character creation
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Dream of Magic Online’s soundtrack
One of the smaller resolutions that I'm striving to accomplish in 2021 is to attempt to pump out a new Jukebox Heroes column every...
The Game Archaeologist: Free Realms
Its very name was a declaration of rebellion against the status quo. In an era that had yet to shift from a subscription-only model...
Seven years on from release, Rust hit its all-time concurrent player record
You might not think about Rust all that much at this point if you're not playing it. "It's that game with random gender and character...
Book of Travels takes a detailed look at the character creation process
Tiny multiplayer online title Book of Travels has very much been all about the idea of players taking on their roles in a deeper...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Best MMO Character Customization
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with... what's this? A brand-new award? Yep! This year we're debuting a new formal award for Best...
MapleStory previews Flicker of Light content and upcoming BTS collaboration
Whether you like doing regular game content or want to dress up like a K-pop band, MapleStory has got your number. The Awake: Flicker...
Lord of the Rings Online now lets you change your character’s race
If your Lord of the Rings Online Dwarf secretly yearns to walk in the secret ways of the Elves, or if your Hobbit would...
Tiny MMO Book of Travels releases a 30-minute gameplay video
Ready to see the pulse-pounding action of a "serene" online world? We hope you're awake, buckled into a safety harness, and biting down on...
Blue Protocol shares a couple of sneak peeks at a new region as players share CBT gameplay footage
While we're still an indeterminate length of time before the in-development MMORPG Blue Protocol makes it to our shores, that doesn't mean we can't...
MapleStory Fest shows off a new class for MapleStory M, new 5th Job skills and new areas for MapleStory
The digital version of MapleStory Fest has come and gone, and with it a number of reveals for both MapleStory and MapleStory M as...
Interview: Crowfall’s Rhea Shelley on what to expect from Revival’s big class update
Over the past few weeks, we've been covering update 6.200 arriving in (the now beta) Crowfall. The Revival, as ArtCraft is calling it, introduces...
The MMO Cartographer: In the Echo of Echo of Soul
How much would you pay to play a game that has been shut down as a free-to-play game and then re-released as a buy-to-play...
Indie MMO Inferna adds guilds and greatly improves game performance
It's been a good long while since we last checked in with Inferna, an indie fantasy MMORPG that's being crafted by a small development...
First Impressions: OARPG Torchlight III just hasn’t click-clicked with me yet
Since it never hurts to be honest, I should say upfront here that Echtra Games' decision to radically retool Torchlight III from a F2P...
Full-loot PvP MMORPG Profane postpones end-of-year testing, now counts 43 staff
At the top of 2020, we covered a new MMO called Profane, one that sparked a lot of discussion over its full-loot, open PvP...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of SWTOR’s launch soundtrack
I got so excited when Star Wars: The Old Republic included its soundtrack in the collector's edition back at launch. However, we all discovered...
World of Warcraft shows off customization changes coming with the Shadowlands pre-patch
Every World of Warcraft fan knows that the Shadowlands pre-patch remains locked in a future of indeterminate date, forever happening "soon" without an actual announcement....
Conan Exiles’ producer explains healing and food tweaks, outlines update plans for the Isle of Siptah
I haven't read many of the Conan the Barbarian books, but I'm reasonably sure that whenever he was brought low in a fight, he...
The Survivalist: First impressions of Conan Exiles’ Isle of Siptah expansion
Framed. Convicted. Exiled. Now, shipwrecked? What do the fates have in store for me next? Perhaps this Isle of Siptah will be my redress....
Champions Online celebrates 11th birthday with costume gender-swapping
With multiple in-development superhero MMOs offering up their character and costume creation tools for players this summer, it's the perfect time for Champions Online...
