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LOTRO Legendarium: Return to Moria hopes to fill a niche crevasse
As you may have already noticed from this column's previous coverage of the Amazon MMO, LOTRO Legendarium's umbrella is big enough to provide shade...
Conan Exiles accidentally leaks a video announcement of its large-scale Age of Sorcery update
The general purpose of having a countdown to a major reveal is that you follow the clock's timer. Conan Exiles was doing just that,...
Fractured revamps Aerhen, magic staves, and city raids in today’s CBT update
Dynamight Studios is continuing to pump new and renovated content into Fractured Online as the closed beta pushes forward. Today's release for testers is...
Dungeons and Dragons Online promises loads of loot awaits in the Isle of Dread
Wednesday, June 22nd, is when Dungeons and Dragons Online will open the gates to the Jurassic park world of the Isle of Dread, and...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO requires the least math from players?
I have tried to explain to my kids that they will not stop using math in real life, even if they aren't in a...
The MOP Up: Profane uses Instant Terra to create rapid landscapes
Upcoming MMORPG Profane revealed that it's elected to use Wysilab's Instant Terra technology to help create procedurally generated landscapes for the game world. The...
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria buries the survival crafting genre deep underground
Lord of the Rings Online is going to have to scoot over and share some of its online space because there's a new Moria...
Massively Overthinking: ‘Every MMO inconvenience is someone else’s game’
A while back, someone in our comments (I can't find it again, so I can't remember who!) dug up a quote from Raph Koster...
Nightingale previews its realm card system and more at Summer Game Fest
At this afternoon's Summer Game Fest, Inflexion Games dropped a fresh trailer and mechanics preview for Nightingale, the steampunkish survival not-quite-an-MMO. It's accompanied by...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV patch 6.15 is a bit late in its arrival
I'm going to be honest: I hope this is the last time we have to wait for a halfway patch to get our tribal...
Diablo Immortal players estimate being fully geared up will cost $110,000 in microtransactions
When Diablo Immortal launched on mobile and PC last week, it did so with some truly rancorous levels of microtransaction nonsense, but perhaps most...
Embers Adrift adds the first iteration of a monolith-powered fast travel system in latest beta build
Just last week the devs of Embers Adrift were wrestling with how to balance fast travel convenience with the game's design of getting players...
Massively Overthinking: Making money in MMOs – easy, hard, or in-between?
A few days ago, I was hanging out in a certain MMORPG's Discord when an age-old class fight broke out - and I don't...
New World’s latest patch buffs PvP experience, coin, and salt rewards
Last night, Amazon dropped another smallish patch for New World fans. The most interesting bit is actually an upgrade to last week's PvP release,...
Profane’s development roadmap moves into a crafting and building focused ‘phase 3’
While Profane is all about that PvP, it's not going to completely forego some of the more pastoral parts of sandbox MMO life. This...
Players of Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds decry a crypto-powered cash shop filled with pay-to-win PvP items
Players of the recently released mobile RPG Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds have some thoughts on the game's monetization, particularly its engrained pay-to-earn crypto...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 helpful tips to improve your LOTRO experience
Recently, my 12-year-old daughter began playing Lord of the Rings Online for the first time after having watched the movies and read The Hobbit....
Massively Overthinking: Which MMO will be next to raise its subscription?
Almost three years ago, our writers and readers came together for a discussion about whether the age of the $15 subscription was coming to...
Vague Patch Notes: The specter of MMO persistence in single-player games
Recently, we got a great letter from a listener asking about an issue that he'd been having with single-player games compared to MMOs. Essentially,...
Perfect Ten: 10 great ways to lose new players from your MMO
MMOs require new blood. Not exclusively or anything; you can keep an MMO going for quite some time on existing happy players. But existing...
