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EverQuest II announces item cycling for its cash shop, EverQuest hands out a baby dragon metamorph
The Year of Darkpaw is almost over with, but the month of in-game items is already upon us in both EverQuest and EverQuest II,...
Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs are more popular than you think
Last week, I ended the Vague Patch Notes column with something of a tease suggesting that maybe, just maybe, MMORPGs are not an unpopular...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 495: EverQuesting for a sequel
Justin and Bree discuss EverQuest 3, EverQuest II's latest expansion, FFXIV Mobile, New World's roadmap, Path of Exile 2, and Stars Reach's housing, with adventures in WoW Classic and Guild Wars 2.
TERA Console patches in the ‘ultimate challenge’ of the 10-player Kelsaik’s Raid
TERA Console's continued existence makes for both heartening and unsettling feelings for those who carried a torch for the PC version, but at least...
EVE Vanguard’s latest test patch includes four new or revamped map variants
Ahead of EVE Vanguard's multi-game promotional event this Thanksgiving weekend, CCP Games has pushed out the latest patch for the in-development EVE Online franchise...
Diablo Immortal launches Eve of Unmaking this week – and a new backlash mechanic
Diablo Immortal is preparing for its next big patch because what could ever go wrong popping in a patch right before Thanksgiving?
The core of...
The MOP Up: Hawkeye joins the Marvel Rivals roster
Marvel Rivals is getting a good dose of the Hawkeye on December 6th along with plenty of other additions to the PvP shooter. The...
Four Winds: The early leveling experience in Amazon’s Throne & Liberty
In the last edition of Four Winds, I covered the opening hours of my journey through Throne and Liberty. Overall, the tutorial island did...
Daybreak confirms work on EverQuest 3 is happening, though it might not be called EverQuest 3
It would be easy to presume that the future of EverQuest is largely about putting forth new expansions for the existing two titles instead...
Stars Reach unveils the earliest stages of its player housing homesteading system
Development on Playable Worlds' Star Wars Galaxies-esque MMO sandbox Stars Reach is continuing at an apparently speedy pace: The latest dev blog heralds the...
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...
Massively Overthinking: Breaking the load-bearing mechanics in MMORPGs
The parable of Chesterton's Fence has been making the rounds on social media this week in a political context, but I want to talk...
Cozy MMO Palia teases Season of Splendor and Winterlights for tomorrow
I don't know about you, but I most definitely did not expect to be hearing so much praise for the newly purchased Palia in...
EverQuest II’s 21st expansion, Scars of Destruction, officially launches today
Strap on your sword belt and memorize your full book of spells, for EverQuest II is calling the faithful back to its fold for...
EVE Vanguard broadens its test pool starting Thanksgiving weekend
If you've been watching from the sidelines throughout CCP Games' testing of EVE Vanguard, then next weekend might be your moment, as the studio...
Daybreak touts new Harley Quinn vs. Apokolips rewards for DC Universe Online
What do you get when you pit Harley Quinn against Apokolips? Well, you get the most recent episode in DC Universe Online, obviously, but...
Stars Reach says it ‘heard you loud and clear on graphics improvements’
Last week's Stars Reach trailer captured a lot of attention - so much that studio Playable Worlds decided to focus this week's dev blog...
Perfect Ten: Why I still love Final Fantasy XI today
You know what's really funny to me when I think about it for more than five minutes? Final Fantasy XI is, at this point,...
EG7 Q3 2024: EverQuest, LOTRO, and Palia gave Daybreak its best quarter all year
The quarterly financials avalanche continues this week with Enad Global 7, better known to MMORPG fans as the company that bought Daybreak and then...
Stars Reach’s new trailer shows significant visual improvement – and a partial list of professions
Late last night, Playable Worlds dropped a new trailer for Raph Koster's incoming MMORPG sandbox Stars Reach, along with an update for its NDA.
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