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The MOP Up: Aion Classic finally gets its delicious revenge
Aion Classic unleashed Update 2.4: Stormwing's Revenge on its servers this past week: "Get ready to battle Stormwing and defeat Yamennes to loot heroic...
Global Chat: What do I need to know about New World’s new expansion?
Rise of the Angry Earth is making some big waves for New World this month, and it stands to reason that many people are flocking back to...
Kickstarted VR MMO Ilysia rolls into early access with four servers and FreeForge characters
When VR MMORPG Ilysia announced it'd be hitting early access this month, we were a bit skeptical, given how many times it had to...
Vague Patch Notes: Why procedural generation doesn’t solve the content problems of MMOs
Just yesterday, MOP's Justin ran down the various features that the long-canceled EverQuest Next promised before its demise - including the promise of all...
Perfect Ten: The interesting features EverQuest Next promised before it was canceled
After way, way too long, it looks like an EverQuest 3 may be in the works after all. It's been rumored for years, of...
EverQuest releases video and preorders for its December expansion, Laurion’s Song
Last week, Daybreak took the wraps off... well, kind of a lot of content for its six remaining MMORPGs, actually. But among them was...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 440: It’s fall MMO content, y’all
Justin and Bree discuss New World's Rise of the Angry Earth, LOTRO's Corsairs of Umbar, expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II, and Final Fantasy XIV's Growing Light, with a mailbag question on which studios could do justice to World of Warcraft.
Pax Dei discusses classless characters, consensual PvP, and grueling corpse recovery post-death
Last summer, the devs of sandbox MMO Pax Dei asked players for "patience" regarding an alpha date and promised more info about the PvE...
The Daily Grind: Would you play EverQuest Next or Landmark if Daybreak revived them?
I know the big buzz for the EverQuest franchise is the potential for EverQuest 3, given that EG7 has been pitching it to investors....
Global Chat: So who’s ready for EverQuest 3?
Hibernating fans of the EverQuest franchise stirred from slumber this past month to hear that EG7 and Daybreak may actually be progressing with a...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most chaotic behavior you’ve seen from MMO players?
A week or two ago, I found myself discussing Ultima Online by way of trying to convince our work chat that players often do...
EverQuest’s 30th expansion, Laurion’s Song, launches in December – with class swapping
With Lord of the Rings Online and EverQuest II both debuting new expansions this week, you had to figure EverQuest was close behind, and...
EverQuest II opens preorders and beta for Ballads of Zimara expansion, coming in November
Bards, listen up: EverQuest II's 20th expansion is launching next month, and it'll be music to your ears, literally. It's called Ballads of Zimara,...
Vague Patch Notes: The games industry arrogance cycle, in MMOs and elsewhere
Unity has fallen. Oh, sure, the company has rolled back the worst parts of its incredibly boneheaded "give us money for your successful game"...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 438: EverQuest what’s next?
Justin and Bree discuss the potential for EverQuest 3, the LOTRO remaster's cancelation, EVE Fanfest's EVE Online Havoc and EVE Vanguard reveals, WoW Classic's about-face on LFD, Pantheon's new art style, and Marvel Heroes' code leak, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and Glitch Odd Giants.
Global Chat: Coming around on WoW Classic’s hardcore mode
With World of Warcraft Hardcore Classic out for a month now, it's continuing to show no quarter while it captures the interest of prior...
Vague Patch Notes: So what actually kills MMO communities?
Since we're busy getting a front-row seat to World of Warcraft adding the dungeon finder again, only this time it's WoW Classic, we are...
EG7 and Daybreak: DCUO’s volatility, EverQuest’s stability, Cold Iron’s new game, LOTRO’s canceled remaster
Last night, we covered EG7's video pitch to investors, which among other things included a segment during which EG7 and Daybreak boss Ji Ham...
EG7 hopes to develop a new EverQuest MMORPG (EverQuest 3?) for 2028 after years of rumors
So, who had EverQuest 3 announcement on the 2023 predictions list? We award you half points for your prescience tonight.
Admittedly, a new installment in...
Vague Patch Notes: I don’t know what the deal is with Throne & Liberty
Let me just state this outright: What in the absolute heck is supposed to be going on with Throne & Liberty at this point?...
