economy
Over 6400 players built 50 empires in BitCraft’s last sandbox playtest
The September letter from the producer for BitCraft has arrived just as the game's second closed alpha test comes to a close - a...
Massively Overthinking: Monetization dealbreakers in MMORPGs
A few weeks back, I overheard my kids complaining about some custom Minecraft server that was apparently trying to monetize survival mode, which seemed...
Last Epoch is getting a ‘full cycle refresh’ with September’s Imperial Uprising event
Looking for a helpful onramp into Last Epoch but are feeling a little behind right now? The playing field should be leveled next month...
Temtem’s final content update gets a release date of September 2 as full focus diverts to Swarm
The last horizon for the MMO-turned-lite Temtem now has a date. Following an earlier promise for patch 1.8 to land sometime in early September,...
The Daily Grind: Are you an MMO player who never does crafting?
This one goes out to all the non-crafters in the house. No, not you oddballs who opt out of the player economy on some...
Skull & Bones arrives on Steam today as Season 3 Into the Dragon’s Wake goes live
Ubisoft is full-speed ahead with Skull and Bones' third season, which is officially live as of this afternoon. Dubbed Into the Dragon's Wake, the...
Pax Dei on surviving the sandbox as a solo player: ‘Playing solo does not mean playing alone’
So here's the tricky thing about MMORPGs: Their greatest strength lies in their massively multiplayer nature, and yet sometimes we just don't want to...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO could use a currency crunch – or better yet, a currency do-over?
Earlier this year, an MOP commenter replying to us on social media suggested that Guild Wars 2 was a "mess" - and part of...
Lost Ark’s Calm Before the Storm update is live with Indigo Island content and bound gold
If you can't spend your August vacationing in the real world, Lost Ark invites you to Indigo Island in Arkesia, which is live today...
Sea of Thieves wipes out the progression of 20K players who used a Season 13 rewards exploit
There was a pretty big exploit that ran rampant in Sea of Thieves when Season 13 went live. How big? Well, it introduced 300B...
WoW Factor: The black mark of World of Warcraft’s player economy
Sometimes, I like to play a little game with MOP's Bree. I say I like to because the game is "Give Bree An Aneurysm,"...
Rumor: Riot Games is working on a Valorant-themed MMOFPS
For several years now, Riot Games has made noise -- and more -- about its desire to enter the MMO scene. And while the...
Global Chat: Reporting from the land of Throne and Liberty
Heartless Gamer put down a whole lot of thoughts about the recent Throne and Liberty global beta, saying that while the MMO has plenty...
Vague Patch Notes: The player-provided guidance problem in MMORPGs
Final Fantasy XIV has a player-based mentor program and an automatic guidance network for new players. The idea is that certain players can volunteer...
Crowdfunded multiplayer RTS Stormgate enters headstart today ahead of its August free-to-play launch
If you're an MMORTS junkie as MOP's Tyler is, you've probably been watching Stormgate's development with great interest over the last few years. In...
Ultima Online’s New Legacy and crackdown on third-party clients have vets rioting
Ultima Online is a very old and fairly small MMORPG nowadays, but even so you probably knew that it has a thriving emulator community,...
Activision-Blizzard artists express anxiety and disgust as the studio foists AI tools on existing workers
Like it or not, AI tools are proliferating throughout gamedev, and the human cost is already being showcased. According to reporting from Wired, which...
Stars Reach’s Raph Koster: ‘We’re going into space, and it’s going to be awesome’
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is back with yet another batch of Stars Reach game pillars, the driving concepts behind the MMORPG sandbox's design. We've...
Ravendawn’s Horizon’s Call adds new PvP and PvE instances, gameplay improvements, and new professions August 9
It's been a while since we've peeked in on Ravendawn, the Tibia-inspired MMORPG that launched in January, which our Fight or Kite columnist Sam...
Settlers of Kalguur brings a massive melee overhaul and more to Path of Exile
Given such a major change incoming with Path of Exile's Settlers of Kalguur league, you'd be forgiven for wondering whether the rest of the...
