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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...
Fractured Online dresses up its website, consolidates details on races and gameplay systems
Fractured Online has a fresh new fit to its official site, and it's just dying to show it off; if a website could take...
Profane offers a first look at gatherable items and gathering gameplay plans
Gathering. It's a touchstone of the MMORPG gameplay loop and is especially important in a sandbox title like Profane, which has shared some preview...
RuneScape aims to reduce the sting of dying in order to encourage more risk-takers
If you weren't paying attention, earlier this year RuneScape ran a four-week event called Frank's Free Deaths. This allowed players to engage in boss...
The MOP Up: The Bandai Namco hack
It was a pretty bad week, all things considered, for the folks over at Bandai Namco. The gaming publisher confirmed that it got hacked...
World of Warships adds more British battlecruisers, US destroyer model changes, and Titans of Industry event
The British Union Flag is referred to as a Union Jack when it's flying on a warship that's not in a harbor. The distinction...
World of Warcraft takes players on a tour of Dragonflight’s overhauled crafting system
Perhaps you thought it was curious -- or even exciting -- to see Blizzard flagging World of Warcraft's crafting for a huge update with...
Massively Overthinking: Solved problems in MMOs
One of the most annoying pet peeves this genre seems to spin up frequently is some companies' tendency to treat solved problems as unsolved...
New World’s game director shares vague plans for weapons, more Expeditions, and a new zone
The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook podcast series recently brought together Insomniac CEO Ted Price and New World Game Director Scot Lane to talk about...
Colony sandbox MMO SEED raises another $41M in investment, partly from a blockchain company
Way back in 2017, we learned about a then-new SpatialOS MMORPG called SEED from Klang Games. SEED was supposed to be a colony-centered sandbox...
Blizzard tells Wrath Classic players that new fresh start servers might not have transfers open after 90 days
So players who wanted fresh start servers for World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic are getting their wish. (Since people who...
Lost Ark readies for for a ‘massive’ banning of the bots
The battle of the bots - or more specifically, against the bots - continues in Lost Ark. Amazon told players last night to expect...
