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Classic EverQuest GDC panel reflects on development, design, and nostalgia
There are not many MMORPGs that have the well of 20 years of experience to draw from, which makes a game like EverQuest pretty...
Perfect Ten: MMO celebrations that didn’t rip off real-world holidays
Does it ever slightly bother you that in these alternate fantasy and science fiction worlds that we explore there just so happens to have...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 214: No fools we
Justin and Bree discus MMO April Fools' Day, Jumpgate's sequel, Funcom's new Secret World project, EverQuest 3, Rend's abrupt launch, Star Citizen's ladies, and Neverwinter and DDO's expansion dates, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, DDO, and Blade & Soul, and a mailbag question on MMO emulators.
The Daily Grind: Do you still get excited about upcoming MMORPGs?
It was the late aughts. My husband and I had scraped together money to fly to London for a meet-up with our Europe-based guildies....
Star Wars Galaxies Legends emulator put out a huge March update trying to fix player cities
The April Fools' Day event isn't the only thing that's recently gone live in the fan-favorite Star Wars Galaxies emulator known as Legends. While...
Guild Wars 2 is giving away another season four episode, A Bug in the System, starting tomorrow
Week two of ArenaNet's return to Tyria push in Guild Wars 2 begins tomorrow, and it's coming with another freebie: the second episode of...
Massively Uplifting: Bethesda’s gift to gaming granny, friendships forged in EverQuest and Guild Wars 2
It is no joke: There is plenty that's good going on in the gaming world, and we want to share that with you. You...
AQ3D’s 8bit NES Kickstarter is not a joke – it’s ‘the hottest game from 1985… created in 2019!’
Gonna be honest, when MJ linked this Kickstarter to me, I actually went straight to the April Fools' Day roundup and added it. I...
Global Chat: Looking back at 20 years of EverQuest
EverQuest's 20th anniversary isn't going unnoticed and unobserved in the gaming community this month. In fact, several MMO bloggers have raised a glass to...
One Shots: CatDog, CatDog
The second I saw Hirku's picture of his Warframe pet, the lyrics of Nickelodeon's CatDog came to mind: One fine day with a woof...
SHAZAM! Justice League Dark has landed in DC Universe Online today
It's time for the anti-heroes to jump to the forefront. Daybreak added Episode 34: Justice League Dark to DC Universe Online. It's no accident...
Dungeons and Dragons’ Masterminds of Sharn is up for pre-order, targeting April 30 release
The newest -- and most vertical -- Dungeons and Dragons Online expansion is just a month away, as Standing Stone Games announced this week...
Hyperspace Beacon: This is the toughest choice in Star Wars Galaxies Legends
I'm Larry, and I'm an altoholic. (Pauses for everyone to say "Hi, Larry.") The toughest part of any game for me is which class...
EverQuest Next failed to clear its ‘technical hurdle,’ but Daybreak hasn’t given up on a sequel
Did EverQuest Next fail to come to fruition because it wasn't fun, the studio didn't want it, or its technical challenges were too great...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 213: FFXIV’s first world problems
Justin and Bree discuss FFXIV's controversial reveals, WoW level squish, Albion Online F2P, Glitch, Age of Conan, and Google Stadia, with adventures in Trove, SWG, Starmourn, LOTRO, and Rock Band, and mailbag letter on feeling perpetually behind in MMOs.
Super Adventure Box is live this week in Guild Wars 2 with new racing adventures
When ArenaNet announced last week that Super Adventure Box was returning to Guild Wars 2 this week, it wasn't entirely clear that new content...
Guild Wars 2 begins return-to-Tyria initiative with free episode and big Path of Fire sale
At the end of last week, ArenaNet announced its plans for a new five-week Guild Wars 2 initiative that's intended to bring players back...
The MOP Up: Ring of Elysium gives out free adventure passes
Ever eye an adventurer or season pass in a shooter but feel too cheap to buy it? Reader Pasha tipped us off that the...
DC Universe Online launches Shazam movie tie-in lockboxes
Get your transmedia synergy tag out folks because DC Universe Online is literally built on it, and this week, it's launched a big ol'...
Massively Overthinking: Designed downtime in MMORPGs
In a Daily Grind not long ago, MOP reader Armsbend said something I thought just cried out for discussion. After noting that he had...