One Shots: Ideal locales for tourist traps
Sometimes I wonder if our adventurers in these virtual worlds stumble upon locales so pretty and arresting that they pause and go, "You know...
The Daily Grind: What are your main areas of focus when you play an MMORPG?
It's probably not a surprise to anyone reading this that I really like stories in MMOs. They're important to me. And if you've read...
EverQuest guild woke the Sleeper on P99 Green – and all hell broke loose
If you read our recent Game Archaeologist column on it, you'll know that there's a whole lot of meaningful history behind a slumbering crystalline...
Lost Ark admits it’s been ‘fighting a war against bots’ since launch, banning millions of accounts
Have you spotted a bot or two in Lost Ark over the past few months? If so, you're definitely not alone. Amazon admitted on...
Activision-Blizzard creeps out the internet with its ‘Diversity Space Tool’ as union-busting continues
Friday afternoon, Activision-Blizzard proudly trotted out a dev blog talking up the creation of a "Diversity Space Tool" that the company has apparently been...
The Daily Grind: What are some of your favorite go-to emotes in MMORPGs?
I love to faint. Not in real life, as that would freak me out a bit, but in Lord of the Rings Online. It's...
The Stream Team: Friday the 13th fun in AdventureQuest 3D
Peanut better and chocolate. Mo and his shield. Chocolate milkshakes and fries. These are all great things that go great together. But you know...
Betawatch: Wrath of the Lich King Classic’s beta approaches this summer
Picture this: The World of Warcraft team is crouched together in a dark room. Somewhere in the distance, you hear wolves howling. There is...
Darkfall Rise of Agon explains upcoming changes to PvP alignments and stances
Since Darkfall: Rise of Agon is effectively trying to hit the reset button with a new Steam version launch, reason would stand that some...
Albion Online begins testing Into the Fray’s magic staff and portal town overhauls
Live on Albion Online's test server as of this morning is the Into the Fray update, which includes an overhaul of multiple mechanics -...
Fractured’s latest beta update adds crafting fees and city taxes – sorry
Fractured Online is still in the midst of its no-end-date always-on closed beta test, and yesterday, it paused that beta event briefly in the...
Arrrrrrr you ready to get murdered by pirates in Elder Scrolls Online High Isles
We're just a bare few weeks away from the launch's of this year's defining Elder Scrolls Online chapter, High Isle, and ZeniMax Online Studios...
ArcheAge rescinds some exploit permabans and holds a Michael Jackson-inspired dance event
The latest event for ArcheAge clearly Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'. Players of all stripes - whether they're Black or White, a Liberian Girl, or...
Dual Universe struggles to ship physical Kickstarter rewards to backers
Let this be a lesson to future crowdfunding campaigns: Be very careful about promising physical rewards because they're a whole lot more difficult to...
You can begin patching for Path of Exile’s Sentinel launch… now [Update: It’s live!]
Happy Sentinel day! Grinding Gear Games is rolling out Path of Exile's Sentinel expansion and league today as planned, so we hope you've got...
Massively on the GO: Talking MMOARGs with Orna’s lead dev
We've talked a bit about Orna: The GPS RPG a few times here in the Massively on the Go column, as this indie game helps...
Storyboard: The fatal flaw of overreaching villain plans in MMOs plotlines
So the other day, a friend and I were talking about villainous schemes in MMO storylines. Specifically, we were talking about why World of...
Lost Ark KR’s director is reportedly stepping down because of health concerns
According to myriad unofficial reports from fans across Lost Ark's official forums and subreddit, the director for the Korean version of the game, Keum...
World of Warcraft is testing a ‘social contract’ for its players in 9.2.5
"For the love of the Titans, please be a decent person to your fellow players."
That is not what the new social contract in World...
Final Fantasy XIV is finishing its housing bug corrections on May 16
As promised, so it has come to pass; a new letter from Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida has confirmed that the...
