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The Daily Grind: Does your MMO have a ‘Pre-Searing’ experience you keep coming back to?
Over the holidays, inspired entirely by Carlo's reminiscing on the game, I logged into Classic Guild Wars to thumb through my characters and see...
Revived 2-D cozy browser MMO Lasuni renames and revamps as Ticuto
Back in January 2024 we chronicled the upcoming return of Lasuni, a browser-based 2-D MMORPG brought back to life after a sunset caused by...
MMO Business Roundup: Olympic esports, Unity layoffs, and Krafton Q4 2024 financials
Welcome back for a quick roundup of some of the MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news bits from the week!
Esports: If for some reason you...
Cozy mini MMO Palia teases its next update with plushes, spa day decor, and makeup
Palia is teasing next week's update, the Kilima Couture update, which lands on Tuesday. Granted, it doesn't seem to be a particularly large update,...
Solarpunk MMO Loftia shows off work on Hanging Gardens district, an NPC, player clothes, fishing, and more
The cozy solar-powered MMO Loftia is back from the winter break and "in full-on dev mode" as it brings forth updates on several different...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs (and MMO-adjacent games) you can play on Nintendo Switch in 2025
In our family, there's an ongoing joke that I was the one who got the Nintendo Switch as a birthday present a few years...
One Shots: Weird place for an AirBnB but OK
Listen. I know it had great reviews and a Super Host. I know that it offers wifi and a full granola bar. But there's...
Palia’s New Beginnings update arrives today with Lunar New Year and a new discount loyalty club
Cozy multiplayer RPG Palia is rolling out the first beta patch of the new year today, and appropriately, it's called New Beginnings. As the...
Multiplayer life sim RPG Spellfarers adds flying brooms and housing overhauls ahead of launch this year
The middle of last year brought fans of cozy multiplayer life sim RPGs a new early access title in the form of Spellfarers, which...
Craig Morrison’s new studio is taking test signups for that ‘horse mystery’ MMORPG
Readers might recall that way back in July of last year, former Funcom and Blizzard luminary Craig Morrison announced he was studio director of...
New details emerge for Bungie’s in-development ‘lo-fi cozy’ MOBA Project Gummy Bears
With all of the upheaval that affected Bungie in 2024, it's pretty easy to have forgotten that one of the studio's multiple incubation projects...
First Impressions: Multiplayer sandbox Aloft doesn’t revel in your misery – it relishes mystery
Cozy survival sandbox Aloft has been on our radar since last year, and as of tomorrow, it's officially moving from its public demo stage...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond
As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...
The Daily Grind: Will you Kickstart any MMOs in 2025?
It's actually been several years since we had a pure MMORPG blow up on Kickstarter, but we've certainly seen survival sandboxes and mini-MMOs do...
The Stream Team: Soaking up the Christmas cheer in Final Fantasy XIV’s Starlight celebration
It's that time of year again for MOP's Chris and his Eorzea Sunday crew. It's the Starlight holiday season in Final Fantasy XIV and...
The Stream Team: Cozy winter vibin’ in the Holiday Homestead of Palia
It's cold. It's winter. It's almost time for the holidays proper. That's got MOP's Chris feeling some kind of way for this afternoon's stream,...
Palia introduces snowball fights, in-game board games, and curtains in the Holiday Homestead update
Cozy multiplayer life sim Palia is arguably getting more cozy and more multiplayer with its Holiday Homestead patch, which adds a couple of wintertime...
The Stream Team: The debut of Warframe 1999
Although she's a bit disappointed it didn't drop on the ultimate perfect day (the 31st), now that Warframe 1999 is live, Massively OP's MJ...
Solarpunk MMO Loftia lands on Steam, shows off housing neighborhood trailer
Australian solarpunk MMO Loftia isn't going to let the holiday season arrive without a couple big gifts to its growing community! Qloud Games gleefully...
Casually Classic: Ranking WoW Classic’s six starting zones
Part of the sheer fun of fresh start servers and going through WoW Classic again is becoming reacquainted with that old and welcome friend,...