economy
The Daily Grind: How important is person-to-person trading in an MMORPG?
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...
The Realm Online’s reboot by a former emulator team is still set for June
Back in March, we were all surprised to learn that The Realm Online was getting a reboot. Owners Norseman Games transferred its "exclusive license...
Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization
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...
The Game Archaeologist: Warhammer Online
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...
The Daily Grind: Should running multiple MMO accounts be considered pay-to-win?
In the comments of a recent Daily Grind, MOP commenter Sally reminded me that a certain MOP writer who shall remain nameless (Larry!) had...
Global Chat: The MMO expansion lifecycle
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...
Massively OP Interview: Dual Universe demo shows off advances in city building, space travel
When you work in video games, you often get asked what new titles you are looking forward to. While experience has been teaching me...
SoulWorker makes some of its cash shop items tradable
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 Eternal Night patch will rebalance weapon material requirements
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...
The Daily Grind: How diligent are you about making money in an MMO?
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...
EVE Fanfest 2018: EVE Online FPS Project Nova is coming ‘in months, not years’
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...
Ultima Online’s F2P conversion, Endless Journey, is officially live with new ‘deluxe starter pack’
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.
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World of Warcraft is retiring its remote auction house — but don’t panic just yet
If you've gotten used to perusing and trading on World of Warcraft's auction house from the mobile app, brace yourself for some slightly shocking...
Project Gorgon player analyzes the current issue with the game’s skinning economy
The residents of Project Gorgon currently have something of a panther problem. Before you get ready for a panther-themed event complete with all sorts...
GDC 2018: How to get exploiters to happily surrender in EVE Online
EVE Online is not known for being a happy place. It's shown even in mass media as a cutthroat world of war and theft. Dealing...
GDC 2018: Ultima Online post-mortem with Richard Garriott, Starr Long, Raph Koster, and Rich Vogel
Plenty of panels at GDC are recorded and uploaded to the internet weeks after the event, including this one. It's not quite the same...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon pushes out market system patch
If the economy is the lifeblood of an MMORPG, then Darkfall: Rise of Agon predicts a healthy prognosis with its new market system patch.
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Star Citizen brings back old ships for sale, asks backers to vote on alpha 3.2’s priority projects
Do you have too much money? Awesome. Star Citizen has some ideas for where you can spend it - say, on some new ships?...
The Daily Grind: Is player trading a make-or-break MMO feature for you?
MOP reader Xijit recently pointed us to a thread on Bless Online's Steam page where players are noting that person-to-person trading is not currently...
Shroud of the Avatar: Partying with Portalarium, countering pay-to-win, and the state of the game
The day is finally arriving: Shroud of the Avatar is formally launching next week. It's been a long journey. The path to this new old-school...
