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New World’s director envisions an open world game where PvP and PvE players complement each other
New World game director Scot Lane has checked in recently with an update from the game's alpha in a new letter to the community...
Survival sandbox Population Zero outlines its new 168-hour cycle and account progression
You arrive to the wilds of Population Zero. You have seven days to live. Go. That's, in an extremely unrefined nutshell, the basic gameplay...
Crowfall previews the Frostweaver class, says War of the Gods update is imminent
Crowfall's March developer Q&A session has been uploaded, and once more it's got a lot of tasty informational bits for fans of the game....
Anthem’s Regulator Shop will now let players buy Legendary items
There's been a little update to Anthem that appears to have made a pretty big change for players. The Regulator Shop, which previously only...
Choose My Adventure: An impressive and empowering first few steps in Albion Online
Albion Online has been one of those sandbox MMORPGs that I’d always had a passing curiosity about, but was never really eager to take...
Interview: Saga of Lucimia on themepark design, SWG inspiration, and the MMO genre
Last week, we ran an interview with Stormhaven Studios' Tim Anderson, the boss behind upcoming MMORPG Saga of Lucimia. That interview was focused on...
RuneScape shows off object outlining, begins elaborating on Archaeology, and hosts a crafting event
RuneScape fans, it's Monday, so that means we're once again just gorged full of news items related to the sandbox MMORPG. Let's exercise that...
Destiny 2 staff told to work remotely to keep season on track (and the novel coronavirus at bay)
As the coronavirus has now passed 100,000 cases worldwide, more than just gaming conventions are angling to make sure they aren't among the list...
The Daily Grind: What MMO quality-of-life update had the biggest impact on your gameplay?
Quality-of-life updates in MMOs don't usually get all that much attention from the most plugged-in gamers, but the truth is, they can have an...
Lord of the Rings Online introduces a new raid and several class adjustments in its latest update
Hope you're up on your Sindarin, because the latest content update for Lord of the Rings Online has a whole mess of it. Specifically,...
Ashes of Creation discusses alpha 1, shows off monsters and houses
Ashes of Creation appears to be ramping up things and nearing a point of its first alpha. The most recent developer update livestream has...
PAX East 2020: Hands-on with MMO survival sandbox Population Zero
At this weekend's PAX East, I got to sit down with Dmitry Muratov of Enplex Games to try out the studio's upcoming game, Population...
Vague Patch Notes: Contemplating MMORPG exit barriers
In episode 13 of season 9 of The Simpsons, after having spent far more time than she wants in the Movementarian cult, Marge angrily...
Crowfall introduces its Thrall system arriving with the War of the Gods update
It would appear that Crowfall's War of the Gods update is bringing a whole lot of unique wrinkles to the throne war MMO. A...
Multiplayer RPG Portal Knights just got new DLC with druids, Furfolk, and new mounts
It's been half a hot minute since we last checked in with Portal Knights, so we're rectifying that today. Gamers will recall that the...
Legends of Aria’s Point Release 9 update is officially live
For the past few days we've been getting updates about the features coming to Legends of Aria in Point Release 9. Now, players have...
Minecraft MMORPG Hegemony has been delayed from its weekend launch
We've been covering indie Minecraft MMORPG Hegemony all week, and if you were as intrigued by it as we were, you know it was...
Massively Overthinking: How essential are hardcore gamers to an MMO’s health?
Last week, there was a positively eyebrow-raising thread on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit that tied neatly into the overall MMORPG meta discussion many...
Hegemony promises its economy is ‘truly equal in playing field’
Worried that coming in late to the crafting and economic game of Hegemony will put you at a disadvantage to those who have been...
Outriders is a sci-fi co-op shooter with elemental superpowers arriving to all the platforms in 2020
Publisher Square-Enix and developer People Can Fly (who many will remember for their work on shooters like Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment) are...
