With a limited...
Ubisoft confirms offline mode for The Crew 2, The Crew Motorfest during Motorfest’s year 2 reveal
Ubisoft is celebrating the first anniversary of The Crew Motorfest (aka The Crew 3) by essentially promising not to do it dirty the way...
World of Warcraft’s first season for The War Within is officially underway
It's the dawn of a new season in World of Warcraft, as last night kicked off Season One of The War Within, which effectively...
Rumor: Star Citizen fans uncover a trademark filed by CIG for a potential third game
The plot is either thickening or getting muddier depending on how one reads this latest bit of news uncovered by Star Citizen fans, as...
Elder Scrolls Online’s update 44 promises PvP, companions, and new content, plus TES Castles launches on mobile
ZeniMax Online Studios took the wraps off Elder Scrolls Online's update 44 last night, showcasing the long-promised new companions and PvP update that the...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMOs where basic fights take too long?
When you think about it, tuning combat encounters in MMOs has to be a fiendishly tricky business for devs. You can't make them overly...
The Stream Team: Ex-spear-imenting with Guild Wars 2’s newest weapon
Last week, Massively OP's MJ got stuck in Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds story, needing to train a spear mastery before continuing. After battling...
Survival MMO Myth of Empires teases its upcoming Persia DLC, due out this year
We haven't gotten a whole lot of information about Myth of Empires' next DLC, the Persia-themed expansion for the popular survival MMO, but Angela...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 484: September MMO mailbag show
Justin and Bree dip into the mailbag to discuss MMO limitations, megaservers, studio dealbreakers, age accessibility, aggro, and offline MMO content, plus there's adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2.
Trove launches UP vs Down event and expands Rising Tide with Release the Kraken update
Gamigo's voxel sandbox MMORPG Trove has loosed a new event as of today, dubbed Up vs. Down. Actually UP vs. DOWN. Intriguingly, this even...
Here’s what November’s hyper awakening skills in Lost Ark look like
Readers may recall that when Lost Ark put out its roadmap for upcoming content, the month of November would be highlighted by the addition...
