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Almost five years after killing Player Studio, Daybreak wants to revive a Creator Program
It's weird enough to see a Daybreak press release in my inbox, but this one threw me for a loop as it's for a...
Perfect Ten: The 10 best Final Fantasy crossovers
So yesterday we got hit with the Final Fantasy XVI crossover in Final Fantasy XIV. It was all right, I guess. But it wasn't...
Working As Intended: The top 10 hot tubs in MMORPGs
It's been a running joke for a few years that I always put hot tubs in my MMO houses whenever possible, and once that...
April Fools’ Day 2024 events and gags from around the MMORPG world
Welcome to weird MMORPG game mode day! I mean, April Fools' Day - not that we're sorry a lot of the "pranks" have become...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s April content isn’t all laughs
Pokemon Go isn't talking about its yearly April Fools' day event yet, but we do have some details on the rest of the month,...
Daybreak’s DC Universe Online launches native PS5 version, picks up ex-Cryptic devs, drops huge 2024 roadmap
If you cast your mind back to early February, you might recall that Daybreak parent company EG7 specifically called out DC Universe Online studio...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with live-action media tie-ins
Every so often I think to myself that a video game should get some kind of media adaptation before I come to my senses....
DC Universe Online reruns St. Patrick’s Day event as players raise concerns over perceived silence
St. Patrick's Day is coming soon, but DC Universe Online is getting into the Emerald Isle spirit ahead of time the only way it...
Vindictus’ sequel, Defying Fate, has kicked off its pre-alpha test phase
The storied Vindictus franchise enters into a new era this week as its action RPG sequel, Vindictus: Defying Fate, started pre-alpha testing.
Nexon announced that...
TERA Console launches its newest battle pass, balances classes, and makes quality-of-life changes
TERA Console is still swimming along in the wake of its closed PC sibling: The MMORPG has released another update this week that arguably...
Vindictus Defying Fate spinoff begins alpha testing limited multiplayer next week
Well, it's not the Vindictus 2 you wanted, but it's something: As we noted earlier this week, Nexon is barreling onward with Vindictus Defying...
Perfect Ten: MMOs where you can play as robots and cyborgs
Robots are, let's face it, very important. You might say that's not true, and to that I say: When you get to write the...
Action MMORPG Vindictus unveils a standalone single-player action RPG Vindictus Defying Fate
Are you a fan of Vindictus enough that you'd be willing to play a standalone single-player title cut from the MMO's cloth? Then you're...
The MOP Up: Lost Skies gets downright cozy inside of its ships
Lost Skies'Â February dev blog showed off some UX work, early prototypes of its weapon damage system, and some super-cozy ship interior concepts. Also, the...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Season of Wonder is evasive, but March scores critical hits
Pokemon Go's Sinnoh Tours and Season of Timeless Travels are both behind us, and we're left with... World of Wonders? Based on the latest announcements...
Massively Overthinking: Always-online vs. offline modes in multiplayer games
The Nightingale team's admission that players are clamoring for an offline version of the game - and that Inflexion is now planning to do...
Vindictus pits players against a vampire gardener raid boss
After taking a brutal and unexpected axe to all of its PvP systems earlier this year, Vindictus is looking to shore up that self-inflicted...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with interesting Guinness World Records
I never quite know how much stock to put in Guinness World Records. I guess it's somewhere between "for amusement value" and "stone cold...
The MOP Up: Aion, Lineage 2, and Blade and Soul get ready for a new launcher
Blade and Soul, Lineage II, and Aion are all preparing to migrate everyone from the old launcher to the new PLAYNC platform. NCsoft posted...
One Shots: The mosh pit of friendship
I don't know about you, but when I get together with 75 of my closest friends, I like to crowd right up on them...
