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Middle-earth Enterprises sends cease-and-desist letter to LOTRO rogue server project
Some Lord of the Rings Online players may have been aware of an unofficial rogue server project that was set to release this month...
Amazon has delayed New World’s Barnacles and Black Powder expedition
If you were hoping that the Barnacles and Black Powder expedition would make it into this week's New World update, well, it may still...
Blizzard-NetEase financing dispute leads to canceled Warcraft mobile MMO ‘Neptune’
Blizzard has apparently canceled an in-development MMORPG. Bloomberg, which first broke the news, says the game was code-named Neptune and was a "massively multiplayer...
SWTOR releases Update 7.1 Digging Deeper today with more story and a new raid
After a long wait, Star Wars: The Old Republic fans have their first content drop following the release of Legacy of the Sith this...
Activision-Blizzard Q2 2022: More revenue dips for WoW, ABK, and Blizzard in spite of Diablo Immortal
Welcome back to our regular coverage of Activision-Blizzard's quarterly financials. As of this afternoon, we have Q2's results, comprising April, May, and June 2022; let's...
Vitae Aeternum: The hits and misses of New World’s summer update
Last week saw the release of New World's big summer update, including an extensive music system, the Medleyfaire event, and various endgame tweaks. This...
Star Trek Online fans hold vigil for the late, magnificent Nichelle Nichols
The Star Trek fandom is mourning this week at the news that Nichelle Nichols passed away from natural causes at the age of 89....
Hands-on with Multiversus: How WB’s new brawler stacks up against Super Smash Bros.
Like most of the readers of this site, I spend the majority of my gaming time in MMORPGs, or I wouldn't be here. But...
Star Wars: The Old Republic previews next month’s ‘short story’ update, gives out free decorations
Following the anemic content offerings and reception of this past spring's Legacy of the Sith, Star Wars: The Old Republic is under a lot...
Vitae Aeternum: New World interview on Summer Medleyfaire, solo play, housing, and more
With the launch of New World's Summer Medleyfaire patch and event this morning, we naturally had questions about the new systems and the future...
Perfect Ten: Useful excuses for ditching an MMO dungeon run
I'm not saying that MMO dungeons are boring or anything, but when you start one, you've kind of committed to seeing it through --...
The Soapbox: Why diversifying your MMO gaming is the smart thing to do
Allow me to indulge in some retrospection for a moment as I sit back on my rocker, squint into the fading afternoon light, and...
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is confirmed to be launching on September 26
It's almost time to head back to Northrend in World of Warcraft. The official word is out after last week's leak confirming that Wrath...
Chronicles of Elyria admits to running out of money in 2021, ‘hemorrhaging cash’ ever since
There are grim tidings out of Chronicles of Elyria in its July State of Elyria report. Studio head Jeromy “Caspian” Walsh has once again...
Gearbox shuts down game forums in favor of Discord, but Cryptic’s MMOs are not affected
Back in December 2021, Gearbox's Embracer Group bought up Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic, meaning whatever Gearbox decided to do could possibly affect the...
WoW Factor: So what’s the actual prediction on Dragonflight’s quality?
I was briefly considering doing another math column now that we actually have a date when World of Warcraft: Dragonflight started alpha testing, but......
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
Diablo Immortal set to launch July 25 in China after bizarre delay
Back in June when Diablo Immortal launched here in the west, Chinese publisher NetEase surprised everyone by delaying the game's release in China itself,...
WoW Classic’s Wrath of the Lich King launches September 26 according to yet another Blizzard leak
Sooooo either Blizzard's web team had another oopsie or somebody really wanted to distract everyone from the fact that Activision-Blizzard workers staged a walkout...
LOTRO Legendarium: Update 33.1’s further adventures are more like a light snack
Seeing as how I was somewhat underwhelmed with Lord of the Rings Online's Further Adventures with Bilbo Baggins, I approached this week's new mission...
