EVE buffs up the Encounter Surveillance System to encourage player fighting even after taking out PvE bounties
The upcoming new Dynamic Bounty System for EVE Online gives players a reason to fight PvE pirates and earn bounties, with the game's multiplier...
Pirates of the Burning Sea’s new operators released a new launcher, patcher, and website, with plans for a legacy server
One of the feel-good stories of 2019 came from the corner of the MMOverse belonging to Pirates of the Burning Sea, when the remaining...
Survival MMO Stars End flies under the Steam radar in early access
Despite going into early access earlier this fall, the space survival sim Stars End hasn't made a lot of traction with the Steam community....
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen offers a look at its environmental art process
The environmental artist. One of the unsung heroes of game development. These folks are the ones that very often set the stage for how...
Old School RuneScape breaks its concurrency record
Don't look now -- well, yes, look now -- but Old School RuneScape is greater than it's ever been. The 2007-era version of the...
World of Warcraft: Free BlizzCon, dev swap, and Revendreth preview
Blizzard President J. Allen Brack posted an interesting "fireside chat" yesterday to talk about what's going on with the studio and its games in...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about character boosting in MMOs?
To clarify right off the bat, I don't meant elo boosting as in MOBAs; I mean using character boosts, either paid or otherwise, in...
The Stream Team: Witches are brewing in Elder Scrolls Online
If you've got a witch and you've got a cauldron, chances are something's brewing! Right now, that happens to be the Elder Scrolls Online...
Massively Uplifting: Supporting small businesses, grieving through games, and lending helping hands
Did you go trick-or-treating? There's still time! Here, have a handful of warm fuzzies! Take some full-sized good deeds! October has been full of...
Final Fantasy XI announces its November update with a newbie channel and more story
The Voracious Resurgence continues along in Final Fantasy XI, and the game's November version update will start in on the second chapter of this new...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Markarth DLC and update 28 are officially live for PC players
If this week is all just a little too much for you to handle, you can try living in Tamriel for a little while,...
The Stream Team: Dodging shrapnel in Star Trek Online’s House Shattered
The House is no longer divided -- it's shattered! The next step in STO's Klingon civil war story is House Shattered, and Massively OP's...
TERA Console will introduce cross-play between PS4 and Xbox and merge servers on November 19
Thursday, November 19th, is a pretty big day for TERA Console as the MMORPG will introduce cross-play features between PS4 and Xbox versions of...
Shroud of the Avatar adds mounts, the Breach, map changes, and economy changes in R83
Release 83 has landed in Shroud of the Avatar, and with it comes a whole lot of changes as outlined in the official newsletter. High...
Wisdom of Nym: The implications of Final Fantasy XIV Forspoken
So we do actually know the title of the next Final Fantasy XIV expansion now, even though we don't. Technically this has not yet been...
Camelot Unchained offers looks at new UI, the Dreadcaller class, and more Dragon’s Web details
Camelot Unchained has offered up another round of check-ins for the playerbase to cap off the weekend playtest. We start with the most recent...
NCsoft expected to change its name to NC before September
Evidently, NCsoft is no longer going to be soft. It's not going to be hard, either, or even slightly squishy. It's simply going to...
World of Warcraft hosts 16th anniversary party, spotlights Shadowlands’ Ardenweald
It's going to be a busy month for World of Warcraft, and it all starts with the 16th anniversary celebrations of the long-running MMORPG....
The Daily Grind: What’s the best ‘affordable’ MMO?
We're fast approaching the end of 2020, which means we'll be cranking up our end-of-the-year machine with some of our recurring pieces. One of...
MMO Week in Review: WoW Shadowlands repositions for launch
This week in MMOs, we learned that Guild Wars 2's Steam launch and Path of Exile's next league would be delayed, which is a...
