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Massively Overthinking: The stories inside MMORPGs
This week's topic comes to us from one of our dear Patrons, Roger.
"I love stories, and some games tell great stories. MMOs have trouble...
Global Chat: Snap judgments of Overwatch
The talk of the blogger town has definitely been abuzz with impressions, thoughts, and snap judgments of Overwatch as it heads to release. Is...
Skyforge goes on a nerfing-and-buffing spree with Cybernetic Alliance
As part of its upcoming Cybernetic Alliance update, Skyforge's dev team is taking on the daunting task of rebalancing all of its classes, with...
Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype
Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC buffs up the group finder
Are you into grouping in The Elder Scrolls Online? Good news for you: ZeniMax says today in a new dev blog that it's focused...
WildStar swaps NCoin for Protobucks ahead of Steam launch
WildStar is still on the way to Steam, you'll be happy to hear, at least if you've been following NCsoft's latest quarterly financials. Carbine's...
Global Chat: Which MMOs have the best quests?
For some players, quests are either those things that serve to annoy with reading (in a game!) or merely provide gussied-up reward packages. But...
Chekov joins Star Trek Online in Agents of Yesterday
Over the years, Star Trek Online has become a high school reunion of sorts for actors from the movies and various series. One of...
Examining the skills and missions of Elder Scrolls Online’s Dark Brotherhood DLC
So let's say you're planning on joining the Dark Brotherhood once The Elder Scrolls Online's next DLC launches. How, exactly, do you plan on...
Seventeen things you need to know about Star Trek Online: Agents of Yesterday
If you felt the flames of love for the original Star Trek series stoked by last week's announcement of Star Trek Online: Agents of...
How Elder Scrolls Online converts veteran ranks to champion points
ZeniMax has just posted a deep-dive into the veteran rank system obliteration coming with The Elder Scrolls Online's Dark Brotherhood DLC. "The goal for...
Empyrean is building ‘MMOs you can beat’
Empyrean Interactive is coining a new acronym this season: PCA, which stands for persistent cooperative adventure, a "radically different" take on the MMO genre.
Studio...
Crowfall’s ‘universe’ plan could mean regionalized servers
"PvP is the universal language of gaming," says Crowfall studio ArtCraft in a new blog post last night. "Killing other players is a transcendent...
Battle Bards Episode 74: Black Desert Online
This eastern sandbox import has many people playing and talking about it, but are they listening to Black Desert Online? The Battle Bards are,...
The Daily Grind: Do your MMO choices actually reflect your playstyle?
Massively OP reader Leiloni tipped us off to a great blog post by MMO blogger Ethan "Isarii" Macfie, in which the author questions his...
How MMORPG character gear is made in APB: Reloaded
APB: Reloaded has posted a new dev blog this week all about how character wearables are designed and inserted into the game.
"The character and...
Ubisoft says it’s heard Division players’ anger over cheating ‘loud and clear’
Ubisoft has addressed the ongoing cheating concerns in The Division with a blog post to players today. "We have great plans for the future...
Global Chat: What can MMORPG devs do to foster community?
One of the neat aspects of the MMO blogosphere is how writers will often interact and collaborate with each other. Recently, four bloggers ganged...
Massively Overthinking: Trinities and quaternities in MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic was inspired from Jake, who wrote in to us wondering about roles in MMORPG classes and group content:
"What happened to roles?...
Crowfall previews vehicle crafting and the war machines of Siege Perilous
ArtCraft Design Lead Thomas Blair is back on the Crowfall blog this afternoon with a fresh update on the Siege Perilous testing, including word...
