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Google seeks to dismiss Epic’s lawsuit as Epic talks up the Fortnite ‘Metaverse’
While much of the focus of the Epic lawsuit coverage has been on Apple, which was certainly helped along by that 1984 parody ad...
Casual space sandbox CSC aka Crypto Space Commander launches on Steam with a dash of Star Trek
If you yearn for the stars yet are put off by the complexity and coldness of games like Star Citizen and EVE Online, you...
‘Circular economy’ MMO Virtuverse schedules public early access test for this fall
Over the past two years, we've been lightly tracking the development of Virtuverse, an episodic online sci-fi RPG with a curious business model, and...
Epic secures early win against Apple for Unreal Engine, but Fortnite remains barred
If we're keeping score, and really that would be unnecessary since the courts are doing that for us, we're currently at Epic 1, Apple...
Supremacy 1 is a new mobile and browser MMORTS coming to Steam
August has seen another new mobile MMO launch, this one a strategy MMO Supremacy 1914 spinoff called just Supremacy 1, which developer Bytro says...
Massively Overthinking: Mixing and matching the best crafting systems in the MMO ‘verse
Longtime MOP reader Ken from Chicago recently asked us to talk about crafting - but he didn't want us to just list off the...
ArtCraft on Crowfall’s beta release today, Eternal Kingdoms, the newbie experience, and much more
Crowfall, the PvP-centered MMORPG originally Kickstarted back in 2015, announced last week that it had finally arrived at its beta milestone and would begin...
Kickstarted PvP MMORPG Crowfall just announced it’s launching beta next week
Big news coming out of Crowfall this morning, as ArtCraft has just announced that it's marching right up to its next milestone, with a...
GDC Summer 2020: How Niantic adapted Pokemon Go gameplay in the time of COVID-19
GDC Summer 2020 is running all this week, and I'm, well, at home. But much like Pokemon Go, the convention adapted, and while I've...
The Daily Grind: How should MMORPGs handle duping scandals?
The title for today's Daily Grind isn't exactly what you think it is, so consider this a trick to see who read the whole...
Lawful Neutral: No really, who owns Jagex and RuneScape?
RuneScape is one of those games that always seems to fly under my radar. It's not intentional, and I don't have anything especially against...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How Guild Wars 2 keeps meta maps relevant
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of my time in Guild Wars 2 running through the Drizzlewood Coast meta event (be sure to check...
The Maelstrom has arrived to Atlas – check out the new trailer
Storm's here, Atlas players (however many of you are still around). As of this past Friday, the Maelstrom update has arrived to the piratical...
The Daily Grind: Would we all be better off without MMO wikis and guides?
A few weeks ago, there was a supremely contentious thread on the MMORPG subreddit, one so contentious that the original poster deleted the thread...
The MOP Up: QuakeCon and Tankfest 2020 come to your home
If you are the sort who would much rather enjoy conventions from the comfort of your home, then 2020 is shaping up to be...
OrbusVR prepares summertime events and an economy update for June 23
The summer season is coming to OrbusVR in a matter of days, and with it will be a shiny new update full of summery...
World of Warcraft introduces an Auction House ‘action budget’ that is then immediately removed
It's time to talk about Auctioneer for World of Warcraft. If you're unfamiliar with this particular add-on, what it does is pretty scan the...
Star Wars Galaxies fans debate Legends, PvP, the economy, and more on community podcast
When fellow Star Wars Galaxies Legends player, YouTuber, and friend of MOP Napyet asked me to join him for a podcast last week, I...
Massively Overthinking: Deleting pieces of MMOs to save them
Two ideas floated across my virtual desk in recent weeks, neither directly relating to MMORPGs, but they put the nugget of an idea in...
Vendetta Online adds a hidden star system and its new economy in the latest updates
Vendetta Online has made some pretty significant updates over the past couple of weeks. One of them has added some new dimensions to the...
