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The MOP Up: Ravendawn’s PvP system goes down in infamy
Ravendawn's newest dev blog tackles the meat and potatoes of the MMO's player-vs.-player conflict. Basically, the game is trying to pave the way for...
World of Warcraft renames achievements in patch 9.1.5 and hotfixes faster Conduit Energy refills
If the theme of patch 9.1.5 for World of Warcraft is "please love us again," the subtheme is "we're removing the stuff that really shouldn't...
California DFEH moves to protect Riot workers from retaliation for cooperating in state investigation
Blizzard isn't the only gaming studio under fire by regulators in California: We've been covering a similar situation within League of Legends company Riot...
ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained tout an August full of events and a list of returning ArchePasses
Are you eager for some new content in ArcheAge and ArcheAge Unchained? Too bad, it's leftovers month as this August is mostly about returning...
GDC 2021: Star Wars Galaxies was a complex game of corporate greed and fan love
It was an MMO built in about three years, with a miserable launch, a depressing churn rate, and the most infamous patch in all...
Dungeons and Dragons Online activates its Halloween event a tad early
You know how some people liven up the summer months by throwing a Christmas in July? Well, Dungeons and Dragons Online is doing something...
The Daily Grind: Are there any actually good MMO summer festivals?
I think we all know that MMO developers save their top-tier festival material for the one-two punch of Halloween and Christmas. And while that...
Six months later, Sony is finally putting Cyberpunk 2077 back on the PlayStation store
When Cyberpunk 2077 crashed and burned at launch last Christmas, one of the more surprising side-effects was Sony's decision to not just refund purchases...
Heroes of the Storm players lament Blizzard’s neglect and slow development
While Blizzard's all-star character-filled MOBA Heroes of the Storm isn't shuttered or being completely ignored yet -- in fact, there have been a couple...
The Stream Team: Hunting eggs and adventure in Dungeons & Dragons Online
If you thought only Christmas liked to assert itself as dominant over many weeks, you haven't met Easter! Also dissatisfied with only one day...
Casually Classic: Ranking WoW Classic’s capital cities (through Burning Crusade)
Even more so than they are in retail World of Warcraft, WoW Classic's capital cities are the central bustling hub of commerce and staging...
Global Chat: Giddy over SWTOR’s Dark Descent
For MMO blogs that only cover a single game, an announcement of an upcoming content release is like a mini-Christmas all to itself. This...
Lunar New Year sales and events arrive to Steam, Champions Online, and gobs more
It's lovely seeing the Lunar New Year holiday continue to rise in prominence in the west - and especially in online video games. And...
Allods Online opened a new server, plus its winter events continue
It was a Christmas miracle, and it went almost entirely unnoticed by the MMO community: Allods Online opened a brand-new server on Christmas day....
Discrimination class-action lawsuit against Riot proceeds in spite of Riot’s arbitration success
In the summer of 2018, which seems like an eternity ago now, Kotaku published a massive expose of Riot Games' "culture of sexism," the...
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...
Dungeons and Dragons Online heralds a new winter festival
Just because you tossed out the Christmas tree and took down all of the festive decorations doesn't mean you have to settle in for...
Elite Dangerous has delayed Odyssey’s PC launch to late spring, console launch to fall
When Frontier Developments opened preorders for Elite Dangerous' Odyssey expansion last month, most gamers presumed the launch was just around the corner. And it...
RIFT’s ‘Three Kings’ event riles up the community
A community event to find "three kings" and photograph them in RIFT in the post-holiday season apparently sparked a degree of criticism and controversy...
One Shots: Your eye is at stake!
What did you get for the holidays? If it was anything other than a weapon to fight super mutants in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, then...
