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SSG has delayed Lord of the Rings Online’s Before the Shadow to November 15
Well, it's not exactly an impossible-to-fathom move given that it's baked into preorder verbiage, but it's going to be irritating nonetheless: Standing Stone Games...
WoW Factor: Breaking down the ‘third era’ of World of Warcraft development
We are, at the time of this writing, less than a week out from the second part of the Dragonflight pre-patch for World of...
New World’s fresh start concurrency soars to 119K as Amazon adds 33 new servers
Well, if you were wondering whether fresh start would boost New World even more than Brimstone Sands, wonder no more: It definitely did.
Yesterday afternoon's...
New World’s fresh start servers are about to officially begin their launch rollout
If you've been holding out to return to New World for a fresh start, then today is your day, as (some of the) fresh...
Guild Wars 2 players re-live the Battle for Lion’s Arch next week as S1E5 returns
Since End of Dragons' big rollout, Guild Wars 2 has been rereleasing remastered and reimagined versions of every episode of its original living world...
WoW Factor: The Dragonflight pre-patch talent trees fix a lot of problems in WoW
If you don't want to read an entire column in which I talk about the new talent trees in World of Warcraft... good gosh,...
Perfect Ten: 10 things to understand about MMO Bards
In the past four installments of this pseudo-series, I have done columns on archetypes that exist in every single game. Every game has a...
Halloween fun across the MMORPG genre, 2022 edition
Halloween officially began October 1st (or September 1st, by some calendars), and we've been collecting all the spoopy events in MMORPGs and MMO-adjacent titles...
World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight era gets off to a shaky start with buggy pre-patch
It was the end of the Shadowlands era for World of Warcraft -- and the beginning of Dragonflight... sort of. Last night's delayed rollout...
Vitae Aeternum: First impressions of New World’s greatsword and world revamp
We come now to part two of my early impressions of New World's sprawling Brimstone Sands update. Previously in our Vitae Aeternum column, I...
Vitae Aeternum: First impressions of New World’s Brimstone Sands and Nightveil Hallow
It's finally here: New World has launched its fall update, and the Soulwardens of Aeternum now venture into the wastes of Brimstone Sands.
This is...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 reasons to get psyched about Before the Shadow (that aren’t the new zones)
Standing Stone Games went and pulled a classic case of misdirection on all of us -- and I'm not complaining. While the studio had...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO haunted houses to explore – if you dare….
Happy Halloween! Or if you prefer, Happy Scare-Related Holidays featuring the Stylings of Ed Casbar and His Electric Teeth. It'd be the best of...
New World’s Brimstone Sands sees a peak of 65K players – and queues to match
So just how did yesterday's Brimstone Sands launch go for New World? That's what we're here to compile, but the answer to the question...
World of Warcraft announces the Dragonflight pre-patch will roll out in two phases starting October 25
As it was speculated, so it has come to pass: World of Warcraft's pre-patch for Dragonflight will roll out on October 25th. Or at...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.25 is live today with new types of dungeons and new quests
Are you ready for a new style of dungeon? How about helping a rabbit and a robot open a cafe at the end of...
New World’s Brimstone Sands releases today with greatswords, improved beginner experience, and more servers
After months of rising population and renewed community interest, New World seems as though it's on the cusp of a genuine second chance. That's...
First impressions of Embers Adrift, the Kickstarted MMORPG once known as Saga of Lucimia
Those who know me will attest that I am not an old-school MMORPG player by heart. Every time I thought about getting into EverQuest...
LOTRO Legendarium: Four options for character leveling in LOTRO
One of the unsung benefits of maturing MMORPGs is that they generally offer far more options for leveling and adventuring than what was present...
WoW Factor: Was the faction split ever good for World of Warcraft?
Before I had played World of Warcraft and back in the time when I allowed myself to speculate more freely on what games would...
