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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...
Massively Overthinking: Always be achievin’ (in MMOs)
A while back, my husband and I were idly chatting about MMO achievements. Neither one of us is much of an achievement hunter, or...
Fallout 76 vows better stability, rewards, and balance adjustments for Nuclear Winter battle royale
Nuclear Winter: It's not, as one deeply confused Twitter citizen insisted, a desperate game's winter update being rolled out in the summer but rather...
Global Chat: Daybreak is a zombie, walking
What can call an MMO blogger out of retirement? A game studio putting in below the bare minimum of effort in its updates seems...
Xbox’s Phil Spencer elaborates on community controls in the works to make Xbox Live less toxic
Jean-Paul Sartre's play "No Exit" provided us with the phrase "Hell is other people," and if you've dared to leave your mic or chat...
Interview: Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on the state of the beta and the NDA
We've been watching Camelot Unchained ever since its original Kickstarter in 2013 - and a lot has changed in the ensuing six years, including...
Massively Overthinking: The worst MMO cash shop trickery
Last week, games psychologist Jamie Madigan tweeted an underrated comment about how psychological tricks used in restaurant menu design are also found in video...
Astellia previews plans for next week’s closed beta, preloading begins tomorrow
With Astellia's first western closed beta coming up on us next week - on Tuesday, in fact - Barunson has posted up a fresh...
MMORPG Atlas is testing a single-player mode this summer
Is it weird for an MMO like Atlas that once touted its planned 40K-person servers to now be producing a single-player version? Maybe, or...
Elder Scrolls Online deep-dives the guild accessibility tools added in update 22
Whenever a big campaign for Elder Scrolls Online launches - and we've seen three come and go now! - the campaign itself always makes...
Battle Bards Episode 146: More vocals
In another theme sequel, the Battle Bards return to the notion of vocal tracks in MMORPGs. Does singing hold a special place in online...
Here’s how Crowfall is rewriting its hunger and food system to be more fun
Hi my name is Bree, and I like to cook in video games and not in real life. The most recent Crowfall dev blog...
