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The Daily Grind: Do you play MMOs for the fashion wars?
Whether you call it "fashion wars" as in Guild Wars 2 or "space barbie" as in Star Trek Online or "dolly dress-up" as in...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s thorny patrol
Cryptic is really hot to trot with Star Trek Online's new patrol system, and this past week the studio highlighted the third new one:...
Lord of the Rings Online is adding crafting material bags to the collector’s editions of Minas Morgul
Maybe getting some cosmetics or character level boosts aren't enticing enough to get you to drop up to $130 on a collector's edition of...
Blade & Soul’s Halloween event returns on October 16
Blade & Soul is once again getting in to the spooky spirit next week with the arrival of its Blade and Ghoul event on...
Apex Legends kicks off its Fight or Fright event on October 15
Who says that you can't have a properly spooky event in a battle royale game? Apex Legends is working hard at making sure you have...
Chronicles of Elyria’s Kickstarter-versary enters its final week with one final stretch goal to unlock
The last few pieces of news coming out of Chronicles of Elyria have been all about its Kickstarter anniversary crowdfunding drive, which is perhaps...
Warframe shares Empyrean release plans, a new boss enemy, October’s update, and a Halloween preview
Oh, look, another Warframe dev stream packed to the absolute gills with information and updates. Seriously, these things have more details than most games...
Fight or Kite: Impressions of Ashes of Creation Apocalypse, a solid fantasy battle royale nobody is playing
A mere fortnight ago, the team behind Ashes of Creation took its MMO combat testing ground known as Apocalypse and opened the doors on...
Into the Super-verse: Why Ship of Heroes’ character customization tool is so important
What kind of hero are you going to be today?
In most MMOs, that question and its possible answers are watered down and homogenized, but...
Fortnite extends battle royale Season X for a week and adds a speaker-powered hammer to Save the World
Boy, that headline only makes sense in Fortnite, doesn't it? The multiplayer shooter's latest version update has announced another week for Season X and...
Astellia Online offers hefty compensation package to preorder players
Following the official launch of Astellia Online this weekend, Barunson sparked a small wildfire among preorder players for the way it had gone about...
Snag an Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Swordbrand Cloak from Intrepid and MOP
In celebration of the launch of Ashes of Creation's Apocalypse battle royale mode into early access, Intrepid Studios has granted Massively OP a stack...
Guild Wars 2’s October balance update is live today, along with dismounting skills for the Warclaw
You can look now: Guild Wars 2's latest balance patch is here today with tweaks for every class and most of the specs too....
Flameseeker Chronicles: Does Guild Wars 2 release more paid outfits than armor skins?
I’ve noticed a common complaint bouncing around the Guild Wars 2 community, one that I believe to be a myth. Today, I’d like to...
The MOP Up: Warframe’s community designs stunning fashion
One really neat aspect of the ultra-popular Warframe is that Digital Extremes invites artistic community members to design cosmetics for the game. The best...
LOTRO Legendarium: Minas Morgul is off to a better start than Mordor
While we have known for a long while that this was coming, the official announcement of Lord of the Rings Online's 2019 expansion was...
Interview: ArcheAge Unchained’s Merv Lee Kwai on housing, RMT, and the future of the game
The announcement of ArcheAge Unchained and its buy-to-play, no-pay-to-win ruleset has been one of the big surprises of the season for the five-year-old MMORPG...
Atlas plans one more massive wipe plus weekend update ahead of Xbox One launch
Yesterday, Xbox One fans got some good news out of in-development pirate MMO Atlas: It's launching on the platform's early access equivalent on October...
Sandbox MMO Project C launches $149.99 founder packs, plans October closed alpha
Remember Project C? It's the SpatialOS-based open-world persistent sandbox MMO by Darewise, the same company that along with studio Nvizzio struggled to make the gorgeous space...
Maelstrom’s naval style of battle royale goes free-to-play
Okay, so what if there's a battle royale game, except the land is water, the collapsing ring is an ocean infested with giant sea...
