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Age of Conan unleashes its Slithering Chaos update
If you haven't realized it yet, today is National MMORPG Patch Day, which is presumably celebrated with a tall glass of update notes and...
Blade & Soul’s Beluga Lagoon update is an homage to a whale
It might not be the best idea to theme your MMORPG updates around "whales" in the current microtransaction climate, but that's exactly what NCsoft...
One Shots: Always fall, never winter
Thank you to everyone who posted pictures of autumnal scenery from MMOs. It truly is one of the best seasons (the worst is Smarch......
TERA opens the doors of its Harvest Festival Hall, teases the return of two classic dungeons
In a game that's quite renowned for its outlandish costumes, you just know that TERA has to bring something special to the table when...
DC Universe Online is capping off Amazon Fury with a deific battle
The end of DC Universe Online's Amazon Fury story is titanic. Ares, the god of war, has betrayed his co-conspirator Hades and teamed up...
One Shots: Putting the band back together
One of the great things about MMORPGs is that you can live out fantasies that are otherwise unobtainable for you in real life. Financial...
TERA’s next major update brings big changes for Sorcerers
The next major update for TERA is dubbed Spellbound, and it's bringing two new dungeons and two new armor sets to go along with...
Blade & Soul introduces Ebondrake Citadel and the Tower of Memory
It's the most wonderful day of the week for fans of Blade & Soul because it's patch day. Not only does this patch include...
Daybreak is cutting out game cards
If you're a big fan of buying game cards for Daybreak's various online offerings, you should go snap them up now before they're gone....
The Witching Hour Halloween events return to DC Universe Online
While it's been Halloween in the stores for at least two months already, the holiday festivities are just getting started in MMORPGs now that...
TERA’s Civil Unrest causes actual unrest when it fails to function
One of the big centerpiece features of TERA's most recent patch was the Civil Unrest event, with players teaming up to take on other...
One Shots: The Guild Wars franchise, then and now
Any time I see someone post an MMO screenshot from older games, I feel like it benefits the historical record by adding another visible...
DC Universe Online reworks its early game and welcomes back the Witching Hour
It's not yet October, but the Witching Hour has returned to plague DC Universe Online. There are minor changes to the Halloween event, including...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 84: Rise of Irony
Justin, Eliot, and MJ discuss World of Fishing, WoW, RIFT, ARK, TSW, SWTOR, H&G, FFXIV, Destiny, TERA, DDO, LOTRO, Icarus, and GW2, with mailbag letters on MMO swag and art styles.
Age of Conan’s complete collection launches with a steep discount
How's this for a savage one-two punch of happiness? Funcom has bundled every scrap of Age of Conan content into a complete collection and...
Leaderboard: Where did all the City of Heroes players go?
Based on the comments under Justin's Perfect Ten on City of Heroes memories this past week, a lot of folks out there in our audience really...
Age of Conan’s next patch is available for testing
You need to be careful to ensure that you've got the right sort of chaos going into the next Age of Conan update. The...
TERA plans non-cash shop prehistoric dragons, launches The Guilded Age
The new prehistoric dragon mounts of TERA are decidedly draconic, indisputably iconic, likely quite laconic, and sending players into understandable histrionics. After all, when...
DC Universe Online is overhauling its stats completely
Stats are a big deal in MMOs. Those little numbers that we try to make go higher are a big part of what makes...
TERA ushers in the Guilded Age
You know how some MMO content patches have a spread of features, giving everyone a little something? Well, TERA's update this week isn't that...
