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Massively Overthinking: Is there a feature or item in MMORPGs you won’t play without?
I was jolted into a near panic earlier this past weekend when I saw a tweet from Lord of the Rings Online in which...
Here’s how EverQuest and EverQuest II 2024 progression servers – Anashti Sul, Teek, and Tormax – will work
When Daybreak dropped producer letters for EverQuest and EverQuest II earlier this month, the MMORPG fanbase immediately started buzzing about the new progression servers...
New World elaborates on the design of the eight artifacts added with Season of the Guardian
Amazon's latest New World dev blog isn't going to shake any foundations with breaking news, but it does deep-dive the new artifacts added in...
The MOP Up: FFXIV recaps its PAX East appearance
In case you missed it in person, you can catch up with all of Final Fantasy XIV's PAX East 2024 developments in a recap...
Final Fantasy XIV highlights Fruity Snacks, a player who is all about fishing
There's more to Final Fantasy XIV than just emotionally charged fights against birds with depression, and there's more to the behind-the-scenes elements of the...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs and ‘fresh piece of gum’ syndrome
Back in March, MOP reader Exarch Cathedra posted a comment to a Daily Grind about daily logins and sticky MMOs that caught my attention,...
Neverwinter previews Adventures in Wildspace’s new dungeon, heroic encounters, and more
Following a worrying bit of silence and slower development on Neverwinter's front, it's certainly good to see that a huge module is heading our...
Survival MMO Myth of Empires hopes to make ancient Greek armor cool again
Two months out from launch, survival sandbox Myth of Empires is ramping up for post-release civilizations. One of those is Greece, which is slated...
Guild Wars 2 teases next expansion, plans cosmetic inspection, and preps Super Adventure Box
Furbish up your "Fashion Wars" jokes, friends, because Guild Wars 2 is leaning hard into it. This morning, ArenaNet announced that this week's update...
Dungeons and Dragons Online introduces new loyalty rewards for VIP subbers
Dungeons & Dragons Online is making its subscription more enticing with the introduction of loyalty rewards. According to Standing Stone Games' latest dev blog...
Massively Overthinking: How long should it take MMO players to get to ‘endgame’?
With Throne & Liberty's latest global underway, I want to point back to something Amazon said about the test for our Massively Overthinking discussion...
Overwatch 2 outlines S10 changes for Wrecking Ball, Venture, Tracer, and more
Overwatch 2's latest dev blog is unsurprisingly all about Venture, the new geotech hero who happens to be nonbinary. Players got to run with...
The last remains of Perfect World Entertainment rebrand as Arc Games following Gearbox sale to Take-Two
Don't look now, but the chunk of Gearbox that MMORPG players cared about is changing its name.
Readers will recall that back in 2021, Embracer...
Terraria’s 1.4.5 patch has no ETA – but it has rollerskates
As we've been covering, multiplayer sandbox Terraria is pushing toward its 1.4.5 launch, the next and probably not really last of its final updates,...
MMO sandbox Anvil Empires previews homesteading upgrades and new crafting stations
Oh Anvil Empires, MMO players are just not paying any attention to you, but they should be, as Siege Camp's Foxhole has gained a...
Massively Overthinking: Would you pay for a Guild Wars 1 revival?
WoodenPotatoes had a fun video this past weekend about Classic Guild Wars 1, and I fully admit I clicked on it just to hear...
Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street’s Fantastic Pixel Castle delivers a prototype peek of Project Ghost
It may not have an official name yet, but Fantastic Pixel Castle's Ghost has a face of sorts. This week, the Greg Street-run studio...
Global Chat: What should we be thinking about Guild Wars 3?
The surprising (and not surprising) news that ArenaNet has the go-ahead from NCsoft to develop Guild Wars 3 sent ripples of interest, confusion, and...
Throne & Liberty’s next global beta remains under NDA, tests combat and trading
We're just a week away from Throne & Liberty's next big global test run, and ahead of the event, Amazon has released a dev...
The MOP Up: Fractured Veil allows for PvE-only servers
Post-apocalyptic survival game Fractured Veil previewed some upcoming features such as farms, new spawn locations, and -- get ready for this -- PvE-only servers....
