action combat
TERA’s next class is fighting evil (and everything else) by moonlight
Another class is coming to TERA, so if you have your bingo cards, get them out. Yes, it's a female-only class, yes, it's for...
Blade & Soul’s Ruins of Khanda Vihar patch brings new storyline, dungeon, and winter holiday content
"The winds of Fate beckon!" NCsoft posted today following Blade & Soul's return to service after maintenance. Yes, the 2.9 update is live now...
DC Universe Online brings out new holiday outfits and penguins for December
It's time for the holidays in DC Universe Online once again, and that means that a supervillain is going to try to ruin the...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG stories of 2016
As we start to come to grips with the fact that we will be turning over the calendar into 2017 in one short month,...
Battle Bards Episode 87: Elves!
It’s high time that the Battle Bards lie prostrate at the feet of their social and intellectual superiors, the high and mighty Elves! Yes,...
TERA’s Fang and Feather update goes live today
Despite the name, TERA's most recent update doesn't feature an overwhelming quantity of fangs or feathers. Both of them are doubtlessly involved, but that...
DC Universe Online reveals anniversary event, plans for 2017
What's on the agenda for superhero MMORPG DC Universe Online in 2017? Oh not much, just a huge stats revamp, new time-limited events, and...
DC Universe Online opens up its episodes for the holidays
Maybe you're a new player of DC Universe Online who hasn't yet decided to subscribe. Maybe you're a former subscriber who wants to wrap...
TERA previews its upcoming 30-person raid, Harrowhold
The next TERA update is going for big numbers with the introduction of the Harrowhold raid, bringing 30 players into the fold to take...
Conan Exiles announces January 31 early access launch with new trailer
Back in June, Funcom announced a big delay of Conan Exiles' early access launch plan, from September 13th to a vague January 2017. Today,...
Blade and Soul announces the Gunslinger and Korean F2P
It seems so very long ago, but the beginning of 2016 was dominated with excitement and expectations for Blade and Soul. For a good...
One Shots: A home away from home
If you were to move into an MMO for real, where would you live? I posed this question last week to the One Shots...
Moonlight Blade will let you play as a tween girl
Perhaps you were on the fence with Moonlight Blade, thinking to yourself, "Well, this upcoming eastern MMORPG looks nice and all, but it's forcing...
TERA teases Fang and Feather update
Last month, TERA was all about the Sorcerer and its Spellbound update. But as they say, that was then and this is now. What...
Massively Overthinking: Nickel-and-diming in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader and listener Suikoden79 recently wrote in to the podcast with a gem of a question I thought would be more fun...
Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs
Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...
Bluehole Studio and ArenaNet are hiring multiple devs
It is always much more of a relief to report on MMO studios hiring on new help rather than going through layoffs. Right now,...
Blade & Soul’s Midnight Skypetal Plains arrives November 16
There have been no shortage of big updates for Blade & Soul, and the newest update is delivering a big update for big groups....
Kakao Games signs on as publisher for Bluehole’s next MMO, Project W
What is Project W? Is it part of the most ambitious ARG ever that kicked off with last night's World Series win by the...
Funcom’s Q3 2016 financials hint at large Secret World update in early 2017
Fans of The Secret World should be excited today, as Funcom's third quarter financial report to investors reveals that "The Secret World team is mainly...
