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The Daily Grind: When do MMOs get too silly for your comfort?
Let us talk about TERA today. I have never been able to wrap my head around the tone of this game. While it appears...
A sneak peek of South Africa in Secret World Legends’ Season 2
The things I do for you! You know that story is everything to me, and in order to bring you more information, I allowed...
The Black Death has spawned an actual popularity contest
If you thought your days of losing popularity contests were over when you left school, think again! Indie survival sandbox The Black Death is...
Ship of Heroes’ map is ‘larger than the starting maps in City of Heroes’
If you're a City of Heroes fan - or any kind of superhero fan - then you're gonna want to check out the brand-new...
The Daily Grind: Is player trading a make-or-break MMO feature for you?
MOP reader Xijit recently pointed us to a thread on Bless Online's Steam page where players are noting that person-to-person trading is not currently...
Massively Overthinking: Paying for MMORPG emulators, legal or otherwise
MassivelyOp reader Bryan recently wrote to us with a fun question about emulators, a topic that will simply never die as long as MMORPGs...
Game industry unionization: Game Workers Unite, IGDA, and GDC
Earlier this week, we covered the emerging Game Workers Unite organization, something many folks in the games industry considered tantamount to unionization, which multiple...
Shroud of the Avatar: Partying with Portalarium, countering pay-to-win, and the state of the game
The day is finally arriving: Shroud of the Avatar is formally launching next week. It's been a long journey. The path to this new old-school...
Choose My Adventure: Anniversary groupings in Warframe
Last week's poll on Warframe was a nail-biter, but it ultimately came down in favor of me not buying a new frame for my...
MMO studios form Justice League-style alliance to combat toxicity
After years of trying to crack the serious issue of negative behavior and toxicity among their individual communities, 30 game studios and industry leaders are...
Lord of the Rings Online releases secret goat quest
Leave it to the sly folks at Standing Stone Games to slip a little spring surprise into Lord of the Rings Online.
The studio behind...
RIFT Prime jacks up its quest experience, works on lag
Players on RIFT's relatively new Prime progression server will see one major complaint addressed today: Trion Worlds is tripling the experience rewarded from quests...
Fortnite talks game modifications while players design forts and resell skins, all while crushing PUBG
There's a lot of stuff swirling around the Fortnite community of late, starting with adjustments to the game's Blitz mode to reduce how many...
Perfect Ten: Why MMO progression servers are a brilliant idea
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been enjoying the journey through RIFT Prime, the game's first progression server. Trion Worlds surprised and...
Ship of Heroes turns a critical eye to February’s combat alpha
Last month, Ship of Heroes ran its first alpha combat test with backers, and it was a blast (literally). With enough time to process...
The Daily Grind: Are fan emulators of dead MMOs worth developing?
As an amateur historian and an MMORPG enthusiast, I generally applaud efforts by the community to resurrect, preserve, and even reboot sunsetted games. While...
Magic: The Gathering Arena moves into the next phase of its closed beta
Wizards of the Coast's most famous card game continues to prepare its newest multiplayer version for public consumption. This Thursday, Magic: The Gathering Arena...
EVE Online pumps out quality-of-life patch, starts taking CSM applications
The skies are crowded with activity in EVE Online as of late. CCP came out this week to talk about many of the "little...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing Sea of Thieves?
It's officially Sea of Thieves day; the game launched here in the US in the wee hours of this morning. During our awards rollout...
Toontown Rewritten sponsors convention for emulator fans
Perhaps one of the most amazing MMORPG emulator projects is one that has flown under the radar of the larger community. Following the shutdown...