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Chronicles of Elyria might fatten up your character
Chronicles of Elyria is nothing if not bursting with interesting little ideas that you don't often see in other MMOs. One of these, apparently,...
Perfect Ten: Ranking MMORPG combat pets, from best to worst
It's an objectively known fact that Warhammer Online's squigs were the peak of MMORPG pet design and functionality. Giant balls of attitude and appetite...
Guild Wars 2 AMA: DPS meters, PAX East, raiding, and insider trading
Following the launch of Guild Wars 2's Head of the Snake episode yesterday -- a day late, but fully intact! -- 21 members of...
E3 will opens its doors to 15,000 consumers this year
Welp, didn't see this one coming: Polygon is reporting that E3 will offer 15,000 tickets to regular ol' gamers this year, breaking more with...
The Soapbox: The sorry state of ARK Survival Evolved
When ARK: Survival Evolved came on the scene in June 2015, it was met with enthusiasm (dinosaurs!) as well as some skepticism (Early Access)....
Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime ‘troubled’ by latest US immigration policies
On Monday, we covered some of the MMORPG companies speaking out against new immigration policy that opponents of the current US administration have dubbed...
PAX South: Co-op RPG Dauntless demos its gameplay
This past weekend at PAX South, the co-op RPG Dauntless made its public debut, offering attendees a chance to try out a demo of...
MMORPG developers, GDC organizers speak out against US ‘Muslim ban’
You might want to keep politics out of gaming, but politics has a way of forcing itself in the door no matter what.
Multiple MMO developers and...
Guild Chat: Dealing with anxiety and the pressures of MMORPG guilds
Welcome along to another issue of Guild Chat, the column through which the Massively Overpowered community can come together to help readers in need...
Chronicles of Elyria hires SWTOR programmer, works on PAX East demo
The small but scrappy Chronicles of Elyria continues to pick up experienced MMO devs for its ambitious sandbox project. Earlier this month we reported...
PAX South 2017: Hyper Universe is coming to the west in 2017
Great news for those following the cross-genre MOBA Hyper Universe:Â Nexon officially announced this week that the game will be coming to North America, Europe,...
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival livestream tickets go live
Can you not afford to head all the way to Frankfurt in Germany to finish off the Final Fantasy XIV fan festivals? Are you...
EverQuesting: Scoring our EverQuest franchise 2016 predictions
January 14th, 2016. On that date, I said we'd get to look back in a year and see just how many of my EverQuesting...
Jukebox Heroes: Live performances of MMO scores
I am of the opinion that there is something special and magical about getting to experience music in person, especially so when it is...
EVE Evolved: Making stories with friends in EVE Online
It's one of the more peculiar laws of the universe that when enough EVE Online players meet in the real world, they absolutely must swap stories. You...
EVE Online starts the process of electing its next player council
When the winter is coldest on the coast of Iceland, CCP lugs out its 20-foot wooden alpine horn and blows a signal that can...
WoW emu Elysium suffers serious ‘database compromise’
One of the downsides of grey-market game emulators for the end-user is that security isn't always a priority. Case in point? Elysium suffered a...
Nostalrius has decided handing its WoW emu code to Elysium wasn’t such a good idea after all
So here's a twist in the Nostalrius saga that we didn't see coming: The group has changed its mind about supporting its code on...
Chronicles of Elyria adds City of Heroes animator to the team
Soulbound Studios has a new year's resolution for Chronicles of Elyria: "kick so much ass."
"The next few months will see us preparing a playable...
Hi-Rez Expo 2017: SMITE’s specialty adventures, Paladins’ first season, and SMITE Tactics’ PvE
One of best parts of attending conventions is talking with the devs. And during my trip to Hi-Rez Expo 2017, I spoke with a number...
