The Daily Grind: Is it ever too late to start playing an MMORPG?
I'll go first: Nope, it's not. Unless the game is sunsetting tomorrow, it's never too late. It's a video game, folks. You sit on...
MMO Week in Review: Shadowlands in two months, Cantha next year
It was one helluva week for MMORPGs: World of Warcraft announced Shadowlands' launch date, Guild Wars 2 confirmed that Cantha-themed End of Dragons launches...
RuneScape and Old School RuneScape preview fall plans, discuss endgame content
It's a double dose of Jagex developer heads talking about game stuff! Two whole hours of conversational content! And craziest of all, it's absolutely...
The MOP Up: Legends of Runeterra unwraps a new expansion
Riot Games' digital card game Legends of Runeterra made a big splash this past week as it released its first big expansion.
"The Call of...
Champions Online wraps up its current story arc with The Midnight Depths
Some new content is always better than no new content, and so Champions Online players have not complained to be finally receiving new story...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Blade & Soul’s soundtrack
Pretty game, strong story focus, really not for me. That's the impression I got from dipping into Blade & Soul a few months back....
One Shots: Chilla with my gorilla
It's always a parade of fluffy, furry, and feathery friends when One Shots asks readers to share their favorite pets, and today is no...
The Daily Grind: What was a great idea you saw in an otherwise unsuccessful MMO?
If you're familiar with tabletop roleplaying games, you are probably familiar with the concept of the fantasy heartbreaker. To summarize it very quickly for...
Make My MMO: Dual Universe’s beta – its ‘fully playable version’ – is up and away
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Dual Universe hit true beta, dropping its NDA and swelling its ranks far past the 20,000 testers who were...
Final Fantasy XI’s Autumn Power Up Campaign gives you more stuff in a variety of content
The current new story content for Final Fantasy XI is titled The Voracious Resurgence, but you know who has always been pretty voracious? The...
Ashes of Creation’s latest stream homes in on castle sieges and hybrid combat
Ashes of Creation's latest livestream is a wide-ranging one, covering the game's hybrid combat system, castle sieges, context expectations for beta, and the probability...
World of Warcraft players are digging in to an 11 month-old secret battle pet unlock
Secret hunters in World of Warcraft are deep in the chase after a battle pet that's been hiding for 11 months now -- a...
LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s expansions from worst to best
Every once in a while, it's a lot of fun to sit down and rank things in your favorite geeky franchises. A while back,...
The Stream Team: It’s raining invasions in Ship of Heroes
What is Ship of Heroes up to these days? Invasions! Today the devs are doing a special event for players (backers or not!), tossing...
Champions Online and David Brevik pay their respects to Chadwick Boseman
You've no doubt seen the tragic news that Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman passed away on Friday at the age of 43 due to...
The Daily Grind: How much does an MMO’s environment affect your mood?
As we talked about on the podcast this past week, in-game environments can have a huge affect on moods, depending on the person. I'm...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Guild Wars 2’s 8th birthday with underwater mounts
A birthday and underwater mounts? Well this sounds like the perfect kind of party of Massively OP's MJ! Guild Wars 2 has turned eight...
Betawatch: Bless Unleashed plans for a PC beta test
Darn it! I said ages ago that I would be much more interested in Bless Unleashed if it were releasing on platforms I actually...
Minecraft-built MMO Hegemony releases the Traders from the East expansion on September 6
Hegemony, the self-described "classic" sandbox MMORPG built upon the framework of Minecraft, is expanding. As in literally releasing an expansion. Or at least an...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Release 81 adds a new town, new lava fish, and flexible block building features
Release 81 for Shroud of the Avatar is out this week and it's got some new goodies for pretty much everyone in the game,...
