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Fight or Kite: Starborne is the MMORTS I didn’t know I was missing
For about 15 years, I’ve had an MMORTS shaped hole in my heart. I didn’t even realize it was there. I used to play...
Dauntless teases next Escalation and battle pass, previews the Torgadoro monster
While we got an earlier, more broad-strokes look at what's coming next to Dauntless, the development roadmap update is often the location where players...
ArcheAge Unchained’s ArchePass season three offers new cosmetics and a brave little hamster
The newest ArchePass is now live in ArcheAge Unchained, which means there's new goodies to chase, including temporary mounts, cosmetic goodies, and a very...
Warframe of Mind: Looking back at Warframe’s lucky seventh year
In our first Warframe anniversary retrospective in 2019, we covered everything from the beginning up through the shooter's sixth birthday. For the lucky seventh...
Easter dawns in Warframe, Dauntless, ArcheAge, Elite Dangerous, RIFT, Hackmud, DAoC, and WoW
Just because you're homebound doesn't mean you can't stretch your legs in virtual worlds and enjoy your favorite Easter activities! We've got a roundup...
Corepunk’s quarterly update removes gender locks, talks business model and masteries
Corepunk, the isometric MMORPG from Dutch developer Artificial Core, has shared its quarterly progress report, which has confirmed the removal of gender-locked hero choices,...
Skyforge releases its fifth anniversary expansion with progression system updates, celebratory event
It's been the subject of most of Skyforge's news, and now it's finally arrived. After a brief delay, the fifth anniversary update has gone...
RuneScape talks about Archaeology adjustments, an Easter event, and visual updates
RuneScape is feeling the spring season and emerging from the winter cold with another load of updates for the week, the more notable of...
The Game Archaeologist: The history of Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box
In the MMORPG genre, April Fools' Day is especially relished as a time in which developers and studios can get a bit wacky and...
EverQuesting: Looking back at EverQuest’s 21st year
There are landmark years, and then there are landmark years. (Not to be confused with Landmark, which has been gone for years.) You can...
TERA plans a month of events, including Manglemire, to celebrate its second anniversary on console
The month of April will apparently be one of celebration for TERA on console as the MMORPG will be marking its second anniversary. Players...
DarkStory is a 2-D MMORPG that hearkens back to 16-bit era RPGs
I admit that my RPG gaming sensibilities are greatly informed by the SNES age of JRPGs. Games like Illusion of Gaia, Secret of Mana...
Massively Overthinking: What do you hoard in MMORPGs?
Last week, online gamers made headlines for hoarding toilet paper. No, not in real life - in Fallout 76. Way to embrace the apocalypse,...
First impressions of the elusive Phantasy Star Online 2
We certainly live in interesting times. Last year, the idea of playing Phantasy Star Online 2 while I'm explicitly told to not leave the house...
Dauntless introduces a new Escalation mode, new monster, and new cosmetics in the Scorched Earth update
Yesterday saw Dauntless kick out what it touts as one of its largest updates of the year, and it's only March. The Scorched Earth...
Blade & Soul previews the item changes and treasure trove for its Forgotten Souls update
How could Blade & Soul have a Forgotten Souls update? Souls are right there in the title! You can't forget about them! Ah, well, it's...
Lord of the Rings Online spruces up its spring festival
With all that's going on, it might be easy to forget that spring is here -- and with it, Lord of the Rings Online's...
Dauntless’ next Hunt Pass adds prestige levels, new XP sources, and changes to bounties and tokens
Every season in Dauntless has a pretty standard gameplay loop: You take up some Bounties, you complete the stated objectives and beat up on...
Closers promises new zones, challenges, and mysteries in new Busan region
Just in case you missed out on the launch last week, allow us to offer this friendly reminder that Closers has opened up the...
Survival sandbox Population Zero outlines its new 168-hour cycle and account progression
You arrive to the wilds of Population Zero. You have seven days to live. Go. That's, in an extremely unrefined nutshell, the basic gameplay...
