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Longtime MMO dev Bill Roper laments the current gaming landscape: ‘Our industry feels broken’
It's been a hot minute since we last checked in with Bill Roper, a well-known industry veteran with titles such as Warcraft, Hellgate London,...
Elder Scrolls Online has begun another Vengeance test of Cyrodiil alliance PvP
If you're an Elder Scrolls Online PvPer past or present, you are surely aware that ZeniMax Online Studios has been plugging away at shoring...
PSA: Champions Online will apparently end 32-bit operating system support next week
The inexorable march of time appears to be coming for the tech that's powering Champions Online, as one player is sharing a screenshot of...
The new Star Trek Online, Champions Online, and Neverwinter Discords that will displace the forums are here
Back in May, players of Cryptic's old MMORPGs jacked their grumpiness levels up to 11 at the news that their games' new operators at...
LOTRO Legendarium: How music binds the LOTRO community together
Whenever I'm reading through JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth novels, one thing that absolutely pops out at me is the Professor's love of song. Music isn't...
MMO Business Roundup: SAG-AFTRA’s victory, Ubisoft’s shame, Embracer’s leadership
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news!
Voice actor strike: The voice actor union SAG-AFTRA, whose strike against the major...
Champions Online polls players about costume pieces for its 16th anniversary
September is still a few days (months?) away, but Champions Online already has its eye on that month for the occasion of its 16th...
DECA is closing the Star Trek Online, Champions Online, and Neverwinter forums in favor of Discord
As I type this, Another One Bites The Dust is going through my head, but I'm not talking about an MMO - just its...
Champions Online, fresh off a smol UI update, introduces its new DECA community manager
Remember back in February, when DECA Games finally posted a memo to Star Trek Online fans to let them know how the transition from...
Perfect Ten: The wild MMORPGs that came out in 2011
Not every year sees equal releases in the MMORPG genre. We've had years of starvation and years of plenty. Every so often it's fun...
The Elder Scrolls Online starts up Vengeance, its week-long Cyrodiil Champions PvP test
Adventurers of The Elder Scrolls Online, the nation of Cyrodiil needs you! Wait, is Cyrodiil a nation or a region? I searched on my...
The Daily Grind: Is the MOBA genre in a period of stagnation?
With SMITE 2 trying to muscle (back) into the MOBA space, it made me really think about that genre's state in 2025. Once the...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
Champions Online is losing its last known Cryptic developer this week
We've been focused on the transition from Cryptic to Deca for Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, but Cryptic other MMORPG, Champions Online, often gets...
DECA games finally addresses Star Trek Online playerbase following Cryptic’s forced exit
Ever since Embracer announced that it was moving Cryptic's MMORPG operations from Cryptic to smol bean European studio DECA, the playerbases of Star Trek...
Elder Scrolls Online explains Cyrodiil Champions, its multi-stage PvP revamp test
As ZeniMax Online Studios continue testing Elder Scrolls Online's update 45 on the PTS, it's been teasing much more for testers - and that...
One Shots: Weird place for an AirBnB but OK
Listen. I know it had great reviews and a Super Host. I know that it offers wifi and a full granola bar. But there's...
Elder Scrolls Online reveals the Fallen Banners DLC and update 45 with a starter zone revamp and console mods
ZeniMax Online Studios previewed two things for Elder Scrolls Online last night - and no, neither of them was a chapter, as the studio...
Vague Patch Notes: MMORPG accelerationism is a stupid sucker’s game
The most recent Warframe update starts with a solid chunk of story, and the story that it tells is that of a time loop....
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...