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The Daily Grind: What uncommon crafting skills would you like to see in MMOs?
Just as how MMOs tend to skew toward a standard array of generic classes, so to do these games' crafting systems seem to be...
Massively Overthinking: The New World Aeternum debacle
You know that feeling when you can see a trainwreck coming, but you know you can't do anything to stop it or even warn...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOs suffering from the ‘tyranny of IP’?
Back in May, a Sony Pictures executive did a one hell of an interview on Deadline that, among other things, complained about the "tyranny...
Tarisland showcases its gender-unlocked female Paladin, promises better community management
Today's Tarisland teaser video is a bit of good news bad news: It's good because it shows off the female Paladin (including her shiny...
Global Chat: So many questions about Guild Wars 2’s housing
With the news that Guild Wars 2 is adding homesteads in its next expansion, Nerdy Bookahs is not alone in asking a whole ton...
SGF 2024: Amazon discusses New World Aeternum on console, swimming, solo content, and archetypes
In case there's anyone out there still confused: New World Aeternum is not a single player or co-op game. I know the Summer Game Fest announcement of...
New World’s new Q&A struggles to explain why a massively multiplayer online RPG isn’t an MMORPG
Amazon's New World Aeternum announcement last Friday did not go to plan, unless getting reviewbombed to oblivion by PC players and confusing mainstream gaming...
The Daily Grind: What are some of your MMO housing must-haves?
With the word that Guild Wars 2's next expansion will feature player housing -- homesteads in the game's parlance -- everyone seems to be...
SGF 2024: Path of Exile 2 is fun and satisfying, but it’s still no cakewalk
MJ is MOP's resident Path of Exile person, and I'm sure she'll get the core-fans some red meat once she gets her hands on...
First Impressions: Elder Scrolls Online story, not scribing, is Gold Road’s apex
If you followed my series of Choose My Adventure columns from last month, you'll know that I ended up making Elder Scrolls Online my...
Trove begins summer festival, Pride event, and Rising Tides update testing
Gamigo's Trove might be the company's crown jewel MMO, even if it does still fly under the radar of more hardcore MMORPG players. It...
The Daily Grind: What do you expect out of MMORPG roadmaps?
So as we wait for New World's promised Q&A for PC players today following the botched Aeternum reveal at Summer Game Fest, New World...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online’s new birding hobby a flight of fancy?
My father-in-law is an obsessive birdwatcher. He took it up as a hobby a few years ago, and now he travels all over the...
SGF 2024: Elder Scrolls Online opens free play promo, Fallout 76 prepares for this week’s Skyline Valley
At last night's Summer Game Fest's Xbox showcase, Blizzard may have stolen the show with its launch date for World of Warcraft The War...
The Daily Grind: What are the scariest words in the MMORPG genre?
The other day I was chatting up a friendly MMO dev who - in the context of the then-still-fresh Elder Scrolls Online rollback -...
Global Chat: FFXIV’s out-of-control cutscene scene
Here's a terrifying and fascinating fact: Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV's cutscenes now total up to 159 hours of non-interactive, viewable-only content?
Gamer...
One Shots: The portents of the heavens
When you look up at the night sky and everything's going nuts, it's either the end of the world as we know it or...
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s Aeternum relaunch is actually a solid update – with terrible timing and comms
After months of waiting, New World's June mystery announcement has been revealed as New World: Aeternum, a console release coupled with a rebranding and...
WRUP: Correcting errors in popular aphorisms edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about keeping secrets.
The Daily Grind: Do your MMO characters get into the summer spirit?
Without our express permission, June is here -- and with it the warmer, sunnier days of summer. It may not be as jam-packed with...
