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Make My MMO: Ship of Heroes’ demo, Pantheon’s art, Ashes of Creation’s alpha two
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks! Interestingly, there's actually been kind of a lot of nice forward...
Embers Adrift opens up subscription perks to all for its anniversary event
It's already been just about a year since Embers Adrift first reached launch, and that's something to celebrate for any MMO. Even more so...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s guilds, story quests, and pay-to-win gacha mechanics
I’d be lying if I said my game time over the last several months hasn’t been completely upended by Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. It’s...
Embers Adrift encourages new and lapsed players to login for its first anniversary
Embers Adrift is going to be marking its first anniversary this month, and the devs at Stormhaven Studios would really, really like players to...
The Soapbox: The real cost of breaking trust with gamers
There's a quote going around these days in gaming spheres about trust being like a broken vase that can be fixed but will never...
Whatever happened to the indie sandbox MMORPG Ethyrial Echoes of Yore?
Regular readers and genre fans are likely familiar with the fate of Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore, the old school-styled indie sandbox MMORPG that launched...
Not So Massively: The growing field of StarCraft II spiritual successors
StarCraft II ranks very highly on my list of my favourite games of all time, but while it remains popular, it is in maintenance...
The Daily Grind: Do you complain about MMO buyables – and then buy them anyway?
During EG7's investor pitch video this week, Daybreak boss Ji Ham said something that leaped out at me. He was essentially trying to convince...
WoW Factor: So Blizzard backtracked on WoW Classic’s dungeon finder
So in April last year, I wrote a whole article about how World of Warcraft's development team was taking a gigantic misstep when it...
Unity’s leaked install fee concessions include a fee cap, self-reporting, and end to retroactivity
As we've been reporting, Unity upended the entire gaming industry last week by announcing crushing new per-game-install fees for developers, a decision that not...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen is nine years late, but sure, it’s the gamers who are wrong
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks!
Star Citizen, an alpha MMORPG Kickstarted in 2012 ahead of a planned...
Massively Overthinking: Do you sub to MMOs you’re no longer playing?
Over the summer, an MMO did something I've never seen an MMO do before: It stopped taking my money for no discernable reason and...
PvP MMO Abyss admits it began life as a crypto game selling ‘satirical poop’ NFTs
Back in August, we covered a seemingly new project from a new-to-MMOs team called Old World Labs. The so-called Abyss sounded interesting, with immersive...
Gamigo’s RIFT celebrates Steam’s 20th birthday with free subs, mounts, and boosts
If you've been on Steam since the early days, you're celebrating a 20th anniversary alongside Valve this week, and some games are jumping in...
Lost Ark issues a compensation package for its extended EU server merge maintenance
European fans of Lost Ark were effectively locked out from playing the MMOARPG earlier this week, when Amazon Games' big EU server merge ended...
RuneScape subbers are not happy about its new battlepass-style Hero Pass system
If you were desperately hoping that there was another way to give RuneScape your money on top of the game's existing subscription option, good...
Casually Classic: Hardcore realms are merely a Band-Aid for WoW Classic
Let's pause for a hot minute to absorb the fact that WoW Classic just hit its fourth anniversary. For the reheated leftovers of an...
Make My MMO: Loftia has generated $850K on Kickstarter so far
Welcome to another blast of MMO crowdfunding news from the last few weeks!
Loftia is on track to be the biggest MMO Kickstarter of the...
Sojo is a solo effort early access open world MMORPG promising all of the genre trimmings
With an open world, four classes, linear leveling, talent trees, item-based progression, hundreds of items, and a low-poly art style, Sojo is certainly hitting...
The Daily Grind: What’s a red flag for you for MMO cash shop customization?
Free-to-play games have to make money somehow, and character customization options are usually the option that developers pick just because it's possible to add...
