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Wizard battle royale Spellbreak survives as a free version after Blizzard buyout
When you're a game that's been served a death sentence, you'll take a win anywhere you can get it. Spellbreak was a wizard-themed battle...
The Daily Grind: What are the best ways to recapture inactive MMO players?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired directly by the "you've been touching too much grass" meme. Obviously, the powers that be want us back scrolling...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO memories we never want to repeat
A random quote I saw buried in the comments on the MMORPG subreddit a while ago really hit hard. Extra_Midnight wrote,
"Some of my most...
Ubisoft’s ‘XDefiant is not dying’ t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt
If you had forgotten all about Ubisoft's newish shooter XDefiant, then you're not alone. It actually launched back in May and apparently did fine,...
One of Elite Dangerous’ most important star systems is currently under Thargoid attack
Followers of the Thargoid War in Elite: Dangerous likely already assumed some form of counterattack from the alien force was coming, particularly in the...
Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend
We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...
EA says it won’t replace The Sims 4 with a sequel as it preps fall playtest for multiplayer Project Rene
The fate of The Sims franchise in the last few years has been a little bit messy: EA has been working on what it...
The Daily Grind: What MMO do you see yourself playing five years from now?
Hey all, it's September 2029! We're just a few months away from the new decade, and against all odds, we're alive and still playing...
War Thunder helicopters now display visual damage thanks to Dance of Dragons
Since it's an odd week of the year, War Thunder and its community isn't leaking any highly classified military schematics. Instead, to fill the time,...
Choose My Adventure: Guided adventure, multiplayer hijinks, and pantslessness in Once Human
I'm going to be honest, I'm a bit surprised at just how on-rails Once Human is so far. Chalk that up to another assumption...
The Daily Grind: Are you immune to any specific MMORPG features or tricks?
One of my favorite MOP readers, Aldristavan, recently joked about his new life skill: being immune to big ol' cute minipet eyes.
"Something that I...
Tree of Savior’s new Brazilian server sees ’40-fold ping improvement’
Despite a rocky start this past August, Tree of Savior's new Brazilian server Kepa is proving to be a boon to the growing South...
Sci-fi strategy MMO OGame readies achievements, seasons, and rankings for its 22nd anniversary in October
While we don't report on it very often, the browser and mobile sci-fi strategy MMO OGame will be marking its 22nd year of operation...
Netflix documentary chronicles a World of Warcraft player’s passing – and his impact on the community
We all know that one of the best things about MMORPGs is finding the right kind of community and the human connections that can...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most nostalgic newbie experience in MMORPGs?
Amazon ran a second beta for New World's Aeternum over the weekend, and I didn't have time to play - but fortunately, MOP's Tyler...
One Shots: Waiting for a friend in Star Citizen
You've bought your $14,000 starship, spent countless days rearranging everything just so, and managed to stay on top of the torrent of word salad...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO overhauls were actually worse than the NGE?
The NGE - that is, Star Wars Galaxies' New Game Enhancements, the patch that basically broke SWG, drove out most of the playerbase, and...
World of Warcraft whips the community into a frenzy over War Within delve hotfixes
World of Warcraft's newest feature currently is a hotbed of controversy, outrage, and confusion, as Blizzard attempted a series of hotfixes designed to bring...
WRUP: Mike is bringing over his hellburgers edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about food we haven't had since we were kids.
The Daily Grind: Do you avoid MMO hype until it launches for real?
The cancellation of Blue Protocol, while not unforeseen, still stings. It seemed to have potential and was a pretty hefty new MMO in a...
