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The Daily Grind: Are there any survival sandbox features you’d like to see in MMORPGs?
I've been playing a lot of ARK: Survival Evolved lately. It's certainly not an MMO, just judging by player count, but it has elements...
Punching dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved
Five minutes after I logged into ARK: Survival Evolved, I punched a fish. A few moments later, I punched a tree. Shortly thereafter, I...
Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome
My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 guild hall and prepurchase pricing impressions
When Heart of Thorns was announced back in January, the Guild Wars 2 community exploded with buzz as guild halls were mentioned as a main...
Final Fantasy XIV releases preliminary Heavensward patch notes
Early access for Final Fantasy XIV's first expansion is live in less than two days, and boy, there is a lot coming along with...
E3 2015: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns prepurchase is live; we get the scoop on guild halls
By now you are no doubt familiar with the guild halls arriving in Guild Wars 2's Heart of Thorns expansion. What you probably didn't expect is that...
Global Chat: Does the 12X leveling speed hurt or help SWTOR?
I love seeing interaction and cooperative projects between MMO bloggers because what fun is there in being an island? Especially when we talk about...
Wisdom of Nym: Preparing for Final Fantasy XIV’s early access
The long wait is almost over. Heavensward early access starts up on June 19th, and it comes with a lot of changes. Starting with,...
Dark Age of Camelot announces its Otherworlds Campaign
The RvR frontier of Dark Age of Camelot is about to heat up, as Broadsword is on the verge of unleashing its multi-month Otherworlds...
WoW Factor: What the flight changes portend for WoW’s future
Did anyone else get flashbacks to the Xbox One launch with World of Warcraft's flying announcement? I pictured a lot of arm-folding and sulking...
Chaos Theory: I like The Secret World’s combat
Hi. My name is MJ. And I like The Secret World's combat.
There, I admitted it. And trust me, I am fully aware that it...
Albion Online goes to hell
The next time that someone tells you to "Go to hell!" you can respond, "Thank you, I will -- in Albion Online."
The upcoming sandbox...
Nexon’s Arpiel Online plans closed beta test in June
How many MMOs does Nexon have stirring in its pot right now? Hundreds? Thousands? In any case, the online game publisher is cooking up...
Tamriel Infinium: The pros and cons of Elder Scrolls Online’s console versions
As of today, you can now play Elder Scrolls Online on your consoles as well as your PC. Finally, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gamers can play...
Colonies Online contributes crafting and shotguns to the war effort
Everyone knows that if you're going to head out into deep space to explore strange new worlds, you'd better have a trusty shotgun on...
PvE sandbox Villagers and Heroes is reborn tomorrow
When I last checked in on indie PvE sandbox Villagers and Heroes a year ago, the Steam launch was busy rocking the game with dramatic...
MMO Mechanics: Three non-combat mechanics to love
The wheels in my head have been turning over non-combat mechanics in MMOs for a while now, perhaps because of the buzz surrounding Wander,...
Massively Overthinking: The language barriers of MMORPGs
This week's Massively Overthinking topic comes from Kickstarter donor XanadoX, who wants us to talk about "playing MMOs in another language: Korean, Japanese, or even...
Voxelbox Trove is officially launching on July 9
This is it, Trove fans. The finish line of beta and the starting line for the official live game. Trion Worlds announced that Trove...
Istaria commits to shoring up the game in 2015
Not every MMO patch has to be a field of explorable content through which adventurers romp barefoot and fancy-free. Sometimes the unglamorous work of...
