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Massively Overthinking: The one about MMO superfans, zealots, and insidious tribalism
We recently received two pieces of mail from longtime MOP readers and commenters that worked together perfectly to form a unified topic. Alex emailed...
Jagex is retooling RuneScape Mobile’s UI to be more like the desktop version
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece on RuneScape's upcoming 2019 RuneFest and did a little double-take that RuneScape Mobile is still one...
E3 2019: Bethsoft’s Project Orion tackles streamed gaming from an engine tech angle
At BE3 last night, Bethsoft took the wraps off Orion, a project that... well, it's not Elder Scrolls VI, so I suspect most gamers...
Global Chat: The NecroKitties of Elsweyr
Raise your hand if you're playing Elder Scrolls Online's newest expansion this week! Elsweyr has drawn many back in to Tamriel with the most...
City of Titans previews its evolving UI, Valiance Online teases building updates
Got superhero MMOs on the brain? Me too for some strange reason lately. Welp, feast your eyes on two updates from a pair of...
Into the Super-verse: Why didn’t Champions Online do better?
A while back I was flipping through the backlog of my personal gaming blog, looking at the history of my gaming trends, particularly in...
Massively Overthinking: Does the MMO genre have too many games for its own good?
Last month I saw a video from YouTuber Josh Strife Hayes with an eyebrow-raiser of a thesis: He essentially argues that we have too...
Interview: Astellia’s westernization covers everything from monetization and VO to dodging and grouping
It seems as if every time we write about incoming MMORPG Astellia, confusion over its guiding principles dominates the ensuing discussion. One of those...
Massively on the Go: Exploring Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge augmented reality game
I wasn't expecting to be very excited about the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge until I read there'd be an augmented reality game mixed in....
Path of Exile drops patch notes and a walkthrough of 3.7.0 Legion’s big changes
Grinding Gear Games' MMOARPG Path of Exile is launching its Legion expansion next week, which means the studio is cranking out info ahead of...
Crowfall is updating its whole UI to be less flat, and it’s super pretty now
I fully admit to being obsessed with the user interfaces of pretty much everything, from my phone to my PC and of course every...
Star Wars: The Old Republic details gearing in Onslaught as the Dantooine Incursion launches today
If you were otherwise engaged or didn't have better than an hour to devote to hearing how the Spoils of War system will change...
Battle Bards Episode 145: Dark Age of Camelot
It’s Bard vs. Bard vs. Bard in this show, as the trio of MMO video game music lovers take sides in the Dark Age...
Crowfall previews outpost respawn mechanics and temple hubs
PvP MMORPG Crowfall's pushed out a juicy chunk of info this week in both text and video form, giving more context to the world...
Massively Overthinking: Tackling the ‘big four MMOs’ meme
Over the last couple of months, there's been a meme floating around the MMORPG subreddit. Someone will ask that the community recommend a game,...
Aion: Legions of War promises to pump up PvP while also delivering co-op action
Aion: Legions of War, the mobile spin-off of NCsoft's high-flying MMO, has been a busy bee since its release earlier this year. NCsoft recently...
Global Chat: Catching the WoW Classic fever
You've got the fever, she's got the fever, everyone's got the fever for WoW Classic these days! The launch announcement and beta testing has...
Ashes of Creation explores economy-centric nodes at the heart of its player city system
Ashes of Creation is speaking my language this week in its lengthy dev blog on the game's economic node. Nodes, you'll recall, are the...
MMORPG Astellia launches preorders, plans June closed beta, and rejects gender-locking
Upcoming MMORPG Astellia pumped out a ton of information with the launch of its new website and preorders for the game last night. Game...
Massively Overthinking: What are your favorite MMO ‘chores’?
A few months ago, The Outline ran a piece on Red Dead Redemption 2 titled I don't wanna do my video games chores, and...
