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Shroud of the Avatar offers an axe in honor of Richard Garriott’s birthday, but only for buying $80 in currency
We're not trying to be facetious when it comes to writing headlines for Shroud of the Avatar, but when the update notes for Release...
The MOP Up: League of Legends’ game modes help to refresh its theme park design
League of Legends' game director explained why the MOBA is adding a Vampire Survivors-type mode to make it more like a "theme park," saying,...
Global Chat: Tarisland’s controls, WoW Classic permadeath, and Dawntrail tips
The Ancient Gaming Noob doesn't mince words in a recent essay: He found Tarisland pretty annoying right from the start. One key complaint? The...
The Stream Team: Payback in AQ3D’s Deep Grotto dungeon
Sadly, Massively OP's MJ lost out on the participating in the summer war in AdventureQuest 3D while she was out of the country. She's...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s July spread is basically just marking time until Go Fest
It's not particularly surprising that, once again, Pokemon Go isn't really sharing a lot of details about what's in store for the month of...
WoW Factor: MMORPG raiding is not special
You all remember The Incredibles, right? I know that these days the hot take is to try to spin the film as some sort...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2
It's June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies' 21st birthday, and I'm sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG...
After a delay, WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery Phase 4 targets July 11
It might've taken a little while longer than expected to get here, but WoW Classic's next Season of Discovery phase is slated to arrive...
Massively Overthinking: How ‘massively multiplayer’ do we expect MMORPGs to be?
Earlier in June on the MOP Podcast, Justin and I took a stab at answering the age-old question of what, exactly, constitutes an MMO....
Vindictus’ latest seasonal episode, Desperate Deterrent, is live with a new raid and 120 level cap
I'm not sure why I always get a smile on my face when I hear Vindictus is getting new content - something about the...
Neverwinter announces Mountain of Flame module, coming July 16
Where my Neverwinter peeps at? Cryptic's Dungeons and Dragons MMO has a big announcement for you today: It's announcing its next season and update,...
Wizard101’s Cabal’s Revenge patch is live with a new raid for endgame guilds
Happy patch day to Wizard101 friendos: Cabal's Revenge is officially live in KingsIsle's family-friendly MMORPG as of this morning. The update pits players against...
The Stream Team: Bunny-based roguelike raiding in Rabbit & Steel
MOP's Chris and his best friend had such a good time in Rabbit & Steel last time that they're back at this raiding-centric roguelike...
Tarisland opens its first 10-player raid boss, readies a new instance and bug fixes in next patch
We are now officially into the post-launch content patch season of Tarisland. Even as the MMORPG has initially unimpressed our staff, Tencent is pushing...
Perfect Ten: The MMORPG terms we use but never define, from murderhobo to sandpark
Over in Vague Patch Notes, I have an ongoing series of columns that I describe as being primarily about having useful notes for us...
Wisdom of Nym: MOP’s last-minute prep checklist for Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
You have two days left to get your prep work done for Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion, and in case there's some stuff you...
First Impressions: Tarisland’s interesting gameplay isn’t enough to surmount shoddy temport quality
When we issued our 2024 predictions for the MMORPG genre during our annual year-end articles, I said that Tarisland would be a sleeper hit,...
Aion Classic EU’s roadmap for the rest of 2024 includes three solid content drops
Gameforge is still working Aion Classic for all its worth: This morning, it officially unveiled the second half of its roadmap for the EU...
Throne & Liberty KR showcases updates to progression, new activities, a new region, and artifact system
Earlier this week, NCSoft brought a four hour-long smorgasbord of information out of Throne & Liberty's Korean version, with devs hosting a TL meet-up...
‘Single-player MMORPG’ Erenshor adds cloud saves, improved friendly AI, and Steam Deck support to its demo
Near the middle of last year we started reporting on Erenshor, a game that attempts to recreate the experience of playing a classic MMORPG...