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Battle Bards Episode 80: Aura Kingdom
Never heard of Aura Kingdom? The Battle Bards hope that after an hour of attention, you might add a new title to your video...
Leaderboard: Is Black Desert destined for free-to-play in the west?
On this week's podcast, Justin and I discussed the general MMO blogger sentiment that Black Desert's recent business model drama -- specifically, the addition of...
Kakao denies mass-banning on Black Desert forums
Black Desert players have been up in arms over several recently announced changes to the formerly buy-to-play game, including a de facto subscription and plan...
Black Desert: Community uproar and analysts on Kakao
Black Desert forumgoers dug up an article in the Korea Herald from a few weeks ago that suggests publisher Kakao is using its games...
Here’s why Niantic shut off Pokemon Go’s third-party apps
Niantic has a fresh blog post out (communication! yay!) that takes a stab at explaining just why it put the kibosh on third-party Pokemon...
Massively Overthinking: One more chance for WoW Legion?
The World of Warcraft subreddit went nuts this week over a response to a player who told Blizzard that it had "one more chance... again"...
Riders of Icarus outlines its new PvP map, guild alliances, Manastone mode
Hot on the heels of the launch of Riders of Icarus' Blight of Frost Keep update, Nexon and WeMade made another big announcement for...
Global Chat: When MMORPG raiding becomes a job
When does a game go from fun to obligation? Xenophics wrote a gut-wrenching confession about how raiding in World of Warcraft became his "office,"...
Battle Bards Episode 79: Combat music
Ready to battle it out more than usual? The Battle Bards are cranking up the combat tunes from MMORPGs today, inviting all sorts of...
The Division: Underground PS4 launch, movie star rumors confirmed
The Underground DLC deployed to PlayStation 4 players of The Division this morning. PS4 players will finally get a crack at the DLC's new story...
Worlds Adrift’s emblem creator tool is now online
When MMORPGs first got rolling, we were lucky to have guildtags at all, let alone emblem creators, but Dark Age of Camelot's guild sigils...
Perpetuum Online introduces ‘bulletstorm glass-ninja’ robots
The battlefront of Perpetuum Online is about to crank it up to 11 -- 11 new robots, that is. A wave of Syndicate robots...
APB: Reloaded sees UK layoffs, plans PS4 update
"Big, dramatic, and dare I say exciting things are afoot!"
Thus begins APB: Reloaded's latest dev blog, penned by Community Manager Tiggs and Producer Joshua...
Massively Overthinking: Starting over with MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic is from a reader named Yasser, who asked us:
"If you had to pick one MMO to experience all over...
EU gaming blogs seemingly confirm RIFT’s Starfall Prophecy expansion
Earlier this month, we wrote about a Trion Worlds video game software trademark filing for "Starfall Prophecy," which prompted speculation on whether that might...
Virtus Gaming hopes to be the next big thing for MMORPG communities
Last week, we were contacted by the purveyor of a new online gaming social media platform called Virtus Gaming. Drew Duncan's his name, and...
The Daily Grind: Did MMOs displace local co-op?
The first month or so after I tried out my first MMORPG, my boyfriend at the time and I actually shared an account. One...
Perfect Ten: Older PC games that would make for great MMOs
Video games had a huge impact on my childhood and teenage years, imprinting themselves onto my psyche for all of the struggles and elation...
Warframe was hacked in 2014 to the tune of almost 800,000 email addresses
If you've been playing Warframe a long time, it's a good time to refresh your account credentials.
Vice's Motherboard blog reports this week that it...
Global Chat: Pokemon GO mania sweeps the world
What became an overnight global phenomenon certainly prompted the MMO blogosphere to talk about their experiences and opinions with Pokémon GO!
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