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World of Warcraft previews patch 8.2 heritage armor for Gnomes and Tauren
As World of Warcraft players are gearing up for WoW Classic's first big stress test this evening, Blizzard is dropping more teases for the...
Battle Bards Episode 144: Colors of the rainbow
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet: Combined, these forces create the awesome power of Roy G. Biv — otherwise known as the...
Massively Overthinking: Unpopular MMORPG opinions
Unpopular opinions: We all have them. In fact we have so many that it's a straight up meme. This week's Massively Overthinking is one...
RuneScape’s Desperate Times quest kicks off a new series of epic quests
No rest for the wicked or the divine, depending on how you roleplay your RuneScape character, assuming you do at all: This week, Desperate...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online delves into the mysteries of Yard 39
Star Trek Online is all about the Discovery these days, and in a new lore blog, the team gives some backstory to the mysterious...
Global Chat: Is it worth it to subscribe to MMOs?
MMO blog Altar of Gaming has a fascinating series going on in which Rimuru is evaluating whether or not it's worth picking up a...
Ashes of Creation previews its adorable hippogryph mounts
Hippos! No, not actual hippos, although that would be awesome: hippogryphs, that bizarre fantastic creature of legend that's basically a cross between a horse...
Massively Overthinking: Do you play MMO characters you like – or characters that are objectively good?
Earlier this week, some Massively OP writers were hanging out in team chat talking about favorite City of Heroes powersets from back in the...
Dual Universe elaborates on its upcoming talent tree system
The devs of Dual Universe promised in their last alpha patch rundown that they would be offering more insight into the upcoming talent tree...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR takes us to Dantooine for the fifth time in a video game
My very first memory of Dantooine was surprisingly its first real appearance in a video game at all. Star Wars Galaxies imagined Dantooine as...
Dual Universe is adding UI and graphical improvements, bartering, and a talent tree
The next update to the alpha version of sci-fi voxelbox Dual Universe is bringing some pretty noteworthy features. Among these updates are some new...
Dual Universe is embracing player-to-player trading, not just an auction hall
While many MMO players are slowly becoming inured to the idea that some modern MMOs won't have proper player-to-player trading, I'll never be one...
Massively Overthinking: Super wrong snap judgments of MMORPGs
The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...
Fallout 76 previews personal vending machines and other features coming next week
It just wouldn't be a Fallout game without rusty antique signs and vending machines, now would it? Bethsoft agrees, and this week it's previewing...
Battle Bards Episode 143: Rappelz
It may see itself as an “old school fantasy MMO,” but Rappelz’ soundtrack is a great mixture of old and new, traditional and experimental....
Nearly 30K people have rolled City of Heroes rogue server accounts as the game turns 15 years old
The City of Heroes community's live rogue server, Torchbearer, came online yesterday thanks to player developers and continues today with a new record: over...
Massively Overthinking: Is there a ‘do or die’ moment for MMOs now?
This week MOP's Eliot and I were chatting about the wild summer the MMO industry is about to have, what with a whole bunch...
Elite Dangerous posts its April update patch notes and offers to fund a tabletop CCG
It's a tale of two Elite: Dangerous stories this week: On the one hand, the game has kicked out its new April update, and...
Exclusive: MMORPG Astellia Online deep-dives its Warrior and Scholar classes
Korean-born Astellia has been hovering on the horizon for the last few years of its development as Barunson E&A - the majority owner of...
Neverwinter is making a loony old guy dance in tomorrow’s Undermountain expansion
In anticipation of the Undermountain expansion launch, Neverwinter took us on a trip behind the scenes on how it made one of the premier...
