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Massively Overthinking: Revisiting sheep and wolves in MMOs
One of the meta discussions we've been having here on MOP this week has centered on PvP sandbox titles like Albion Online, specifically how...
MMO Cartographer: Riders of Icarus is a very tame MMORPG
I have a few vices, and one of them is a mild to moderate obsession with game pets and mounts. I am pretty sure...
Join the MMO blogging scene with Blaugust 2019
For a few years now, the advent of August doesn't just mean hot weather and a countdown to school days: It also means that...
MMORPG Seed’s devs want their AI NPCs to learn from, simulate, and fool actual players
We've been keeping an eye on MMO colony sim Seed - the SpatialOS one, not this one - for a few years now, in...
Neverwinter previews the new Gith race launching in August’s Uprising module
Last week, Perfect World and Cryptic announced Neverwinter's next big thing: the Uprising module, which launches August 13th. And the heart of the content...
Global Chat: Sucked into Shadowbringers
It's hard to deny the fact that this July, half of the online gaming population seems to be immersed into FFXIV's Shadowbringers expansion. And...
Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a potential WoW sequel?
It's a rare MMO player who's never played World of Warcraft, which makes this particular summer an interesting one for the whole genre. Even...
Black Desert addresses community requests as PC releases Altar of Blood and Xbox One adds Ninjas
In the wake of Black Desert's Heidel Ball event last month, Pearl Abyss has dropped a set of player-submitted suggestions with dev answers to...
Battle Bards Episode 148: Composer spotlight on Inon Zur
On a special theme episode of Battle Bards, acclaimed composer Inon Zur is given the spotlight, especially for his contributions to several MMORPG soundtracks...
Perfect Ten: Reasons why I quit your MMORPG
We have all been there with subscription MMORPGs, where we go to unsubscribe and after a mild guilt trip, the cancellation screen asks us...
No Man’s Sky boss on why placating players with prattle rather than proof doesn’t work
Sometimes, as media, and surely as players, we wish a studio would just... stop talking. Just be quiet. Nothing you say is going to...
Secondhand Lands is yet another weird and wonderful MMO you’ve never heard of
One of my favorite things about the MMORPG genre is that there are so many titles out there that there's always something that even...
Global Chat: Stressing about WoW Classic’s community
Late June's World of Warcraft Classic stress test gave many MMO bloggers plenty to talk about, with pros and cons being lobbied about from...
Fallout 76 delays patch 11 to mid-July but promises a big lowbie experience overhaul
The latest Fallout 76 preview blog dropped this week, and it details some of the highlights coming in patch 11 - including the fact...
Massively Overthinking: Do you even *like* MMO expansions?
This seems like an absurd question on its face, right? MMO players are supposed to like MMO expansions. They're progress. They're content. They're fresh...
Old School RuneScape ponders partnerships and puts it to a player poll
Old School RuneScape is, in its own words, "resolutely a subscription-only game," and as it's subscription-only game, one of the biggest things the devs...
Frontier Developments takes steps to brighten the final days of a terminally ill Elite Dangerous fan
If you're in any way connected to the greater Elite: Dangerous community, you perhaps are familiar with the name of Michael aka CMDR Michael...
Elder Scrolls Online details Scalebreaker’s dungeons, multibidding, and battleground updates
As announced back at E3 last month, the next big thing for a post-Elsweyr Elder Scrolls Online is a new DLC called Scalebreaker. Launching...
Battle Bards Episode 147: Continent of the Ninth Seal
Bring on the heavy makeup, electric guitars, and MMO groupies, because the Battle Bards are rock and rolling their way into Continent of the...
Vrooooooom: Ship of Heroes demos its superspeed travel power
Superspeed: It's probably the first travel power that most superhero MMO players pick up. And now it's in Ship of Heroes, per the game's...
