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Flameseeker Chronicles: Should Guild Wars 2 delete leveling?
Leveling is one of those things that you just have to have to count as an RPG, right? It’s expected. At this point, the...
Not So Massively: Lost Ark is a promising MMOARPG with a poor first impression
Like many ARPG fans, I have long-awaited the Western release of Smilegate's MMOARPG, Lost Ark. Though the launch has been delayed to next year,...
Wisdom of Nym: Coping with the Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker delay
Sigh.
So by now even if you didn't watch the live letter, you've heard the bad news. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker was just in sight,...
Interview: Crowfall’s freemium update, small-scale PvP, new players, and the future of the game
Another month has passed, and another meaty patch is coming to Crowfall. That's right, today we'll see the latest update (7.300) arrive on the...
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker has been delayed until December 7
If you've been counting the days until Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion arrived, you're going to have to count a little bit longer. Producer...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Charles Boyd on BioWare, newbie acquisition, economy, and beyond
So it’s been two years since I wrote a piece on Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’m sorry. You’ll have to tell me what...
First Impressions: Lost Ark’s beta version feels like the MMOARPG for folks who are bad at ARPGs
I’ve probably started and restarted this impressions piece about three different times now, primarily because I’m not entirely sure where to begin with Lost...
Kakao is taking over publishing ArcheAge in the west from Gamigo
It's the end of an era: The Western version of ArcheAge is getting a new publisher. Come December, Kakao will be running the game...
Perfect Ten: 10 enemies we need to fight more in MMORPGs
When I wrote up the contents of every MMORPG bestiary, I stuck mostly with concepts rather than specifics, aside from dragons and slimes. There...
Activision-Blizzard Q3 2021: Blizzard MAUs hold steady at 26M as Diablo II Resurrected drives revenues
Welcome back to our quarterly coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials, the release day of which has become one of the schadenfreude highlights of each...
Vitae Aeternum: The cold water splash of New World’s Amrine Excavation and early game dungeon mechanics
Could a single poorly designed dungeon encounter kill a whole-ass MMO for me? I didn't think it was possible, but then I entered the...
20 tips for getting a good start in Fallen Earth’s apocalypse
It's certainly not every day that one of your favorite MMOs of all time comes back from the dead. When that happens, friends, it's...
17-year-old World of Warcraft announces a ‘community council’ for diverse player feedback
Player councils in MMORPGs are a pretty old concept, prominent in games like EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, and Star Wars Galaxies....
Fallen Earth Classic sees ‘more players online at the same time than any time in the last six years’
Maybe all MMOs should be taken offline for a couple of years to increase their popularity when they are brought back? This wasn't the...
New World is suffering from yet another exploit, this one revolving around malicious chat code
The New World community is becoming absolute experts at finding bugs and exploits in the game, prodded on by Amazon's apparent willingness to provide...
First Impressions: Elyon continues to blend in with the MMORPG gaming furniture
After about 30 or so levels and an entirely different class, I can pretty much say with a fair bit of confidence that my...
Halloween fun across the MMORPG genre, 2021 edition
Over the last couple of weeks, we've been rounding up all the Halloween events descending upon our favorite MMORPGs and MMO-adjacent titles, and there...
WoW Factor: BlizzCon is BlizzGone, so what’s next for WoW?
If you needed a sign of just how bad things were getting at Blizzard HQ, that sign came with the announcement that BlizzConline was...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Specter, Untamed, and Mechanist
It seems like just yesterday that we were getting hyped for the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons' reveal stream. While we still have...
Activision-Blizzard partly meets some worker demands, dramatically cuts Bobby Kotick’s compensation
At 5:15 a.m. EDT this morning, Activision-Blizzard's PR team dropped a lengthy letter from CEO Bobby Kotick, addressing everything from the ongoing pandemic to...