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Happy Star Wars Day! SWG Legends has launched the Bespin expansion, SWG Restoration 3 will launch May 28
If you're on social media, it's impossible to miss right now that May the Fourth is happening for Star Wars fans everywhere - and...
Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries fully launches on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox X/S May 27
The Mechwarrior franchise has been back in MMO news a bunch lately, first with the revitalization of the MMO Mechwarrior Online and second with...
DC Universe Online offers roadmap for free episode initiative, PS5 client, and summer updates
DC Universe Online dropped a major dev blog this week detailing some pretty significant changes for the game coming this summer. The studio seems...
The Daily Grind: When was the last time you were super hyped for an MMO expansion?
I have two different modes for getting MMO-expansion-hyped. The first, and more common, is when it's a big game for the genre, whether or...
The MOP Up: Halo Infinite’s cross-platform pledge
For those looking forward to Halo: Infinite's multiplayer shooty action, you should be pleased to hear that Microsoft has confirmed that the game will...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends previews City in the Clouds expansion features in new trailer
There's definitely been plenty of telling (and a fair bit of showing) over the past few months from Star Wars Galaxies Legends as it...
EG7 addresses the Daybreak buyout, says EG7 is ‘evaluating’ H1Z1 and Just Survive
As promised, Enad Global 7 has released a community update specifically to address the future of games under Daybreak - something lots of folks...
Player apartments won’t make SWG Legends’ Cloud City expansion launch next week
With SWG Legends' City in the Clouds expansion just a week away, the player devs have dropped a dev blog (yes, really). And it's...
PlanetSide 2’s containment site is finally available for warfare
After a delay in testing for more adjustments and polish, PlanetSide 2's containment site rolled out to the live servers yesterday.
This is a new...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 319: A sadness prison for addicts
Justin and Bree discuss Destiny 2's tmog, Elite Dangerous Odyssey, PSO2's New Genesis, RuneScape and Albion on mobile, and Jeff Kaplan's farewell, with adventures in Guild Wars, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag discussion on Blizzard's downfall and future.
EverQuest’s ‘random loot server’ Mischief and item comparison are coming in May
There's a portion of the classic EverQuest community that absolutely lives for days when a new time-locked progression server is added to the roster....
The Daily Grind: What’s the best way MMOs can improve player retention – other than new content?
Months ago, Gamasutra published a piece about the long-tail of game development - basically, how to keep a video game selling copies and/or attracting...
Battle Bards Episode 191: Digging up the past
Today’s episode of the Battle Bards was phoned in — phoned in with 2800-baud modems from the 1990s, that is! Steff, Syl, and Syp...
Massively Overthinking: How much are you spending on MMOs every month right now?
A while back, MOP's Justin joked that his wife, who loves econ PvP in MMOs, was funding a year of his play on Classic...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 318: Middle-earth no more
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO's cancelation, LOTRO's Bilbo patch, FFXIV's 5.5, and SWG Legends' Bespin expansion, with adventures in WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, Albion Online, and Cozy Grove, plus mailbag topics on ugly duckling MMOs, reconciling immersion, and superhero MMOs.
The Daily Grind: How do you occupy yourself when your MMO is offline all day?
As promised, Daybreak's entire suite of MMORPGs is offline for 24 hours today, which means DCUO, EverQuest, and PlanetSide 2 fans are going to...
Destiny 2 brings back the Guardian Games on April 20 with revamped scoring and a new playlist
Life in Destiny 2 already feels pretty competitive, what with all of the PvP and world first raid races and running to the highest...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most unique experience mechanic in MMOs?
Bhagpuss over on MMO blog Inventory Full recently penned a piece about an experience mechanic in EverQuest II that I had completely forgotten existed:...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends finally puts a date on the City in the Clouds expansion: May the fourth
Rogue server Star Wars Galaxies Legends has been teasing its Bespin expansion, called City in the Clouds, for literally years now. It was supposed...
DC Universe Online’s freebie World of Flashpoint episode is live for all players
After a hefty downtime yesterday, DC Universe Online pushed its latest episode, World of Flashpoint, live - for everyone - allowing even free-to-play players...
