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The Queen update of Albion Online has done pretty well by game director Robin Henkys' reckoning, but as with every MMORPG, it's always about the next update, which is the primary focus of the latest dev update video. The video starts with Henkys touting the "massively successful" Queen update and its 13 patches before rolling on with a general features...

Raph Koster, the CEO of Playable Worlds, certainly has plenty of thoughts about the creation of a metaverse. First, however, you have to actually make a compelling game. That's the general point of an interview with VentureBeat, which talks about the studio's developing MMO from both a technical and communal standpoint. According to Koster, the sandbox game will be cloud-based,...

Last week we asked readers to share their favorite color in the form of a screenshot. But why pick one color when WildStar had all of them in blindingly bright neon glory? Utakata casts our minds back to a time when double-jumping and chatty taxi drivers were a thing in our MMOs. Well, now I've bummed myself out, and I'm...

As broken as it was, I still did like the foundations behind Final Fantasy XIV's launch setup of abilities. The down side to this system, of course, was that it was a mess and a half and no part of it worked really well, something I talked about at the time. But it was neat to have a whole lot...

Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs (and MMO-adjacent titles) you've never heard of! Remember Past Fate? It made it into this roundup last year when it was prepping a Kickstarter, but that Kickstarter was ultimately canceled and the game went into its first open alpha back in February. Now it's pushing toward its second open alpha, running from...

It's like Shark Week but with digital extraterrestrial life! Or more specifically, it's much like the game's St. Patrick's Day celebration. In any event, Star Citizen is celebrating Alien Week, which offers up a number of community events and lore details in honor of the alien life in the 'Verse. The meat and potatoes of Alien Week is all about...

While it wasn't ready for primetime this past spring, New World is prepared to make a big splash when it arrives later this summer. Amazon Game Studios announced during the PC Gaming Show today that the colonial-era MMORPG is scheduled to launch globally on August 25th. Prior to that date, New World will run a closed beta test starting on...

It's hard to resist the allure of a new ARK map, even for Massively OP's MJ. And since the map is a free community crafted one that just became official, she doesn't feel bad diving in to see what it's all about. Join us live at 4:00 p.m. for a journey to the Crystal Isles of ARK: Survival Evolved...

PC Gamer's PC Gaming Show is upon us today, and good news for MMO fans: We're actually expecting several fun reveals, from the likes of New World, Torchlight III, Funcom, and Frontier. The show kicks off at 2 p.m. EDT today; you can watch it on YouTube below or on Twitch, Twitter (really), or Facebook (seriously). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jXwPnDpMD4&feature=youtu.be As usual, we'll be updating...

Just because you've hit the level cap or come to the end of available quests in Lord of the Rings Online doesn't mean you've run out of content to do. As I've been waiting for new patch unlocks to happen this last month or so, I've turned to a surprisingly engaging activity that's been in the game from launch:...