Flameseeker Chronicles: My Guild Wars 2 goals for 2018
It's the time of year for spring-cleaning and goal-setting, where we look ahead to a fresh start filled with plenty of days left for...
EVE Evolved: A matter of balance in EVE Online
Throughout its almost 15-year lifetime, EVE Online has walked a fine line between developing new features and iterating on existing gameplay. Development has to...
The Daily Grind: What would you pay for an MMO subscription in 2018?
Here's something you probably didn't know about Camelot Unchained: Yes, it'll have a sub, but it won't be $15. Mark Jacobs re-confirmed that it'll be...
Leaderboard: Did you preorder WoW’s Battle for Azeroth expansion?
Last week was a flurry of excitement over World of Warcraft's Battle for Azeroth's preorders - and the news that the game will probably...
Wisdom of Nym: Looking at Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 4.2
A lot of times, I spread out my time with Final Fantasy XIV patches, unlocking and finishing up content at a reasonably sedate pace....
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unused place or feature in your favorite MMORPG?
I really like abandoned places in games. One of my favorite articles ever was about Glitch, after it sunsetted, when I recapped my experience...
Global Chat: To RIFT or not to RIFT?
Everyone's talking about RIFT's new Prime server idea -- and whether or not it will get us playing Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO once again....
One Shots: The jig is up
What will you when you embark on your pirate career in Sea of Thieves? I know that at least for me, the answer will...
The Daily Grind: What MMO accomplishments are you proud of?
I was joking around with one of my friends in Final Fantasy XIV the other day as she mentioned that she didn't think she...
LOTRO Legendarium: The 10 best pages on Lotro-Wiki
Earlier this week, one of my online friends and fellow Lord of the Rings Online player put out a notice that there was now...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most creative fauna?
Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I am always fascinated with the beasts, creatures, and enemy NPCs that developers create for MMORPGs. While there...
Massively Overthinking: What are your criteria for recommending MMOs?
Last week, we got a well-intentioned email from a reader named Rick, who proposed a column in which readers tell us what they are...
EverQuesting: EverQuest II is a packrat’s paradise
While some consider the acquisition of stuff to be distracting to gameplay, others of us know that it is actually a vital part of...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually care whether game studios apologize for screw-ups?
Bungie. Epic. Hi-Rez. Lots of apologies this week for one thing or another. As one of our readers, @Helltrek, put it, "It seems that the...
WoW Factor: So Battle for Azeroth is out for pre-order
Well, folks, I hope you've made your pre-purchases of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and started playing your allied races. I found out...
The Daily Grind: Has the MOBA bubble burst?
The past few weeks have not been kind for fans of MOBAs. In a short span of time we've lost Paragon, Master x Master,...
Battle Bards Episode 114: Vroom vroom!
Yes officer, these Battle Bards were well above the speed limit and violated many noise complaints in the local neighborhoods. But it was for...
Tamriel Infinium: Where will the next Elder Scrolls Online ‘chapter’ take place?
In case you missed it, a couple of weeks back there were a couple of spoilers datamined from the testing files that seem to...
Perfect Ten: Ten more World of Warcraft races fans would like to play
Sometimes, you write a column more or less as a mental exercise, and then World of Warcraft drops an expansion pre-purchase that makes it...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever been griefed in MMOs outside of combat?
It's a mistake to assume that the term "griefing" in an MMO context only refers to a nasty act in PvP combat, such as...