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Make My MMO: Who do you love now? HOVERBIKES
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen once again made headlines with a concept ship sale, though it wasn't actually for a ship -...
Global Chat: Is it worth it to subscribe to MMOs?
MMO blog Altar of Gaming has a fascinating series going on in which Rimuru is evaluating whether or not it's worth picking up a...
LOTRO Legendarium: My vision for free-to-play version 2.0
A few weeks ago I embarked on an experiment that I had hoped would make for a fascinating column. Basically, I created a brand-new...
KurtzPel addresses issues with the game’s free-to-play balance with a new development letter
It turns out that converting a game from a buy-to-play model to a free-to-play one is somewhat harder than it looks. That's one of...
Make My MMO: Oath’s Kickstarter success, Star Citizen’s funding drama
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Star Citizen made headlines once again thanks to a rather brutal article on Forbes that references everything from Chris...
The Game Archaeologist: Minions of Mirth
While large teams with big budgets and studios backing them are expected to push out smash hit MMORPGs, to me it's always vastly more...
Elder Scrolls Blades releases fresh early access trailer and patch
The Elder Scrolls: Blades is having a bit of a rough release, what with the endless string of criticism over its business model and...
Elder Scrolls Online’s latest free trial event has begun as fifth anniversary celebrations continue
If you've somehow never managed to try The Elder Scrolls Online in the last five years, first of all, what are you playing that's...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are not the same as your single-player games with servers
Recently, I've been trying to get into Bloodborne. This isn't a result of my disliking the Souls franchise as a whole, just that it's never...
Make My MMO: An Albion Online revisit and an OrbusVR relaunch
This week in MMO crowdfunding, we dived deep into one of the true successes of MMO crowdfunding: Albion Online. As of its original launch...
Into the Super-verse: Six things that made Marvel Heroes great
With all of the City of Heroes revival talk lately, our office chat turned in the direction of other MMOs we'd love to see...
Guild Wars 2 just dropped its massive balance patch and War Eternal Supply Drop Requisition
Happy patch day, Guild Wars 2 players. As promised, ArenaNet has implemented a wide-ranging balancing update for multiple professions and elite professions. Definitely read...
Make My MMO: City of Titans’ enemy mob design, Oath’s Kickstarter, and Star Citizen 3.5
This week in MMO crowdfunding, it's been superhero insanity, and I don't even mean City of Heroes. We got updates from Ship of Heroes...
Make My MMO: Albion Online is free-to-play, so of course the review bombing has begun
Never let it be said that no crowdfunded MMOs ever succeed: This week week in MMO crowdfunding, Albion Online launched for what one might...
Champions Online kicks off a leveling challenge and ushers in some gigantic monsters
How quickly do you think you can get a character to level 40 in Champions Online? The developers are challenging you to hit that...
Enter to win a Skyforge New Horizons PC Mechanoid War Pack from My.com and MOP! [NA only]
Skyforge made headlines this week for its latest expansion, New Horizons, with its new planet, new enemies, and overhauled scaling system intended to help...
Albion Online’s free-to-play relaunch is going well in spite of lag, queues, and duping
We don't get a lot of buy-to-play or subscription-based MMOs going free-to-play anymore, chiefly because most of the ones likely to make the jump...
MMO Business Roundup: Funcom financials, NetEase, Improbable’s BioWare roots, and a real-world battle royale
Welcome back to another MMO business roundup! Business business business!
If you've been watching Funcom's financial reports since 2017 or so, you know that the...
Adventure Academy is an ‘educational massively multiplayer online game’ launching May 1
Adventure Academy is going to mystify the typical gamer: There are no dragons to fight and no lockboxes to fight over. But if you're...
Make My MMO: Oath is the latest MMORPG to launch on Kickstarter
This week week in MMO crowdfunding, a new Kickstarter contender has entered the ring! The game is called Oath, and Ready-Up Studios is asking...
