dungeon
Albion Online’s world will be beset with dragons come August 31’s Dragonfire update
We're finally getting more details on the big Albion Online dragons update this morning: It's called Dragonfire, and it's launching on August 31st.
"This update...
World of Warcraft fans demand consequences for Blizzard staffer seemingly caught cheating in-game
A fresh scandal is breaking out across the World of Warcraft scene today as a Blizzard staffer has apparently been caught helping someone cheat...
A PvP holy war has broken out in the Wilderness of Old School RuneScape
Sometimes when an MMO dev claims its PvP sandbox will encourage "emergent gameplay," it's shorthand for "we don't feel like designing anything." In the...
Perfect Ten: The first 12 MMO expansions ever released
When we look back at MMORPG history, we tend to focus on the more notable game launches and less on the expansions that helped...
Conan Exiles has launched the first chunk of Legacy of the Giant-Kings with new story and QOL
At the end of June, Funcom and Inflexion announced a major series of free updates en route to popular survivalbox Conan Exiles. As of...
Lord of the Rings Online drops its PvP-centric Update 49 with the new Angmarim Sorceress class
We'll put this as plainly as possible: If you're not into Lord of the Rings Online's niche PvP (or "monster play") scene, there may...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Terror of Demogorgon expansion launches today
Dungeons and Dragons Online adventurers are called to descend into the game's famous Underdark once more, as today the Terror of Demogorgon expansion added...
Controversial ex-blockchain MMO Soulbound Online has officially entered early access
We're having a bit of a week for low-key launches here in the MMORPG genre, and here comes another one: SpiderWare's controversial "pixel-art action...
Choose My Adventure: Some mental blocks start to surface in the hard reset of Destiny 2
Have you ever had those games where you realize they're uninstalled but you haven't visited them in a while, wondered why it was you...
MMORPG fans plead for in-game Jimothy pets after devs create mock-ups of the viral critter
If you've been on social media for any length of time, you probably are familiar with the viral sensation that is Jimothy, a raccoon...
Wisdom of Nym: Bold predictions for Final Fantasy XIV’s second fan festival
At the time I type this sentence, we've got a week to go until the next fan festival for Final Fantasy XIV, and this time...
Crystal of Atlan CN opens a ‘season server’ with tweaks to content, progression, and trading
Crystal of Atlan calls itself an MMO, but what if instead it did the ARPG seasonal thing while also opening up a few of...
Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Terror of Demogorgon expansion gets a July 22 release date
We've known since all the way back in May about the next expansion for Dungeons & Dragons Online. It's got a demogorgons, it's got the...
Hytale plots goblins, gadgets, and dungeons for Chapter 1, future updates on world gen, UI, and crafting
Hypixel Studios hasn't just opened up the comms for Hytale; it's broken the information dam and let it flood out in what the studio...
Erenshor’s solo dev discusses retention issues, the use of LLMs, and the MMO sim’s path to 1.0
Brian Burgee, the sole developer for the single-player MMORPG sim Erenshor, has a whole lot to say about where things stand and where they're going, particularly...
Throne and Liberty kicks off its new battlegrounds season and adds a seal battle PvP match type
We'll get the bad news out of the way first: The new PvP game mode that's been added with the latest update to Throne and Liberty...
Vague Patch Notes: Long-term content vs. short-term content in MMORPGs
So I was reading back through a column I wrote a while back about Star Wars: The Old Republic and it got me thinking. In...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating about the second half of Final Fantasy XIV’s Occult Crescent
The Occult Crescent will soon come to a close in Final Fantasy XIV, and it's going to be rather important. When that patch drops...
Anime MMO Nostale drops its Guardians of Dimensions patch with four new specialists
Despite being 18 years old, Korean anime MMO Nostale is as spry and active as any, erm, 18-year-old? OK, that metaphor got away from...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Lessons Guild Wars 3 must not fail to learn from its predecessors
One of the great things about starting a new project is the chance to look back at the pain points from your past projects...
