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Massively Overthinking: Is free-to-play as bad as we thought it’d be a decade ago?
It's 2022 and we're about to talk about free-to-play like it's 2012! Back then, the conversation was all about which MMORPG would fall to free-to-play...
Dual Universe’s Athena update promises PvP-centric updates to ‘set Helios ablaze’ this spring
The fires of PvP are soon to rage across Dual Universe this spring as the upcoming Athena update is promising "a new tidal wave...
New World acknowledges survival game ‘friction’ in its travel, storage, and other systems
Telling players it's received "over a million" pieces of feedback on the game so far, Amazon has a new dev video and blog up...
What to expect from Elder Scrolls Online’s Update 33, launching March 14 for PC
Listen, I know February is brimming with MMO stuff, but Elder Scrolls Online would like you not to forget it's got a thing coming...
Project Gorgon acknowledges development delays as key dev contends with a ‘rare form of cancer’
Fans of the upcoming indie MMORPG Project Gorgon were given incredibly disheartening news this week as it was revealed that one of the lead...
Massively Overthinking: Lost Ark and its place in the MMORPG genre
We've all been watching Lost Ark a very long time; I remember writing an article about it way back in 2014 because I was...
EVE Online previews updates coming to structures, ore compression, and battleships ahead of Fanfest 2022
With the in-person Fanfest of EVE Online inching its way closer, CCP Games is hoping to spin up some hype for both the event...
Disgruntled Battlefield 2042 players draft a petition to get refunds from EA
Will a Change.org petition be enough to rip money out of Electronic Arts' hands? Most likely not, but that is not stopping players unhappy...
Palia ‘ready to begin alpha testing’ but won’t commit to a start date
Did you know that you can't spell Palia without "pal?" And this upcoming "cozy" lifesim MMO might be your best friend indeed if it...
Massively Overthinking: What else could Blizzard do to fix World of Warcraft?
Last time in Massively Overthinking, our writers and readers sure did have a lot of good ideas to fix New World that Amazon won't...
Global Chat: Is free-to-play in MMOs universally awful?
I think a lot of us sport a wide range of opinions on free-to-play business models, particularly depending on the way it's applied to...
Massively Overthinking: How would you fix New World?
Amazon's New World is one of the biggest, most ambitious, and most beautiful MMORPGs the industry has seen in years, and yet since its...
Dual Universe invites players into a deeply technical look at the Panacea update’s custom voxel tool
The Panacea update of Dual Universe is adding the ability to customize voxels. Normally this would be explanation enough for most, but Novaquark has...
Battle Bards Episode 209: Superhero MMOs
When they’re not saving the world from bad tunes, the Battle Bards stuff themselves into spandex and try out for sixth-tier superhero teams. Because...
Massively Overthinking: Are you an MMO skeptic or true believer?
A while back, a reader (hi Ken!) posted an infographic into a Star Citizen thread I'd forgotten all about, but it wasn't even the...
Ship of Heroes bumps beta to spring, reveals City of Heroes- and SWTOR-inspired base building system
Well, you probably noticed that our indie MMO of 2021, Ship of Heroes, did not make it to its December beta as planned, seeing...
SpatialOS developer Improbable’s polling says 90% of gamers think the metaverse will form in ten years
The joke is that 80% of poll stats are just made up numbers. That could certainly be applied to data released by SpatialOS developer...
Fractured’s character creation is going to make tabletop roleplayers feel right at home
Ever since Gamigo's announcement that it had secured publishing rights to Kickstarted MMORPG Fractured - now called Fractured Online - developer Dynamight Studios has...
Massively Overthinking: Do cross-IP collabs and promos in MMOs bother you?
Transmedia synergy. Let's just lead with that. We have a long tradition around here of teasing MMOs for jamming in these weird promotions with...
Global Chat: Moar MMO rogue servers, please!
In the MMO genre, we've been blessed with many great rogue server projects -- but there's always room for more, right? MMO Fallout's Connor...
