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Interview: Legends of Aria’s dungeon expansion, early access, ganking, housing, and cash shop philosophy
Indie old-school sandbox MMORPG Legends of Aria has become a household name among MMO players over the last few months, first rolling into early...
Spycursion is an indie cyberespionage sandbox MMO hitting Kickstarter this month
So here's a new MMO those of you into espionage and spooks and hackers might like: It's a "continuously evolving" MMORPG sandbox called Spycursion,...
MMO designer Raph Koster runs down the key mechanics that drive retention in online games
If last week's "games as a service" conversation piqued your interest, hop on over to Raph Koster's blog. The veteran MMORPG designer has a...
Fallout 76 patches in nerfs for explosions, hard carry weight limits, and a ton of bug fixes
If you can set aside the fuss over the incoming March Survival mode, Fallout 76 has a patch for you right now with stuff...
Trove compensates players for emergency outage over unconfirmed dupe bug
If you were trying to play Trove on Friday, you were likely stymied by a bout of emergency maintenance that lasted several hours. It...
Post-apoc survival MMO Last Oasis plans spring early access, opens closed beta signups
You just never know with survival games that call themselves MMOs whether they really mean it, but we've caught another one today: It's called...
Perfect Ten: The worst MMORPG expansions of all time
A great MMO expansion brings so much to the table: fresh excitement for a game, new classes, innovative features, expanded vistas, additional races, and...
Grab a free key for Wild Terra from Juvty and MOP
Looking for something to play on today's holiday? How about Wild Terra? The isometric sandbox has recently patch in a patch to tweak the...
MapleStory 2 posts three-month feedback plan for gemstone, pet, and Meso improvements
January always seems to be a time of regrouping for MMO communities and studios, and Nexon is joining the trend with MapleStory 2. Producer...
Massively Overthinking: What would you want out of a World of Warcraft 2?
Let's pretend for a moment that the reason Blizzard appears to be dropping the ball with World of Warcraft right now is that it's...
Choose My Adventure: The lonesome job of star charting in Elite Dangerous
Today's edition of Choose My Adventure features results that were both a landslide and extremely close. On the one hand, most people suggested that...
Interview: Astellia’s western team on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early access and battle royale
Yesterday we covered the news that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity classes, solid PvE and...
Snap up a Prosperous Universe early access key from Simulogics and MOP!
We took our first look at indie space MMO Prosperous Universe just about a month ago now when German studio Simulogics dropped it into...
Exclusive: Legends of Aria previews its first major content of 2019
We've had our eye on Legends of Aria since, well, long before it was called Legends of Aria, meaning we've been watching the game...
EVE Online releases its December 2018 economic report
Forget space adventures, who'd like to look at some spreadsheets? Yes, it's time for the monthly official EVE Online economic report, breaking down all of...
MMOs you’ve never heard of: Trulion, Morna Tales, Laplace M, Project BBQ, Genesis, Endless Battle, Achaea, Lord of Chains, Star Sonata
We have a perilously tall pile of MMOs (and MUDs and MOBAs and such) that you've probably never heard of for today's roundup. We're gonna just jump right in, starting with Trulion Online, a new open-world sandbox MMORPG that just hit beta on Android. Yes, it's a mobile title with retro graphics, but not all of what we're looking at today falls into that category!
An EVE Online corporation has been hit with a GDPR request from an ex-member
We often talk about how EVE Online can sometimes mirror the real world in startling detail, with its complex politics, global power struggles, and player-run...
Ashes of Creation shows off alpha gameplay while prepping fans for the Apocalypse
With the public battle royale-style Apocalypse mode coming to Ashes of Creation next week, Intrepid Studios is leveraging the increased attention as best it...
Survived By is moving forward and tackling bugs, starting with items and economy
The development team is listening to player feedback in Survived By, and there are issues to be addressed. First and foremost are the issues with...
Anthem doesn’t need whales to succeed, says BioWare’s Mike Gamble
It's fairly common knowledge that many games with microtransactions tend to rely heavily on big-spending "whales" to keep their finances in the black and...
