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Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo
The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...
The Daily Grind: What kind of MMO achiever are you?
Yesterday's post on Richard Bartle's new unplayer matrix got me thinking once again about my quibbles with the original Bartle quotient, which won't surprise...
Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate
Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...
Massively Overthinking: Forced socializing in MMORPGs
Massively OP Patron Jackybah has a question for this week's Massively Overthinking that's probably going to kick up some dust. He wonders whether MMO...
NCsoft MOBA Master X Master launches today
Master X Master is officially launching in the West today, bringing NCsoft's take on a multi-IP MOBA-with-a-twist to our shores. The twist is the...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most pleasing aesthetics to you?
I've found that there are few areas that dwell almost completely with the realm of subjective judgment than the looks and art style of...
Battle Bards Episode 100: Centennial spectacular!
After four years and over 700 MMORPG music tracks, the Battle Bards have arrived at their 100th show! For this centennial spectacular, Syl, Steff,...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that died too soon
Your favorite game is going to die. I wrote about that. Some games are never even going to get to launching in the first...
WildStar pumps out prime raids with Patch 1.7.2 today
Is WildStar's raiding scene too tepid and lukewarm for you? Need a shot of danger to spice up that instance run? Well you're in...
Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons
It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...
Villagers and Heroes enlists community to help unlock Starfall update
Calling it one of the most "monumental builds" to ever come to the game, Villagers and Heroes is preparing to unleash Patch 4.0: Starfall...
WildStar packs its June full of anniversary events
As part of a new initiative in player communication, WildStar is posting monthly DevConnect articles to give a preview of what's to come.
And it...
Choose My Adventure: Exploring the purpose and plan of this community column
You are no doubt staring at the title image above and thinking to yourself that it really does not look like a Neverwinter screenshot....
Battle Bards Episode 99: Tropical resort
The Battle Bards are on vacation at a tropical beach paradise! In the team’s 99th episode, they examine beach, resort, and island music cues...
WildStar’s Starfall Celebration heralds the game’s third birthday
It hardly seems as if it's been three years since WildStar launched. In fact, I missed the original launch since it rudely came out...
Perfect Ten: Understanding MMORPG Warriors
There is always a Warrior. Every game has a Warrior. No matter what other class options it has, a Warrior is in that list....
NCsoft Q1 2017: Tumbles for Lineage, Guild Wars 2, plus new leadership for Lineage Eternal
NCsoft's first quarter financials for 2017 have released, and... well, let's get the bad news out of the way. While sales dropped only slightly...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale
Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.
WildStar is finishing its switch to ProtoBucks instead of NCoins
The conversion to a proprietary currency for WildStar microtransactions is almost complete. While WildStar has been using NCoins (NCsoft's microtransaction currency), it introduced ProtoBucks...
Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
