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Black Desert asks you to decorate a tree for charity
There's a special tree that stands above the rest in Black Desert and Black Desert mobile, insomuch as it offers real-world blessing to those...
The MOP Up: World War II Online bids farewell to the fishbowl
World War II Online aviators will be pleased to hear that a disliked visual is about to be killed: "The long-awaited, long-hated fishbowl effect...
One Shots: Don’t move or Kris Kringle gets it!
Even though it's the apocalypse, it doesn't mean we have to cancel Christmas! That's the message coming through loud and clear as our jolly...
Lord of the Rings Online sells a new Rohirrim bundle, looks for volunteer mods for official Discord
Who wants to adopt the bestest boy of all of Middle-earth? Standing Stone Games put a few Rohirrim store bundles together for Lord of...
WRUP: And now the thrilling conclusion edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about non-gaming award snubs we're mad about.
The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy, tolerate, or resent silliness in your MMOs?
One of my early favorite movies was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, so I guess you can say that I've long been a fan...
New World’s Winter Convergence Festival returns December 10
While New World's recent roadmap focuses heavily on the game's seventh season coming in January along with more aspirational hopes for 2025, there's one...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best combat as of 2024?
Are you a tab-target person or an action-combat or somewhere in between? Maybe you're a rogue and you're about to chime in with turn-based...
MMO Hype Train: My growing obsession with Stars Reach
As much as I respect Raph Koster for all of his passion and pioneering of MMORPGs, I've rarely crossed paths with his games, notably...
Warframe’s Tennobaum gifting event this year benefits Toys for Tots
As it has for the last many years, Warframe studio Digital Extremes has kicked off its Tennobaum event, prompting gift-giving for the benefit of...
End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMORPGs going into 2025
One of the biggest factors when choosing a potential MMO to enjoy is how "healthy" it is. In other words, is the online game...
Final Fantasy XIV community institutes new world first rules after players use add-ons to cheat (again)
For players who claim to have the highest levels of skill in Final Fantasy XIV, it's extremely fascinating that members of this facet of...
Lord of the Rings Online opens up Mines of Moria on the 64-bit progression servers
For Lord of the Rings Online players on the Mordor and Angmar servers, it's 2008 all over again. That's because SSG is unlocking the...
The Daily Grind: How would you have gamed differently in 2024?
Our MOP interns brought me my morning coffee and the dire news that this is, indeed, the last month of the year. For lo!...
Choose My Adventure: Starting life as a Jem’Hadar in Star Trek Online
So, first thing's first: I wasn't really able to spend excessive time in Star Trek Online this weekend. It was not just a holiday...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever had a dream about MMORPGs?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by two bits from social media. First, MOP's Justin recently joked on the podcast that describing MMO boss battles is...
The Daily Grind: Have you let go of any old MMORPG obsessions?
Earlier this year, when City of Heroes Homecoming first scored a license to operate from NCsoft, my kid fell hard into econ PvP over...
The MOP Up: New World’s deadly laser turkey
"What started as an office joke about a giant turkey with laser eyes turned into an actual world boss when one of our AI...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO starts Dual Destiny season with siren songs
Pokemon Go's winter seasonal update, Dual Destiny, has at least frontloaded some of the details on what would normally be mystery events, so I'm...
One Shots: The billiards of the universe
The irony of going on lengthy adventures to exotic settings in MMOs is that your character usually doesn't bring a smartphone to take pictures...
