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Global Chat: Returning to Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2's new (old) leadership, uptick in communication, and upcoming expansion have a lot of MMO players returning to the game lately --...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster has all but said he’s building a metaverse
If you've been listening to companies like Epic Games yammer about the "metaverse" over the last year and wondered whether it's all just a...
Massively Overthinking: MMO ideas that were ahead of their time
I'm gonna say something wild right now: In some ways, CliffyB was ahead of his time. My husband and I came to this realization...
Old School RuneScape makes adjustments to Deadman and unveils a Group Ironman mode
Last week saw the start of the new Reborn version of the Deadman tournament to Old School RuneScape, and already the mode has seen...
Albion Online teases ‘hideout HQs’ and new weapon lines
Sandbox Interactive has pushed out a new dev blog this week focusing on upcoming balancing changes in Albion Online, all part of its push...
Indie MMO TitanReach has apparently suspended development as ‘funds have dried up’
I have some bad news for fans of indie MMORPG TitanReach: The game has apparently suspended development thanks to a lack of funding. Australian studio...
Massively Overthinking: The worst chat in the MMORPG genre
The first rule of MMORPGs is turn off global chat. Think about that for a sec. This is a genre that is expressly multiplayer...
VR MMO Orbus previews next week’s Highsteppe revamp
VR MMO Orbus has a big patch coming next week, when the Highsteppe map and the hub town of Patreayl will get a full...
EVE Online is implementing a new plan for ‘skill plans’ this fall
CCP Games isn't finished tinkering with EVE Online's skill system: This week, it announced its plans for your plans - your skill plans, that...
Guild Wars 2 counts 16M accounts, drops fall roadmap, teases End of Dragons fishing and skiffs
Remember how excited everyone was to get the Guild Wars 2 summer roadmap out of ArenaNet earlier this year? Prepare to get excited all...
Global Chat: Hitting that endgame wall in MMOs
MMO blogger Digital Visceral recently wrote about a situation that many of us encounter in our games: Hitting that max level and feeling at...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO roadmaps worth following
This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from longtime reader KenFromChicago. "As MMO reporters covering the MMO field, having some idea what to look for...
Playable Worlds’ lead designer: ‘We’re in the game industry because we love games’
Earlier this month, Playable Worlds' Greg Costikyan, the lead designer for Raph Koster's upcoming unnamed sandbox MMORPG, opened up about the way games get...
Sea of Thieves counted a whopping 4.8M players in June thanks to its third season launch
Sea of Thieves is doing something a lot of online games are reluctant to do: giving hard numbers. Then again, that's because its numbers...
Crowfall makes plans for cross-server campaigns and handshake sieges
It sure doesn't feel as if Crowfall launched six weeks ago, but this summer has felt like three minutes and also three years, so...
Battle Bards Episode 199: World of Warcraft tavern tunes
At the start and end of a long day of adventurin’, the Battle Bards love to kick back with a frosty mug of (ginger)...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite type of MMORPG raid?
Raiding is one of those very simple MMO concepts that has somehow become a contentious one in the broader discourse. A "raid" in MMO...
EA fires Apex Legends lead designer over past sexist and racist remarks
Daniel Klein, a lead game designer on the battle royale shooter Apex Legends, has been fired from his position by Electronic Arts and Respawn...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Waking Flame will be accompanied by technical upgrades for console and PC
Elder Scrolls Online's Waking Flame and its associated patch are a lot more than just a dungeon DLC, and ZeniMax Online Studios explaining why...
Old School RuneScape talks up its third raid, RuneScape details a mini dig site and Nodon Front fixes
The week's news for both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape are mostly about things that are coming soon as opposed to what's new. At...
