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Perfect Ten: Ten MMORPGs you’ve already forgotten about
Not every MMORPG can remain in the spotlight forever. Time has a nasty habit of making us forget titles that used to rile up...
Lost Ark plots a course for beta, lays out its monetization and currency plans
Amazon-published Korean MMORPG Lost Ark published two documents for prospective players this week, addressing both how the upcoming closed beta will play out as...
Fallen Earth Classic is definitely happening, soon, and it’ll be free-to-play to boot
Last week, we noted that Little Orbit CEO Matt Scott had teased the possibility of a Fallen Earth Classic. As of today, it's more...
Make My MMO: Book of Travels’ early access, Fractured Veil’s Kickstarter victory
Kickstarted "Tiny MMO" Book of Travels landed in early access this month to the confused delight of cozy-game players everywhere. MOP's own Justin called...
Lawful Neutral: Managing toxicity in the MMO industry
When I'm playing games, I make a lot of use of the reporting function. If I see a moonkin zerg farming a spot in...
Into the Super-Verse: Has Homecoming torched the plans of City of Heroes successors?
Anyone who has followed my career for a while is probably aware of the fact that I love City of Heroes. This is not a...
EverQuest’s perks are live as EverQuest II begins Visions of Vetrovia beta and preorders
In the beginning of September, we were all alerted to the incoming arrival of Perks, an additional layer of monetization on top of EverQuest's...
Elder Scrolls Online offers a free subscription trial for the next week
Have you ever wondered what life is like on the other side of the subscription barrier in Elder Scrolls Online but were too cheap...
WoW Factor: So when will we get the next World of Warcraft expansion announcement?
Under normal circumstances for World of Warcraft, this would be a very stupid topic for an article because it would have a very obvious answer...
Elyon delays pre-download and character creation, says launch and headstart are ‘on course’
Elyon surprised everyone last month when it diverted from its September launch to an October 20th launch, with a change-up for its business model...
Perfect Ten: A sampler of crowdfunded MMOs and how they’re doing
I've gone on the record many a time as being deeply suspicious of Kickstarter and crowdfunding when it comes to MMOs. There are reasons...
Make My MMO: Albion Online’s Harvest challenge, CitizenCon’s date, and Fractured Veil’s Kickstarter
If you've ever wanted to ride around on a ghost bat, your time has come in Albion Online, as its October challenge offers harvest-themed...
Interview: Cryptic untangles Neverwinter’s new battle pass experiment
Earlier this month, we learned that Cryptic is planning a multi-tiered battle pass for Neverwinter. Echoes of Prophecy will serve as the content campaign...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Unite mobile is a good port but better update
So Pokemon Unite is now mobile and cross-platform. Who'd have thought a traditionally Nintendo-only IP would do this? The update and dev team letter we mentioned is...
The Game Archaeologist: Tanarus, Sony Online Entertainment’s first online game
While EverQuest is perhaps thought of as Sony Online Entertainment's first online game, the truth of history tells us differently. Just as how Mythic...
Elyon begins preregistration ahead of its October 20 free-to-play launch
So Krafton-Bluehole's upcoming MMORPG Elyon's been a bit of a tangle these last few months. After changing its name and its theme, it rolled...
Hearthstone promises a mix of RPG and roguelike when Mercenaries arrives October 12
There's a new game mode coming to Hearthstone on Tuesday, October 12th, which seeks to blend the CCG's characters with RPG and roguelike elements....
EVE Online players speculate at least 110K players are subscribed based on the August economic report
Last month we reported on some number crunching done by a Redditor that took a stat from EVE Online's July economic report to tease...
Fight or Kite: Spellbreak’s wizardry battles wage on with new content
It’s been a hot minute since I spent any time playing Spellbreak. When it first launched, it was a nice part of my nightly...
Mortal Online 2 has shifted its launch to 2022, scraps early access plans
It's the story of 2021 so far, that so many MMOs have seen delays, but hey, here's one more: Mortal Online 2 has bumped...
