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Lord of the Rings Online previews the new Forester event in Combe
It's not all about rings of power in Lord of the Rings Online. You have to be the lord of all the rings, including...
Indie MMORPG Project Gorgon, on sale for $10, talks new zones and playable orcs
Project Gorgon has a new dev blog out this week that both fans of the game and those curious about buying in will want...
Perfect Ten: 10 things I really dislike about Star Wars The Old Republic
So we're all talking about Star Wars The Old Republic lately, and hey, that's understandable. We have not come to the end of the...
Vague Patch Notes: Which players count in an MMO?
When I first started playing Final Fantasy XI some two decades ago, I went in with no illusions about one thing that seemed clear...
Cozy MMO Palia will hit closed beta August 2, open beta August 10 – here’s how to sign up
As the cozy MMO trend continues to heat up, Singularity 6's Palia is angling to be at the forefront, and that means it's pushing...
Camelot Unchained recaps crafting mods, environment ‘style packs,’ and more NPC AI work
Here in early July, Camelot Unchained is once more offering its customary reports about June's development progress in its standard newsletter and dev blog...
Lord of the Rings Online says that info on River Hobbits and new housing is coming soon
Lord of the Rings Online currently is in a holding pattern for some pretty big news and developments that should be coming in the...
Gameforge delays Aion EU’s ‘Classic 2.0’ release a month to give players ‘more time to fully enjoy the current version’
Back in May, Aion EU shared a 2023 roadmap that featured plans for "Classic 2.0" to launch at the end of this month. However,...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we wanted a decade ago
Back in May, MOP's Justin penned a fun blog piece on his Bio Break blog about the games he wanted all the way back...
Reign of Guilds’ fourth Steam playtest runs until July 17 with revamps to gameplay systems
The testing stages for sandbox MMORPG Reign of Guilds continues to move at a measured pace as yesterday saw its fourth playtest go live...
Vague Patch Notes: The power of the middle bit in MMOs
I knew that Tales of Arise wasn't really working for me like its immediate predecessor when I started kind of avoiding combat.
Now, to a...
Sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei holds back on a date for alpha, plans testing timeline in the fall
Hotly anticipated MMORPG sandbox Pax Dei has been dishing out videos, screenshots, and mechanics FAQs in Discord, but the one thing it's not doing...
Ashes of Creation spotlights its non-instanced, exclusive player freeholds
A new look this past week at one of Ashes of Creation's premiere housing systems has divided the community between those excited about its...
MMO Burnout: Final Fantasy XVI is a high-water mark for the franchise in every way that matters
Over the coming days, weeks, months, and likely years, we are going to watch a whole lot of fighting happen over Final Fantasy XVI....
Massively Overthinking: Why don’t MMOs try harder to foster great guilds?
MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...
Craftopia releases its massive seamless world update, maps out content plans through September
Yesterday saw a huge update release for the quirky multiplayer survivalbox Craftopia, as its much-ballyhooed seamless world update officially went live, bringing with it...
The Daily Grind: How does Dragonflight rank among World of Warcraft expansions?
Now that World of Warcraft has clocked well over a half-year into its Dragonflight expansion cycle, we've seen a lot of development and opinions...
Guild Wars 2 formally announces fourth expansion, Secrets of the Obscure, launching August 22
We hope you liked the Guild Wars 2 expansion name leak because it accurately called the summer expansion: It is indeed Secrets of the...
Working As Intended: My 20 years of Star Wars Galaxies
Last year, when Ultima Online turned 25 years old, I did a piece reminiscing on those early days and marveling that so much of...
One Shots: Dragons don’t like to be in the dark
Just because dragons are big and scaly and can nuke cities from orbit doesn't mean that they lack insecurities. In fact, it's a little-known...
