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Elyon adds the archer, balances all classes, and revamps RvR in today’s update
It's go-time for Kakao's Elyon: The Archer class is live with today's update.
Readers will recall that Elyon, once called Ascent: Infinite Realm and developed...
Fight or Kite: Was 2021 the death of large-scale group PvP MMOs?
Here we are on the cusp of the end to another year: 2021 is almost completely in the rear-view mirror. As I look back...
TERA Console’s latest patch adds new dungeons, a new enchantment level, and treasure maps
Whether you want to plunder loot from a dungeon or plunder loot from a treasure map, the newest update to TERA Console has got...
TERA Console’s upcoming battle pass is full of adorable alien invaders
They come to Arborea from a distant planet seeking one thing: to become skins for the heroes of the realm to wear. It's the...
Dev studio One More Game touts a ‘players first’ attitude and a studio ‘free from ego’
Last July we got word of the founding of One More Game, a dev studio launched by former founder of ArenaNet and En Masse...
Global Chat: Do you suffer from FOMO when an MMO expansion comes out?
With Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker on the horizon, there's an undeniable wave of FOMO -- fear of missing out -- that's sweeping through the...
Massively Overthinking: How hard should MMOs be?
This past summer, MMO dev Damion Schubert posted an epic tweet-thread about MMOs; in fact, we've already dipped into the part on "load-bearing" playerbases,...
One Shots: Double double the firepower
As we all know, while one weapon is good, it's never as good as two. Preferably you'd want to have three or four going,...
MMO Business Roundup: Ubisoft thinks crypto is just swell
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business news.
Ubisoft: Ubisoft just can't seem to stop taking wrong turns here. During its...
Vitae Aeternum: New World excels and entertains despite uninspired gameplay design
After more than 20 levels’ worth of time in New World, you’d think I’d have a pretty good handle on why this game has...
TERA Console preps Halloween event, gives out October surprise
In the parlance of politics, an "October surprise" is a nasty shock that changes things right before an election. For TERA Console players, however,...
Battle Bards Episode 201: Don’t stand in the fire!
Have you stood in the fire? Did you start the fire? Are you on fire at this very moment? Then stop, drop, and roll...
TERA’s newest console patch rotates dungeon availability and tweaks class balance
To every dungeon (turn, turn, turn) there is a season (turn, turn, turn) at least when you're discussing dungeon rotations in TERA. The latest update...
The Soapbox: #DayOffTwitch illustrates how good intentions break under bad planning
Those of you reading this probably know me as someone who wears one of three hats here at MOP: a news writer, the Choose...
TERA PC introduces the area of Baldera as console kicks off another double Vanguard earnings event
PC players of TERA have some new land to explore with the game's most recent update: the land of Baldera, located in the Oblivion...
Massively Overthinking: The worst chat in the MMORPG genre
The first rule of MMORPGs is turn off global chat. Think about that for a sec. This is a genre that is expressly multiplayer...
Crowfall plans a new system for initiating sieges, shares another roadmap of content updates and additions
Crowfall's ACE Q&A livestream for the month of August has come and gone, and the devs are looking ahead to the RvR MMO's next...
Krafton’s IPO launch didn’t go to plan thanks to China and Tencent
Yesterday was supposed to be a huge day for Krafton, the South Korean gaming giant behind everything from TERA to PUBG, as it launched...
TERA Console adjusts dungeon monsters and applies several crafting updates in new patch
The newest patch out for TERA Console isn't a particularly large one, but it does apply a number of adjustments that players of the...
TERA PC adds new dungeon content, new gear, and a new armor boon system in Build 108
PC players of TERA have a few new dungeon things to do with the launch of Build 108, particularly since there are two new...