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The Survivalist: Surprise! Rend launches today with a $9.99 sale as Frostkeep teases new game
Earlier today we heard the news of Rend servers consolidating, and that definitely raised a few eyebrows. In fact, we noted, "It’s not exactly...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about ideas like the cottage rule and class fantasy in MMO design?
Who among our readers played City of Heroes and remembers the cottage rule? The idea was that developers were reluctant to change the fundamentals...
Massively Overthinking: Thoughts on the holy trinity in MMOs
One of MOP's bright new columnists, Tyler Edwards, blogs over at Superior Realities, and he recently brought to my attention his pieces on the...
Vague Patch Notes: The occupant’s dilemma in MMORPGs
This is the story of Stanley.
Stanley had a hobby, and that hobby was playing MMOs. Every day, he logged in to Final Fantasy XI, where...
Remember Booty Bay in World of Warcraft? It’s back! In Sims 4 form!
If you've ever wandered through Booty Bay in World of Warcraft and thought that it'd be much cooler if the town featured a bunch of...
EverQuest Next failed to clear its ‘technical hurdle,’ but Daybreak hasn’t given up on a sequel
Did EverQuest Next fail to come to fruition because it wasn't fun, the studio didn't want it, or its technical challenges were too great...
The Daily Grind: What visuals do you wish you could hide in MMOs?
Last week World of Warcraft made some aspiring nudists happy by announcing that it was going to let players hide pretty much every piece...
Anthem’s loot-system struggle continues as update brings legendary missions
Anthem's been having a bit of a rough go of it lately, with a significant portion of the game's community expressing disappointment about the...
Choose My Adventure: The almost-zen of crafting in Legends of Aria
Funny how this run of Choose My Adventure arrives after we've had a discussion about designed downtime, because the crafting and gathering in Legends...
Path of Exile officially launches on the PlayStation 4 today, having doubled playerbase since 2017
It's a huge day for Path of Exile, as the popular MMOARPG finally launches on PlayStation 4 today; it's already live for Europe, and...
The Daily Grind: What are you looking forward to the most in WoW Classic?
After all the PR mishaps and layoffs Blizzard's had since last fall's BlizzCon, I wouldn't have been too surprised to see the company delay...
APB Reloaded recounts progress made on engine upgrades, server merges, and Riot mode
It's been a loaded three months for APB Reloaded, what with the game getting a new owner in March 2018 and seeking to revamp...
Anthem misses the mark again: No armor loot in Elysian Stronghold caches
The number of posts and threads about Anthem's loot issues are too numerous to count without a calculator. Now, we can add a misdirect...
The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMO to make you feel like a kid again?
Last month on /r/mmorpg, there was a thread about finding MMOs that will make you feel like a kid again. You can probably guess...
Old School RuneScape talks player behavior, improving PvP, and fixing old content in a Q&A
A beefy Q&A video from the devs of Old School RuneScape offered up an opportunity to discuss a variety of matters relevant to the...
Here’s a quick glimpse of Star Wars The Old Republic’s new guild heraldry and character preview tools
When 5.10.2: Heralds of Victory launches in Star Wars: The Old Republic next month, it'll drop some quality-of-life tweaks that were originally promised in...
EVEsterdam 2019: EVE players intercept Triglavian war plans
The EVE Online community was surprised recently when billboards across the game were hacked and displayed a threatening video from the Triglavian Collective, a...
One Shots: Selfish selfies
Hey! Hey man, what do you think you're doing? You're a bleeding Division agent, all right? You're the thin line that holds back anarchistic...
Guild Wars 2 wants to bring former players back to Tyria with new initiative
Every MMO player in existence has almost certainly, at one point or another, taken a break from a game and come back to it...
WRUP: New drinks served at your local bar edition
The Frosty MacMurphy: Take one part Scotch, one part eggnog, one part motor oil, and one part expired eggnog. Put all of that stuff...
