economy
Leaderboard: Do you speculate on WoW Tokens or other legal MMO RMT currency?
Is Call of Duty the next Activision franchise to migrate to Battlenet? Very likely. As Eurogamer broke earlier this month, players are now able...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever engaged in an MMO price war?
One of my friends in Final Fantasy XIV is engaged in a perpetual trade war with another player who tries to drive her out...
Albion Online’s upcoming fishing system hopes to reel in casuals and hardcores alike
Fishing has become a hot topic in MMOs this week, thanks to the likes of RuneScape and Albion Online. The latter will see the...
GoVenture World takes the MMO to business school
After you've put in a long day in your cubicle working for The Man, why not come home, kick off your shoes, and unwind...
Wouldn’t it be great if every MMORPG emulated Darkfall New Dawn’s epic roadmap
Even if you're not a Darkfall fan or Darkfall New Dawn player, you should take a peek at the incredible roadmap Ub3rgames has posted....
RuneScape bans dozens of accounts for exploiting Clue Scrolls
RuneScape players who've been enjoying the new Clue Scroll content have seen the fun dampened by - what else - rampant exploiting. Jagex hopped...
Prosperous Universe liberally borrows from Facebook for one of its systems
With so much going on while you attempt to manage your own space economic empire, you're going to need a little help to stay...
EVE Evolved: Solving EVE Online’s botting problem
Practically every MMO on the market today has had to contend with botting and the range of issues that come with it, and EVE Online...
Prosperous Universe gets ready to jump to FTL
Faster-than-light travel may be an impossible dream of our time, but for the three-person crew piloting the Prosperous Universe development ship, it's all but...
You will go to the moon in Project Entropia – and own a slice for six bucks
Wanna own a part of a moon? Entropia Universe is putting one up for sale, and you can even play on it this year.
"Arkadia...
The Immortal Rift invites testers to join this month’s closed beta
How about a brand-new indie online RPG to brighten up your playing prospects this spring? Meet The Immortal Rift, a medieval fantasy MMO full...
EVE Online outlines February development, vows it’s ‘coming for the bots’
What's coming in EVE Online's February 13th patch? The game's latest development preview explains that Upwell structures will finally be getting the promised revamp, which...
Dual Universe thinks through territory control, starts testing blueprints
With January over and done, Dual Universe is ready to blast through a series of pre-alpha tests every weekend in February. The team had...
Re-examining Asheron’s Call’s Shard of the Herald event on its first deathiversary
Although the Asheron's Call series has now been dead for exactly one year today, it's far from forgotten by fans. It was admittedly a cult classic, and...
Massively Overthinking: Considering pay-to-win MMO peripherals
MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls recently sent along a link to an insanely awesome 34" monitor that costs more than a lot of...
The Game Archaeologist: Fallen Age
Imagine that one day you wake up, stumble to your computer, and check in on the morning news. Among the various tidbits is a...
Elite Dangerous disables part of its passenger transport system to block huge credit exploit
If you were among those farming your Elite Dangerous bajillions running bulk passenger transports to Smeaton Orbital (or various other well-placed stations), your fun...
Ultima Online says it has ‘no plans to introduce legacy rulesets’
Seems as if everyone wants to talk legacy servers lately, what with RIFT and World of Warcraft getting on board the vanilla train. Even...
Massively Overthinking: Tackling our hoarding problem in MMORPGs
By coincidence, two articles in my feeds this past week both centered on video game hoarding - not hoarding the actual games but hoarding...
Magic: The Gathering Arena’s business model stands on a ‘simple idea’ of universal access
"We want everyone to be able to experience Magic: The Gathering."
Upon this "simple idea" Wizards of the Coast is building Magic: The Gathering Arena's...
