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Wandering Wraeclast: Pets pounce into Path of Exile’s new Sentinel league
Two things I absolutely love in games are housing and pets. And having both just makes a game better! Path of Exile already has...
Perfect Ten: Why we need more post-apocalyptic MMOs
Ever since playing the original Wasteland back in the late '80, I've had a high fascination with post-apocalyptic settings. Yet it's not been the...
New World just released a ton of names from old deleted toons
New World patched up overnight, but don't get overly excited: It's a very small one. In fact, the most interesting bit here is the...
Grab a key for tomorrow’s Dysterra beta on Steam, courtesy of Kakao
Kakao and Reality MagiQ are preparing for another big beta round for Dysterra, its survival MMO that mixes "solid first person shooting with sophisticated...
V Rising deep-dives the features of the vampiric castle ahead of its May 17 early access launch
You really can't call yourself a vampiric lord unless you're lording over a big gothic castle. Luckily, the survival sandbox V Rising got the...
Skull and Bones tester leaks technical test footage of the game’s tutorial introduction
Starting off life as a pirate in Ubisoft's upcoming sandbox Skull and Bones will require players to get themselves acclimated, which generally means there's...
Ashes of Creation discusses progress on combat, crafting, and events – and rejects play-to-earn
While the latest development update livestream from Ashes of Creation didn't have any blockbuster previews or sexy vignettes to share, what it did have...
Massively Overthinking: Bots in MMOs – but not the bad bots
A while back on the MMORPG subreddit, there was a provocative thread about bots - no, not those bots. Essentially, the Redditor asked whether...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 371: Upending the mailbag
Justin and Bree dip into the mailbag for discussions on MMO streamlining, vehicles vs. avatars, casual-friendly economies, guild projects and progression, changes to MMOs we don't play, compelling crafting, and other cool MMO sites.
One Shots: Nothing good happened in this windmill
All I'm saying is that if you're walking along and you come upon this sight of a decrepit windmill, it would behoove you to...
Massively Overthinking: The WoW Dragonflight and Wrath Classic roundtable
So this week's Massively Overthinking is going to cautiously stick a paw into the beehive of World of Warcraft, thanks to the reveal of...
Pantheon’s Visionary Realms is working on the ‘building blocks’ of its crafting system
Pantheon's latest producer letter looks a lot like past letters at this stage in development: heavy on technical news. But you probably expected that...
Space Punks goes free-to-play and hits open beta with today’s Cracked One update
Jagex's scoring another win today as it joins developer Flying Wild Hog in pushing Space Punks into open beta. Space Punks is a top-down...
Mad World updates its website with more details of game features and shares alpha 6.0 patch notes
If you've been curious about the MMOARPG Mad World but otherwise have been missing out on the game's previous alpha tests, then we've got...
Choose My Adventure: Delving the expeditions, cities, and dungeons of Albion Online
I'm not sure that Albion Online is going to sink its hooks fully into me enough that I'll keep playing after this column, but...
Embers Adrift asks players to break its world and showcases an hour of gameplay footage
It's not often that people are asked to shatter a world, but the devs of the sandbox MMORPG Embers Adrift are asking players to...
SWG Legends just announced farming, ranching, new houses, and the return of smuggler spice crafting
Maybe dropping a huge teaser for major new content is not the best thing to drop on Easter Sunday, but that's exactly what fan-run...
Chronicles of Elyria says the mid-alpha test phase will roll out this spring, addresses stock assets
The Chronicles of Elyria drama would like to reclaim some of your attention from the Blizzard drama and the Richard Garriott drama!
Back in 2020,...
Fractured Online lays out its 2022 roadmap and plans ahead of launch
With Fractured Online's indefinite closed beta underway, developer Dynamight has released a new roadmap that should take testers and backers all the way through...
Crowfall has kicked off a 10-day custom Dregs campaign called Wolfe
Last week, Crowfall rolled out the prepwork for what it called "campaign configuration knobs" - essentially, tools that would allow the developers to adjust...
