The Daily Grind: What do you do in MMOs to calm down?
At the risk of giving you more information than you all want to hear, lately my anxiety issues have been reaching a fever pitch. But you know what tends to calm me down? Daily quests. Running through the motions on Yavin 4 in Star Wars: The Old Republic, befriending the Vanu Vanu in Final Fantasy XIV, even just flying...
Make My MMO: Shroud of the Avatar preps release schedule (January 16, 2016)
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Shroud of the Avatar broke $8 million in crowdfunding thanks in part to a crazy telethon in which Portalarium's Richard Garriott donated his hair to the cause. Alpha testing is on the horizon; in the game's latest newsletter, we were treated to a video and images of several in-progress areas as well as promises...
Wear animals while mentoring in Moonlight Blade
What's big in fashion in Moonlight Blade for the new year? It's not animal prints -- it's animals! From accessories to costumes to weapons, the Chinese-language martial-arts game has a whole new spring line-up of rabbits, monkeys, horses, and pandas for players to adorn themselves in. There's even a hamster-wheel backpack. Don't be left in 2015: Peruse the new items...
Knight Online launches on Steam next week
The day has come for Knight Online. The old-school medieval MMORPG, first released in Korea in 2004, is being reborn on Steam on January 25th. At 7:00 p.m. EST, players will be able to become knights in defense of the world of Adonis on a brand-new server, separate from the currently running game. The trailer below offers a peek...
City of Titans teases its superhero character modeling
Missing Worlds Media's Warcabbit is showing us how the superhero sausage is made in a recent post on the City of Titans forums.
The in-development indie MMORPG details the making of a character's model and animations, from the skeleton to the mesh to the textures on top.
"It looks like we'll have only two base bodies in the game. Male and Female....
Ghost in the Shell Online adds a new operative, a new map, and new guns
There's a new operative in town for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online (or just Ghost in the Shell Online if you're into the whole brevity thing). The latest update to the early access shooter brings Maven into the playable character roster. Maven can deploy barriers to prevent enemies from seeing what's on the...
Star Citizen recaps December’s progress across all of its studios
Even as December 2015 is fading into the distance, Star Citizen has a few words to say about the progress its team made during the last month of the year.
Among the accomplishments listed by the various team include stabilizing the Alpha 2.0 release, coming up with a better way to handle itemization, evaluating the performance of the Freelancer, releasing...
The Game Archaeologist: Online gaming service providers of the ’80s and ’90s
As graphical MMOs took off in the 1990s with the advent of games like Neverwinter Nights, The Realm, and Ultima Online, many of them did so with the help of gaming service providers. It might be hard to imagine today, but back before the web was ubiquitous, people who wanted to go online usually did so through a specific service...
The Stream Team: The hunt for ARK’s pooper scoopers
Two new dinosaurs have descended upon ARK: Survival Evolved, and you know what that means: It means MassivelyOP's MJ must have them! Her first target is the dung beetle. After all, with all her dinos, a pooper scooper would sure be handy to have in the MOP pen. Tune in live at 12:00 p.m. as MJ goes in search...
Elder Scrolls Online subscribers to get bottomless crafting bags
Packrats rejoice! If you ever wanted a bag of holding in The Elder Scrolls Online to store all your piles crafting components, then you are luck. During last night's livestream, Game Director Matt Firor revealed that bags with unlimited space for crafting items are scheduled to be introduced in the Dark Brotherhood DLC. These bags will be an exclusive...
