Brighter Shores announces early access launch date of November 5
A couple of months ago, the devs behind RuneScape-inspired MMORPG Brighter Shores said that the game was on track for an early access release...
RuneScape says it’s ready to address microtransactions but needs ‘community consultation’
Last month saw RuneScape earn itself an eyebrow raise when developer Jagex asked players a variety of questions about the MMORPG's microtransactions, particularly since...
Corepunk wipes its Alpha 4 a second time, says it’ll keep this build online through the end of October
Following a second full wipe of its fourth alpha to address a character bug, Corepunk's Artificial Core said that it hopes to continually run...
LOTRO Legendarium: The quiet failure of LOTRO’s birding hobby
The past month of Lord of the Rings Online's operation has been one of the busier summer months in this game's history. Update 41...
World of Warcraft officially joins in on the War Within spoiler party with major story cutscenes
Yesterday we pointed out how headstart for World of Warcraft: The War Within was already seeing players who were actively spoiling the story ahead...
The Daily Grind: Are you MMO friends with people in other countries?
One of the truly neat social side effects of MMOs is that you get to connect with people all around the world and learn...
The Stream Team: Diving in AQ3D’s Deep Sea Grotto
It's finally time to go for a swim! Massively OP's MJ had to level up before she could enter AdventureQuest 3D's Deep Sea Grotto,...
Betawatch: Dune Awakening is finally gearing up for launch early next year
If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the launch. Wait, is that how the phrase goes for Dune Awakening? We kind of lost...
Old School RuneScape shares progress on the Sailing skill, continues to investigate Deadman foul play
It's been quite some time since we heard much about Old School RuneScape's Sailing skill - there was confirmation of phase one's completion in...
Black Desert brings Seoul to PC September 12, tweaks boats on console, adds treasure material exchange on mobile
This week has certainly been a busy one for games all over the place (spare a thought for Bree and send her tea and...
Lost Ark posts a slight delay to its roadmap for September and October
There's a lot that goes into localizing every content update for Lost Ark, so perhaps it shouldn't be a huge surprise that the game...
Unleashed Games confirms its MMO Haven will be used for additional titles made with generative AI
In the beginning half of the year, we started covering Haven, a developing MMORPG from Unleashed Games that promised gameplay beats familiar to those...
NCsoft Q2 2024: NCsoft says it’s not shifting focus away from MMORPGs
In the chaos of August financial releases and Gamescom, we overlooked NCsoft's Q2 2024 financial release, so we're tackling it now. Unfortunately, it's not...
WoW Factor: Leaving World of Warcraft’s Dragon Isles for good
Vallin didn't like boats. Lots of Dwarves did, he knew he was the outlier in that regard, but he had never cared for them....
They are so ugly they are cute: Palia adds potato pods and more in its next big beta update
It hasn't even been a month since Palia's last update, but the beta cozy MMO is already teasing its next patch.
Daybreak-owned Singularity 6 (which...
Amazon boss: ‘We’re still trying to find the hook’ for the new Lord of the Rings MMO
With 10 titles currently in development, Amazon Games Studio is clearly hoping to diversify into success before sinking into unprofitability. One of the bigger...
World of Warcraft’s The War Within headstart is live – prepare for a long spoiler-dodging weekend
Depending on how much you shelled out for World of Warcraft's newest expansion, this is either the best or longest weekend of the year...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most memorable line of dialogue in an MMO?
A while back on Twitter, during a discussion about ways in which AI can and can't be useful in games writing, MMO dev Damion...
The Stream Team: Acid Wit in Dungeons & Dragons Online
Sometimes, it's a quest title that just grabs her attention, making Massively OP's MJ eager to run it. Such is the case with DDO's...
Massively Overthinking: Frames of reference in MMORPGs
Last week on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a heated discussion about terminology in MMORPGs (terminology we'll probably talk about in a separate thread...
