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The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures
In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....
TERA announces the Elin Gunner, tees off Argon Assault event
We guess TERA was feeling left out of the Asian "little girls with big guns" club, because Bluehole announced this week that the Elin...
DC Universe Online lays out future plans, teases skill point respec UI
Look up there, in the sky! Is it a producer's letter for DC Universe Online? Is it a state of the game post? Nay,...
Global Chat: What Asian MMOs can learn from the west
Usually when it comes to discussing world hemispheres of MMO game design, comments and observations are made about what western studios can learn from their...
TERA Online update brings balance to the classes
Where's the respect for the medium-sized patches? You know, the ones that are bigger than forgettable hotfixes but smaller than the glamorous content updates?...
NCsoft Q2 2017: Guild Wars 2 drops to new all-time low, Blade and Soul heads to console
Ready to take high Asian fantasy to your home console? You'd better because NCsoft recently announced that it is working on adapting Blade and...
Choose My Adventure: Get out of here, DC Universe Online
So this is an unusual situation for me: I've never actually played a game for Choose My Adventure that I've disliked this much.
Those of...
Mobile MMOs: Pokemon Go’s curfew, Logres’ launch, and spinoffs for Aion and TERA
By chance, we had a bunch of easily combinable mobile MMO news stories waiting to be written this morning, so let's get to them...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 129: Treasure Trove
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, Secret World Legends, Trove, ArcheAge, Blade & Soul, Star Citizen, Chronicles of Elyria, Crowfall, and DCUO, with mailbag questions on non-fantasy MMOs and soloing in MMOs: %SURL%
Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades
Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...
One Shots: The one where we mention Michael Bay
Warning: This column will contain GRAPHIC and EXPLICIT references to film auteur Michael Bay. You may find yourself cutting away in excitement every two...
Choose My Adventure: Teleporting for fun in DC Universe Online
I may not be the best person in the world to talk about the stat revamp in DC Universe Online. Scratch that - I...
DC Universe Online launches its far-reaching stats revamp
How do stats work in DC Universe Online? Before you answer, know that your answer is probably wrong if it doesn't take into account...
Blade and Soul announces server merges, hypes upcoming patches
Major events are in motion over at Blade and Soul, illuminated by the game's newest producer's letter from Jonathan Lien. While Lien spent a...
One Shots: Hail to the victor!
Have you ever been able to capture a truly victorious moment in your MMORPG journeys? Rees Racer did, and he is not above showing...
DC Universe Online looks forward to a new powerset and two new stories
Ah, summer, the time of year when everyone inevitably starts thinking about the fall. It is what comes next, after all. So DC Universe...
Choose My Adventure: Two approaches to whining about DC Universe Online
Dear readers, today I am going to try something different for all of you. And it's predicated on the fact that I'm not just...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 127: EVE walks no more
Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, EVE, SWTOR, Black Desert, Albion, and Citadel, plus a mailbag question on class and character investment in MMORPGs, with a special interview segment featuring ARK: Survival Evolved composer Gareth Coker.
DC Universe Online is releasing its stat rebalance with its next major patch
No one likes seeing numbers go down in an MMO. You work really hard to make sure your attack power goes as high as...
One Shots: Man of Tungsten
Look there! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Mysecretid!
Who among us hasn't played a video game at some point and...
