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PSA: Elder Scrolls Online has kicked off its week-long free subscription promotion
Regular readers and fans of Elder Scrolls Online know that ZeniMax Online Studios likes to hand out week-long trials of its ESO Plus subscription...
Closers’ new patch revamps crafting, costume conversion, and guides, and opens up the Spooky School
Welcome, Closers players, to Spooky School! Be sure to put your spooky textbooks in the spooky lockers, make sure you have your spooky hall...
No Man’s Sky brings new game modes, a trade rocket, and a Nintendo Switch launch in its Waypoint update
The ever-increasing number of feature additions to No Man's Sky just keep on coming. Waypoint, the survivalbox's latest free update, is now available to...
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’s four factions are more involved than in the past
When World of Warcraft players venture into the Dragon Isles next month, it won't just be flying on drakes and spitting on the world....
Lineage 2M adds a mythic class and opens the Tower of Insolence’s fourth floor
If you're going to call your new class "the all-powerful one" and "mythic," it should probably hit pretty hard. Players of the mobile MMOARPG...
Trove’s newest PC update revamps the Boomeranger class
PC-playing fans of Trove's Boomeranger class are waking up to something new as the game's latest update has brought on a revamp for the...
Wisdom of Nym: The problem with Final Fantasy XIV’s consumables and buffs
All right, gang, who wants a sandwich? Especially if that sandwich involves... a boost to your Determination and Critical Hit rating for the next...
Embers Adrift launches October 15, confirms its box price and subscription model
It looks like Embers Adrift, the crowdfunded MMORPG once known as Saga of Lucmia, is on its way to the end of beta and...
The long-awaited Sleeping Giants map is finally available in Last Oasis
Sheryl Crow once wisely sang that a change would do you good, and a change is just what early access players of Last Oasis...
Fractured Online patches out a long list of bugs and details its crafting mechanics
It's never too late to kick out a dev blog about the features of your sandbox MMORPG regardless of the fact that it's been...
Working As Intended: My 25 years of Ultima Online
Twenty-five years ago my boyfriend, Paul, and I walked into a shop to find a new game to play together. He picked up this...
Ravendawn has a blockchain-linked version of itself that is now called RavenQuest
Regular readers are likely familiar with Ravendawn, the Open Tibia-built sandbox MMORPG that first unveiled itself in 2021 and more recently entered into closed...
Survival sandbox Grounded releases out of early access with new area and new features
It's been just under three years since Obsidian Entertainment kicked off the early access period of Grounded, a survival sandbox that casts players as...
Vague Patch Notes: Mandatory content and game design in MMOs
Let me tell you about my second roommate in college. He was named Kyle, and he was benefiting from the fact that I had...
Electronic Arts and Koei Tecmo team up for a new monster hunting game, Wild Hearts
Do you like monsters and the hunting thereof? Are you not daunted by the prospect of taking on big enemies? Wild Hearts is a...
Embers Adrift talks enemy leashes, crafting revamps, and classes in latest video
The weekly video addresses from Embers Adrift continue to rumble forth, and this week's episode grants another round of discussion, gameplay previews, and patch...
Valheim brings out its crossplay patch ahead of its arrival on Xbox Game Pass
Why shouldn't Valheim have crossplay? Vikings don't care about platform distinctions. They care about conquest and crafting and beating bosses with campfires. That's what...
Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff revamps magic, opens Windless Woods in newest patch
The multiplayer RPG Swords 'n Magic and Stuff has magic in it - it's literally in the title - but that doesn't mean that...
Raph ‘Designer Dragon’ Koster reminisces on 25 years of Ultima Online
While our own Game Archaeologist columnist Justin offered a retrospective of Ultima Online (and its alt ruleset server New Legacy was delayed into next...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs push players through different content types?
MOP reader Slava recently wrote to us with an interesting question about wildly different content types and the MMOs that either nudge or force...
