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We're down to the wire for MMORPG Past Fate, whose second Kickstarter is set to expire tomorrow morning. A week or two ago, I didn't think they'd make it; only $4000 had been raised by August 21st. But as of today, the game is hovering around $20,000 of its $25,000 goal, meaning it definitely has a chance of success...

If you thought Epic Games was being childish or cynical in its attempts to rile up the video game faithful over its otherwise perfectly reasonable anti-monopoly lawsuits against Apple (and Google, though it's been more of an afterthought), well, then you're not going to change your mind as a result of this story. Apparently, a week after dropping its...

So secondary stats on gear in World of Warcraft have the potential to get out of control. Fortunately, the developers have a solution for Shadowlands by... wait, I heard someone shout, "by ensuring the endgame isn't an ever-escalating series of rewards for overstuffed raid tiers." That's wrong. Be quiet. It's by... no, wait, someone else shouted, "by flattening an overall...

It need not be said that Final Fantasy XIV has both devoted fans and developers, but that is still the fact of the matter. Composer and YouTuber Alex Moukala is one such fan, and in dissecting the music of the game's patch 5.3, he posted a short video demonstrating just how funky the boss track for the trial encounter...

With its final wipe behind it and a fall launch ahead, Torchlight III is picking up momentum as it barrels through August. This week's State of the Game post reported that all of this hype has translated into "a bunch of new activity, players, and feedback" for the online ARPG. Echtra Games addressed many questions that players had about the...

A second period of server instability in the past month is plaguing Lord of the Rings Online, even as Standing Stone Games said that it is trying to resolve the issues. Frustrated players have taken to Twitter, Reddit, the forums, and even Change.org to make their voices heard. One player started a petition to "Ask SSG to make better servers,"...

With Crowfall hitting beta and carving out a clear path to launch, it's only natural that we start taking a hard look once again at our regular Make My MMO lists to remind ourselves of all the crowdfunded MMORPGs that are still lingering out there in one state of testing or another without a convincing release plan. Star Citizen...

Massively OP's MJ is celebrating her first stream in her new house by exploring DDO's Death House, purely by coincidence! She certainly didn't move anywhere called Ravenloft... at least, she's pretty sure that wasn't the name of the new town. But she can never pass up the chance to check out a cool/creepy old home -- that's why she...

Longtime MOP reader Ken from Chicago recently asked us to talk about crafting - but he didn't want us to just list off the best crafting systems. Instead, he wanted us to talk about the best parts of different crafting systems across MMOs and how we might combine them together for the perfect cocktail. "I think you've done a Perfect...

As it hacks and slashes its way through its combat alpha, Mortal Online 2 is slowly but surely taking shape. This successor to the upgraded to Patch 0.0.0.23 (the extra zeroes are just Cheerios), bringing in two new features for players to enjoy: torches and a new dungeon. Torches always are nice to have to do double-duty as both a...