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It's the next World of Warcraft expansion! Except it isn't. But it's the announcement of the date on which that will be announced! In a...

Being new in an MMO is a difficult thing if the game itself isn't new. There's a whole lot of player culture that already...

The Pokemon series is about to enter Generation 9 with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet versions near the end of 2022. And rejoice, gamers, as it's going...

In a recent episode of the Massively OP Podcast, we had a terrific question winged our way asking about our personal favorite NPCs from...

Maclaine Diemer is the long-time lead composer for Guild Wars 2, with soundtrack credits going as far back as the very first Living World...

When it comes to MMO nostalgia, is there anything greater than the places where you first stepped foot into the game? Beginner zones not...

It has been a very long time, old friend. Yet still, here you are, simply existing. Nesting in silence. Disassociated, forgotten, but still just...

I think that if I polled veteran MMORPG players about expansions that bombed, they'd probably point to Star Wars Galaxies' Trials of Obi-Wan and...

Any time that you are deeply invested in an MMORPG, it's perhaps one of the most disheartening and frustrating experiences to watch your friends...

Here we are with our first live letter for the start of a new patch cycle in the bag! Are you excited? I'm excited....

Lost Ark was a game that may as well have been vaporware for so many years. It plays basically like a Diablo game, although...

Back in November 2021's Activision-Blizzard quarterly investor call, Blizzard's Mike Ybarra spoke about the company's vision for the Diablo franchise. He essentially said that...

We all have things that worry us about our favorite MMOs. It's natural. You worry that another update might break the things you enjoy...

It feels like every weekend, one MMORPG or another is running some sort of bonus XP event. This sort of thing whips the community...

Let's get something weird going here for the last of these speculative exercises. I could keep doing this for a while now, if we're being...

On its website, Might and Delight describes Book of Travels as a "Tiny Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game," but that is an inadequate description of this...

The reality of the MMORPG genre is that even when the genre was small, there weren't enough hours in the day to play everything....

Last week's Vague Patch Notes on MMO lore and its impact on design decisions produced a lot of good comments along with a smattering...

Ah, buyer's remorse, how sweet you taste. That moment when you've put down your money, you're examining your purchase, and that thought runs through...

So, the Blademaster's way more fun. Rolling a new character in Zenith ended up being a great decision all in all because the Blademaster class...