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Lost Ark discusses designing the lore, sound, and systems of the Voldis region
The month of December was all about Voldis for Lost Ark players, as the new continent and its various features dropped on fans of...
Lost Ark’s second anniversary-themed ‘2 Extreme’ update is, obviously, too extreme for you
It seems wild to me that Lost Ark is already nearing two years old, especially knowing that was only the western launch - it's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 455: Odyssey to the abyss
Justin and Bree discuss Riot's and Blizzard's layoffs, the death of Blizzard's Odyssey, Palworld, Kritika, The Day Before, and Star Trek Online, with adventures in Guild Wars 2 and City of Heroes, plus a mailbag topic on memorable fluff loot.
The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too
In a recent press Q&A around the announcement of Elder Scrolls Online's Gold Road chapter, Zenimax creative director Rich Lambert appeared to dismiss the...
WoW Classic Season of Discovery’s next phase includes Gnomeregan raid, but no more GDKP runs
The next phase for WoW Classic's Season of Discovery servers is imminent, and Blizzard is sharing some -- but not all -- of the...
New World’s Year of the Dragon mini event rings in Lunar New Year starting February 7
Amazon's latest New World dev blog and video is going ham on a holiday that is slowly but surely taking over the MMORPG festival...
Interview: Survival MMO Age of Water on monetization, sandbox play, and the Q1 early access launch
Way back at the end of 2020, we first caught wind of a new sandbox called Age of Water: Developed by Three Whales Studio...
New World’s loot biasing was meant to reduce bad feelings’ over RNG
How many times have events in MMOs caused you to drop to your knees, shake your fists at the sky, and curse your RNG...
New World introduces new combat leads, talks dodge spam, mana, and movement
If you're following along witho how Amazon Games Studio is communicating its development New World - and I know a lot of folks are...
New World nerfs bosses, addresses low server pop realms and the future of merges
New World's update in the wee hours of this morning was not a major one, but it still includes some notable bits - the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 454: MMO roadmap roundup
Justin and Bree discuss the 2024 roadmaps for Lord of the Rings Online, Lost Ark, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, EVE Online, Elder Scrolls Online, New World, EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, and City of Heroes.
New World’s latest Q&A tackles cheaters, rewards, and the content coming before May
Amazon is back with another New World Q&A video this week touching on everything from planned content to blatant aimhackers.
Scot Lane begins by clarifying...
New World queues up another round of server merges this week
New World is on the verge of a fresh round of server merges, according to announcements made to players last night. "To improve the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs have a permanent place on your desktop?
On the MOP Podcast a while back, I mentioned that Project Gorgon had made its way into a permanent home on my PC, which...
The Daily Grind: What will be the next MMO to undergo a big business model shift?
2023 turned out to be a weird year for business models in MMOs. It was certainly the year of cadence shifts and seasonal shifts,...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Gold Road chapter takes players back to Oblivion’s best city on June 3
With the conclusion of Elder Scrolls Online's stream this afternoon, we can finally talk about the new chapter, dubbed Gold Road. TES fans who...
Amazon explains how it balances New World’s economy faucets and sinks in latest video
Who wants to talk about money?! Amazon does, and the economy is indeed the subject of this week's Forged in Aeternum video for New...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 453: Massively minds of the roundtable
Justin, Bree, Chris, and Sam sit for a roundtable to discuss the MMOs we've been playing, our highlights for 2023, the MOP awards, and the state of the genre.
New World’s cross-world expedition group finder heads to the PTR for testing today
All right folks, if you wanted the cross-world group finder in New World, it's finally your day... to test it, that is. Amazon announced...
Vitae Aeternum: The ups and downs of New World’s revamped story
In the early days, I made the argument that New World's narrative, while minimal, deserved more credit than it was getting. Since then, however,...
