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Lord of the Rings Online vows to beef up Corsairs of Umbar’s endgame
One of the criticisms that arrived in the wake of the latest Lord of the Rings Online expansion is that it has very little...
Vague Patch Notes: How does an MMORPG studio rebuild trust it shattered?
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...
Massively Overthinking: Pervasive old MMO ideas that aren’t really true
A while back, Eliot and I were discussing one of his columns, in which he noted that in the eldest of the elder MMOs,...
EverQuest II launches Ballads of Zimara November 29, reruns Feast of Giving until November 26
The Ballads of Zimara expansion of EverQuest II has had pre-orders and beta testing, but now it has a calendar date for release: Wednesday,...
G-STAR 2023: NCsoft previews not just Throne & Liberty but Battle Crush, LLL, Project BSS, Project G, and Project M
Throne and Liberty may be the most interesting MMO in NCsoft's pipeline for MMORPG players, but it's far from the only multiplayer title the...
WoW Factor: Just by existing, the Worldsoul Saga delivers something World of Warcraft desperately needed
Last week, I argued that a lot of the elements of World of Warcraft: The War Within that at least sound good on paper....
EG7 Q3 2023: Daybreak’s MMO revenues dip ahead of Q4 expansion deluge
Daybreak parent company Enad Global 7 has released its Q3 2023 financial report this week, and it's good for the company, if weaker for...
Lord of the Rings Online changes up lockbox offerings, kicks off new legendary reward track
Hope you Lord of the Rings Online fans claimed all of your legendary reward track goodies from Season 7 because as of today's patch,...
Hearthstone’s Showdown in the Badlands releases, Overwatch 2 patches in a reworked Roadhog
It's another bundle of Blizzard game news tied into one package, and this one is specifically for the digital CCG and team-based shooter fans,...
Destiny 2’s Season of the Wish gets a new trailer as The Final Shape release date still hangs in limbo
The next season for Destiny 2 is waiting in the wings with a launch date of November 28th, but now that release timing is...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 445: Rally for Project Gorgon
Justin and Bree discuss Project Gorgon's community, Wayfinder's layoffs, LOTRO's Corsairs of Umbar, WoW's Guardians of the Dream, and Guild Wars 2's Through the Veil, with adventures in WoW, Fallout 76, LOTRO, and Project Goron, plus a mailbag topic on why more MMOs don't use contemporary real-world settings.
EVE Online’s Havoc expansion is live, making players’ space pirate dreams a reality
As promised, EVE Online players are coasting into the sandbox's Havoc expansion today, which offers the life of a pirate to fans of the...
Blizzard says it’s ‘held back surprises’ for WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery
The questions keep rolling in about World of Warcraft's future -- and Blizzard keeps fielding them. The studio's recent Q&A also tackled topics related...
World of Warcraft will see three more updates after 10.2 in the lead-up to The War Within
The fallout from BlizzCon's reveal of World of Warcraft: The War Within isn't complete without a post-show Q&A of curated questions for some of...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Corsairs of Umbar launched with a lot of bugs – but fewer rewards
Corsairs of Umbar is finally here for Lord of the Rings Online, and it's not entirely smooth sailing for the MMO's latest expansion. Standing...
LOTRO Legendarium: Corsairs of Umbar and the three ways we consume expansions
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...
Vague Patch Notes: BlizzCon 2023 wasn’t a disaster, but it needed to be better
The last live BlizzCon in 2019 was not a great show, but it was fundamentally a hype festival for Blizzard just like they've all...
Destiny 2 resolves to ‘get back up’ as it confirms Season of the Wish for November 28
A common refrain heard in the story missions of Destiny 2 is "Eyes up, Guardian" - a call to stand once again after being...
Tarisland’s Shadow Swordsman is the flexible poisoner who takes no prisoners
Today is a momentous day for fans of Tarisland, as the upcoming fantasy MMO announced its Earthspirit Saga, a three-expansion storyline that kicks off...
Massively Overthinking: Did BlizzCon do what it needed to do?
Given the last couple of years, which have been inarguably rocky for both the company and its games, Blizzard needed a big win at...
