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Make My MMO: City of Titans devs release lore novel, Ship of Heroes talks character creation beta
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Kickstarted City of Heroes spiritual successor City of Titans released a novel penned by Jack Snyder from Missing Worlds...
LOTRO Legendarium: A timeline of Lord of the Rings Online from 1994 to 2019
When I wrapped up writing my previous LOTRO column on the game's first year of live operation, I felt that I had left this...
NCsoft Q2 2019: Guild Wars 2 may be eyeing a mobile version (again)
Those with long memories might recall that way back in 2010 prior to Guild Wars 2's launch, ArenaNet made a (small) bit of noise...
WoW Classic’s next global stress test is dated for August 8 and 9
Ever since WoW Classic's closed beta ended a tad early back in July, would-be Vanilla players have been anxious to get back in there....
Vague Patch Notes: Just stop pre-ordering video games
Look, you've probably heard this before, but it bears repeating now: Don't pre-order that game. Pre-ordering games is a bad idea. And this week,...
Ryzom’s summer promo rewards sub players with ammo in an epic water balloon fight
Open source sandbox MMORPG Ryzom is still alive and kicking, following the last couple of years of interesting moves - including a Steam launch...
Perfect Ten: Great MMOs that will run just fine on your old computer
The other day a friend was telling me that he used to play EverQuest Online Adventures very regularly back in the day, but fell...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Why Guild Wars 2 is the ideal starter MMO
When I met my wife, she was a console gamer, but she had never played an MMO. She was interested in giving some of...
Make My MMO: Kickstarter’s RAW deal, Star Citizen’s alpha 3.6 is live
This week in MMO crowdfunding was not a good week for MMO crowdfunding, thanks to RAW, whose Kickstarter campaign was actually canceled by Kickstarter...
Life is Feudal: MMO is officially going free-to-play with bonuses for existing players
It's been a while since we checked in on the MMO version of Life is Feudal, which hit early access over a year and...
The Soapbox: Hoping for Amazon to succeed where Lord of the Rings Online failed
It's not often I really get excited about an upcoming MMORPG. Partly this is because of the industry slowing down, and partly this is...
Star Wars The Old Republic’s gives love to non-subbers in today’s update
It's a big day for Star Wars The Old Republic - well, maybe a medium day. Though today's patch comes emblazoned with the forgettable...
RuneScape patches holes in Land Out of Time, promotes summer special sub sale
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...
Make My MMO: Albion Online’s Percival, Dual Universe’s alpha 2, and Elite’s next big thing
It was an oddly quiet week for crowdfunded MMOs, probably owing to the short holiday week prior, but the news we did get was...
Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a potential WoW sequel?
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...
The Daily Grind: Do you still have any faith left in Secret World Legends?
We slip on from the second anniversary of Secret World Legends and the game sure as heck looks pretty abandoned from this side of...
Perfect Ten: Reasons why I quit your MMORPG
We have all been there with subscription MMORPGs, where we go to unsubscribe and after a mild guilt trip, the cancellation screen asks us...
Make My MMO: Ship of Heroes’ auction hall looks good, RAW’s Kickstarter progresses
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ship of Heroes dropped a new video showing off both its night effects and the current functionality of its...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s third anniversary report card
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!...
The Daily Grind: Would you pay a sub for complete access to all cosmetics in an MMO?
Last month on the MOP Podcast, we tackled a question from a reader named Aaron who was musing on whether modern MMOs could learn...
