economy
The Daily Grind: Do you have a ‘white whale’ in MMOs?
And no, I don't mean whale in the sense of MMO players who spend way too much money on games. I mean in the...
CODEX, an MMO based on the Shards engine, launches early access today after a brief delay
Just last week we first reported on CODEX, a project that licensed Legends of Aria's Shards Engine for the purpose of creating an MMO....
The Daily Grind: What do you think about taxes in MMORPGs?
Today I want to talk about everyone's least favorite thing: taxes. I snagged the idea from a Reddit thread a while back that was...
EVE Online’s July economic report may have unveiled the number of active subscribers
EVE Online has kicked out its monthly econ report for July, which has plenty to snare the interest of the industrious Capsuleer, but it's...
The Soapbox: World of Warships’ aggressive monetization incited a mass-exodus of content creators
Gaming monetization has been a topic of intense conversation ever since box copies of software diminished in favor of persistent online experiences. Subscription services...
Star Citizen talks about the development of ‘Jumptown 2’ and Arena Commander updates
PvP is probably one of the larger portions of entertainment for players of Star Citizen (or one of the larger pain points, depending on...
Galaxies of Eden is a new sandbox MMORPG with all the Star Wars Galaxies trappings
So here's a new MMO that just landed in our inbox: It's called Galaxies of Eden, and studio MIR Cybernetics Corporation is billing it...
Starbase releases hotfixes for research trees, markets, and miscellaneous bugs
With Starbase officially in early access, it would make sense for the devs at Frozenbyte to make updates and adjustments as players work through...
Runes of Magic offers an FAQ ahead of its upcoming server merges
Server merges! They're fun for the family, assuming that the family in question has some really weird definitions of fun. Also, they're coming to...
Global Chat: How New World and Star Wars Galaxies are linked
New World and Star Wars Galaxies aren't often mentioned in the same sentence together, unless you're reading MMO blog Unidentified Signal Source. The author...
Crowfall plans scoring and reward changes for Conquest campaigns
Earlier this week, ArtCraft elevated Crowfall's first big patch since launch to the live servers, bringing the 3v3 faction PvP fully online and opening...
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...
