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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...
Path of Exile is porting its PC trade site over to console players
It's a different experience playing Path of Exile on console or on your desktop for a variety of reasons. This is not something that...
Sci-fi MMO Dual Universe is officially launching next month, six years after its $630K Kickstarter
It's been a long strange trip for the Kickstarted sci-fi sandbox MMORPG Dual Universe, studded with unusual monetization and the ousting of its founder...
Fresh start servers are coming to RuneScape and Old School RuneScape this fall
Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape are long-established MMORPGs with years of history behind each one, and soon players of both titles will get...
Dual Universe will wipe its servers at launch – here’s why and how
The question of whether Dual Universe will wipe its servers at launch is one that has been hanging over players' heads as far back...
Mortal Online 2 offers a new trailer extolling the virtues of the game’s systems
Did you know that Mortal Online 2 is a first-person sandbox MMORPG with open PvP wherein everything important is made by players? Probably. If...
Massively Overthinking: What endgame content keeps you in an MMORPG long-term?
A while back on the MassivelyOP Podcast, Justin and I were trying to sort through why New World's endgame hasn't had staying power with...
Star Citizen claws back in-game currency stipend in 3.17.2 thanks to ‘overcounting’ error
This story requires a little bit of background: Regular players of Star Citizen's last alpha build were going to receive a stipend of credits...
GTA Online’s Criminal Enterprises update goes live with new missions and gameplay tweaks
Grand Theft Auto Online's much-ballyhooed Criminal Enterprises update has officially landed for players, bringing with it all of the new content updates, weapon updates,...
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
