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Casually Classic: Looking back at my 20+ year journey in World of Warcraft
When was the first time you ever heard of World of Warcraft? As a fan of the three Warcraft RTS titles, I became aware of...
Vague Patch Notes: Solipsism and what it means for playing MMORPGs
We've been talking for the past couple of Vague Patch Notes columns about the fact that MMOs are, as a genre, defined by having...
Lord of the Rings Online revs up for Legacy of Morgoth with testing and preview
It's just a week and change until Lord of the Rings Online introduces its 10th expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, to the world on November...
Wisdom of Nym: Contrasting the storytelling of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI
We've just started what may be the second major arc in Final Fantasy XIV... maybe. Like, the developers are understandably reluctant to commit to...
One Shots: The destiny of dragons
World of Warcraft may not be in the Dragonflight era any longer, but The War Within's first big content update had a lot of love for...
Lord of the Rings Online is still working on closed server transfers, believe it or not
Oh look at that: Hell is freezing over. That must mean that Lord of the Rings Online's team is actually making progress on allowing...
Massively Overthinking: How much does gross monetization really affect your MMO play decisions?
Over the last couple of weeks, we've had several MMORPG tiffs over pay-to-win claims in our games. DC Universe Online just straight up added...
Classic Guild Wars baddies and bog mummies inspired Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds boss design
If you, as a Guild Wars 2 player, have had your fill of candy corn and the Mad King wrecking your face in jumping...
Perfect Ten: 2024’s MMO soundtrack themes ranked from worst to best
Try not to whip your head around all suspicious-like to check out the past 10 months, but 2024 has been a bonanza for MMO...
World of Warcraft launches the ‘biggest anniversary in the history of Azeroth’ today
As promised, Blizzard is kicking off the big 20th anniversary celebration for World of Warcraft this afternoon. Is it actually WoW's 20th anniversary? Well,...
DayZ brings a frosty new map with related new dangers in its Frostline DLC
Life in DayZ can arguably be pretty rough, but it could also always be much worse. For example, players could find themselves in a...
Lord of the Rings Online says Legacy of Morgoth is on track for early November launch
"Everything seems to be cooking along just fine." That's the word from Lord of the Rings Online's team regarding the upcoming early November release...
Wisdom of Nym: The dark side of role quests in Final Fantasy XIV
I haven't been shy talking about liking the role quests that are currently available in Dawntrail. Indeed, I think that Final Fantasy XIV has...
LOTRO Legendarium: The rise and fall and rise of Mines of Moria
With Lord of the Rings Online's Angmar and Mordor progression servers looking forward to entering the first expansion sometime in December, thoughts have once...
Lord of the Rings Online hands out expansion level boosters, shows Legacy of Morgoth instances
Lord of the Rings Online is full steam ahead for this fall's Legacy of Morgoth expansion, but you won't have to wait until next...
EVE Online outlines Revenant’s upcoming corporation tools and tests damage output code
Tuesday, November 12th, brings the latest update to EVE Online, which naturally means that CCP Games is going to start shoveling out information about...
Part one of Villagers & Heroes’ Crux expansion is live for subscription players
Villagers and Heroes fans have been awaiting the first chunk of the Crux patch since its tease earlier this month, and now it's finally...
World of Warcraft expands dracthyr classes for its 20th birthday, plus Blizzard patches Hearthstone and Diablo IV
Blizzard is busy this time of year, in just about every one of its online games. Let's start with World of Warcraft, as Blizzard...
Perfect Ten: Ranking the top 10 cities in Final Fantasy XIV
I can't speak for my fellow writer Justin (he apparently doesn't want to install the mind-probe that would make this really easy to find...
Three-year-old New World is labeling new non-Aeternum PC player reviews as ‘pre-release’
Amazon's MMORPG New World launched back in 2021 with almost a million concurrent players on PC through Steam. I was there. You were there....
