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RuneScape player’s huge history book goes on sale for charity
The full history of RuneScape, which spans two decades of development and operation, is far more than can fit in any one book. That's...
The Daily Grind: Which non-MMO developer should make an MMORPG?
I've been playing a bit of Cozy Grove lately, and I have to say, I'm incredibly glad that the company behind it, Spry Fox,...
The MOP Up: Why did Fortnite go dark for a day?
Earlier this month, the ever-popular Fortnite went dark for the better part of April 6th. So what happened? We finally have the full scoop...
One Shots: Playing chicken
If your MMORPG ever expects you to take it super-seriously, then you need to follow Minimalistway's example and rebel by wearing a ridiculous costume...
WRUP: Unpopular Mario games edition
Super Mario's Underwhelming Adventure (Super Nintendo, 1991)
Mama mia! Bowser has kidnapped Princess Peach... sort of! She's actually already free and said that Bowser seems...
The Daily Grind: What’s the last positive encounter you had with a random stranger in an MMO?
We all know that MMO developers seem to think that "socialization" means "shoving players into raids together," but the reality is more varied and...
World of Warships adds the real Leroy Jenkins as a playable ship commander
Not gonna lie, when I first saw the subject line for the press release, the first thing that leaped to my mind was who...
Warframe’s Tennocon 2021 will again be digital-only, benefiting homelessness relief
It won't come as much of a surprise, given the pandemic still raging across the globe, that Tennocon is going digital again in 2021....
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on cutscenes in MMOs?
Truth time: I am not the kind of person who honestly enjoys cutscenes in video games. I really want to be the kind of...
Old-school MMORPG Ravendawn has a whole lot in common with Tibia
If you've been reading the MMORPG subreddit lately, you'll know that the mods there are making an attempt to feature indie MMO developers and...
Fractured invites you to test its spring alpha. Yes, you.
As we noted yesterday, indie MMO sandbox Fractured is in the middle of its spring alpha run, with several big patches under its belt...
Almost four years after its first announcement, RuneScape is finally hitting mobile this summer
We've been eyeballing RunesScape mobile for a really long time, folks: We covered the original announcement for a mobile client all the way back...
The Daily Grind: Are you worried about Blizzard in the wake of all of its high-profile departures?
In some ways, Jeff Kaplan leaving Blizzard after 19 years is not a stunning event, what with the ongoing process of people leaving the...
Open Perpetuum players mark three years by blowing each other up as Patch 21 content is promised for April
Cast your minds back to about three years ago, when Perpetuum Online, aka EVE Online but Robots, was being shut down by developer Avatar...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs are still on your bucket list?
The other day I was running through our full list of MMORPGs and taking note of titles that I've never played at least once....
Jeff Kaplan leaves Blizzard Entertainment and his position as director of Overwatch
Everything is going super great at Blizzard Entertainment, and the proof of this can be found in the newest announcement of employment shakeups. Jeff Kaplan,...
Choose My Adventure: Further group adventures (that weren’t IAs) in RIFT
Once again, the polls from last week were a split between people saying I should queue for normal dungeons and others saying I should...
Casually Classic: Four alternative day one strategies for WoW Classic’s Burning Crusade
OK, real talk time, people. Is there anyone out there that, knowing the zone design of Burning Crusade and Blizzard's track record with launches,...
Path of Exile exploit banwave hits one of the game’s main streamers, furor over accessibility ban caused by a troll
Today in "garbage members of the Path of Exile community" news, we've got a couple of unfortunate instances to report from the multiplayer ARPG....
The Daily Grind: How do you occupy yourself when your MMO is offline all day?
As promised, Daybreak's entire suite of MMORPGs is offline for 24 hours today, which means DCUO, EverQuest, and PlanetSide 2 fans are going to...
