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Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs whose worlds were built from scratch
Maybe I'm the only one to have stopped to think about it, but a great deal of the MMOs that we enjoy are based...
DC Universe Online teases Justice League Dark Cursed, announces PS5 and Xbox X|S launches
You have to appreciate that the developers of DC Universe Online post their plans with a quick summation of the big news points right...
EG7 Q2 2023: Daybreak’s MMORPGs are ‘predictably stable’
It's starting to look as if the Daybreak-run EG7 conglom is finally at the end of its bonkers revenue run: According to the Swedish...
EverQuest II reruns the Oceansfull Festival with new rewards and adjusted encounters
The final portion of EverQuest II's Summer Jubilee series of events is back once more, as the 2023 Oceansfull Festival is back with new...
DC Universe Online brings back its Save the Universe event from now until September 6
Player characters in DC Universe Online are probably used to hearing the plea to save the universe (unless they're rolling villain characters of course),...
Massively Overthinking: Rescuing the worst economies in the MMO genre
As a hardcore economy player in most of the MMOs I play, I pay a whole lot of attention to the health of the...
Global Chat: Fresh voices on the MMO blogging circuit
It's August, which means that it's also Blaugust -- an annual celebration of blogging! For this month, experienced bloggers and newbies alike are joining...
EverQuest II brings Rise of Kunark to Varsoon server, reschedules Shattered Overture open beta to August 29
It's not often that a beta test gets pushed to an earlier date instead of a later, but that's just what has happened for...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 432: Palia breaks through to the other side
Justin and Bree discuss Palia's soft launch, WoW Classic hardcore realms, ArcheAge 2, ArcheAge's future, Ashfall, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, STO, SWG Legends, and Palia, plus a mailbag topic on mundane but enjoyable MMO activities.
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best weather mechanics?
I am well aware that weather in MMOs is a very old concept; the first time I saw snow in Ultima Online feels like...
EverQuest’s Living Legacy Raid event returns for a month of carnage
Debuting in 2008, Living Legacy was a promotional bundle designed to bring EverQuest players back into the fold before morphing into a raid-centered festival....
Singularity 6 interview: Palia is the cozy cottagecore sandbox to beat as it begins closed beta
The label "cozy" is in increasing danger of becoming a watered-down label thanks to how much it's being used in culture these days. Yet...
Perfect Ten: 10 memorable MMO marketing campaigns from the genre’s past
Believe it or not, MMOs get off easy when it comes to notorious marketing campaigns. Anything on the following list, good or bad, is...
War of Dragnorox pivots to Eternal Tombs moniker with new combat style and beta signups
If you ever missed the days of classic MMOs like Ultima Online, EverQuest, and Asheron's Call when live gamemasters put on events for the...
Trion Worlds’ Scott Hartsman ruminates on the tricky business of MMO sequels
As the former lead of EverQuest II, SOE and Trion Worlds' Scott Hartsman knows a thing or two about working on an MMO sequel....
The MOP Up: MapleStory rebuilds the legendary guild castle
MapleStory broke out the second part of its two-part summer Savior update which is "packed with a new mystical land to discover, a new...
The Daily Grind: What’s your most recent screw-up in an MMORPG?
Last weekend, I logged into SWG Legends after good long while of playing other MMOs. I knew I'd been neglecting my vendors (sorry, shoppers!),...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 430: A very Diablo drubbing
Justin, Bree, and Carlo discuss Blizzard's bizarre financial report, Diablo IV's messy first season, Palia's early access, and Wayfinder's early access, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Diablo II, Diablo IV, Black Desert, SWG Legends, and Garden Galaxy, plus a mailbag topic on the next generation of MMO players.
The MOP Up: Gamescom and QuakeCon prepare to storm August
As the end of summer approaches (ack! how?), gaming conventions rev up again - and that includes big industry galas like GamesCom and in-house...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs that are worth their dreadful early gameplay
I think many of us are primed to roll our eyes at anyone who says "oh man, just keep playing, it gets better later...
