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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...
The MOP Up: Shooter looter Rift Loopers rolls out in early access
Experience the multiverse -- and then blow up a small part of it -- in Rift Loopers, a new twin-stick survival shooter that just...
RuneScape swings a banhammer at accounts caught exploiting its Fresh Start Worlds
RuneScape's Fresh Start Worlds are not looking so crispy and fresh out of the gate. First, Jagex had to rollback the servers due to...
New World scrambles to close a ‘very serious’ trading exploit, rises into Steam’s top 20 list
A rather serious trading exploit rocked the New World economy late last week, with Amazon Game Studios taking swift steps to hotfix it and...
Multiplayer 4X RTS Dune Spice Wars introduces the House Corrino faction in latest update
Dune: Spice Wars, the early access 4X RTS that recently introduced multiplayer to the mix, has now added something else new to its melange:...
Roblox announces plans for ‘immersive ads’ and a marketplace with ‘scarcity’
The beginning of September saw Roblox hold its own developers conference, which outlined several planned features and updates to the way players can play...
Fractured Online’s latest patches stabilize the game, squash bugs, and close up a duping exploit
Now that Fractured Online has hit the seas of early access, it's time for the inevitable bug patching and stability improving updates that invariably...
Kickstarted MMO sandbox Fractured Online swings into early access today
As promised, Fractured Online is officially moving from beta to early access as of this morning.
MMO readers will remember that Fractured Online - then...
Wisdom of Nym: Making money in Final Fantasy XIV isn’t what you think
So let me start with a statement: Gil is pretty much irrelevant to me in Final Fantasy XIV because I already have enough. We...
The Game Archaeologist: How Ultima Online got made
You know how there’s that yokel in every global chat channel that likes to troll players by claiming that World of Warcraft was the...
Fallout 76 on console has a high-end item scamming problem, and players are using private worlds to solve it
Players at the top end of Fallout 76 on console have been running into a problem: They want to get certain high-level items and...
Stick and Rudder: So you’ve completed the EVE Online tutorial – now what?
Since rejoining the player ranks of EVE Online, I’ve noticed a common sentiment from fellow newbies: Most agree that the environment is beautiful, the...
