endgame
Vague Patch Notes: When slow leveling is a problem in MMORPGs
Last week in Vague Patch Notes, I talked about leveling. At the very end of the column, I mentioned that slow leveling or fast...
Ghostcrawler makes the case for slower leveling in his upcoming MMORPG Ghost
The vast majority of MMORPG fans have yet to experience any part of Fantastic Pixel Castle's upcoming MMORPG simply known as Ghost through any...
World of Warcraft’s latest guide highlights how solo-friendly this MMO has become
Hopefully in 2024, there's not as much of a stigma for the player who wants to experience an MMORPG largely solo. World of Warcraft...
First Impressions: The War Within breathes new life into World of Warcraft
After being mostly disappointed with Dragonflight, I was wondering if my decision to return to World of Warcraft for the Worldsoul Saga was a...
Lost Ark confirms Aegir raid’s October 23 launch, elixir and transcendence system updates for September 11
Lost Ark has a news digest video to share with its players, with Amazon offering up a bit more information concerning some of the...
Corepunk aims to shore up several systems for early access while delaying alpha wipe
The race definitely is on for Corepunk to make its deadline for a November 26th early access launch. After a couple of unexpected wipes...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why haven’t I burned out on LOTRO yet?
None of what I'm about to write is to meant to be self-promotion - just observation. It really hit me the other day how...
Albion Online’s next big patch addresses solo mechanics and open-world PvE
Sandbox Interactive's Robin Henkys is sitting down one month after Albion Online's Paths to Glory to talk about what comes next for the PvP...
World of Warcraft cites ‘significant combat advantage’ for today’s War Within leveling nerf
Just because it's a brand-new expansion and era for World of Warcraft doesn't mean that old Blizzard isn't still lurking around. Indeed, the Fun...
Aion Classic EU promises a new PvP map and two endgame instances in Dominance update
Aion Classic EU has been cranking out updates all year - and it's got at least one more in store for 2024. Gameforge announced...
World of Warcraft The War Within officially releases today
If you've managed to dodge all of the pre-order access spoilers both unofficial and official, congratulations: Your reward is the ability to play World...
Global Chat: Recapping World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix
With Pandaria Remix now officially over and done in World of Warcraft, it's time to move on... right after some post-mortem analysis, of course....
Stars Reach begins testing this weekend as Raph Koster talks playstyle and the anti-endgame
Playable Worlds' Raph Koster is continuing his weekly dev blogs about Stars Reach's intended audience this week - though he does say this one...
World of Warcraft talks up delves, raids, and dungeons in a new video about an endgame for everyone
While the latest video from World of Warcraft does not specifically use the term "raid or die," it seems very clear from the discussion...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 480: Fashion is the real MMO endgame
Justin and Bree sit for a theme show focused on MMO fashion, discussing cosmetic mechanics, monetization, armor art, cool fashion mechanics, fashion crimes, and even their favorite tips for looking stylish.
Black Desert launches the Mountain of Eternal Winter expansion on console today
Console Black Desert players are capping off their summer with some winter - Mountain of Eternal Winter, that is. The console version of the...
Hands-on with Arc Games’ Fellowship, a new game trying to distill the MMORPG dungeon experience
For many folks, one of the more entertaining aspects of playing an MMORPG is running through its dungeons (though of course that varies from...
Tarisland adds damage and defense bonuses for bringing rookies to endgame content
Tarisland has been surprisingly quiet since its launch here in the west last month, with Tencent having focused on launch promotion and influencer showdowns....
Lost Ark’s August-through-November 2024 roadmap heralds new continent, T4, and bound gold
Lost Ark's third roadmap of the year has arrived as of this afternoon, heralding core new content and features coming to the game from...
Massively Overthinking: How much research do you do before playing a new MMORPG?
On this week's MOP Podcast, Justin and I discussed our experiences in No Man's Sky (again), and both of us came to the conclusion...
