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One Shots: Early morning ride
It's been a long tradition (from before my tenure) to use a black-and-white version of the first picture of the week for the header...
The Game Archaeologist: Roleplaying dreams in Underlight
After years of digging into the field of classic MMOs, I know there aren't too many undiscovered titles that haven't been brought to my attention...
WRUP: Hourly content update edition
Over the past few years, we've seen developers fall more and more in love with the idea of making faster and smaller updates to...
The Daily Grind: What promised yet undelivered feature sticks in your craw?
There are few things more annoying than a developer promoting an upcoming feature or change and then never delivering on it. Four expansions later,...
Massively Overthinking: The death of the MMO guild
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor JakeDunnegan, who is worried about the future of MMORPG guilds.
When EverQuest came along, I was...
Dark Age of Camelot newsletter addresses future changes
The first newsletter for Dark Age of Camelot under Broadsword's management is out now, and it's largely looking to the future. The casual group...
Chaos Theory: Six tips for new Secret World players
Now that Blingzilla is no longer roaming the lands tempting everyone with goodies galore (or turning movement into a stroll through a mire of...
The Secret World fans prepare ‘investigation RP event’
The Secret World has always had a vibrant roleplaying community, and now these players are creating the next big event for the game. A...
Preview RIFT’s player dimensions made with the Anywhere key
Player housing sometimes is difficult to get a handle on. When given an infinite canvas, some players don't know what to do with all...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO fantasy setting?
I've been fooling about in Elder Scrolls Online this week, and in some ways it's like coming home. I wrote Massively's ESO column for...
The Daily Grind: Where do you stand on MMO emulators?
Emulators. They're a touchy, murky, grey-area subject for many people and one that we don't touch on a lot here on the site due...
Global Chat: Are MMO players too mean to game developers?
Is it too easy to forget that MMOs, like all video games, are made by people just like you and I? Belghast over at...
Guild Wars 2 hopes to reinspire interest in story
It's hard to be a Sylvari in Guild Wars 2 at the moment. After all, the plant people have an undeniable tie to the...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most memorable MMO noob moment?
I was basically still a kid when I first started playing MMOs, and my first, of course, was the wild west of the newly...
HEX opens PvE content, announces $100K global tournament
Thanks to the latest update, HEX: Shards of Fate fans can now enjoy solo PvE content that boasts 30+ new AI enemies in the...
Shroud of the Avatar chronicles community projects
The most recent update to Shroud of the Avatar had a bit of a bunny theme. It was intentional, a bit of a nod...
The Elder Scrolls Online celebrates its first anniversary with a video
It might be hard to believe, but it's been a whole year since The Elder Scrolls Online launched. Specifically, it was a year as...
The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred MOBA class?
The strangest thing has been happening to me here lately. I... I think I'm becoming a MOBA fan. It's not that I had anything...
Get a sneak peek of LOTRO’s Update 16
Lord of the Rings Online is gearing up for a big content push this month with Update 16. The devs put the patch on the...
One Shots: Row, row, row your boat
When I'm perusing my One Shots mail folder seeking that special picture that will make the headlines, I'm not looking for anything in particular....
