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Star Trek Online prepares more War Games for the Season 13 console launch
Console players for Star Trek Online will have a few more options when it comes to war games once Season 13 launches. The latest...
Shroud of the Avatar makes $2M equity crowdfunding pitch, plans 2017 launch
Shroud of the Avatar's Summer Telethon concluded last night, having raised from players $115,000 and unlocking multiple stretch goal rewards for players, including balloons...
Albion Online’s black market is a brilliant solution for a sandbox economy
Albion Online Game Director Robin Henkys has a fresh video out today explaining the game's black market.
Albion is one of those fairly rare MMORPGs...
The Daily Grind: Which live MMORPG has the best crafting system?
A discussion with my guildies this past holiday weekend illuminated a universal truth for us: We love Elder Scrolls Online but strongly dislike its...
Ultima Online fires employee over cheating scandal
You don't need to be a brand-new and modern MMORPG to suffer major cheating scandals, something the nearly 20-year-old Ultima Online has reminded us...
The Daily Grind: How much of your MMORPG play amounts to ‘work’?
The latest SMBC comic is going to have my fellow MMO fans nodding enthusiastically: In response to the first man, who says we need to...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG you find too daunting to return to?
Last week, Blizzard Watch published a post discussing the problem with grinding -- but maybe not the problem you're thinking. Matt Rossi explained that he...
Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs
During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...
Realm Zero seeks funds for its ‘evolving’ world vision
What can one man do with four years of spare time, a computer, and a fondness for video games? If you're Hank Newman, you...
Ashes of Creation’s Kickstarter is live, seeking $750,000 to bolster the ‘rebirth of the MMORPG’
"If necessary, I have made some very good friends in my previous business endeavors who are dying to invest." -Steven Sharif, Massively OP interview,...
Choose My Adventure: Failure to trade in Black Desert
Despite my best efforts, I walked away from my trading attempts in Black Desert having been wholly unsuccessful. I consider this a good thing,...
MMORPG sandbox Arcfall is headed to Steam early access
I'm always wary nowadays when a game bills itself as a massively multiplayer sandbox gaming world, especially one that says it's akin to "old...
Darkfall: Rise of Agon runs down its pre-launch checklist
With less than a month to go before flipping on the switch to its live servers, the Darkfall: Rise of Agon team must be...
Massively Overthinking: MMOs, from hardcore to casual and back again
Massively OP reader Suikoden wrote this great question to the podcast -- too good to let just Justin and me answer it. It's a...
The Daily Grind: How important are player economies to MMORPGs?
One of the more alarming trends in MMORPGs from the past few years, to me anyway, is the weakening of in-game economic systems, and not...
Albion Online has huge plans for its player-run economy, including all-crafted drops
Albion Online isn't letting up on the updates in the window of time from now to July when it launches for real, nope. Today,...
EVE Online addresses PLEX overhaul Aurum conversion but not insider trading
Last week, we covered CCP's new plan to change EVE Online's 30-day sub currency, PLEX, by effectively breaking it into smaller chunks and turning...
The Repopulation is back, but major bugs ensure the next patch is a ways off
Idea Fabrik's internal dev team published a dev update on The Repopulation this morning, following the game's relaunch last week. The studio says it's...
Wakfu postpones server merges but plans account purge in 30 days
Wakfu players should be advised that Ankama is undergoing a purge of inactive Wakfu accounts. If you haven't logged into the website or the...
Albion Online AMA on pay-to-win, free trials, and global servers
Sandbox Interactive ran an AMA for its in-development indie MMO Albion Online on Reddit last night, covering everything from the game's business model to...
