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The Daily Grind: Should MMOs perform a soft reboot on their storylines now and then?
Here's the thing when it comes to ongoing narratives, whether they're TV series, a string of novels, or online games: You can't keep escalating...
Pax Dei weaves a lore-focused audio story of the creation of its world
Did you know that Pax Dei has lore? It's true! While our Choose My Adventure columnist learned only a story of highly bloodthirsty foxes,...
Valheim will introduce a new cooking and farming skill with its bog witch swamp biome update
"The Spill" may sound like your favorite MMO's requisite sewer zone, but today we're talking tea, as it's the name of Coffee Stain's and...
Choose My Adventure: Throne and Liberty continues to both intrigue and concern
I appreciate that reading that summary about my current feelings regarding Throne and Liberty comes off as conflicting, but that's primarily because I continue...
Project Friendship, Spry Fox’s new cozy MMO, just opened tester signups
Way back in 2021, we first caught wind that indie developer Spry Fox was hiring for a new "non-violent" MMO, essentially a cozy game....
Throne & Liberty counts 3M players in its first week as Amazon has now added 55 extra servers
The MMORPG community may be confused over the burgeoning Steam counts and mixed reviews for Throne and Liberty, but somebody is thrilled with the...
The Daily Grind: Do you try launch MMORPGs just for the experience?
An hour before the F2P launch of Throne and Liberty last week, I was quietly working and minding my own business when I saw...
Kickstarted survival sandbox Fractured Veil is sunsetting this week, having never left early access
I'm sorry to report today that survivalbox Fractured Veil is throwing in the towel. "Today we’ve made the tough decision to stop development on Fracture...
The Daily Grind: Do you use your own character builds in MMORPGs?
I've been hyperfixating on builds in Guild Wars 2 since returning for Janthir Wilds, and it's actually the first time in that MMO that...
One Shots: The deep shadows of autumn
There's a lot to love about the fall season that's not just pumpkin spice coziness. I get a delicious feeling out of watching the...
WRUP: Deciding the future of What Are You Playing introductions edition
Join us for our weekly open thread! We're discussing what MMOs we're playing this weekend and answering a bonus question about...
The Daily Grind: What’s been your MMO highlight of 2024 so far?
The year isn't quite over yet, but maybe it's time to face the truth that 2024 is in the final quarter. Hopefully it's been...
Global Chat: What’s World of Warcraft Cataclysm’s best zone?
Wilhelm over at The Ancient Gaming Noob kicks off our tour of various MMO essays as he lists and ranks all of the zones...
Throne & Liberty addresses ongoing errors, disconnections, and invisible characters
As Throne and Liberty approaches its first full weekend as a free-to-play MMORPG, Amazon and NCsoft have issued a letter to the community, saying...
Star Citizen devs are being forced into mandatory unpaid overtime in order to make CitizenCon happen
While Star Citizen is making sure it keeps excitement up for CitizenCon 2024, behind the scenes the devs at CIG are being crunched to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest personal challenge you’ve set for yourself in an MMO?
A few weeks back, I saw a post on Reddit about an MMO player who had decided to set himself a bizarre project: to...
Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?
Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...
Finally, we know what to expect from Pokemon Go’s Wild Area event in November
Despite Niantic announcing the event months ago, Pokemon Go's upcoming Wild Area event has until now been opaque to players. The studio initially said...
The Daily Grind: What are the advantages of playing MMOs as a hobby?
Have you ever had to explain or defend your hobby to someone who doesn't share that? Sometimes that can be a positive experience with...
Choose My Adventure: The progression conflict in Once Human
I don't want to claim that I necessarily hit a wall with my time in Once Human during my playtime for Choose My Adventure...