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Pokemon Go skips multiple generations and trash pokemon to land on Sword/Shield legendaries
Players once thought that Pokemon GO's third Ultra Unlock from GoFest 2021 was just a simple release of Giratina, or perhaps Gen 4's Mythical god-status...
EVE Online’s record-breaking World War Bee 2 has seemingly come to an end
In an unexpected twist, one of the largest and longest-running wars in EVE Online came to a close with a fizzle instead of a...
SEED dev blogs discuss city building, player testing reactions, and the first version of an economy
If you were worried that the somewhat sort list suggested by this story's headline meant that there weren't a lot of developer blogs roaring...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Unite is genuinely fun – for new and casual MOBA players
When Pokemon Unite was first announced, I had severe doubts I'd even give it a shot. I know I'm the local Pokemon guy, but there are many games in the...
Lost Ark reveals all of its ‘normalized’ founder packs and perks
Amazon and Smilegate have released a detailed blog post this afternoon focused on the upcoming Lost Ark's founder packs. And cats. The cats are...
Stick and Rudder: Trying EVE Online as a new player in 2021
It’s not often one has the opportunity to step into a bit of MMO history and do so with a fresh set of eyes...
EVE Online’s Grand Heist update goes live as players raise concerns about ISK login rewards for subscribers
Yesterday saw the bank robbing profession come to EVE Online as the Grand Heist update officially went live. Readers will recall that this update...
Lost Ark introduces new founder’s pack with normalized pricing to combat black market sellers
It would appear that key resellers are making a mess of Lost Ark's economy before the game even gets out of technical alpha, if...
EVE Online announces vague plans to end resource scarcity later this year
This one requires a bit of backstory to fully understand, so allow us a moment to recap: Back as early as December 2019, CCP...
Massively Overthinking: Load-bearing playerbases in MMORPGs
Game developer Damion Schubert is known to MMO players for his work on everything from Ultima Online to SWTOR, but as it turns out,...
The Daily Grind: What do you do when you have gobs of money in an MMO and nothing to spend it on?
The other day, I was tooling around Star Wars Galaxies on the Legends server and feeling a bit despondent, not because I had too...
Vague Patch Notes: Playerbase size doesn’t have to be everything in MMOs
I'm already worried about Crowfall. Not because of personal experiences, mind you; I haven't yet played it or anything, and all I have to...
Crowfall’s launch is marred by DDOS attacks and login problems
Crowfall's launch didn't entirely go to plan yesterday. While early on in the day, the servers were apparently handling the load just fine, by...
Launch impressions: Crowfall won me over, but it’s not for everyone
So Crowfall's beta has finally ended and launch is upon us. As someone who backed the game but has played alphas of many games that never...
TitanReach attempts to put its controversies in the past with new details on early access development
Indie MMO TitanReach has had a strange run to date. It caught our attention in 2020, when it launched a $430,000 US Kickstarter, which...
Siege Survival Gloria Victis updates with The Lost Caravan scenario
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis, the survival spinoff off MMORPG Gloria Victis, was fully released only a month ago, but it's already got a big...
Elementia is a self-described ‘MMORPG with old-school values’ currently in pre-alpha
I can only imagine how many indie devs asked themselves how hard making an MMO could be and then realizing that it's phenomenally difficult....
Gloria Victis makes a number of adjustments to resource gathering in latest update
Gloria Victis -- the actual sandbox MMO, not the spinoff game -- has recently put out an update that makes a wide variety of...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s last stretch of Bozja is pretty good, but a little annoying
For various reasons, it doesn't seen as if it's been only a week since the last Final Fantasy XIV patch. (All right, it's technically...
Black Desert’s Great Expedition expansion has finally floated over to console players
Black Desert's Great Expedition expansion sailed its way over to western PC players almost two years ago, if you can believe it, back when...
