Vague Patch Notes: Living like a rock in MMORPGs
So if you are anything close to my age, you probably do not think of Simon & Garfunkel's music as being anything remotely "raw."...
MMO Business Roundup: NetEase stocks dip over internal fraud and corruption investigation
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news. This edition is all about money, baby. Well, quarterly financials, anyhow. And also...
Perfect Ten: 10 ways to put your MMO back on players’ radars
Running an MMORPG isn't like Field of Dreams. You can't just create a game and expect that everyone will show up because a magic...
LOTRO’s Legacy of Morgoth expansion has everyone fretting over the new Elf looks
The initial release of Lord of the Rings Online: Legacy of Morgoth seems to be going generally fine, albeit with a few bumps and...
Brighter Shores explains its episode-specific professions design and asks players to ‘please give it a chance’
When Brighter Shores launched into early access this week, many players were surprised at the fact that each episode (aka a major zone) had...
Final Fantasy XIV outlines PvP updates and shows off gear in the preliminary patch notes for Patch 7.1
Next week will bring new things to do for Final Fantasy XIV players, and that means that Square Enix's Creative Studio III has put...
Stars Reach’s new trailer shows significant visual improvement – and a partial list of professions
Late last night, Playable Worlds dropped a new trailer for Raph Koster's incoming MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach, along with an update for its NDA.
As...
The Daily Grind: What are the most glaring marketing misses in MMOs?
I stumbled over a poignant comment on the Guild Wars 2 forums the other day, in a thread lamenting the lack of good spear...
Massively Overthinking: How long should it take to level to endgame in MMORPGs?
Right after New World's Aeternum launched, we did a piece looking into how the game was faring - and one complaint I saw over...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends is working on two theme parks – including one from an Ewok movie
Earlier this week, Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends dropped a developer diary for October with several teasers for the content the player...
Final Fantasy XI’s November update adds higher-level Besieged content
Besieged used to be a big deal for Final Fantasy XI, but in large part the game has moved on from when the content...
NetEase drops a roadmap for EVE Echoes promising more content – but with few timelines
"Will there be no more content for New Eden in the future?" is probably not the best way to announce your roadmap, but that's...
Dofus updates server transfers and opens pre-registration for its upcoming Unity engine upgrade
Last week's announcement by Dofus of its move to the Unity engine on December 3rd is now transforming into a whole big event, complete...
MMO sandbox BitCraft is launching its third closed alpha next week
BitCraft's latest letter from the producer heralds another big milestone for the game, as Clockwork Labs is launching closed alpha 3 as of November...
Old School RuneScape gets multiple mobile updates, outlines PvP plans, and adds Curse of Arrav quest
Old School RuneScape has got a lot of irons in the fire as evidenced by the MMORPG's variety of dev blog posts and updates,...
Mortal Online 2 adds ranked duels, spider mounts, and the ability to surrender in latest patch
The newest content patch for Mortal Online 2 is once again a bit of a melange, adding the ability to ride spiders, engage in...
WoW Factor: Is World of Warcraft’s War Within the ‘come back’ expansion Blizzard wanted it to be?
It was two years ago this month that World of Warcraft players were riding out the final days of one of its most disappointing...
No Man’s Sky is adding full multi-platform cross-saves, a PS5 Pro edition, and an old Mass Effect ship
Whenever Hello Games' Sean Murray starts dropping teasers on social media, you know something good is coming to No Man's Sky: Today, the studio...
Throne & Liberty’s latest patch will let guilds fight over a castle and try to deliver tax money
It was already outlined, but now it's here: The guilds of Throne and Liberty are now able to take part in a tax delivery...
Star Trek Online is bringing its Borg multiverse event to Xbox and PlayStation next week
It's not Star Trek if you're not milking the popularity of the Borg for all its worth -- a lesson that Star Trek Online...
