character creation
Vague Patch Notes: MMOs are useless, and that’s completely fine
When you play an MMO, you are developing a skill. That skill is playing that MMO. It's not a skill with a great deal...
Perfect Ten: MMO character customization options that don’t get enough love
There are two types of people in the world: those who can't get through the character creation menu fast enough to start playing "LordBladezz"...
The Wagadu Chronicles lands some new funding, shifts its release window to summer 2023
While the afrofantasy MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles more than met its crowdfunding target, the game has also recently secured some additional funding on top....
PlanetSide 2 offers a rundown of the new player experience arriving in the next update
The first few steps of life in PlanetSide 2 are about to get a big reset with the game's next update. Lead designer Michael...
Profane shares another alpha roadmap update, plans to test character creation soon
PvP MMO Profane is back on its Twitter trip, this time offering another update to its alpha roadmap and a quick rundown of the...
The director for Riot Games’ Runeterra MMO turns his mind to character customization
Mark Yetter, the director for the in-development MMO set in the world of Runeterra, has character creation on the brain, at least according to...
Into the Super-verse: First impressions of Ship of Heroes’ mission beta
With other City of Heroes spiritual successors lagging behind in development, the weight of our hope for the future of superhero MMOs lays upon...
Book of Travels focuses on roleplaying choices for its character creation
How often do you start a character creator and think about your character's backstory beyond what the stats say? If you're a dyed-in-the-wool roleplayer,...
Perfect Ten: The top 10 non-traditional MMO fantasy races
Elves. Dwarves. Humans. Halflings. Gnomes. Hobbits. Dark elves. High elves. Half-elves. Wood elves. Keebler elves. Elvish impersonators.
Are you as tired as I am of...
Elyon locks in on a September 29 launch date
Kakao's steampunk fantasy MMO Elyon, formerly Ascent Infinite Air, finally has set a date for you and it to get much better acquainted. On...
The Daily Grind: So what do we all think of New World so far?
Amazon's New World rolled into closed beta yesterday, and unlike some past test events, this one has no NDA, meaning the whole MMORPG community...
Launch impressions: Crowfall won me over, but it’s not for everyone
So Crowfall's beta has finally ended and launch is upon us. As someone who backed the game but has played alphas of many games that never...
Mortal Online 2 adds new enemies and improved PvE AI behaviors in newest patch
If the preview video from Mortal Online 2 got you excited at the prospect of being smashed by a giant troll, your moment of...
SWTOR announces Legacy of the Sith expansion with new planet, PvE content, and combat styles
Star Wars The Old Republic fans, it's time to get excited, at least if you missed the leaks from early today, as during its...
Perfect World International’s Dawnlight update adds a new instance, new region, new weapon tier, and HD character visuals
Here's one we haven't heard from in a while: Perfect World International, the free-to-play MMORPG that has been trucking on for over 10 years...
Black Desert’s Corsair is finally here to take all your booty
Avast ye landlubbers! Break out your sea legs and practice your best swashbucklin', because Black Desert's Corsair isn't going to go on a date...
You can make your Black Desert Corsair right now (and play her next week)
On this week's podcast, we were discussing how few pirate classes there are in MMORPGs despite pirate NPCs being in pretty much all of...
Amazon Games responds to complaints that Lost Ark character redesigns are ‘censorship’
Lost Ark has yet to release here in the west and it's already got its first stupid controversy. When Amazon Games first announced that...
Aion Classic will officially make its western debut at noon tomorrow
Good news for MMO players raring to go in Aion Classic: You won't even need to get out of bed early to do it....
Character creation and name reservation for Aion Classic begins today
Quickly! Get home and get ready for Aion Classic! There's no time to explain why! Oh... wait, it turns out that's actually our job,...
