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Global Chat: What is the population of Guild Wars 2?
Does it matter how many people are playing your MMO? For some, yes, it does. It's at least of passing interest to others, especially...
Diablo 3’s 13th season begins on February 23, and it’s completely predictable
Diablo III's 13th season is kicking off next week. If you're hoping for something revolutionary and thrilling for lucky number 13, this... isn't that....
Conan Exiles is delaying mounts, pets, settlements, and sorcery to make its May 8 launch
Funcom is forging ahead with its plans to launch Conan Exiles for real and for true on all the things come May 8th. And,...
Massively Overthinking: Could bots save dying MMORPGs?
Last week, a reader named Chris, who is writing a paper on the MMO industry and revivifying sunsetted games, dropped an intriguing question into...
Battle Bards Episode 115: EVE Online
Forgettable ambient noise or entrancing space sounds? This is the debate that’s at the core of today’s episode, as the Battle Bards take on...
Want to try World of Warcraft’s PvE e-sports? Join season 2 of the Mythic Dungeon Invitational
World of Warcraft and e-sports go together like coffee and donuts! Macaroni and cheese! Bubblegum and walking! Yeah maybe more like that last one....
CCP banned over 1800 EVE Online botters in January alone
If you've been paying any attention at all to EVE Online over the past few months, you know that the playerbase's anger over the...
Black Desert explains its new ‘single global build’ philosophy
Just in time for the Olympics, Kakao is bringing east and west together in Black Desert. In the game's latest dev letter, the studio...
Massively Overthinking: Which MMORPGs should stay away from legacy servers?
Legacy, vanilla, classic, progression - call them what you like, but alternative server rulesets, particularly of the nostalgia-driven kind, are all the rage in...
Rumor: An Overwatch League team may have finally picked up Geguri [Updated: Yep]
E-sports blog Dbltap is reporting that Kim "Geguri" Se-yeon told her Twitch following that she has accepted an offer to play on a foreign...
Global Chat: To RIFT or not to RIFT?
Everyone's talking about RIFT's new Prime server idea -- and whether or not it will get us playing Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO once again....
Massively Overthinking: What are your criteria for recommending MMOs?
Last week, we got a well-intentioned email from a reader named Rick, who proposed a column in which readers tell us what they are...
Dual Universe thinks through territory control, starts testing blueprints
With January over and done, Dual Universe is ready to blast through a series of pre-alpha tests every weekend in February. The team had...
Elder Scrolls Online previews update 17’s new storage and cosmetic customization options
When the B2P Dragon Bones DLC launches for Elder Scrolls Online on February 12th, it won't launch alone. Update 17 launches the same day,...
Red Dead Redemption 2 has been delayed yet again, this time to October 2018
Red Dead Redemption 2 is suffering another long delay, this time to October. The new official launch date is October 26th, 2018.
"We apologize to...
Battle Bards Episode 114: Vroom vroom!
Yes officer, these Battle Bards were well above the speed limit and violated many noise complaints in the local neighborhoods. But it was for...
Crowfall’s new hires bring studio to 45 people as ‘complete game loop’ testing is mapped out
Let's talk about money. Specifically, let's talk about Crowfall's money. ArtCraft is doing just that in a dev blog out today.
Referencing the $6M cash...
Atlas Reactor’s fifth season is live with new cyborg character Vonn and Valentine loot
We mentioned on the podcast that Trion Worlds seems to be moving into high gear here at the beginning of 2018 with all of...
Massively Overthinking: Considering pay-to-win MMO peripherals
MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls recently sent along a link to an insanely awesome 34" monitor that costs more than a lot of...
EVE Online expands its community info website
Want the latest information on EVE Online in one easy-to-navigate space? Now there's a website for that.
EVE's new and improved community website got a...
