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Vitae Aeternum: The hits and misses of New World’s summer update
Last week saw the release of New World's big summer update, including an extensive music system, the Medleyfaire event, and various endgame tweaks. This...
Star Trek Online fans hold vigil for the late, magnificent Nichelle Nichols
The Star Trek fandom is mourning this week at the news that Nichelle Nichols passed away from natural causes at the age of 89....
The Game Archaeologist: That time when EverQuest let you play as the monsters
It's a near-given that in every MMORPG, players assume the roles of heroes who are sent out to vanquish the evil, dark, or at...
Hands-on with Multiversus: How WB’s new brawler stacks up against Super Smash Bros.
Like most of the readers of this site, I spend the majority of my gaming time in MMORPGs, or I wouldn't be here. But...
WoW Factor: How Blizzard squandered the potential and desire for WoW Classic
With the upcoming release of Wrath of the Lich King Classic, I think it's now completely fair to say that World of Warcraft took...
Star Wars: The Old Republic previews next month’s ‘short story’ update, gives out free decorations
Following the anemic content offerings and reception of this past spring's Legacy of the Sith, Star Wars: The Old Republic is under a lot...
Vague Patch Notes: The many flavors of ‘boosting’ in the MMO genre
The other day MOP's Bree and I were having a discussion about boosting. This is not entirely unusual, but it was unusual insofar as...
Vitae Aeternum: New World interview on Summer Medleyfaire, solo play, housing, and more
With the launch of New World's Summer Medleyfaire patch and event this morning, we naturally had questions about the new systems and the future...
Perfect Ten: Useful excuses for ditching an MMO dungeon run
I'm not saying that MMO dungeons are boring or anything, but when you start one, you've kind of committed to seeing it through --...
The Soapbox: Why diversifying your MMO gaming is the smart thing to do
Allow me to indulge in some retrospection for a moment as I sit back on my rocker, squint into the fading afternoon light, and...
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is confirmed to be launching on September 26
It's almost time to head back to Northrend in World of Warcraft. The official word is out after last week's leak confirming that Wrath...
Chronicles of Elyria admits to running out of money in 2021, ‘hemorrhaging cash’ ever since
There are grim tidings out of Chronicles of Elyria in its July State of Elyria report. Studio head Jeromy “Caspian” Walsh has once again...
WoW Factor: So what’s the actual prediction on Dragonflight’s quality?
I was briefly considering doing another math column now that we actually have a date when World of Warcraft: Dragonflight started alpha testing, but......
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
Diablo Immortal set to launch July 25 in China after bizarre delay
Back in June when Diablo Immortal launched here in the west, Chinese publisher NetEase surprised everyone by delaying the game's release in China itself,...
WoW Classic’s Wrath of the Lich King launches September 26 according to yet another Blizzard leak
Sooooo either Blizzard's web team had another oopsie or somebody really wanted to distract everyone from the fact that Activision-Blizzard workers staged a walkout...
LOTRO Legendarium: Update 33.1’s further adventures are more like a light snack
Seeing as how I was somewhat underwhelmed with Lord of the Rings Online's Further Adventures with Bilbo Baggins, I approached this week's new mission...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen lands $2.4M in funding and elaborates on its death mechanics
The latest newsletter out of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen has some pretty important news to share with its fans on both a game...
Perfect Ten: The subtle differences between World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy XIV combat
It's the little things that get you when you weren't paying attention, according to Jim Infantino (and Jim's big ego), and this is true...
New World’s July 22 server merging will see some regions collapse into a single server
The New World is beginning to shrink once again, at least as far as its regional servers are concerned. Amazon Games put out a...
