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Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
Pokemon Go’s first Knight Foundation event is this weekend in North Carolina
Pokemon Go really wants to get you outside and moving. That's the gist of its new partnership with the Knight Foundation, through which Niantic hope...
Conan Exiles moves to biweekly patch cadence, reshuffles development priorities
You might have noticed there was no Conan Exiles patch this week. That was intentional. Funcom says it hasn't been happy with the quality of its...
Global Chat: Happy 10th birthday, LOTRO!
With Lord of the Rings Online hitting its 10th anniversary this past week, plenty of bloggers are enjoying the festivities and recalling some of...
Massively OP Interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO
Today, Ashes of Creation takes a big plunge into an all-or-nothing Kickstarter campaign. Over the past few months, the MMO seemed to come out...
Elite Dangerous’ novel-concluding Salomé event was wrecked by long-con griefers
Last week, we reported on an impending roleplaying event in Elite Dangerous that was set to influence the outcome of Premonition, a game-based novel...
Massively Overthinking: Are MMORPG players a minority in their own genre?
Deep in the comments of the MMOs-vs.-survival-sandboxes thread from last week, reader miol_ produced a beautiful comment about how MMO players have become a...
Wakfu adds leaderboard rewards, ventures further up Mount Zinit
An unexpected environment and a shocking revelation about a key character lays in wait for adventurers who continue to scale Wakfu's Mount Zinit.
The team...
Battle Bards Episode 97: The sound of magic
“Magic can be ANYthing!”
The forces of magic run deep within MMORPGs, casting shadows of wonder wherever we look — and listen. In today’s show,...
Tamriel Infinium: Class changes are a bad reason to pan Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind
Elder Scrolls Online possesses a distinct flavor. I can honestly say that there is no other MMORPG like it. In fact, the whole Elder Scrolls...
Guild Wars 2 legendary armor for raiders launches next week
ArenaNet's Paul Ella has a fresh blog post out this afternoon revealing the plan for legendary armor in Guild Wars 2. If you're my...
Global Chat: Which MMO developer do you most appreciate?
Recently, Ravalation carried on an annual blogger tradition called Developer Appreciation Week. During this week, gamers would put aside their usual vitriol and criticism...
Neverwinter makes a big to-do about its newest lockbox mount
In lockbox vernacular, there's usually something called a "chase" item. This is the ultra-rare, ultra-desirable reward that just about no one will ever see...
LOTRO Legendarium: A marvelous decade of Middle-earth
The first I ever heard of Lord of the Rings Online was flipping through the pages of some gaming magazine back in early 2007....
Ashes of Creation plans May 1 Kickstarter, demos ‘Metropolis’ player city system
We already knew Ashes of Creation was going to run a Kickstarter for funding, but as of this afternoon, we have a date: May...
Here are two great guides for the new LOTRO anniversary scavenger hunts
Yesterday, Lord of the Rings Online kicked off its momentous 10th Anniversary celebration with fireworks, dragon kites, and a brand-new series of scavenger hunts...
Rend sends out first wave of pre-alpha invites
In a small planned surprise, Frostkeep sent out a wave of unannounced pre-alpha invites for Rend this week. The studio says that the additional...
Take a peek at the development of Crowfall’s winged fae assassin class
OK, so "minimum viable product" is pretty much the worst thing an MMO dev can say about her game. But how about "minimum viable...
Feast your eyes on one of Project Gorgon’s ongoing graphical updates
I can't tell you how many times I've heard MMORPG gamers say they love everything about the weird and wonderful sandbox of Project Gorgon......
Fight for peace in Revelation Online’s newest dungeon
Let's be honest: When you jump into a dungeon in an MMO, are you ever that concerned with the reasons for doing so past...
