character creation
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,...
Four Winds: Everything you need to know about Amazon’s Lost Ark
Raise your hands if you've been eagerly waiting for Lost Ark. Now give me a high five because as announced earlier today, it's finally...
Lost Ark launches this fall as an Amazon-published free-to-play title; founder packs are now live
The news won't shock anyone who's been watching Lost Ark inch its way across the world the last few many years and who noticed...
Phantasy Star Online 2 introduces players to New Genesis, has Conan O’Brien preview the game
With Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis officially confirmed for a June 9th release, it's time for Sega to start winding up the hype...
First impressions of Elyon’s western closed beta: Day one and a dungeon run
I can't believe I'm actually playing Elyon on local servers. People have been excited for this game since it was called Ascent: Infinite Realm, and just...
Swords of Legends Online opens preorders with minimum $39.99 buy-in for closed beta
If you've somehow missed the deluge of class reveal trailers from Swords of Legends Online the last two weeks - or you can't be...
Not So Massively: Magic Legends is messy, deep, and more of an MMO than you think
I can't remember the last time I struggled so much deciding whether I like a game or not. I'm a fan of ARPGs, and...
The Daily Grind: Would you play an MMO with randomly generated characters?
MMORPGs are traditionally games where people spend a lot of time designing their characters. Even in titles where there's not much to character creation,...
First impressions of Skyforge on Nintendo Switch: A messy port of a solid MMORPG
I played Skyforge briefly when it first launched on PC in 2015, but only put a few hours into it. My short stay there...
Bless Mobile has officially made its global debut on Android and Apple devices
Bless Mobile, the 800th version of MMORPG Bless, has officially made its global launch today. Yes, 800 is a bit of an exaggeration, but...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 306: Money makes the MMOs go ’round
Justin and Bree discuss Pantheon, the KingsIsle and Jagex buyouts, World of Warcraft, Star Trek Online, and Guild Wars 2, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and SWG Legends, plus mailbox topics on underwater combat and choosing between MMO subs.
Profane maps out alpha updates and testing plans for the first half of the year
Profane, the self-described open PvP sandbox MMO of "territorial domination," has arrived to Reddit with a roadmap for alpha, offering details on update plans...
Massively Overthinking: Retaking Quantic’s survey to determine our ‘gamer type’
Five years ago - yes, it's been that long! - we did an Overthinking in which our staff all took Quantic's survey to see...
Bless Mobile opens up for global pre-registration ahead of its impending launch
Who here has been eager for more Bless? How about a mobile version of the original PC game? Well stop answering because publisher/developer Joycity...
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...
