cosmetic gear
Flameseeker Chronicles: Chairs and other oddities in Guild Wars 2’s cash shop
I love MMO cosmetics, and Guild Wars 2 has a great selection, from armor skins and outfits to gliders to minipets to mount skins....
Warframe on Nintendo Switch gets a performance boosting patch
One of the more remarkable things about the Nintendo Switch is that it can provide you with some pretty high fidelity gaming in a...
The Solstice of Heroes returns once again to Destiny 2
It's an annual tradition to Destiny 2, one where the Guardians of the world celebrate and remember the triumphs they have won. If by...
The Survivalist Soapbox: Astroneer’s moon landing update is a time-limited online event done right
I could definitely write a Why I Play on Astroneer (and maybe I still will!) because there are so many reasons this game just...
Here’s how Neverwinter’s appearance system is changing with Uprising next month
Wardrobe, costumes, outfits, A-tab, cosmetics, transmog: Whatever you call it, most serious MMOs have some kind of system that separates a character's visual appearance...
Legends of Aria is finally launching August 6 – with a huge new patch friendly to PvE players
Legends of Aria has had an interesting development life the last few years. Upjumped from the small-scale Shards Online to a much broader-scale MMORPG...
Storyboard: Never forget that all MMO lore is made up
Let's take a trip back to the dewy slopes of June 2006, when Chris Metzen addressed the question of how the lore of the...
Warframe of Mind: TennoGen fosters player creativity and content, store now on Steam
With TennoCon 2019 in the rearview mirror, it's time for folks to buckle down and get back to work developing more awesomeness for Warframe....
Overwatch’s 2019 Summer Games kicked off today with Lucioball and new weekly events
Although we aren't slated for another Summer Olympic Games until next year here in meatspace, Overwatch players can prove their own virtual athletic prowess...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 229: Adventures in Albion Online
Justin, Samon, and Bree discuss Daybreak, the new LOTR MMO Amazon is co-developing, EVE Online's comms blackout, Caravan Stories, and City of Heroes, with a sponsored segment on Albion Online's Percival update.
Fight or Kite: Albion Online’s Percival update is for the solo players out there
This week we saw a nice patch released for the world of Albion Online with its Percival update. It’s largely a general quality-of-life update...
TennoCon 2019: A longer look at space, ships, and squads in Empyrean, Warframe’s not-an-expansion
You've come a long way, Warframe. The once-looter shooter continues to expand, not just in number of Warframes and equipment but in overall scope...
Dauntless invites Slayers to test their luck in its upcoming Fortune & Glory update
They say that luck is a fickle mistress, but that's not strictly true -- she just plays favorites is all. But Dauntless players will...
Grab a Trove batmobile in our summer mount giveaway courtesy of Gamigo
OK, so it's not an official batmobile. But it kind of looks like the new batmobile, crossed with Luke's landspeeder, and we're here for...
TennoCon 2019: Warframe’s NightWave Series 2 and Wukong Prime go live, with new ‘Frames and skins incoming
Much of TennoCon 2019 is showing off what will come in the future for Warframe, but two announcements were for the here and now....
Elite Dangerous unveils a new tutorial and a new currency for September, teases fleet carriers for December
This past Saturday was something of an announcement carpet bombing from the folks at Elite: Dangerous. At Lavecon, the team introduced the first reveals...
The Daily Grind: Would you pay a sub for complete access to all cosmetics in an MMO?
Last month on the MOP Podcast, we tackled a question from a reader named Aaron who was musing on whether modern MMOs could learn...
Old School RuneScape ponders partnerships and puts it to a player poll
Old School RuneScape is, in its own words, "resolutely a subscription-only game," and as it's subscription-only game, one of the biggest things the devs...
Chaos Theory: Secret World Legends celebrates its second birthday
It's a surprise party and you're invited! Secret World Legends has made it to its second birthday. This rebooted version of our favorite conspiracy...
Red Dead Online brings new features to Xbox One and acknowledges work on player feedback
Red Dead Online continues its steady trickle of updates to the various platform versions of the online cowboy sandbox thing. This time around, it's...
