dev diary
MapleStory 2 previews quality-of-life improvements coming in its next patch
As part of its ongoing Project New Leaf initiative, MapleStory 2 has announced a slew of new quality-of-life changes coming to the game in...
Neverwinter details Undermountain’s stat changes, class overhauls, and item level adjustments
The recently announced Undermountain expansion coming to Neverwinter this spring will be bringing big things with it, and not just the titular subterranean realm;...
Path of Exile previews Storm Burst changes coming with next league
It seems like only yesterday that Path of Exile's Betrayal league began, but its time has come and gone, and it's almost time for...
EVE Online changes F2P mission access to combat bots and releases its first economic report of 2019
There's been an unfortunate increase of RMT activity in New Eden recently, and in the delicate balancing act that is the in-game economy of...
Check out the brand-new look for Camelot Unchained’s ability system UI
Camelot Unchained's latest dev blog runs down everything going on in the game's open beta this week, but it's the new ability builder UI...
Here’s how players will do science in sandbox Population Zero
Still keeping an eye on survival MMO Population Zero? There's yet another dev blog out this week, this one on science and technology in...
Elder Scrolls Online’s upcoming zone guide will ensure you’re never clueless in Tamriel again
We still don't know exactly which day in February the Wrathstone DLC will launch in The Elder Scrolls Online, but at this point, we...
Interview: Legends of Aria’s dungeon expansion, early access, ganking, housing, and cash shop philosophy
Indie old-school sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria has become a household name among MMO players over the last few months, first rolling into early...
Massively Overthinking: The boring MMO development between bookends of hype
If you watch MMOs being developed for long enough, one truth becomes evident: It's kinda boring.
I started thinking a bit about this last week...
Anthem outlines future plans and preps more server capacity ahead of tomorrow’s public demo
So who's ready for round two of Anthem? BioWare is! The studio's Chad Robertson has penned a new dev blog prepping the playerbase for...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Wrathstone dives back into Oblivion for dungeon inspiration
One of the dungeons launching in next month's Elder Scrolls Online Wrathstone DLC is Depths of Malatar, a four-man romp featured in ZeniMax's latest...
Exclusive: Survival MMO Population Zero deep-dives its unique perk system
Population Zero caught out attention at the tail end of last year when developer Enplex announced the survival MMO was hitting pre-alpha and opening...
Conan Exiles is replacing its messy old VOIP with Vivox
Players have been asking Funcom to fix voice chat in Conan Exiles pretty much since the day that it went in as a feature....
Lord of the Rings Online readies its next progression server unlock
For the past couple of months, Standing Stone Games hasn't spoken much on the status and future of Lord of the Rings Online's progression...
Kickstarted sci-fi MMOFPS Pantropy will hit early access on January 31
Hey, remember Pantropy? We first began covering this sci-fi MMOFPS back in 2017; since then, it's run two Kickstarters, the first of which was...
Crowfall takes inventory in its latest dev diary
Ahh, the humble inventory. It's a feature often taken for granted in MMOs; after all, you've gotta have somewhere to keep all of that...
EVE Online cracks down on cheaters, again, and contemplates more free-to-play gates
You'd think that people might think twice about cheating in EVE Online, given that in 2018 alone, the company banned tens of thousands of...
Torchlight Frontiers blends form and function with new wardrobe feature
In last week's dev livestream, the Torchlight Frontiers devs detailed some of the ways that they've been improving the game based on player feedback,...
With the Improbable/Unity dispute lingering on, MMOs like Worlds Adrift are literally adrift
Last week, Improbable and Unity stunned the gaming industry with their ugly spat over SpatialOS integration and licensing, as both companies issued statements about their...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing
One amazing trailer and a day of hype later, Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing will be live this afternoon for us to play....
