carousel

Meta tag – this is all the goodies showing in our top carousel! Our very best and most important stuff of the right now. :)

Just absolute galaxy brain

WoW Factor: So Blizzard backtracked on WoW Classic’s dungeon finder

106
So in April last year, I wrote a whole article about how World of Warcraft's development team was taking a gigantic misstep when it...

EG7 hopes to develop a new EverQuest MMORPG (EverQuest 3?) for 2028 after years of rumors

35
So, who had EverQuest 3 announcement on the 2023 predictions list? We award you half points for your prescience tonight. Admittedly, a new installment in...

Interview: How Dauntless’ weapon revamp will affect development and gameplay

0
Last month, Dauntless announced a far-reaching change to weapons, with individual weapons becoming more distinct, a new swapping mechanic that lets players switch between...
Hey-nonny-nonny

Perfect Ten: 10 MMO things you can just stop waiting for

33
Sooner or later we all have to face facts and accept that something we wanted at one point is never actually going to happen....
Everything old is claimed to be new again.

WoW Classic pits players against the Lich King – with the dungeon finder – on October 10

31
Finally, at long last, players will get a chance to kill the Lich King in World of Warcraft! That is, if you somehow missed...

Marvel Heroes rogue servers are finally possible thanks to newly released emulator files

27
Many of our readers and writers deeply miss Marvel Heroes, the MMOARPG that managed to capture something special - and was unceremoniously closed thanks...

Unity promises ‘changes’ to its deeply unpopular install fee policy after a week of backlash

31
The intense backlash over Unity's decision to assign staggering new per-install fees to game studios last week probably made last night's admission inevitable: At...
Slightly disappointing context.

WoW Factor: MMO raid design and the antagonistic GM

44
Last week's column about World of Warcraft prompted some really interesting comments that I think are worth talking about; in fact, I very nearly...

Elder Scrolls Online’s update 40 and Endless Archive repeatable content launch October 30

8
As promised, last night ZeniMax Online unveiled Elder Scrolls Online's fourth big update of 2023 and the Necrom-backed plotline, and it's maybe not what...

LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s new Mariner class is the swashbuckler we needed

13
A new class added to any MMORPG is bound to raise excitement and anxiety among fans, especially when they try to feel out whether...

Unity asks game studios to trust its download estimates, closes offices over death threat

61
As the bulk of the gaming industry unites against Unity's new "runtime fees," the company is continuing to spin the fees as a smart...
Straight shot.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed

29
Falling into obscurity and then being completely forgotten is the nightmare of any creative artist. This tragic scenario is compounded when it comes to...

Throne & Liberty addresses ‘static combat and boring growth’ with latest revamps

6
As western players wait for more localized news from NCsoft and Amazon's Throne and Liberty, we're left to sift through the missives to Korean...

Vitae Aeternum: The pros and cons of New World’s transmog

4
In my very first Vitae Aeternum two years ago, I criticized some of the ways New World lacks character customization. It took a while,...
I used to float; now I just fall down.

Wisdom of Nym: What was my journey made for in Final Fantasy XIV?

8
Late in the story of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the Warrior of Light is talking with Venat. We'd heard about Venat before, and we...

LOTRO Legendarium: Coping with Lord of the Rings Online’s Mount Everest of content

59
I vividly remember back when Lord of the Rings Online launched its first legendary server, Anor, in 2018. Like many of you, I got...
Meh.

WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s exhausting constant hype cycle

60
When I saw that there was an event happening on Thursday for World of Warcraft's next patch, I had to do a double-take. I...
NO NEXT THING

World of Warcraft’s Guardians of the Dream sends players to the Emerald Dream itself

15
As teased, Blizzard has unveiled World of Warcraft's Guardians of the Dream, giving little breathing space between it and the just-released Fury Incarnate as...
Looking back.

Vague Patch Notes: The specter of racially locked classes in MMOs and before

38
One of the things I've taken on multiple times in this column is the concept of gender-locked classes, which are bad, and if you...
Bad plans.

Perfect Ten: 10 of the worst launches in MMO history

27
Launch time is a difficult time for every MMO, and honestly, I have nothing but sympathy for the teams launching a new game at...

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT