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WoW Factor: The WoW token and the upcoming patch
Since the last edition of WoW Factor, two big things hit World of Warcraft in quick succession. The first is that the much-discussed WoW...
Trion is upping RIFT’s daily and weekly quest rewards in 3.2
Trion has posted a note on RIFT's official forums confirming that it will be upping the rewards for daily and weekly quests in tomorrow's...
El Somni Quas draws upon classic Ultima Online for an old-school MMO experience
It's interesting to see how players who have grown up under the influence of certain MMOs are now making their own games drawing from...
Wisdom of Nym: What we now know about Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
I honestly hadn't expected to learn quite this much about Heavensward this soon. I don't know why I hadn't expected this, to be fair;...
Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward’s spoiler-filled trailer
We're going to tell you this right up front: if you haven't yet done the patch 2.55 story quests and don't want to be...
Sci-fi shooter Project Genom begins alpha testing
Why can't intergalactic colonization ever go smoothly? There always seems to be at least one continent-shattering war that has to happen before the first...
Previewing Path of Exile’s mind-blowing Act IV
If you thought Path of Exile's previous three content updates would be hard acts to follow, you clearly haven't heard enough about the upcoming...
Chaos Theory: Six tips for new Secret World players
Now that Blingzilla is no longer roaming the lands tempting everyone with goodies galore (or turning movement into a stroll through a mire of...
EVE Evolved: Four lessons sandbox MMOs can learn from EVE
The past few years have seen a resurgence of support for sandbox MMOs, both of the trying-to-be-minecraft creative kind and the hardcore nuke-it-from orbit...
Ascent is MMO space simming done right
My favorite thing about Ascent: The Space Game is its planetary rotation. It's a small thing, granted, but the first time I sat still...
‘Big damn patch’ arrives in H1Z1
There are patches, there are big patches, and then there are big damn patches. H1Z1 updated with the latter today, adding in several significant...
Elder Scrolls Online contest looks for talented wordsmiths
Crafting doesn't just come in the "potions and armor" category; writing can be a sublime skill in and of itself as well. If you've...
Eldevin raises the level cap and adds three new areas
And lo, a patch did arrive to Eldevin. And hark! The people were happy, for it contained many wondrous things. Well, most of the...
Landmark plans prop palette patch
Landmark's big patch for this week -- which is tentatively scheduled for Thursday -- will be making a significant change to how players deal...
Das Tal starts alpha sign-ups
Das Tal, the PvP sandbox brought to you by the color tan, has started accepting alpha sign-ups by the bravest of the brave. Of...
Crafting Legendary precursors in Guild Wars 2’s expansion
Legendary weapons are something of a chore for Guild Wars 2 players, as they rely a fair bit upon luck just to get the...
Trove adding fishing, ships, and pirates
Trove players are being called to don their galoshes and pack up their tackle box, as the game is preparing to unload a new...
EverQuest Next opens up the Qeynos Foundation Museum contest
EverQuest Next is getting ready to lay the groundwork for the city of Qeynos, and the design team is turning to Landmark to make...
Here’s what’s known about The Division’s crafting
Wait a minute, what? There's crafting in The Division shooter that Ubisoft is setting in the Clancyverse? Apparently so, according to a new YouTube...
Massively Overthinking: Making MMOs ‘sticky’ without vertical progression
Today's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter backer Jersey C, who asks,
If you were asked to design an MMORPG without vertical progression...
