cosmetic gear
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...
Flameseeker Chronicles: A guide to Guild Wars 2’s revivified Dragon Bash
Dragon Bash is an event that first ran in Guild Wars 2 in 2013, less than a year after the game launched. It was...
Expand your wardrobe with five new legendary gear sets in Grim Dawn’s latest update
Tidy up those inventories, Grim Dawn players: The latest update to Crate Entertainment's dark-fantasy ARPG, which went live yesterday, introduces five all-new legendary gear...
Massively Overthinking: The worst MMO cash shop trickery
Last week, games psychologist Jamie Madigan tweeted an underrated comment about how psychological tricks used in restaurant menu design are also found in video...
MMORPG Atlas is testing a single-player mode this summer
Is it weird for an MMO like Atlas that once touted its planned 40K-person servers to now be producing a single-player version? Maybe, or...
Fight or Kite: Fallout 76’s Nuclear Winter is a blast
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A multiplayer online game is looking for the new hot thing to drum up interest in...
Star Citizen’s alpha 3.5.1 is live as CIG seeks feedback on ship customization pricing
Ship customization rolled out to PTU testers this week as part of Star Citizen's alpha 3.5.1, but CIG didn't waste much time pushing it...
Interview: Astellia’s westernization covers everything from monetization and VO to dodging and grouping
It seems as if every time we write about incoming MMORPG Astellia, confusion over its guiding principles dominates the ensuing discussion. One of those...
Starbase previews ships in new video and discusses its monetization plans
We've known about Starbase for just a week, and already Finnish developer Frozenbyte is amping up the hype with a third video, this one...
Atlas dives Into the Ice with its latest ‘mega update’ – here’s the new trailer!
Atlas' second "mega update" is officially live, Wildcard and Grapeshot say, in conjunction with a big ol' Steam sale that halves the cost of...
Tamriel Infinium: Massively OP’s guide to The Elder Scrolls Online’s cash shop
Ah, the crown store: the third leg of the business model (along with buy-to-play and subscription) that’s powered The Elder Scrolls Online to one...
Warframe of Mind: Should Digital Extremes ditch RNG in endgame loot drops?
Here's a question for you: Should a game that eschewed random loot boxes at the request of players use RNG loot drops for rare...
Path of Exile previews improvements to map boss fights coming with the Legion update
Taking on big, scary bosses in Path of Exile is pretty much par for the course. Some of those boss fights are looking to...
MMORPG Astellia launches preorders, plans June closed beta, and rejects gender-locking
Upcoming MMORPG Astellia pumped out a ton of information with the launch of its new website and preorders for the game last night. Game...
