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The former lead designer of Ultima Online and Meridian 59 is braving a brutal brain tumor
The universe has been hungry the past couple of years, and now it's threatening another member of the extended MMORPG developer community. This morning,...
The Daily Grind: Does New World need mounts?
Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on walking in MMOs, and I happened to mention New World as a game where walking...
Massively Overthinking: Should MMOs have endings – or at least end points?
I suspect most MMO players are going to read that question and immediately balk at it. We think of MMOs as being defined in...
Perfect Ten: A completely accurate 10-point summary of MMO history
History! Let's be real here, it's pretty damn boring. No one cares about it, and it all happened beforehand, so why is any of...
Dark Age of Camelot adds pumpkin patches, ghostly quests, and more for Halloween
The Halloween season has arrived to the world of Dark Age of Camelot, bringing with it all sorts of seasonally spooky goodies for players...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO?
Witnessing all the folks upset over losing gear and trades to rollbacks over and over in Diablo II Resurrected made me reflect on some...
Former ArenaNet boss Jeff Strain’s new gaming company is called Possibility Space
There's a new games studio in town: Possibility Space, led by veteran game executive Jeff Strain. Strain, of course, is best known to MMORPG...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 342: From New World to Old Camelot
Justin and Chris discuss New World, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, and Dark Age of Camelot, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, and New World, plus mailbag topics on polling MMO players, out-of-game MMO promos, and 'managed decline' works for MMOs.
The Daily Grind: How do you protect yourself from scammers in MMORPGs?
As long as there have been MMOs, there have been MMO scams. If you play, then you know. So you're not going to be...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s cranky priest
As all Elder Scrolls Online fans know, whenever a new chunk of content comes out, they'll be encountering some new figures in the game's...
Star Wars The Old Republic brings combat styles for Sith Warrior and Bounty Hunter advanced classes to PTS
It appears that Star Wars: The Old Republic is ramping up its combat style testing efforts. Now that the Sith Assassin and Sorcerer classes...
EA says it’s still working on server issues following Battlefield 2042 open beta rollout
As of yesterday, Battlefield 2042's open beta is up and running, and it's on a pretty tight schedule: It's early access open beta right...
Social life sim MMO Polity plans 2022 launch as closed beta marches on
Last spring, we covered a new-to-us MMO called Polity by Jib Games. It's essentially a Turkish indie social game that borrows ideas from The...
Global Chat: The good, the bad, and the ugly of New World
There is no shortage of opinions on the recently launched New World -- and no shortage of drama either. On top of all of...
Dark Age of Camelot starts its 20th anniversary with bonuses as it answers another round of player questions
Twenty years of being online is a major milestone for any MMORPG, and you can be rest assured that Dark Age of Camelot will...
Battle Bards Episode 201: Don’t stand in the fire!
Have you stood in the fire? Did you start the fire? Are you on fire at this very moment? Then stop, drop, and roll...
Interview: Cryptic untangles Neverwinter’s new battle pass experiment
Earlier this month, we learned that Cryptic is planning a multi-tiered battle pass for Neverwinter. Echoes of Prophecy will serve as the content campaign...
Working As Intended: Brute-forcing the MMO industry
If you're a music fan, and you probably are since you're a human, you've probably come to grips with the sense that somehow the...
Massively Overthinking: Initial impressions of New World
Amazon's Queue World - uh, I mean, New World - is finally upon us. In fact, I imagine that it's been hard to avoid...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best castle sieges?
I think that the very last time I engaged in any sort of castle siege in an MMO had to be back in my...
