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Into the Super-Verse: What City of Heroes needs now is not more endgame content
One of the key discussion points about the City of Heroes revival revolves around what the perception of the game is going to be....
Lord of the Rings Online’s 2024 roadmap includes an expansion, new hobby, and kinship ‘refresh’
It's Lord of the Rings Online's turn at the roadmap podium as this 17-year-old MMORPG announced its 2024 plans today. While perhaps not as...
Fractured Online weathers downtime over a dupe exploit and a failing hard drive
If there's an MMO community that's more twitchy about hacks than Fractured Online, we haven't met it. Nervous attitudes are to be expected, too,...
Four Winds: Catching up with Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis
I believe it was Napoleon Bonaparte that once said "SEGA better release Phantasy Star Online 2 stateside or I'm going to conquer France." Unfortunately,...
Casually Classic: 12 quality-of-life improvements coming with Cataclysm Classic
I'm in a very strange place in relation to the upcoming Cataclysm Classic. I kind of didn't want this expansion to happen at all for...
Palworld details pet mechanics and critters, Craftopia shares its latest roadmap
It's a pair of Pocket Pair updates in this news story, with the developer continuing to crank out the pet-focused footage for its still-gestating...
Path of Exile 2 talks movement, microtransactions, builds, and more in new interview
The Path of Exile 2 playerbase got themselves a little treat earlier this week when game director Johnathan Rogers sat down for an interview...
WoW Factor: What World of Warcraft needs to accomplish in 2024
On October 12th, 2023, the YouTuber SuperEyepatchWolf put out a video running just over one hour nine minutes titled "The Simpsons Is Good Again."...
Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2023, from Guild Wars to Gorgon
Well here we are, my friends. It's always such a pleasure. Remember when your votes killed me twice? OK, maybe that's being overdramatic, but...
Lost Ark’s updated elixir system and Ivory Tower abyssal dungeon are live in today’s release
As promised, Lost Ark's got one more update for players before the end of the year as the second part of the December patch...
World of Warcraft 2024 roadmaps herald summer War Within beta and Cataclysm Classic
We're just about at the end of 2023, and that means World of Warcraft's various server sets are looking forward to what will be...
Choose My Adventure: The joy of performing menial tasks in Project Gorgon
The problem I have with sandbox MMORPGs is the thing that most people herald as their greatest strength: their unguided nature. The ability to...
A fresh first impressions: Checking out Palia for the first time on Switch
Outside of MMORPGs, life sims are probably the most-played genre in my household. I originally bought Stardew Valley for my wife a few years...
Wisdom of Nym: What I definitely do not want to see in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
We don't have very long left to go before the next Final Fantasy XIV fan festival; there's even a countdown clock on the official...
V Rising plans end of early access in 2024 with a new zone, endgame events, and gameplay tweaks
V Rising is once more electing to talk about but not talk about future updates as its latest dev blog pirouettes through teases and...
Fractured sets its sights on balancing abilities, monsters, PvP, and gear
The Great Tuning that began last week in Fractured Online continues as developer Dynamight Studios is making balance and adjustments its top priority in...
BitCraft studio co-founder discusses building a societal game and what the MMO’s endgame looks like
If you have about 30 minutes and are curious to learn more about BitCraft and societal games from Clockwork Labs co-founder Tyler Cloutier, then...
Fractured’s devs smacked it with a nerf bat to reduce ‘crazy solo speedy farming’
Fractured Online's been in early access (again) for only a few weeks, but it's already cranking out patches, and the most recent tackles some...
Lost Ark previews not one but two patches for December, with a new continent and elixir system
December's destined to be a strange month for Lost Ark, as it's due for two major updates, not just one. The first update is slated...
The Soapbox: In defence of World of Warcraft Cataclysm
When Blizzard announced Cataclysm Classic servers for World of Warcraft, there was some bemusement in the broader MMORPG community. Cataclysm has always been controversial,...
