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Battle Bards: The Final Refrain
It’s been a very long while, but the Battle Bards haven’t fully abandoned you — at least not without a goodbye! In the grand...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis brings new weapons, Braver class updates, and fourth anniversary celebration this April
The month of April is only a few days away, and with it will come a wide assortment of content updates for Phantasy Star...
DC Universe Online’s latest Day of Reckoning chapter, Aftershock, arrives with cross-faction leagues
The Day of Reckoning saga continues to play out in DC Universe Online, as the superhero MMO patches in Aftershock today.
"Prepare for the arrival...
TERA Console adjusts dugeons and dungeon reward drops, growth zones, and items in latest patches
The past couple of weeks in TERA Console have actually been pretty active, at least in terms of adjustments being made to the action...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
DC Universe Online brings back Mister Mxyzptik’s Mischief to mark St. Patrick’s Day
It's not St. Patrick's Day until Mister Mxyzptik stirs up trouble for the players of DC Universe Online. Luckily this annual tradition in the...
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis brings quests, spring, and anniversary events in March
Regular players of Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis celebrate two anniversaries: one for NG and one to mark the wider release of PSO2...
Choose My Adventure: Blade & Soul NEO doesn’t seem that different from Blade & Soul to me
I suppose I might have tripped myself up going into this month's game in terms of expectations. See, I know that Blade & Soul...
DC Universe Online kicks off its 2025 campaign with a Shock to the System
Are you ready for a year-long adventure in DC Universe Online? If not... well, presumably, you will not be playing the game's 2025 campaign,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 507: Get ‘er Dune
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Undermine(d), Dune Awakening's launch reveal, LOTRO and DDO 64-bit servers, Lost Ark Wild Soul, Blade and Soul NEO, Legends of Aria Classic's sunset, and the Project Gorgon vampirism patch, plus mailbag topics on non-combat PvP activities and comfort gaming.
NC America has officially launched Blade & Soul NEO in NA, EU, and SA
As promised, NCsoft is officially launching Blade & Soul NEO in the west for PC players today, so if you made a character in the...
The Stream Team: Taking a return trip as a Slayer through Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis
MOP's Chris is continuing to flip through his back catalogue of MMOs and multiplayer games, and today he's fallen back into Phantasy Star Online...
MMO Business Roundup: Olympic esports, Unity layoffs, and Krafton Q4 2024 financials
Welcome back for a quick roundup of some of the MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news bits from the week!
Esports: If for some reason you...
NCsoft Q4 2024: Guild Wars 2 and Blade & Soul are doing great, with Aion 2 waiting in the wings
The MMO company financial news just keeps coming this week as now we've got NCsoft's Q4 2024 financial report, and no, this one isn't...
Superman loves you, says DC Universe’s Valentine event
Toss aside any significant others you may have in your life, for they are but used tissue paper when compared to the magnificence of...
You can predownload Blade & Soul NEO today: Here’s everything we learned at the press event
NCsoft isn't calling Blade & Soul NEO this, but "B&S Classic Plus" is the fastest way I can communicate to core MMORPG players just...
EG7 Q3 2024: Palia hits console this spring as EverQuest, LOTRO drive Daybreak revenue
EG7 - that's the Swedish games conglom that bought up Daybreak and then kinda got taken over by Daybreak, amusingly - released its year-end...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs (and MMO-adjacent games) you can play on Nintendo Switch in 2025
In our family, there's an ongoing joke that I was the one who got the Nintendo Switch as a birthday present a few years...
DC Universe Online postpones a new character leveling event over ‘unforeseen issues’
Generally speaking, when an event is kicking off in your MMORPG, all systems are go, especially if that event is going to see a...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2025?
You know, you're not reading this piece until January, but I sat down to write it ahead of the turn of the year, when...
