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EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s free-to-play upgrades are pretty damn generous
You've probably heard by now that EVE Online is giving its free-to-play alpha clone characters a massive boost in power in December about a...
LOTRO Legendarium: Grading Lord of the Rings Online in 2017
At the beginning of 2017, it seemed as though a mini-renaissance was brewing for Lord of the Rings Online. Standing Stone Games broke away...
Trion Worlds entices players to support Extra Life charity with in-game rewards
If you haven't heard already, tomorrow marks the start of a massive gaming marathon called Extra Life that will help raise much-needed funds to...
Warframe’s Plains of Eidolon expansion launches open-world ‘landscapes’ today
It's been a thrill, I think you'll agree, to watch over the last couple of years as Digital Extremes' Warframe defied the rule that most online...
Make My MMO: Star Citizen is hosting parties for space whales (October 7, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, I hope you've got your special black Star Citizen VIP card because CIG has invited concierge-level backers -- sorry, space...
PSA: Get tons of Elder Scrolls Online (and Legends!) stuff for $12
If you've held off your entrance into Elder Scrolls Online, here's an opportunity to jump in, cannonball-style. The Humble Monthly Bundle is all about...
Standing Stone defends LOTRO lootbox plans
Pretty cheesed off over Lord of the Rings Online's plans to stuff best-in-slot gear into lootboxes with the upcoming instance cluster? Don't hold your...
Warframe: New Plains of Eidolon trailer, players host 100-hour charity stream
Digital Extremes told Warframe players yesterday that the Plains of Eidolon expansion was planned to launch "within the next 10 days," and today's press...
Hyperspace Beacon: The pros and cons of SWTOR’s United Forces server merges
First, if you're hoping this is going to be an article hating on server merges and declaring them the ruination of an MMO community,...
Perfect Ten: The 10 live MMORPGs everybody should try
If you have ever visited the MMORPG subreddit, you probably know that one of the most frequent posts that pop up are ones asking...
Armored Warfare reorients its business model to ‘improve overall ecosystem health’
If you were one of the folks who suspected the Cloud Pirates sunset was intended to divert resources to My.com's other games, well, today's...
Global Chat: What’s going on with Daybreak?
Do you ever give MMOs a questioning stare and find yourself asking to no one in particular, "What is up with Daybreak these days,...
Make My MMO: The Thargoids should win Elite Dangerous (September 30, 2017)
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Elite has finally begun to sound "dangerous" indeed. After just a few days of owning players, the alien race that "returned"...
The Game Archaeologist: The Chronicles of Spellborn
Hey! Hey you! Yeah, you the I'm-so-bored-with-all-of-these-MMOs gamer! You've been grousing about for years how MMOs never take risks, never innovate, and are merely...
Games business roundup: VR, Project Alloy, Pearl Abyss, pay-to-dress-up, Goldman Sachs, lockboxes, and Bluehole
By chance, a whole bunch of industry-related posts landed in our newsroom this week. Well, not entirely by chance; our tipsters showered us in...
Brad McQuaid: MMO devs are ‘making the very, very early foundations of the Holodeck’
Pantheon and MMOs like it are bringing our dream future one step closer (or at least, Lt. Barclay's dream future), Brad McQuaid suggests in a new interview...
Massively Overthinking: Weighing in on Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire
Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire has been live for just a week now, and while various members of the Massively OP staff have...
PSA: Get your free Discovery uniforms in Star Trek Online
Did you get a chance to watch the debut of Star Trek: Discovery over the weekend? It is pretty exciting to see the first...
Happy 20th birthday, Ultima Online! Here’s how to get caught up on the OG MMORPG
Just about 20 years ago, my boyfriend and I were wandering through Media Play (heh) when he picked up this box for some new...
Age of Conan (finally) adds 720-day loyalty rewards
In one of our recent Daily Grind discussions about MMORPGs that might make it to 20 years of live operation, some of our commenters...