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Nightingale shares stats and pics from recent alpha test, its largest to date
While we wait and hope that the delayed Victorian survival sim Nightingale will hit its fall 2023 launch window, we can take solace that...
Global Chat: Are you pumped up for Path of Exile 2?
Online ARPG enthusiasts are no doubt keeping an eye on the long-in-the-coming Path of Exile 2 -- and crossing their fingers that it ends...
Pokemon Go’s top datamining community site announces ‘soft shutdown’ over Niantic’s antics
PokeMiners, Pokemon Go's largest and most popular datamining group, announced this week that it is further reducing its efforts and participation in the game,...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMOs are memorable but not actually fun?
Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on MMOs that are fun but not especially memorable, throwing it back to a quote from...
V Rising’s next release will be its proper launch – and take a whole year of development
You'll have to do a lot of scrolling around in the latest V Rising dev blog to find the important bits, as Stunlock Studios...
The MOP Up: WalkScape opens up a community portal
To bring all of the game's news and access together in one place, the in-development ARG WalkScape created a new Portal. If you'll recall,...
Diablo IV plans 13-page patch while players advocate for missing features
With some of the launch week insanity already dying down in Diablo IV, the dev team took time to sit down for a "campfire...
Chronicles of Elyria dev insists it will ‘return as a full-fledged MMO in no time’
Speaking of crowdfunded MMOs that ended up being a major disappointment (and the subject of a backer lawsuit), Chronicles of Elyria apparently hasn't given...
Massively Overthinking: Does whaling ruin MMOs?
Last week, I was chatting with a MOP reader (hi Bryan!) in our comments about Lord of the Rings Online's business model - both...
Anvil Empires starts testing the ‘very experimental’ family areas in its sandbox settlements
The production process in Siege Camp's upcoming Anvil Empires is far more involved than your standard MMO's crafting cycle, which is why the studio...
Battle Bards Episode 225: Embers Adrift
One of the newer MMOs on the market, Embers Adrift leaned hard into tougher PvE gameplay and the darkest of dark nights. But how...
Massively Overthinking: When an MMO has everything and so much of it
Last week, when No Man's Sky released its native Mac client, MOP's Chris and I fell into a discussion about the game being so...
Global Chat: MMO players’ reactions to Diablo IV’s launch and SWTOR’s studio move
As the online community once again gets swept up into the hellscape of Diablo, there are no shortages of opinions about the quality of...
Funcom’s Dune Awakening was partly inspired by Villeneuve’s Dune duology
If the video rehashes of Funcom's Dune Awakening the past few months weren't doing it for you, then you're going to want to take...
AdventureQuest 3D confirms four new classes and player housing is in the works
You know what's an underrated little MMO that's pretty slick and offers plenty of cross-platform play? AdventureQuest 3D. There's always something new to see...
The Day Before talks player housing, lifeskilling, volunteer workers, and the ongoing trademark dispute
Fntastic's post-apoc shooter The Day Before has been a swirl of scandals and irregularities all through 2023. First announced in 2021, the game was...
Guild Wars 2 begins Dragon Bash 2023, plans WvW world restructuring beta this weekend
If the heat of summer is already getting you down, head to Hoelbrak in Guild Wars 2: The chilly Nord capital has thrown open...
Ahead of Star Wars Galaxies’ 20th birthday, the Legends and Resto rogue servers are on the move
The Star Wars Galaxies emulator and rogue server community is surely eyeing the game's 20th anniversary later this month and is already cueing up...
Diablo IV’s global launch was marred by server issues, but Blizzard is already working on two expansions
"Welcome to Hell. Diablo IV is now available." With last evening's announcement, a new era for the long-running Diablo franchise began. The online ARPG...
Survival sim Nightingale teases new character outfits and points of interest
Are we still smarting a bit that Victorian survival RPG Nightingale was bumped to this fall? A bit, if we're honest, but that extra...
