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LOTRO and DDO extend promo, give away zones, discount expansions, and sweeten subs
OK, everybody who has had a beef with how expensive the cumulative content is for Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons...
Pathfinder Online moves into open enrollment and makes several updates
Since it's been some time since we last took a peek at Pathfinder Online, we thought it would be a good idea to see...
Fallout 76 interview: Bethsoft on One Wasteland, text chat, and other radioactive topics
After a year and a half of regrettable design and business decisions (not to mention unending castigation in the media and among the community),...
Last Oasis is now selling $13 private servers so players can run their own worlds
Roaming around a sun-scorched post-apocalyptic world can be stressful, not just from getting over-tanned, but because other wanderers may be out to reduce your...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: The Hammer’s End
When you're trawling the internet for a fresh MMORPG experience that is quite far off the beaten path, you can't get much more lost...
Gamigo confirms ArcheAge’s free-to-play version will receive Garden of the Gods for free
It's been a wild few days for Gamigo and ArcheAge, which at the tail end of last week admitted that it was planning to...
XLGAMES and Gamigo say paid DLC will make up for ‘deficiencies’ in ArcheAge Unchained’s launch
It would seem that XLGAMES and Gamigo are going with the "set off an explosion" approach to dousing community fires. As we reported last...
Make My MMO: Elite’s beta blowout, Crowfall’s latest alpha
It's been a big couple of weeks in MMO crowdfunding, at least if you're watching the development of crowdfunded games: Star Citizen is running...
LOTRO Legendarium: What I want from Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO
While my primary interest and focus in this column continues to be Lord of the Rings Online, I'm not so stubborn as to refuse...
Build your own text MMO with Fableverse’s robust game engine
Have you ever yearned to build your own MMORPG, yet nobody's throwing millions of dollars and big-name developers your way to make that happen?...
Old School RuneScape gives Twitch Prime members two free weeks of play
Don't let its looks deceive you: Old School RuneScape is one of the most popular MMORPGs on the planet, even if its polygons could...
The Culling returns, again, with an eyebrow-raising new business model
You all remember The Culling and The Culling 2, right? Xaviant Games tried to launch game-show-themed battle royale The Culling 2 back in 2018,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 271: Population Zero plus three
Justin, Bree, and Sam discuss Population Zero, Blizzard's Q1 2020 report, Trove Delves, ESO's Greymoor prologue, and Guild Wars 2's rollback, with adventures in Fallout 76, Starborne, LOTRO, and SWG Legends, and mailbag topics on MMO reward hoarding and whether SSG's business model is predatory.
Make My MMO: Kickstarted social MMO Book of Travels has journeyed into closed beta
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Book of Travels, named MOP's Most Anticipated MMO at the tail end of last year, rolled into its closed beta...
Activision-Blizzard Q1 2020: Blizzard MAUs flat at 32M, but revenue jumps ahead of Shadowlands
It won't surprise you, given the current global health crisis, that a large portion of Activision-Blizzard's first quarter revenue report and conference call focused...
Fight or Kite: Valorant’s place in an MMO player’s rotation
The new hotness from Riot Games, developer of League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, delivers twitchy, intense FPS action in Valorant. The game has...
Make My MMO: Crowfall’s Dregs GvG campaign is live for alpha players
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Crowfall has added the Dregs guild-vs.-guild campaign world to phase 2 of its ongoing alpha, marking what ArtCraft says is...
Astellia Online is no longer run by Barunsun E&A, which might explain its new blockchain promotion
This weekend, we thought to take a peek in to Astellia Online to see if there's been anything happening recently, and as it turns...
Make My MMO: Fractured’s June alpha will include its first attempt at proper player cities
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Fractured's current alpha test will come to a close, but don't fret: Dynamight is plotting the next round for June,...
Fallout 76 promises a roadmap soon, teases pets and legendary perks
Fresh from a relatively successful launch of its Wastelanders expansion, Fallout 76 is buckling back down to work on the next phase of its...
