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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...
Here’s how getting into a fight – and getting out of one – works in Book of Travels
If you thought Might and Delight's Book of Travels was going to be all walking and talking and no fighting, well, you're wrong. A...
SWTOR: Legacy of the Sith’s combat styles ‘separate story from gameplay’
Forget a new planet or the resurgence of the Republic vs. Empire conflict in Star Wars: The Old Republic -- when Legacy of the...
Diablo community manager recounts low pay, a sexually threatening culture, and mistreatment at Blizzard
Back in March 2020, we reported on the departure of Diablo III community manager Brandy "Nevalistis" Camel, who noted in her statement that she...
Global Chat: How New World and Star Wars Galaxies are linked
New World and Star Wars Galaxies aren't often mentioned in the same sentence together, unless you're reading MMO blog Unidentified Signal Source. The author...
Massively Overthinking: Are there any ‘blue oceans’ left in the MMO market?
Level Up Labs' Lars Doucet recently penned a blog post practically begging people not to try to compete with ROBLOX by remaking it as...
Destiny 2 on PvP: ‘The ultimate goal here is consistency’
Writing what probably should have been a full dev blog in its own right, Destiny 2 Assistant Game Director Joe Blackburn put out a...
Player-run Open Perpetuum goes fully free-to-play on Steam
Care for a little free-to-play sandbox gaming? How about one where you are a robot in an open world? If you've been curious about...
Lineage II’s casual friendly version includes an action-packed solo dungeon
Hopefully you didn't miss the word that Lineage II is about to launch a brand-new version of the game that's far more casual-friendly than...
Playable Worlds’ lead designer: ‘Our industry does not thrive on ideas’
Raph Koster's startup Playable Worlds is working on an MMORPG. A big one. A big one we don't know much about yet, in spite...
Star Sonata 2 adjusts support classes, adds a new zone, and introduces base upgrading features
Let's check in on Star Sonata 2, shall we? After all, the last time we had a peek in on this one it had...
Competitive MMO Lands of Kehliel posts slow but sure progress on its first match
Do you remember Lands of Kehliel? It first crossed our desk in November of last year, promising a competition-focused open world MMORPG experience where...
SEED dev blogs discuss city building, player testing reactions, and the first version of an economy
If you were worried that the somewhat sort list suggested by this story's headline meant that there weren't a lot of developer blogs roaring...
Battle Bards Episode 198: Final Fantasy XI expansions
Return with us to the lands of Vana’diel, as the Battle Bards dip into the ocean of Final Fantasy XI expansion music. While Syl...
An Activision-Blizzard worker was arrested for bathroom peeping in 2018
We're on day 10 of the Activision-Blizzard scandal - 10 days since we first learned California had filed a massive sexual discrimination and sexual...
Massively Overthinking: Has Blizzard’s sexism lawsuit changed your gaming plans?
Following last week's disturbing revelation that Blizzard has been covering up more than a decade of abuse and that the state of California is...
Lost Ark previews the Assassin and its Shadowhunter and Deathblade elite versions
So you want to be a stabby rogue in Lost Ark? You're gonna have to roll an Assassin. That's the class under the spotlight...
