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Blue Protocol is shutting down in Japan and will not be localized for the west
The writing has appeared to be on the wall for a while now, but it's now official: Blue Protocol is being shut down in...
Vitae Aeternum: Ranking New World’s zones by their player housing
As the interminable wait until October stretches on, New World players and New World bloggers alike search for ways to fill the time. One...
World of Warcraft: The War Within racks up player praise and frustrated memes along with hotfixes
Yesterday saw World of Warcraft's latest expansion, The War Within, open to everyone who plays the game (rather than just those who pre-ordered the...
World of Warcraft The War Within officially releases today
If you've managed to dodge all of the pre-order access spoilers both unofficial and official, congratulations: Your reward is the ability to play World...
MY.GAMES is handing Skyforge publishing off to Innova, and yes this is confusing
It's the end of an era: Skyforge has been operating under the My.com/MY.GAMES banner since its launch back in 2015, but now it's moving...
LOTRO Legendarium: The quiet failure of LOTRO’s birding hobby
The past month of Lord of the Rings Online's operation has been one of the busier summer months in this game's history. Update 41...
World of Warcraft’s The War Within headstart is live – prepare for a long spoiler-dodging weekend
Depending on how much you shelled out for World of Warcraft's newest expansion, this is either the best or longest weekend of the year...
Vague Patch Notes: The problem with numbers in MMORPGs
I recently saw a post on the official World of Warcraft forums noting that if not for the game's almost infamous level squish, players...
Perfect Ten: The best MMOs from the years before we started counting
You know what bothers me? Our annual awards recap. We always list all of the games that we've given awards to in the past,...
Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live(blog): Dune Awakening launches on PC early next year
Gamescom 2024 in Cologne, Germany, is about to begin with Geoff Keighley's Opening Night Live spectacle, a two-hour parade of trailers, advertisements, and ideally,...
Fight or Kite: Necesse is a cute retro survival game for Minecraft and Terraria fans
I’ve never been one to make very good use of Steam wishlists – or any wishlists, for that matter. I’m weird in that way,...
Choose My Adventure: Fractured Online starts off unremarkably but comfortably
I always start off with a lot of concern whenever I enter a sandbox MMORPG for Choose My Adventure. Mostly because these games are...
Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds expansion officially launches with player housing today
Fellow MMO housing fans, furbish up your design skills because we're going to Janthir Wilds today.
Yes, Guild Wars 2's latest expansion officially rolls out...
Elder Scrolls Online’s update 43 is here and we are so ready to tour all of your homes
Elder Scrolls Online players, set your launcher patchers to go because update 43 is officially live as of this afternoon - at least if...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s Allied Societies for Dawntrail
We've gone through a lot of different names for what are now being called Allied Societies in Final Fantasy XIV, but I think this...
Ashes of Creation boosts its alpha access bundle offerings following gamer uproar
If you were among those who raised your eyebrows at the three-figure prices that Ashes of Creation was charging for access to its upcoming...
Amazon and NCsoft delay Throne and Liberty to October 1 for more progression retooling
Hope you didn't have your heart set on a September 17th launch for Throne and Liberty because Amazon and NCsoft just delayed it again....
Storyboard: Roleplaying in MMORPGs is much more common than you think
Back around the time when the game's first expansion was a going concern, there was a post on the World of Warcraft forums about...
Conan Exiles’ Age of Heroes companions and living settlements will breathe more life into the sandbox
If there's one thing that many survival games lack, it's life. To me, one of the drawbacks of the survival genre compared to MMORPGs...
The Soapbox: Feeling the FOMO effect of positive MMO news
It was the other week that I saw the very unexpected headline right here on MOP: "Daybreak bought Palia studio Singularity 6 and aims...
