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Guild Wars 2 appears to be dropping living world structure in favor of larger, more consistent updates
As promised, Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet has issued its developer blog on long-term plans, and it's not just prattle: The studio is planning...
Global Chat: Where does WoW Classic go from here?
As Wrath Classic gets closer to its preordained expiration date, Priest with a Cause is asking a question that a lot of people are:...
Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special
MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission:
"Wanna know...
V Rising’s long-delayed first major update will finally arrive in May as a free expansion
So Stunlock Studios has good news and bad news for V Rising fans today. The good news is that it's talking more about its...
Choose My Adventure: Global Agenda provides a classic MMO ass-beating
I'll be one of the first to admit that in spite of my desire to get into a shooter MMO/multiplayer game this month, I'm...
Battle Bards Episode 221: LOTRO Before the Shadow
The power of the One Ring doesn’t just rule them all — it also brings Steff back from retirement! All three Battle Bards are...
Global Chat: The seductive appeal of New World
Over a year since its launch, New World remains as rocky and controversial as ever. And while it has its critics, Amazon's MMO also...
Massively Overthinking: What MMORPG content requires the most skill – and why?
Back in January, there was an inflammatory thread on the MMORPG subreddit that argued that anyone using rotation mods in endgame MMO content was...
The Soapbox: Subscriptions might actually be the next big innovation in digital card games
What started earlier this week as a rant on how bad an idea a subscription model in Hearthstone would be evolved into something more:...
Global Chat: Is Dragonflight living up to expectations?
While first impressions are all well and good, the mark of a solid MMO release is whether or not it can sustain interest and...
Destiny 2’s day-long outage this week was the result of… a config error in a dev tool
Destiny 2 suffered a nasty outage earlier this week that took the game down more than 24 hours and even caused a rollback. Now,...
Pantheon’s January producer’s letter talks Aridola people, Avendyr’s Pass, and more
Say what you will about Pantheon's long development, but its monthly production newsletters arrive like clockwork. The January missive has now landed, and the...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most-played MMOs in 2023?
Last week in Massively Overthinking, we discussed our three most-played MMOs of 2022 - and whether we'd guessed right at the top of that...
Villagers & Heroes will finally launch interior housing in early 2023
We haven't checked in on indie MMO Villagers & Heroes since its Halloween festivities, and truthfully our last hard looks at the game came...
Mortal Online 2 recaps its first year of life, teases territory control and siege systems
Star Vault is celebrating a year since Mortal Online 2's steam launch (yes, the beginning of 2022 was pretty bonkers for MMO launches). "If...
The MOP Up: Apex Legends revamps its matchmaking system
Ever wonder how a competitive online game pairs you up with other people for skirmishes? In a new dev blog, Apex Legends' team went...
Massively Overthinking: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2022?
Last year, we did a piece on what we expected our top three MMOs of 2022 to be. We'll do that again next week,...
Jagex details plans to beta test RuneScape’s updated account system starting January 26
Apparently the account system that powers Jagex's MMORPGs is at the end of its road, so the devs of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape...
Destiny 2 deep-dives the various sweeping changes Lightfall brings to character builds next month
The buildcrafting in Destiny 2 is on the cusp of a wide variety of changes to the point that the dev blog detailing it...
Valheim previews its next in-development biome and a cosmetics-centric Hildir’s Quest update
With the Mistlands update out in the wilds of Valheim, the devs at Iron Gate are turning their attentions to the survival sandbox's next...
