character creation
New World is merging nine servers into seven others as the Rise of the Angry Earth population boom is over
When Amazon launched the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion for New World at the top of October, the large influx of new and returning...
The MOP Up: How about Final Fantasy XI’s new Vana’Bout?
Final Fantasy XI had a busy week with a November patch, that "includes changes to foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades, a new battlefield...
DC Universe Online adds new difficulties, a new tutorial, and new character creation in GU 139
Despite what other MMOs may have led you to believe, the Gentleman Ghost in DC Universe Online is not at all averse to violence...
Jeffrey Butler’s metaverse MMO Avalon reveals trailer and AI-driven player content tools
This past March we reported on the existence of Avalon, a blockchain-linked metaverse MMO from Avalon Corp, a company that has former SOE and...
Corepunk shares player feedback from its playtest: ‘Challenging and punishing’
Overshadowed by a pretty busy news weekend was the fact that genre hybrid MMO Corepunk ran its second weekend playtest with a little over...
Fractured Online opens character creation ahead of next week’s early access relaunch
We're less than a week away from the relaunch of Dynamight's Fractured Online, nearly a year since since the studio began the process of...
Star Citizen’s second day of CitizenCon shows updates to character creation, FPS gameplay, flight, and frontier locations
With day two of CitizenCon now closed, everything that's currently in the works for Star Citizen has been shared by CIG, and we're here...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival London reveals: Viper, zones, and Echoes of Vana’diel
It's time for more reveals for the Final Fantasy XIV fans in the audience as the London Fan Festival has begun, and that means...
Pax Dei demos its extensive character creator in new video as players await alpha date
Mainframe Industries isn't telling us when Pax Dei's alpha is coming, but it is talking about something today: YOUR FACE. OK, really it's your character's...
One Shots: Just a minute, Mom, I’m playing with my virtual dollhouse!
If playing with physical dollhouses is your entry-level and full-on interior decorating your advanced mode, then video games offer a middle ground to those...
14-year-old golf MMO Sega Splash Golf is slowly being reassembled by one dedicated fan
Normally we open these kinds of stories by asking our readers if they remember an old game, but it's extremely likely that nobody outside...
Book of Travels adds an in-game journal to let players jot down their own notes
Book of Travels doesn't really have a quest list for players to follow, which leans into the game's overall thrust of wandering the world...
Choose My Adventure: Trialing and testing in Trixion before returning to Lost Ark
I'm going to preface my return to Choose My Adventure by noting that I've had a very busy few days. It's been a good...
LOTRO Legendarium: Of River Hobbits and river homes in Lord of the Rings Online
After a short delay, Update 37: The Humble Homes of the Holbytlan is here for us to unwrap and enjoy. Rather than being a...
The Wagadu Chronicles opens its Steam page and plans for an early access launch by year’s end
We've been following the development track of the afrofantasy sandbox MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles as far back as 2020, from its soaring crowdfunding success...
Profane’s August roadmap update heralds a focus on polishing existing features
Sure, adding new stuff to a developing game like Profane isn't necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes you need to circle back to the...
First Impressions: I honestly can’t tell whether I like Wayfinder or not
Playing Wayfinder marks the first time in my games writing career that my impression of a game has involved quite so much of my...
LOTRO and DDO go offline for 23 hours to add new storefront, LOTRO adds River Hobbit starting instance
Here's hoping that all you Dungeons and Dragons Online and Lord of the Rings Online players have alternate sources of entertainment today because pretty...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened brings the familiarity of the Wizarding World to an MMO
The time is here at last: Not only can I play Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, but I can finally write about it too. I’ve...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs that are worth their dreadful early gameplay
I think many of us are primed to roll our eyes at anyone who says "oh man, just keep playing, it gets better later...
