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One Shots: Impossible architecture
When you construct your buildings out of pixels and polygons, you don't necessarily have to worry about what's physically possible and what isn't, just...
The Game Archaeologist: The 4th Coming
Over the years that I've been writing The Game Archaeologist, I've received more than a few requests to cover a game that was completely...
WRUP: Cool guys don’t look at fireworks edition
As we all know, cool guys don't look at explosions (they blow things up and just walk away). This is true as few things...
The Daily Grind: Do you like playing as an evil character?
In most MMOs, your moral compass and career objectives are fixed for you: You're a hero-for-hire who's only out to save the world, rescue...
The state of MassivelyOP’s ARK server
Well, the MassivelyOP ARK: Survival Evolved server is still a thing. It's been running for just over 10 days now, and it's been publicly available for...
Reddit protest sees /r/gaming lock its doors
Remember when you were in your first raiding guild, and it was nothing but drama from start to finish on your guild forums because no...
The Daily Grind: Does knowing how the MMO sausage is made ruin it for you?
Ever have a day when a confluence of posts and quotes lead you to one big MMO-related question? This post is that question, and...
Massively Overthinking: On the doom of server-wide MMO communities
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes from KS donor Morreion, who asks,
Do you think that MMO server-wide communities will ever make a comeback?
I suppose...
Skysaga gives PvP to the masses
Skysaga's burgeoning community has a new way to grow closer today, as the game has opened the doors of its PvP arena to testers.
Alpha...
ArtCraft addresses concerns over ‘more PvE features’ in Crowfall
Here's another Crowfall news bite! Today's drop takes the form of a video Q&A with design lead Thomas Blair and creative director J. Todd...
Guild Wars 2 reveals Stronghold PvP Mist Champions, admits SAB is on hold
ArenaNet has just announced Mist Champions for Guild Wars 2's incoming Heart of Thorns Stronghold PvP mode. In a new dev blog released today,...
The Daily Grind: Have you been to an MMO fan event?
CCP put EVE Online's Fanfest 2016 tickets on sale this week, and while I haven't played the sci-fi sandbox in some time, the annual...
Trion: Devilian has ‘all the features of your dream ARPG’
Now that Trion's newest MMO import is no longer cloaked in secrecy, the Devilian team is excited to get out there and talk about...
Daybreak overrules EverQuest progression server vote
Part of what keeps the community engaged with progression servers like the most recent EverQuest pairing of Ragefire and Lockjaw is the idea that...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is aging the best?
While we demand and expect playing perfection from MMOs on launch day, that's a pretty hilarious stance to take when one looks at all...
Global Chat: Are fellowship maneuvers due for a comeback?
Lord of the Rings Online hasn't been en vogue in MMO circles recently, but that doesn't mean that the game and its systems are...
Crowfall explains why combat physics are ‘hella complicated’
The Crowfall community has a heapload of questions about the upcoming PvP title's combat systems, and the devs apparently have (some of) the answers.
A...
Eleven makes slow but steady progress on Glitch remake
A new state of the project post is up over at Eleven, stating that while the game is struggling with tech issues that's preventing...
E3 2015: Holly Longdale on the EverQuest franchise’s progression servers
Progression servers are definitely a hot topic in the EverQuest franchise right now. EverQuest recently opened up a new one for those nostalgic for...
Hyperspace Beacon: The SWTOR community divide over Knights of the Fallen Empire
The past couple of weeks have been kind of strange for me. For five years, I've written about Star Wars :The Old Republic. I've...
