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The Game Awards 2022: Blue Protocol, Diablo IV, Wayfinder, Nightingale, Dune Awakening
We've updated with all the big news and trailers now - scroll down to the end for the announcements! Original post follows.
Gamers who aren't...
The FTC is moving to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard
Some things are just not surprising, and the FTC deciding that it wants to block the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft is one such...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO design is not value-neutral
It's rare for me to find myself actively yelling at my computer screen while watching something, but it does happen every so often. The...
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2022
When you're investing a whole lot of time and (potentially) money into MMORPGs, you want to make sure that your game isn't going belly-up...
Hundreds of QA workers at ZeniMax – including Elder Scrolls Online’s ZOS – are preparing to unionize
File this one under reasons we can have nice things: QA workers at ZeniMax have announced they aim to unionize under the Communication Workers...
Five things that excite me playing World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
For most of 2022, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was so far down my list of "most anticipated releases" as to be falling off the...
Vitae Aeternum: A measured response to New World’s 2023 roadmap
When New World released its roadmap for the first half of 2023 a few days back, the initial reaction from fans was... not great....
First impressions of World of Warcraft Dragonflight, part three: Combat, content, concerns
Eventually, you are going to have to fight something in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. Of course, by "eventually" I actually mean "more or less...
First impressions of World of Warcraft Dragonflight, part two: Dragonriding and dragging crafting
As is always the case with these World of Warcraft impressions, there was no way to stop with just part one. There's other stuff...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMO music of 2022
Years ago, MOP's Justin listened to hundreds - no, probably more like thousands - of MMO music tracks to narrow this topic down to...
First impressions of World of Warcraft Dragonflight, part one: Direction and narrative
While it's not really what will serve as a foundational component of my evaluation of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight as a whole, I think...
End-of-Year Eleven: The Biggest MMO Surprises of 2022
All right, 2022, you are officially no longer allowed to surprise us any more because we're doing the end-of-year thing now and that means...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight launches tonight [Update: It’s live!]
If you've been waiting eagerly for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight to arrive and wipe away Shadowlands as much as possible, your wait is rewarded...
Perfect Ten: 10 things we’re thankful for in MMO gaming
In my experience, people who invest heavily into being grateful and thankful for blessings don't have a lot of excess room for negativity and...
Is Elder Scrolls Online’s next stop in Telvanni-held mainland Morrowind?
The Dark Heart of Skyrim Celebration being held in Elder Scrolls Online has likely been about getting those sweet rewards for players, but one...
Crowfall goes dark today with a slim hope of a future return
For an MMO that's all about death and reincarnation, there's either irony or hope in Crowfall going offline today supposedly for retooling. Whether or...
Vitae Aeternum: The storm clouds on New World’s horizon
New World has improved considerably since launch. I've had a lot of praise for the changes Amazon has made, and I'm looking forward to...
Lord of the Rings Online’s community goes bonkers for a boulder nicknamed Dwayne Johnson
One would think that the arrival of a small Lord of the Rings Online expansion (or huge content update, take your pick) this past...
WoW Factor: First impressions of the Dracthyr Evoker
With the second part of the Dragonflight pre-patch live, I have now been granted an ability I did not particularly want in World of...
LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Before the Shadow’s new starter area and skirmish
You know that agonizingly delicious sensation of encountering an MMO drop that has so much stuff to explore that you hardly know where to...
