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The Daily Grind: Do you leave MMO global chat on or turn it off?
Ah global chat -- or world chat, as we sometimes call it. Trade chat? Whatever, it's the chat channel that goes out to everyone...
MMO Profane teases cosmetics, housing, and crafting in latest braindump
FFA PvP MMO Profane continues its refusal to create forum threads or blog posts about its development progress, choosing instead to dish out Twitter...
Path of Exile’s adjustments to item drops in Lake of Kalandra light a tinderbox of fury among players
The subreddit for Path of Exile is a particularly unhappy place right now, especially in light of a recent dev blog talking about update...
Global Chat: When you can’t ignore the MMO meta
As we kick off another column on recent MMO blog essays, Galactic Antics uses a recent situation in Star Wars: The Old Republic as...
Battle Bards Episode 215: Lineage W
Maybe you’ve never heard of Lineage W, a 2021 spin-off of NCsoft’s long-running franchise. But after today’s Battle Bards episode, you’ll have heard its...
Wizard101 explains its massive gear rework that’s been a year in the making
Wizard101 players are teetering on the edge of anticipation and dread as the MMORPG grows ever closer to a massive gear rework that's been...
Massively Overthinking: The real-world value of MMOs
A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a wildly contentious - one might even say transparently provocative - thread declaring that "f...
Old School RuneScape outlines adjustments coming to Wilderness bosses and their lairs
Old School RuneScape is focusing on fixing a bear, a spider, and a skeleton. Not just any normal version of these three classic MMORPG...
Diablo IV talks live-service content, seasonal structure, and monetization strategy
Blizzard's latest Diablo IV dev blog has arrived this afternoon as the studio promises "ambitious" plans for the post-launch live-service game - and that...
Derek Smart promises Alganon is returning in the coming months, but in a staggered invite-only release
Just yesterday we reported on fresh news out of the long-dormant Alganon, pointing out that the game's website came back online, while the game's...
Lost Ark previews the pet ranch coming in the August 24 Arkesian Sun update
It may not be getting the constant flow of hype that we saw earlier in 2022, but Lost Ark is continuing to pull huge...
Star Stable shows off an updated and more diverse character creator arriving in a September beta
While character creation is always an opportunity to put on a totally different look to your real-life appearance, there's also value in seeing yourself...
EVE Echoes launches a Project Discovery science initiative, EVE Online preps for next Alliance Tournament
Regular players of EVE Online are likely very familiar with the game's Project Discovery "citizen science" initiatives that let players help out scientific research,...
Book of Travels elaborates on how it’s adding lore without spoon feeding it to players
Walking the Braided Shore of Book of Travels is meant to expose players to stories as they go without leaving trope-y audio logs or...
Global Chat: Dispatches from Blaugust 2022
By now, you may have caught wind of Blaugust 2022 -- the latest season of a community effort to encourage, promote, and educate new...
Whatever happened to The Repopulation? (2022 Edition)
A few weeks back, I was working on a column that includes a reference to The Repopulation, and I realized I hadn't heard anything...
Massively Overthinking: What’s so bad about comfort zones in MMOs?
If you've been following the MMORPG meta for a long time, particularly in World of Warcraft, you know there's corner of the industry convinced...
Temtem releases a trailer detailing endgame activities ahead of its September 6 launch
The so-called "Golden Week" of dev blogs from creature collecting MMO Temtem already shared details about the Tamer's Paradise archipelago, an endgame-focused location for...
Massively on the Go: How to make the most of the Pokemon Go Fest Finale
We've known that the August 27th Pokemon Go Go Fest Finale was going to occur since prior to Go Fest proper, but we didn't...
Blade and Soul outlines the solo dungeon arriving with its Dawn of Darkness update
The party piece of Blade & Soul's upcoming Dawn of Darkness patch is the Shrouded Ajanara, a solo dungeon challenge for players to take...
