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WRUP: Which members of the high school science department can be beaten with the Ice Beam edition
Mr. Palmer: You're wondering if you can beat a 60-year-old man who hasn't walked all that well since he got hit by a car...
The Daily Grind: How do you best express yourself in an MMO?
Even though MMOs are virtual worlds, the people who interact with them are (reportedly) quite authentic. And as it is in the real world,...
Tarisland devs address the decision to avoid P2W cash shop kit – but not Vigor energy gating
Tencent is apparently continuing to tweak its monetization for Tarisland in response to player angst as it continues charging through its second closed beta...
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen talks about the return of 24-hour MMO testing and a shift of dev mindset
Now that Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is moving away from its proposed standalone 247 extraction mode in favor of testing the MMORPG that...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most excessive whaling you’ve ever seen in an MMO?
Every time I think whaling in the MMO industry can't get any worse, some game comes along and proves me wrong. That was the...
Massively Overthinking: Pervasive old MMO ideas that aren’t really true
A while back, Eliot and I were discussing one of his columns, in which he noted that in the eldest of the elder MMOs,...
Interview: Wayfinder pauses seasons as it hunts for a publisher and rebuilds roadmap
Last week, Wayfinder fans were shaken by the news that another round of layoffs at Digital Extremes was accompanied by the dissolution of the...
In the midst of studio upheaval, Wayfinder is planning a patch and Q&A this week
Last week, we got the upsetting news that Tencent-owned Digital Extremes was in the middle of what turned out to be its second round...
Project Gorgon, buffered by player donations, has been spared from maintenance mode – for now
The fate of quirky indie MMORPG Project Gorgon has hung in the balance over the last few days following the news that the soft-launched...
The Daily Grind: How dedicated are you to wealth generation in MMOs?
There was a span of time a few years back when I heavily engaged with the World of Warcraft economy to make as much...
Choose My Adventure: Levels and confusion come fast and thick in Tree of Savior
So as the headline suggests, the game we're starting November off with is Tree of Savior, an anime-styled OARPG that I've played a couple...
Kickstarted MMORPG Pantheon cancels 247 extraction mode: ‘We have damaged your trust’
Pantheon Rise of the Fallen's brief community nightmare is over: Visionary Realms announced this morning that it's putting the brakes on development of the...
The Daily Grind: What’s clogging up your main MMO character’s bank right now?
Lord of the Rings Online seems deliberately designed to make even people who enjoy organizing inventories (me) a wee bit crazy about it. I...
Aika Online takes first steps toward global re-release with open beta test
This past August saw the MMORPG genre receive a blast from the past we're not sure it was expecting, as 2009's Aika Online announced...
Trove heralds the return of Friendsgiving while RIFT kicks off a screenshot contest
It's time to report on Gamigo's (arguably) final two surviving MMORPGs RIFT and Trove, as both titles are spooling up some autumn season stuff...
RuneScape improves dungeon visuals, refreshes premier rewards, and applies Zamorak improvements
It's a new week of stuff for players of RuneScape, with the MMORPG adding a new lick of visual paint to some dungeons, making...
The Daily Grind: What’s the coziest MMO that isn’t technically a cozy MMO?
We have the Lord of the Rings Online general chat to thank for inspiring this Daily Grind, as I recently saw one player make...
One Shots: Protect me, mighty cactus!
Health care in fantasy worlds is a tad peculiar, to put it lightly. Doctors routinely mix it up on the battlefield, medics throw explosive...
WRUP: Lizardman Ronald owes me more than a thousand dollars edition
This is not a joke. Ronald of Oceanside, NY, also know to his friends as "Lizardman," officially owes me $1,280 due to services...
The Daily Grind: If you shilled in a commercial for an MMO, what would it be?
It's always a special brand of surreal to see well-known celebrities conscripted into doing commercials and ads for MMORPGs, all the more so because...
