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End-of-year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures going into 2022
All right, so let's start with the disclaimer that I put right at the start of this article every single year, which at least...
Wisdom of Nym: Thoughts on the first wing of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker’s Pandæmonium
All right, I realize this is the sort of thing that's going to bother very few people, but it bothers me that Final Fantasy...
Everything we learned about PWE’s and Cryptic’s MMOs thanks to the Embracer buyout
Earlier this week, we covered the news that Perfect World's North American branch, and by extension its publishing branch and Cryptic Studios, had been...
Christmas and winter holiday events across the MMORPG genre, 2021 edition
We're knee-deep in holiday gifts and winter events around MMO world right about now as Christmas and then the New Year is bearing down...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2021
Some years are just bulkier than others when it comes to updates for existing MMOs. That's the nature of the beast. Some years just...
Book of Travels just had serious layoffs as Might and Delight cuts team from 35 to 10
The end-of-the-year hits just keep coming, and I mean the bad kind: Book of Travels studio Might and Delight just announced a round of...
PWE and Cryptic have been bought out by Gearbox’s Embracer Group
We keep joking that the week before Christmas is basically the Friday night of burying last-minute news, and it keeps on proving us right....
Wisdom of Nym: Unpacking the story of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
All right. So this column is going to contain spoilers for the plot of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. You have probably gathered that from...
LOTRO Legendarium: A look back at Lord of the Rings Online in 2021
It's that time of year again! As we get ready to make the psychological transition to a new year, we pause to look back...
Kickstarter MMORPG Crowfall was just acquired by Mythgard publisher Monumental
So, who had "Crowfall gets bought out" on the ol' end-of-the-year bingo card? Did you also have "and the announcement gets made at 7:20...
Wisdom of Nym: Please do not hear of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV
Well that was surprising. In case you somehow missed it, Square-Enix took a heretofore unprecedented step this week, announcing that not only would Final Fantasy...
Final Fantasy XIV suspends sales and ads to mitigate Endwalker server congestion
So, anecdotally, how's the congestion situation for you in Final Fantasy XIV? Getting better? Director and producer Naoki Yoshida clearly feels that it's not getting...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2022
If 2021 had a problem, it was that we got simply too many MMO releases between new launches, early access, and expansions. This breathtaking...
It’s official: Gamigo’s new game is Kickstarted sandbox MMORPG Fractured
As we've been covering for the last couple of weeks, Gamigo's been teasing a big new secret MMORPG, and the community was already pretty...
Wisdom of Nym: Combat design and balance in Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
I really want to talk about the story of Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker. I really want to talk about it. But the expansion has...
The Game Archaeologist: Hero101, the lost KingsIsle superhero MMO
You do get the sense that KingsIsle once had very grand plans for what is called its "101 Universe." After Wizard101 came out to...
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are so stupid and I love them
It's well past time for me to get something off my chest. MMOs are dumb. MMOs are full of weird stuff. This genre is weird...
Elder Scrolls Online looks ahead to quarterly content cadence in 2022, laments extended datacenter hardware refreshes
ZeniMax Online Studios' Matt Firor penned a letter to The Elder Scrolls Online community last night, checking in on the state of the game,...
The Game Awards 2021: Lost Ark launches February 11, Nightingale is a new multiplayer survivalbox
(We're updating at the end with all the big news!)
Geoff Keighley's Game Awards are getting bigger and more star-studded by the year, and that...
End-of-year Eleven: The healthiest live MMOs at the end of 2021
Healthy MMOs are a good thing. They have smooth, glossy coats, strong teeth capable of snapping bone, a full-throated call, and it just occurs...
