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The Daily Grind: Which landscape tropes in MMOs have you rolling your eyes?
We've talked about general MMO tropes in this space before, but it's not often that we see people call out online games and their...
Tarisland temp-bans players caught cheating in the Blight Dragon speed race event
All right, who here wants to see cheaters tracked, caught, and punished? Big show of hands, great. Now who here wants to see a...
Choose My Adventure: Leaving the tutorial island and gaining knowledge in Fractured
So that didn't take me too long, but then I suppose I had done most of the work beforehand anyway: My time in Fractured...
Fractured extends free-play through the weekend, drops short-term content roadmap
Fractured has a new dev blog out with a roadmap and some good news for folks who've been enjoying the free-play event: The event...
The Daily Grind: Do you expect MMORPGs to maintain full regional and platform parity?
Earlier this year, the team behind the western/global version of MapleStory announced that it was planning to fork away from the Korean version, basically...
Mobile online RTS Rival Kingdoms sunsets after eight years of operation
The white flag has gone up, the soldiers have laid down their arms, and the nearly decade-old conflict on mobile devices is now at...
LOTRO dev addresses PvP (im)balance after Update 41’s glory-seeking feature
The small incredibly vocal PvP community in Lord of the Rings Online has a few words for Standing Stone Games after the studio attempted...
Team-based PvP shooter Concord’s release was marked by low interest and middling impressions
This past Friday saw the multiplayer world get yet another live service team-based PvP FPS in the form of Concord, and if that description...
World of Warcraft’s Holly Longdale on WoW’s missteps: ‘We should have listened more’
While Dragonflight proved to be a turning point for World of Warcraft after two expansions of downward trajectory, Blizzard Vice President Holly Longdale says...
The Daily Grind: Do you have ‘gear acquisition syndrome’ in MMOs?
So if you know me, you know I have a mild obsession with bags in real life. No, not expensive purses, but specifically everyday-carry...
The MOP Up: Fractured Veil eases you into its tropical apocalypse
Survival sim Fractured Veil's devs made lore a priority with its August update, saying, "We’ve been hard at work on another round of bug...
Global Chat: Recapping World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix
With Pandaria Remix now officially over and done in World of Warcraft, it's time to move on... right after some post-mortem analysis, of course....
Zenith’s final content update before maintenance mode will arrive at the end of August
It's now the official final countdown for VR MMO Zenith, as developer Ramen VR has confirmed that Season 4: Golden Isles, aka the final...
One Shots: Cue techno chocobo theme
When I drive around and look at the sea of boring cars with mostly the same shapes in the same four colors, I can...
RuneScape says it’s ready to address microtransactions but needs ‘community consultation’
Last month saw RuneScape earn itself an eyebrow raise when developer Jagex asked players a variety of questions about the MMORPG's microtransactions, particularly since...
WRUP: Turns out this was buried in the ice for a good reason edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about obscure media we don't like.
The Daily Grind: Are you MMO friends with people in other countries?
One of the truly neat social side effects of MMOs is that you get to connect with people all around the world and learn...
PSA: Gigantic Rampage Edition is now free to grab and enjoy on EGS this week
One of our favorite underdog shooters is now more accessible than ever before, thanks to Gigantic Rampage Edition becoming free on the Epic Games...
World of Warcraft’s The War Within headstart is live – prepare for a long spoiler-dodging weekend
Depending on how much you shelled out for World of Warcraft's newest expansion, this is either the best or longest weekend of the year...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most memorable line of dialogue in an MMO?
A while back on Twitter, during a discussion about ways in which AI can and can't be useful in games writing, MMO dev Damion...
