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EVE Online hypes up its May 1 Fanfest 2025 and starts a new in-game event
You would be forgiven for thinking that tickets to an event in the middle of Iceland wouldn't be a hot buy, but then you've...
Sandbox MMO Pax Dei is razing inactive housing plots again as it launches on GeForce Now and EGS
With the early access boom firmly in its rearview mirror, Pax Dei is turning its attention to the necessary work of clearing out long-abandoned...
For Science: GDC’s annual gamedev survey reflects anger with layoffs, disdain for gen AI
GDC's annual survey of the devs in the game industry is out today, with data reflecting polling and comments from over 3000 game developers.
"The...
Pax Dei’s Grace system will finally launch this week on January 23
Finally, we've got a hard date for Pax Dei's next patch aka the second chunk of Verse 2: Mainframe Industries announced this morning that...
Pax Dei doesn’t have a patch date yet, but it does have flowerboxes and creepy cultist ladies
If you were hoping for a date for the next Pax Dei patch today, then you're going to return to your regularly scheduled Friday...
Blizzard invites fan to celebrate 30 years of Warcraft at a world tour of gatherings
Sydney. Sao Paulo. Seoul. Toronto. Boston. London. These six cities all have something in common: They are not Albuquerque. Also, they are all hosting...
Pax Dei announces new servers for NA and EU players are opening January 10
Server populations are apparently getting kind of crowded for NA and EU players of Pax Dei, and since this is a survival sandbox MMORPG...
MMO Hype Train: Pantheon Rise of the Fallen was not ready for early access
It's absolutely surreal to see that, despite the odds against it, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen actually released -- albeit in early access --...
Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2024
This past year was full of ups and downs. You could arguably say that about any year, sure, but I felt it much more...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2024
So here's the disclaimer I put in front of this column every year when I do it (we alternate them): The biggest surprises list...
Blizzard’s 2024 infographic is light on useful info, but gamers did play 8.34B hours in Blizz games this year
Blizzard president Johanna Faries penned a dev blog to the Blizzard community last night, with kind words for players and developers alongside one of...
The Daily Grind: Do you stick to a uniform naming convention in MMOs?
Names are always a contentious and personal topic for MMORPGs, as they are our "face" by which others know us. And there are really...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at LOTRO’s run in 2024
How do we sum up the entire year of Lord of the Rings Online? That's always a hard task, but if I had to...
Pax Dei invites you to go on a shopping spree as its Market Square update is live
As promised, Pax Dei's Verse 2: Market Square is live this morning for all owners of the early access sandbox MMORPG, and it's all...
Pax Dei’s Market Square update officially launches tomorrow with gold and market stalls
If you weren't already overloaded with MMO patches, new games, and Christmas events, here's one more: Pax Dei is dropping its massive update, dubbed...
Secret Level S1 E3 teaches New World’s favorite failson an important lesson about kingship
New World's episode of Amazon Prime Video's Secret Level animated series is live today, so of course we sat down to watch it so...
The MOP Up: World War II Online bids farewell to the fishbowl
World War II Online aviators will be pleased to hear that a disliked visual is about to be killed: "The long-awaited, long-hated fishbowl effect...
Pax Dei clarifies economy overhaul, addresses concerns over new Discord chat system
Pax Dei's communications team has its hands full this week with upcoming and arriving updates in the early access MMO. One of these covers...
End-of-Year Eleven: The healthiest live MMORPGs going into 2025
One of the biggest factors when choosing a potential MMO to enjoy is how "healthy" it is. In other words, is the online game...
