Cryptic is killing off cross-game chat in Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online
One of the best features of Cryptic's MMOs over the years was the fact that players could communicate cross-game in a unique multi-server global...
The Daily Grind: What MMO quality-of-life update had the biggest impact on your gameplay?
Quality-of-life updates in MMOs don't usually get all that much attention from the most plugged-in gamers, but the truth is, they can have an...
The Stream Team: Ready for DDO’s Redfang
If descending into a pit of traps and spiders in the Marketplace sounds like a great time, DDO has the place for you! And...
Massively Overthinking: How could MMOs combat endgame rushing?
Rushers, content locusts, world-firsters: Whatever you want to call them, these folks are both a boon and a bane for MMORPGs. They buy the...
Turn-based tactical MMO Atlantica Online is arriving to Steam March 26
While Atlantica Online, the tactics-minded turn-based MMORPG from Valofe and Nexon, has been around for a fair while globally, it hasn't made any inroads...
Star Trek Online shows off the Section 31 battlecruiser in a livestream
If you love seeing those T6 ships in Star Trek Online in action, then the latest episode of Ten Forward Weekly is right up...
PlanetSide 2’s Escalation is really truly launching, this time on March 11
Back in February, Daybreak and Rogue Planet Games were talking up PlanetSide 2's Escalation update, at one point meant to launch February 19th, then...
SpatialOS developer Improbable reports $81 million in operating losses
Improbable, the London-based startup that's responsible for creating SpatialOS, has released its accounts to Companies House, and the news is not good. The company...
Kickstarted cyberpunk MMO Zenith’s pre-alpha is now slated for March 21
Last fall, Zenith came out of nowhere to raise over a quarter of a million dollars on Kickstarter. Its tiny team - the three-person...
Vague Patch Notes: Why PvP is a cheap way to fill out a game’s content compared to PvE
It feels like about four years ago when I laid down the first in a semi-regular series of columns I see as "useful notes"...
Bless Unleashed is hard at work fixing bugs and errors
As Bless Unleashed moves into the choppy waters of launch from the more placid seas of beta and headstart, it needs to address a number...
Blue Protocol’s Japanese closed beta has been delayed nearly a month over coronavirus
We've previously noted how some MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles, from EVE Echoes to Path of Exile, had seen delays and setbacks thanks to the...
Black Desert’s anniversary event, world boss, new zone, and 10.6 million characters
A very happy birthday to Black Desert, which is celebrating its fourth anniversary here in the west. The popular fantasy sandbox put out an...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs you enjoy that aren’t worth starting new in 2020?
Anyone who knows me also knows that I really love City of Heroes. It's a great game and for a long time it was a...
The Stream Team: Onderon hunting (datacron) party in SWTOR
Do Massively OP's Larry and MJ know how to party or what? With that little smidgen of story done, the two are forming another...
Test your World of Warcraft geography knowledge with this player-made quiz
Do you know Azeroth? I mean, do you really know Azeroth? As in you can pick out the Timeless Isle or the Ruins of...
EVE Online’s next Skilling Spree event adds a PvP component
The popular Skilling Spree and Chilling Spree events of EVE Online are coming back to the game, but this time there's a PvP-shaped wrinkle...
Ashes of Creation shares the lore and the development of the Scalerunner mount
Ashes of Creation is adding a new mount, and as is often the case when this happens, there's a big ol' lore dump that...
Final Fantasy XI announces its new Odyssey content with the next patch
Hey, remember when we mentioned with every single post about Final Fantasy XI that the game was supposed to be in maintenance mode? It's still...
Another World of Warcraft: Shadowlands encrypted alpha build is out now
When is the start of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands testing? Well, on a small scale it seems to have already happened, since the latest encrypted...
