Official Site: Albion Online
Studio: Sandbox Interactive
Launch Date: July 17, 2017
Genre: Fantasy PvP Sandbox
Business Model: N/A
Platform: PC
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The Daily Grind: What do you think about taxes in MMORPGs?
Today I want to talk about everyone's least favorite thing: taxes. I snagged the idea from a Reddit thread a while back that was...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 334: New World’s fourth delay
Justin and Bree discuss Bless Unleashed's PC launch, Blizzard's financials and Brack's departure, New World's latest delay, Dungeon and Dragons Online, the gender and survey, with adventures in Ship of Heroes, LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion, CoH, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on deadly difficulty in LOTRO and why FFXIV has become the landing zone for WoW refugees.
The Game Archaeologist: Defining the eras of MMORPG history
With MMO history stretching back to the early 1980s (and even before), this genre has accumulated a whole lot of history over the years....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 333: Dragon us back to Guild Wars 2
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons, Pathfinder Online, Crimson Desert, and Week Two of the Blizzard Scandal, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on boycotts in the MMO space.
Albion Online tweaks several weapon skills and reduces zone skip waiting time
Balance balance balance: That's what Sandbox Interactive is going for with today's Albion Online update aka Call to Arms patch 9 aka the Season...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 331: The transparency episode
Justin and Bree discuss Crowfall, Chronicles of Elyria, Camelot Unchained, Guild Wars 2, Final Fantasy XIV, Swords of Legends Online, Elyon, Warframe, and Path of Exile, with adventures in FFXIV, WoW Classic, LOTRO, and Albion Online, plus mailbag topics on Crowfall's marketing and its roleplay problem.
Albion Online celebrates four years by engaging a fame boost, bringing back a dungeon, and writing a retrospective
Albion Online is now four years old, which naturally means that it's time to celebrate with its players. A number of events are kicking...
Realm of the Mad God’s biggest patch of the year lands August 17
It's been a while since we poked our head into Realm of the Mad God - the top of the year, in fact. Back...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 330: Swords of Crows Online
Justin and Bree discuss the launches of Crowfall and Swords of Legends Online, Fallout 76, WoW's story mess, and Elite Dangerous, with adventures in Albion Online, LOTRO, SWG Legends, Crowfall, WoW Classic, and FFXIV, plus a quick mailbag topic on Albion crafting.
The MOP Up: Pokémon Go’s astounding multi-billion dollar haul
It is wild to think that it was just five years ago that Pokemon Go became the summer gaming phenomenon, sending waves of gamers...
Make My MMO: Crowfall is one of the biggest crowdfunded MMOs to ever fully launch
This week in crowdfunded MMOs, we celebrate the official launch of one of the biggest crowdfunded MMOs: Crowfall, which originally raised $2.3M between Kickstarter...
Massively Overthinking: Which of the summer MMO launches captured your time and attention?
OK folks: We're in the thick of summer now, a summer that's seen an endless parade of MMO launches, mobile ports, expansions, classic servers,...
Black Desert talks up a rather vague 300% increase in daily players
Fair warning: The information in this article is going to frustrate you. That's because Pearl Abyss has released relative numbers for Black Desert, claiming...
The Daily Grind: How do you go about choosing your class in an MMO?
Friends, years ago I used to be the kind of MMO player who pored over every class description and skill layout. I'd wiggle into...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 329: Sith happens
Justin and Eliot discuss Magic Legends and the Cryptic layoffs, SWTOR's Legacy of the Sith, Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons delay, with adventures in FFXIV and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on FFXIV as the potential WoW killer.
Whatever happened to anti-grinding MMO Zeal? It joined the NFT craze
Every so often, we are reminded about an MMO or online RPG that caught our attention years ago but then sank into the mire...
Albion Online is ‘bringing open-world gameplay back’ in next content update
If you didn't get enough Albion Online news from the recent AMA, then you're going to want to point your eyeballs at Sandbox Interactive's...
Albion Online buffs lethal hellgate loot, reduces market spam in today’s update
Albion Online has captured a lot of my attention this past month, and I'm not alone, judging by the swarms of newbies in the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 328: SOLO? YOLO!
Justin and Bree discuss Aion Classic's messy launch, SOLO's launch date, LOTRO's legendary servers, and Anarchy Online's 10th birthday, with adventures in WoW Classic, FFXIV, and Albion Online, plus a mailbag topic on zombie MMOs. (Not real zombies.)
The Daily Grind: What’s the grindiest MMORPG still alive in 2021?
On last week's podcast, I joked that Albion Online's grind is deceptively short because once you get to what appears to be the outer...
