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‘I think we’ve cooked’: MMO sandbox BitCraft prepares for a Steam early access beta
Way back in 2021, we started following an up-and-coming MMORPG sandbox sim called BitCraft that - despite its perhaps inauspicious name - was not...
Perfect Ten: Ranking real-world holidays in MMOs from worst to best
There are really only two categories of MMO festivities: the ones made up for the game itself and the ones "inspired" by real-world holidays....
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO starter experiences that fear new players
Last week, I talked a bit about power creep. But buried in there was something that you could easily miss as a guideline for...
Lord of the Rings Online’s transfer woes persist into third day, 64-bit servers coming Friday
Suffice it to say, this hasn't been the triumphant week that Standing Stone Games was hoping for Lord of the Rings Online. What was...
WoW Factor: Undermine(d) highlights World of Warcraft’s chaotic silly side
World of Warcraft Update 11.1: Undermine(d) is finally here, and it's certainly got the community buzzing. I kind of suspected this would be the...
Lord of the Rings Online delays 64-bit server debut as transfer system is hammered
This is our utter lack of surprise that yesterday's massive attempt to allow Lord of the Rings Online players to move all of their...
Choose My Adventure: Blade & Soul NEO doesn’t seem that different from Blade & Soul to me
I suppose I might have tripped myself up going into this month's game in terms of expectations. See, I know that Blade & Soul...
Lord of the Rings Online has opened transfers to four new 64-bit worlds today (and it’s a cheerful mess)
Hopefully many of you were able to reserve your names yesterday on Lord of the Rings Online's four new 64-bit realms, but there's something...
Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds: Repentance content launches March 11
Guild Wars 2's quarterly cadence marches onward next week as March 11th sees the formal launch of Repentance, the third content chunk (and therefore...
PSA: Reserve your LOTRO 64-bit server names today at noon
Heads-up for all Lord of the Rings Online players: The Great Server Migration of '24 starts today. VIP players can reserve up to three names...
RuneFest 2025: Old School RuneScape’s new Sailing skill enters open alpha later this month
The revivified RuneFest event brought Old School RuneScape fans a 2025 update plan of its own, and as one might expect, there was a...
RuneFest 2025: RuneScape gets Leagues and new profession level caps in 2025, new vampiric region in 2026
Are you ready to deal with vampires in RuneScape? You'd better be because the major reveal from this year's returning RuneFest event is the...
MMO Hype Train: What can Dune Awakening’s character creator teach us about the MMO?
Sometimes when it rains, it really pours around these here MMO parts. To demonstrate this, last week we not only got the official release...
ArcheAge Chronicles luminary Jake Song leaves XLGames, the company he founded, to ‘recharge’
Jake Song, a name that many MMORPG fans are familiar with for his involvement with the ArcheAge and Lineage series and his founding of...
Techrot Encore rocks Warframe 1999 with new music, protoframes, a pub, and a sentient guitar on March 19
Do Warframe players need more reasons to head back to Warframe 1999? Not necessarily (although where else can you hang out at a '90s...
WoW Factor: Six player-created challenges to spice up your World of Warcraft leveling
It seems almost impossible to play video games for extended periods of time and not fall into some sort of rut or routine. We...
Vague Patch Notes: Talking about power creep in MMOs
"Power creep" is a nasty term when talking about video games, and usually whenever it gets brought up, it gets brought up as a...
The Soapbox: Difficulty is a means to an end in MMORPGs
A few weeks back, I took a peak into Corepunk's early access build, and I promptly got my ass kicked by even the most...
Massively on the Go: Preparing for Pokemon Go’s 2025 Global Unova Tour
Pokemon Go's Unova Tour is going global this weekend. While I'll save my full thoughts on the LA event for later, one big thing...
NC America has officially launched Blade & Soul NEO in NA, EU, and SA
As promised, NCsoft is officially launching Blade & Soul NEO in the west for PC players today, so if you made a character in the...
