Desert Oasis: The worst week I’ve ever had in Black Desert Online
This week, I was planning a third entry on my adventures in Black Desert Mobile, but a few very exasperating incidents happened to me...
Vague Patch Notes: What we mean when we talk about MMO success – and failure
Yesterday, aside from love being such an easy game to play, MOP's Justin graced us with a Daily Grind asking about why it was RIFT...
Classic Guild Wars tightens up security in its latest update
Among the many little unique quirks that were seen in the original Guild Wars and pretty much nowhere else was a security question that...
Camelot Unchained’s latest news dispatches cover Dragon’s Web, giants, and art
Camelot Unchained's City State Entertainment dropped three chunks of content from the developers last night, a bit unusually since it was a Wednesday and...
Ashes of Creation previews mounts and underwater content in latest livestream
Getting around on foot in Ashes of Creation is all well and good, but why bother with that when you've got mounts? That was...
The Daily Grind: What makes you most likely to spend money on a free-to-play MMO?
There are two basic approaches that strike me when it comes to free-to-play monetization, as I see it. The first is a sense of...
The Stream Team: Canvassing Corellia and hunting Hoth for SWTOR’s droids
The search for droids (oh, and we suppose The Shroud, too) continues in SWTOR. This week, Massively OP's Larry and MJ will be canvassing...
Mortal Online 2 adds new races and a host of other adjustments in its latest combat alpha patch
The combat alpha testing for Mortal Online 2 continues to move forward as the most recent patch has made several additions, most notably the...
Wurm Online patches in improvements to sacrificing items
Players in Wurm Online deserve to get stuff when they sacrifice things. Not things like time or money, but in-game items used for Favor. The...
Old School RuneScape breaks down the Trailblazer League in a video and adds the last Poll 72 updates
The time for the upcoming Trailblazer League in Old School RuneScape is almost nigh, so in order to get players prepared for it (and...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for full throttle campaigns in October
The next version update for Final Fantasy XI will be in October, but at this point no details are known beyond the usual monthly content...
Guild Wars 2 preps tournament week, while community website Dulfy.net disappears
Guild Wars 2's PvP scene is a lot like hanging out at the pool. Some players are content to sit on the sidelines, some...
The Stream Team: Happy 10th birthday Final Fantasy XIV!
Double digits unlocked! FFXIV turns 10 today -- if you count from the day first launch. (With A Realm Reborn, the game enjoyed a...
Today’s Crowfall patch adds guild alliances, mounts, and performance boosts
Crowfall's much-touted guild alliance update has arrived to the beta today, along with the rest of the 6.100 content, which includes the alliance system,...
PSA: Lord of the Rings Online has switched its payment processors – RIP Subway gift cards
You can no longer pay for things in Lord of the Rings Online via Subway gift cards. No, really. This is a thing. Anyone...
Perfect Ten: 10 tools MMOs use to tell stories
While some players like to rebel against the notion that MMORPGs are storytelling experiencies, that narrative is exactly why I show up to these...
World of Warcraft explains Shadowlands’ Conduit levels, preps stress test for today
With less than a month until the announced launch date for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, players are anxiously crying out in one voice for just...
Black Desert confirms backwards compatibility with PS5 and Xbox Series X
So, you like to play Black Desert on console, but you also are excited for the next generation of consoles that are coming soon....
Here’s Torchlight III’s headstart pre-launch is going to work in October
Hot on the heels of its launch announcement yesterday, Torchlight III's Echtra Games and PWE posted another state of the game piece meant for...
The Daily Grind: Why didn’t RIFT do better?
Want to make me sad? All you need to do is remind me that RIFT is stagnating in the hands of Gamigo, which hasn't...
