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With RuneScape's Land Out of Time fresh on the live servers as of last week, Jagex is already looking ahead to post-launch fixes and...

It was an oddly quiet week for crowdfunded MMOs, probably owing to the short holiday week prior, but the news we did get was...

It's a rare MMO player who's never played World of Warcraft, which makes this particular summer an interesting one for the whole genre. Even...

We slip on from the second anniversary of Secret World Legends and the game sure as heck looks pretty abandoned from this side of...

We have all been there with subscription MMORPGs, where we go to unsubscribe and after a mild guilt trip, the cancellation screen asks us...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ship of Heroes dropped a new video showing off both its night effects and the current functionality of its...

Well hey, it seems like it's another birthday for Pokemon Go, so you all know what we have for the anniversary party: another report card!...

Last month on the MOP Podcast, we tackled a question from a reader named Aaron who was musing on whether modern MMOs could learn...

Old School RuneScape is, in its own words, "resolutely a subscription-only game," and as it's subscription-only game, one of the biggest things the devs...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Shroud of the Avatar released its 67th update. In the release instructions, the devs note the update was intended...

It's hard to find a whole lot to say about World of Warcraft: Classic at this point. Not in a bad sense, mind you;...

One of the most confusing things about any game that chooses a hybrid business model is figuring out what you need to buy in...

This week in MMO crowdfunding, Pantheon's Brad McQuaid posted a lengthy dev blog all about its use of Unity and how the game has...

Last week, games psychologist Jamie Madigan tweeted an underrated comment about how psychological tricks used in restaurant menu design are also found in video...

It can be difficult to play Star Wars: The Old Republic without paying; the game has some pretty strict restrictions in place for free...

Close set of voting this time 'round, at least in terms of TERA's business model. For a time, the polls were literally at 50/50,...

Niantic and Pokemon Go have been no stranger at all to lawsuits over the years - it's just that most the suits have been...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A multiplayer online game is looking for the new hot thing to drum up interest in...

Last year's big crowdfunded MMO of the year, Temtem, officially rolled into alpha 0.2 this week, boasting "character customization, trading, new battle mechanics, minimap,...

The announcement of Trials of Mana - the upgrading and localization of Seiken Densetsu 3, a game that was long held as a lost...