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Tamriel Infinium: 18 activities to do at max level in Elder Scrolls Online
As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and so it's been with the past six months between me and Elder Scrolls Online....
Global Chat: Where does WoW Classic go from here?
As Wrath Classic gets closer to its preordained expiration date, Priest with a Cause is asking a question that a lot of people are:...
Destiny 2’s day-long outage this week was the result of… a config error in a dev tool
Destiny 2 suffered a nasty outage earlier this week that took the game down more than 24 hours and even caused a rollback. Now,...
The Soapbox: Comparing the monetization of physical and digital card games
Earlier this week, we reported on the recent Blizzard survey about a possible Hearthstone sub. When I read the news, I almost choked on...
PvP MMO Gloria Victis will officially launch February 7 after six years of early access
Back in June of last year, Black Eye Games told Gloria Victis fans that the gritty siege warfare MMO was getting close to release with...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2022 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
As we wrap up our end-of-the-year and turn-of-the-calendar content until next December, there's one more recurring Massively Overthinking I like to do - and...
Gloria Victis is making its death penalty a lil bit more punishing
Gloria Victis isn't dawdling after the holidays: It's already pushed out its first big update of the year, the star of which is yet...
Square-Enix’s Yosuke Matsuda is still all-in on blockchain and NFTs even after 2022
You might think that after watching the steady erosion and collapse of blockchain and NFTs in general and in the gaming space after 2022,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offered the best crafting in 2022?
"Best crafting" has always been a hard pick for me as it's one of my core content magnets in an MMO, which tends to...
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2022
I might be biased - by which I mean I am definitely biased - but 2022 was a year of big stories and big...
Warhammer 40K Darktide works on server stability, balance, and its crafting system
The world is less than a week away from the co-op multiplayer shooter Warhammer 40K: Darktide making its full release, but before then the...
Massively Overthinking: The best cooking in MMORPGs
You probably thought tonight's Massively Overthinking would have a gratitude theme, what with the holiday and all. Nope, not this time, although it's sort...
Lost Ark compensates players for pheon exploit debacle, patches in Feast with Friends
Lost Ark's narrative today is a good news/bad news kind of story. Let's start with the bad news first: As we noted on Monday,...
Roblox Q3 2022: Revenue rises by a small margin but net losses continue ‘for the foreseeable future’
The strange financial tale that is Roblox continues to be told in much the same way it has in prior reports, the third quarter...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite way to interact with your MMO’s economy?
I know there are some folks playing MMOs who hate MMO economies, who don't want crafting to even exist, who don't want any kind...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s original Manderville Man
There are some divisive characters in Final Fantasy XIV, but in some ways Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville stands above all of them - not...
Massively Overthinking: Do gaming ‘tourists’ ruin MMOs?
Yes, I know that's a provocative title. Yes, we're gonna talk about it with some nuance. It's a topic inspired by a Reddit thread...
SMITE raises regional prices for Turkey and Ukraine due to ‘economic forces and abuse from players’
I'm personally not smart enough to even speculate about what's happening in the global economy, but apparently Turkish and Ukrainian fans of SMITE are...
Ultima Online dev reminisces on chasing cheaters and combusting castles
If you're a longtime Ultima Online player, you surely know the name Tim "Draconi" Cotten, even if only from seeing his name on holiday...
Wisdom of Nym: The problem with Final Fantasy XIV’s consumables and buffs
All right, gang, who wants a sandwich? Especially if that sandwich involves... a boost to your Determination and Critical Hit rating for the next...
