Opinion

MMORPG devs know that we -- the uncoolest of all peoples -- desperately want to feel cool in our video game. And so we...

Justin and Bree discuss Fallout 76, WoW China, MMO financials, Dragon's Prophet, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, with adventures in SWG Legends and Elder Scrolls online, plus mailbag topics on character select screens and new classes for expansions.

So the past poll was a 50/50 split, but I'm curious if that's because regular Star Trek Online players knew what was coming. Considering the...

I quite like Final Fantasy XIV's healers. I really enjoy both Scholar and White Mage, and considering that this expansion is one in which I'd...

I’ve been itching to get back in and play some Crowfall, and with the War of the Gods update I've got a good reason:...

If you've ever been to generalist gaming Reddits, you know one of the most common threads is the "what should I play" thread, which...

When Pantheon recently announced that it would be adding coin weight to its inventory management system, little did the devs know that they were...

It's really silly to have alts in Final Fantasy XI or Final Fantasy XIV. I do. I actually have several. The one saving grace I have...

While my primary interest and focus in this column continues to be Lord of the Rings Online, I'm not so stubborn as to refuse...

At a baseline, I expect my MMO guilds to at least keep me entertained and socially connected through chat. But the really good guilds,...

To the moon, Alice! Well, I may not be Alice, but I did go straight to the moon. EverQuest II's Blood of Luclin expansion...

So now we've gone through all of the ability unpruning and changing coming with World of Warcraft's next expansion. We know what it's going...

Rollbacks are in the news lately, and not for great reasons - some Guild Wars 2 players did indeed lose hours of time played...

A Random MMO Fan recently wrote to us with a fun topic, linking to an article about Cyberpunk 2077's ESRB rating, which is apparently...

Guilds: one of the quintessential social features of an MMO. Along with grinding, crafting, and partying up, guilds are just one of those things...

I had finally hit level 41 on Red Mage in Final Fantasy XI. That was when the world changed, and if you played the game,...

The other day, I was talking with a friend who raised an interesting point that's still sticking in my head. She was talking about...

When Digital Extremes announced the scrapping of all TennoCon 2020 in-person attendee plans, I was understandably pretty bummed. After all, Warframe's event nabbed the...

Pretty much since its inception, World of Warcraft has made a point to include just-for-fun items that were more about personal expression and enjoyment....

MMORPGs crossing over into other entertainment mediums isn't unknown to us at this point, of course. There was that Warcraft movie that one time....