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Lost Ark continues its crackdown on bots and cheaters in this week’s update
This morning's Lost Ark patch has more than the kickoff to season one of the game's competitive proving grounds; it's also got content for...
Lost Ark launches Competitive Proving Grounds season one tonight, won’t say never to console
Amazon's trucking out an update for Lost Ark tonight - specifically, the release of season one of the MMO's Competitive Proving Grounds. Essentially, this...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 365: Free Middle-earth
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's monetization shift, NCsoft's Throne and Liberty, Albion Online, New World, Elder Scrolls Online, Elyon, and ArcheAge, with adventures in LOTRO, DDO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on SSG support and our favorite MMO zones.
New World is apparently blocking players in Russia and Belarus
Overnight, gamers on Amazon's official New World forums posted the news that players from Russia and Belarus are being blocked from playing on the...
New World bans over 500 players for duping and explains its luck system
New World is once more sweeping up the pieces of another broken update. Readers will recall that the game's Heart of Madness update introduced...
New World’s spring-to-autumn roadmap promises new expeditions, events, greatsword, and dungeon group finder
Amazon has just dropped its March developer video for New World - and it comes with a roadmap in tow, or at least a...
New World’s latest PTR build adds Tempest’s Heart mutators and nerfs the blunderbuss weapon
Yesterday saw yet another noteworthy update to the New World PTR, offering up some general adjustments to the game, another round of bug fixing,...
Lost Ark says it’s slowing content rollout to bolster economy and avoid rushing players to endgame
Amazon and Smilegate delivered a joint address to the Lost Ark playerbase late last night, though whether it sufficiently assuages the core community concerns...
New World backs off plan to test 40v40 wars thanks to player feedback
Earlier this week, Amazon announced that it was considering major changes to New World's large-scale wars. On the test server was a revision that...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 364: Turtle power!
Justin and Bree discuss Elite Dangerous console, EVE Online's P2W controversy, Guild Wars 2's turtles, and WoW's expansion reveal, with adventures in DDO, WoW Classic, SWG Legends, and GW2, plus mailbag topics on WoW free-to-play and New World's MMO pedigree.
Lost Ark addresses bugs, unleashes ‘Fever Time Weekend’, and reminds us to hate Daylight Saving Time
Overnight, Amazon and Smilegate patched up Lost Ark with a mismatchy hotfix that isn't just a hotfix. The patch does include a list of...
New World scales down wars to 40v40 in latest public testing round
If you've been following the PTR progress for New World, you probably already are familiar with what the devs at Amazon Games are up...
Lost Ark addresses gold sellers, matchmaking problems, and Central Europe queues
While Lost Ark is still a rip-roaring success for Amazon in terms of player numbers (especially when compared to its other game), there are...
Jukebox Heroes: Six great remastered EverQuest tunes
Apropos of nothing, today I wanted to dive into my extensive backlog of unlistened MMORPG music and make a bit of a dent. One...
Lost Ark’s Hunt for the Guardian Slayer patch is live as Amazon addresses genderlocking and armor
It's a stag party over in Lost Ark today, and by that we mean the Argos abyss raid has officially launched with the rest...
New World’s latest patch makes changes to Tuning Orbs and other general adjustments
Tuning Orbs in New World - aka the items you need to enter and play dungeons, for some reason - are being adjusted in...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 363: Cruising through Cantha
Colin, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons launch, how the MMO industry has responded to Ukraine, SWTOR's botched LOTS rollout, Conan Chop Chop, and Swords of Legends Online's free to play rollout, with a mailbag topic on when MMO studios should pull the plug on a failed game.
Lost Ark celebrates 20M global players as concurrency dips and roadmap sees delay
You might be eyeing Lost Ark's Steam population with trepidation, but Amazon and Smilegate are looking at bigger numbers, quite literally: Last night, the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why people bounce off Lord of the Rings Online
Any time that you are deeply invested in an MMORPG, it's perhaps one of the most disheartening and frustrating experiences to watch your friends...
Lost Ark bans over a million bot accounts, reaffirms there’s ‘more work to be done’ on the matter
After a certain figure, a banwave turns into a ban tsunami: Amazon Games has put out a missive to players regarding bot accounts operating...