Raph Koster will give more insight on Playable Worlds’ in-development MMO next year
We've been wondering just what Playable Worlds, the dev studio headed by Raph Koster, has cooking for the MMORPG world. During a an "MMO...
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...
SMITE suspends 5,000 accounts due to racist chat
The chat box of an MMO was never meant to be a safe haven for racists, but with the protests across the US calling...
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...
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,...
Destiny 2 took an hour and a half to blow up a ship in its weekend event
If you thought Destiny 2 might be the game to challenge Fortnite's supposed "metaverse" status, well, we're sorry to disappoint you on... basically every...
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...
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...
Crucible shelves two of its three game modes as part of planned refinements
The devs of Crucible are looking to refine the team-based shooter, which has been roughly outlined in a dev post on Steam as well...
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...
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...
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...
Valorant is being prototyped for console releases as well
At long last, Valorant is officially released so you can play the game. But that's not enough; everyone knows that the real release is when you...
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...
Grab a War Thunder Starfighters closed beta key from Gaijin and Massively OP
War Thunder is currently in the middle of a closed beta test for its next major content update, Starfighters, the centerpiece of which is...
Dauntless previews Umbral Deeps and Relics & Ruin huntpass
For those who have been following Dauntless on Twitter, you know that the next update is coming and it's bringing a whole lot of...
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...
Destiny’s Sword offers up a new PvP demo, blames its radio silence on the pandemic
Do you recall Destiny's Sword? It's a tactical MMO that plays like X-Com but has a metagame where players have to also consider their...
