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Ahead of tonight’s launch, Marvel Rivals outlines its battle pass and cosmetic monetization
So you know that Marvel Rivals is going to be free-to-play, and you know that it's going to offer all its maps, content, and...
The Daily Grind: What retired content should a long-running MMORPG make available again?
Over time, every single long-running MMORPG has certain pieces of content that are no longer available. Lots of games do their best to keep...
World of Warcraft shares the behind-the-scenes of its Ibelin-inspired charity bundle, the Reven Pack
World of Warcraft has made a tradition for years of selling charity pets which offer all of the profits to charity for a limited...
Runes of Magic outlines big changes ahead, starting with a leveling curve revamp
It's been a long time since Runes of Magic first arrived on the MMORPG scene - 15 years, in fact - and it has...
GOG offers a discount on the original Warcraft 1 and 2 along with a commitment to preservation
So for some reason people are not super happy with Blizzard's remasters of Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 on the company's official storefront. However,...
Wild Terra 2 is adding a PvE server while discontinuing its legacy servers
If you've ever looked at the screenshots of Wild Terra 2 and thought that it looked like a lot of fun right up until...
Rumor: Ubisoft is developing a cozy MMO with voxel-based building mechanics
Did you think that the "cozy multiplayer game" trend was dying out? That would mean all it needed was for one major publisher who...
Palworld teases its biggest island update ever in December
We do not know right now what Palworld's big December update is going to look like, but the very limited preview that the developers...
The Daily Grind: What are the best MMORPG-adjacent Black Friday deals you’ve seen this year?
When Bree first floated this Daily Grind idea to me, I did not want to make it MMORPG-adjacent because I wanted to hear about...
Marvel Rivals shows off its Hydra map and previews further development on the way
If you really want a hero shooter, you go to a place that's absolutely lousy with heroes. Marvel ones, even. Yes, that's how Marvel...
EVE Online brings mercenary conflicts with the Deathless Circle to the forefront in new events
So is the Deathless Circle in EVE Online the protagonist or antagonist of the game at the moment? That's going to depend on how...
The Daily Grind: What are the MMO projects that you’ve given up on?
One of the nice things about MMOs in general is that they are games that err on the side of long timetables and long...
Steam changes its guidelines on Season Pass DLC to emphasize compensation for players
When a developer sells a season pass DLC pack on Steam, they are selling you a bill of goods for future DLC. This is...
Temtem Swarm shows off its ‘living roadmap’ for future development
"The living roadmap" sounds like it's almost but not quite something that's been put together by Jack Kirby if you ignore certain basic facts...
PlanetSide 2 confirms NA server merges, plans new assault facilities and faction-agnostic mecha for 2025
This year marks 12 years since the launch of PlanetSide 2, which means that the game is now older than PlanetSide was when the...
Albion Online improves boss lairs with its newest Horizons patch
Yo dawg, Albion Online heard you like bosses in your boss lairs, so the game made your boss lair more bossy so you get...
The Daily Grind: Do you structure your MMO play sessions around time or goals?
Some people will very decidedly focus their MMO play time around accomplishing certain goals. It doesn't matter if it takes five minutes or five...
Warframe opens pre-registration for its Android version
For too long Warframe fans on the road with their Android phones have had no app where you can tap a button to be...
Dual spec and no buff/debuff limits are coming to the WoW Classic anniversary realms
The fresh anniversary realms for WoW Classic are perhaps not as true to World of Warcraft's past as some might want, or perhaps they're...
The Daily Grind: What optional multiplayer games do you actually *prefer* to play in multiplayer?
There are a lot of games that can be played alone or in a group. Some of them really are single-player games that have...
