Star Wars Galaxies Legends begins Empire Day, grants player Medics species- & gender-change tools
Don't look now, but we're only a couple of weeks away from the 4th of July, which means a whole slew of MMOs figuring...
World of Warcraft ignites this year’s Midsummer Fire Festival
With the longest days of the year upon us here in the northern hemisphere, it seems proper and right to celebrate the sun's bounty...
The Stream Team: Beginning the launch journey in Tarisland
Today's the day! Assuming the servers don't turn into ash, anyway; MOP's Chris is going to start off his adventure in the newly launched...
Embracer Group talks up aspirations for AI tool integration with a ‘human-centric approach’
Embrace Group would like gamers to remember that it's still pretty villainous. The company's annual report for 2024 is out, and among its colorfully...
Project Gorgon’s latest patch offers a new dungeon, horse racing, and harder hardcore living
Last week, we noted that indie MMORPG Project Gorgon was due for a foundational update this week, one that paves the way for even...
WoW Factor: Is The War Within going to be ready for its launch?
The surprise announcement of the date for World of Warcraft: The War Within prompted what I'm sure is a lovely reader with a large...
EVE Vanguard engages its latest subscriber-only playtest with new map and mechanics
Yesterday wasn't just the summer solstice; it was also the start of the Solstice event/playtest for EVE Vanguard, the integrated FPS mode of EVE...
Raph Koster’s nine Playable Worlds teasers (so far) hint at the MMORPG sandbox you always wanted
As we covered earlier in the week, Raph Koster's studio Playable Worlds has been tweeting what appeared to be a countdown accompanied by a...
Funcom’s Joel Bylos explains why Dune Awakening is an actual, factual MMO
In an era where game studios are either backpedaling on calling their MMOs "MMOs,"Â it's refreshing to see one studio come outright and take ownership...
Tencent’s MMORPG Tarisland is officially live in the west today with Season 0: Mystery of the Hollows
Don't get too excited: While Tencent announced in Discord this morning that its free-to-play not-a-WoW-clone MMORPG Tarisland is live "with servers opening across regions,"...
The Daily Grind: What are the MMO hills you’re willing to die on, metaphorically?
MOP reader IronSalamander inspired today's Daily Grind with his comment on game preservation, which he declared a hill he'd be willing to die on.
"All...
Massively Overthinking: Unfair stigmas that follow MMORPGs
A few weeks back, our team was discussing the intersection of survival sandboxes, MMORPG virtual worlds, and gankboxes - and how hard it is...
Jandisoft’s Mad World is sunsetting on July 4 after only 15 months online
I'm sorry to report this evening that buried under all the Summer Game Fest reveals was the quiet news that Jandisoft's unique MMOARPG Mad...
Star Trek Online’s Unparalleled update arrives on consoles today
Despite the name, it would appear that Star Trek Online's latest update, Unparalleled, does indeed feature a parallel. In a parallel universe known as...
MMO sandbox Fractured bumps launch to later in the summer than anticipated
Last night on Discord, Dynamight Studios' Jacopo Gallelli apologized to Fractured fans, telling them that among the eight-person staff, he was the person who...
Guild Wars 2 previews Janthir Wilds’ land spears for Elementalists, Mesmers, and Revenants
Here we go: ArenaNet has finally dropped a dev blog on the final third of Guild Wars 2's classes destined for spear usage come...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas and Morgan Day talk about raid difficulty and defensive balance
The time-honored practice of World of Warcraft releasing a new raid tuned to challenge people racing to clear it first and then steadily making...
New World’s new video series is set on explaining the game to prospective console players
Still fussed over that whole Aeternum thing, New World players? Well, how about a new video series that welcomes you console players into the...
EverQuest makes its nearly three year-old Terror of Luclin expansion free for everyone
When is something old new again? When it's handed out for free, of course. Those who didn't bother to buy in to EverQuest's Terror...
SGF 2024: Previewing Funcom’s Dune Awakening, from PvP philosophy to the survival MMO label
I must admit I went into Summer Game Fest with pretty low expectations. I was MOP's "E3 guy" back when E3 was a concern,...
