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Elder Scrolls Online’s Fallen Banners DLC arrives to console players with an active subscription
This week has brought the option for console fans of Elder Scrolls Online to delve into a pair of new dungeons provided they have...
Star Citizen studio shutters its LA offices as players argue CIG’s whaling is anti-consumer
Star Citizen studio Cloud Imperium has announced in its Chairman's Club newsletter that it has formally shuttered its Los Angeles studio following last year's...
Dune Awakening confirms $50 box price with DLC and a direct launch with no early access
Before you know it, the May 20th launch date for survival MMO Dune: Awakening will be upon us all, but perhaps you were wondering...
PSA: Project Gorgon has launched its spring 2025 sub addon package
In the midst of its seventh anniversary on Steam, Project Gorgon is tidying up its monetization and making way for the future.
The indie MMO's...
Make My MMO: Stars Reach triples its Kickstarter ask, Fractured Online celebrates its own buyout
Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP's long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and...
Massively on the Go: Niantic games under Scopely may not be so bad, actually
In case you missed the news, Pokemon GO's Niantic has finally confirmed that it is indeed offloading its games to Scopely. Oddly enough, it...
Not So Massively: Comparing the grinds of World of Warcraft and The First Descendant
Lately most of my gaming time has gone into two games: World of Warcraft and The First Descendant. They're both very grindy games, but...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Fallen Banners DLC and Update 45 are live on PC/Mac – but you can’t just buy the DLC outright
It's a big day for Elder Scrolls Online fans - as long as they're on PC or Mac, anyway - as the Fallen Banners...
Jagex’s new CEO discusses the legacy of RuneScape and OSRS, managing its devs, and microtransaction concerns
Last week saw a pretty significant shakeup for RuneScape and Old School RuneScape fans when Jagex CEO Phil Mansell announced he stepped down as...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Unova Tour was functional but no fun
Pokemon GO's just announced the next Go Fest, but the recent Unova Tour LA Tour and now the Global Tour have both recently concluded,...
Life is Feudal Arden, the F2P second resurrection of the medieval MMO, enters open beta on Steam
If you get a second chance to make a first impression but that second chance makes the exact same impression as the first, did...
WWII Online maps out bug fixes, tank visual updates, balancing updates, and a month-long all-access promo
You thought we were done with 2025 content roadmaps? You're wrong, dear reader, because WWII Online has arrived to the party and plunked down...
Make My MMO: The impending Stars Reach Kickstarter and the latest loss of Legends of Aria
Welcome back to Make My MMO, MOP's long-running column where we keep track of crowdfunded MMOs, both brand-new titles just starting their campaigns and...
Stars Reach: ‘We’re not gonna break the economy for the sake of the Kickstarter’
If for some reason were home on a Saturday watching a stream instead of playing a game, then you likely just got an eyeful...
EVE Frontier makes an 18-minute case to play this blockchain hardcore MMO
Still not sold on EVE Frontier but curious about what sets this title apart in CCP's EVE universe -- other than its use of...
The reboot of Kickstarted MMO Shards Online, Legends of Aria Classic, is officially sunsetting
I'm sorry to report this morning that Legends of Aria Classic is closing its doors - again. The news comes via the game's Patreon...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s housing design is exactly what we need
I haven't weighed in on this tiny little insignificant World of Warcraft housing news since it dropped last November, mostly because I've been waiting to...
The Daily Grind: What MMO promotion did you miss that you wish you hadn’t?
Recently we reported on how a one-month charity drive in World of Warcraft resulted in players effectively raising $2M to cure a rare form...
You can predownload Blade & Soul NEO today: Here’s everything we learned at the press event
NCsoft isn't calling Blade & Soul NEO this, but "B&S Classic Plus" is the fastest way I can communicate to core MMORPG players just...
‘We are designing it to last for decades’: Stars Reach is hoping for ‘a few hundred thousand players’
Are you feeling the hype yet from the approach of the Stars Reach Kickstarter? Because Playable Worlds is kinda going all out with blogs...
