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It took some real courage for Naoki Yoshida to get up and announce that Final Fantasy XIV was ending. After an enormously successful run,...

When Blizzard announced Cataclysm Classic servers for World of Warcraft, there was some bemusement in the broader MMORPG community. Cataclysm has always been controversial,...

A while back, I was talking in the comments of an article about how bad The Secret World's combat was. It was the game's...

Time shouldn't zip along as quickly as it often does, especially when it taps us on the shoulder to look back and see how...

Choice is a double-edged sword: Too little of it is restricting and frustrating, yet too much can lead to decision paralysis and feeling overwhelmed....

One of the things I like to joke about every so often is various myths about the history of MMOs, and a lot of...

Earlier this month, following the news that Project Gorgon was in dire financial straits as the MMO wasn't making enough for full development and...

To me, Thanksgiving is a much-needed reminder to acknowledge and express the gratitude we have for all that is right and good in our...

A few months ago, I discovered the world of Red Dead Online roleplay. The possibility of interacting with other players and discovering mechanics in...

Earlier this week, Pantheon cancelled its intensely stupid extraction shooter mode. Now, I don't say that it's intensely stupid because I dislike this sort...

There was a time when MMORPGs were all based on existing storied single-player RPG franchises, and that time was when Ultima Online launched and...

My favorite thing about Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King Halloween event is the Mad King's Labyrinth. There's nothing quite like it,...

Happy new expansion week in Lord of the Rings Online! It's surreal to finally be at the capstone of LOTRO's ambitious 2023 roadmap, not...

Holy crud, do I not know that I'm setting myself up for some major pushback today. Oh, I feel that to my core, friends!...

With the hype around Rise of the Angry Earth, a lot of players are starting or restarting their journey in New World. In my...

Back when I first started writing for Massively and was energetic enough to go on trips to trade shows, I hit up a PAX...

I have an interesting relationship to open PvP design in MMORPGs, or at least I find it interesting. I don't think this kind of...

I don't know exactly why I've spent so much time this year fixating on the question about what MMORPGs are meant to be and...

My insane MMO and MMORPG thought experiments do indeed continue: Previously I considered what muffins MMO NPCs are, then I considered what flavor of...

War might never change, but Fallout 76? That sucker has changed a whole lot since its debut five years ago. For as long as I've...