English lawmakers may classify lockboxes as straight-up gambling
Video game studios that feature lockboxes in their titles are sitting very uncomfortably this week as England decides whether or not to make their...
ArcheAge Unchained’s new Fresh Start servers roll out on June 11
Let's be honest, if any MMO would want to hit a reset button for itself, it'd be ArcheAge Unchained. While the game's entire rocky...
EA Play Live and Steam’s Summer Game Festival are being delayed
We are at that weird point in our insane timeline where Electronic Arts ends up looking like the good guy and Valve doesn't.
EA announced...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG sees the most multiboxing as of 2020?
A couple of months ago, I read a post on the Nomadic Gamers, Eh! blog where Stargrace begins her post talking about multboxing in...
MMO Week in Review: Solidarity, Odyssey, and mourning FFXIV’s Fan Festival
This week, the news across the US and the world focused on the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement, and gaming joined in the chorus,...
The MOP Up: Granado Espada got a brand-new server
Have you completely forgotten that Granado Espada -- also called Sword of the New World -- still exists? It does, and in fact, the...
Make My MMO: Elite Dangerous’ Odyssey is a challenge to Star Citizen
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Elite Dangerous formally announced the Odyssey expansion coming in 2021, which will put players on the ground, literally, as...
Global Chat: Phantasy Star Online 2 tips and tricks
As you... may have heard, Phantasy Star Online 2's PC launch was all sorts of horrible, especially from an installation perspective. Belghast over at...
Dungeons and Dragons Online gives everyone 46 free quest packs, posts hardcore season leaderboard
Just in case you missed seeing this the other day, Dungeons and Dragons Online is making a huge bulk of its content completely free...
One Shots: Do you have a few moments to talk about Jediism?
Here's a player housing pro-tip that is useful when striking up a settlement in a risky location: Make a door. A big door. A...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most irritating bit of MMO randomness you’ve dealt with?
I've frequently said that Final Fantasy XI influenced a lot of my later feelings on MMOs, and this is also true of the crafting. For...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Conqueror’s Blade’s first anniversary
Conqueror’s Blade celebrated its first anniversary this week, and Massively OP's MJ hopping in headfirst to join the festivities. What's a battle but a...
EVE Online’s Invasion event overtakes the galaxy while new ships approach
EVE Online's galaxy is on fire -- more than usual, we mean. As MOP's Brendan covered last week, the Invasion event of the past...
The Game Archaeologist: Were sequels ever a good idea for MMOs?
From movies to books to video games, sequels (and all related spin-offs) are a common sight when a property is sufficiently successful enough. Even...
Elder Scrolls Online moves Greymoor’s console release out of the way of George Floyd’s funeral
The widespread outrage and protests against police brutality over the past week and a half have trickled their way down into many facets of...
The Daily Grind: Which lowbie MMO alt have you enjoyed playing the most?
Looking back over all of the characters that I've made in MMOs, I've probably spent half my time on low-level alts that never went...
The Stream Team: Going for Guild Wars 2’s glider
So many times in Guild Wars 2 Massively OP's MJ has been teased with the chance to jump in the air and glide away...
Betawatch: Magic Legends gears up for summer testing
There's something in the air that makes it feel as if Magic: Legends is getting ready for its first public testing phase. I don't know...
SoulWorker introduces a new high-level raid in its recent update
Yesterday saw the action MMO SoulWorker kick out a new update that has something for the high-level player: a new raid. Players level 65...
MMO Business Roundup: Paradox signs union agreement, shareholders slam Activision-Blizzard
Welcome back to another quickie roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry business news.
Activision-Blizzard is under fire yet again for its corporate management, this...
