economy

A massive thread on the Warframe subreddit this weekend shows just the sort of problems MMO studios have waded into in their haste to...

Staxel took over the playtime of a bunch of my Twitter buddies this past winter when it hit early access on Steam. We described...

When you're enjoying a game, the last thing you want to be told is that it's time to stop playing for a while because...

On the prowl for an undiscovered indie MMORPG these days? You might want to check out Gran Skrea Online, as it just went into...

I was a wide-eyed, naive kid when I first stepped into Ultima Online in 1997, and as it turns out, the developers were too. That's...

Flunked out of interstellar academy? Left your parents' home on Mars at 17 and decided to make it on your own? Enjoy lugging stuff...

Unless you're a hardcore Darkfall player from way back in the day as MOP's Andrew was, you probably look at the sequels and spinoffs...

My only nephew is something of a math prodigy, and the fact that he wants to be a game designer when he grows up...

Earlier in May, Neowiz clarified that the western version of Bless Online, like Black Desert, would eschew player-to-player trading, sticking instead to just an...

Back in March, we were all surprised to learn that The Realm Online was getting a reboot. Owners Norseman Games transferred its "exclusive license...

Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...

When it comes to notable years in the MMORPG genre's history, 2008 stands out as one of the most significant. World of Warcraft's debut...

In the comments of a recent Daily Grind, MOP commenter Sally reminded me that a certain MOP writer who shall remain nameless (Larry!) had...

With the ever-developing, ever-growing nature of MMORPGs, the expansion truly has a life of its own. By now we are well acquainted with the...

When you work in video games, you often get asked what new titles you are looking forward to. While experience has been teaching me...

It's hard to say how SoulWorker Online is doing in its first month of release here in the west. It's certainly an attractive-looking title,...

Blade & Soul's next big thing, Eternal Night, is launching in less than two weeks on May 9th, and if you're an economy player...

No one believes me when I say that I'm bad about making money in my main games. It's true, though; compared to the people...

When CCP Games first made the leap into the first person shooter market with DUST 514, things didn't exactly go to plan. The game...

At 20 years old, Ultima Online is finally doing what its EA-backed handlers at Broadsword once said it would never do: It's going free-to-play. Game...