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The Game Archaeologist: The ballad of Fansy, EverQuest’s famous bard
It was summer, 2001. EverQuest had just rolled out Sullon Zek, a no-rules "penal colony" server where the realm was as lawless as the...
Chronicles of Elyria on the purpose and mechanics of Kingdoms of Elyria’s fog of war
To read the latest dev blog from Chronicles of Elyria's side project-cum-parallel dev title Kingdoms of Elyria, you'd think they invented the fog of...
The Game Archaeologist: The online world of Diablo II
Most of us probably weren't expecting to see Diablo II once again propelled into the spotlight in the year 2021, but the BlizzCon announcement...
EVE Online begins advertising Skill Point pack sales as CCP Games addresses monetization
If you're an EVE Online player that's nervous about in-game store items like the Expert System consumable, then you really might be shaken by...
Dark Age of Camelot plans Catch Up in Calendonia fast-leveling event, Ultima Online previews Publish 110 and New Legacy’s map
Broadsword's antique MMORPGs are still chugging along, both with news of note this week.
In Dark Age of Camelot, players are being invited for a...
After just four months in open beta, pixel MMO Naïca is already in maintenance mode
Naïca hasn't been around long enough for anyone to remember the combination of keys to make the ï without copypasta, and now it's over,...
Destiny 2 promises an end to Infusion caps, new PvP balancing, armor transmog, and cross-play in 2021
The fact that Bungie is expanding its operations in support of Destiny 2 should tell you that the studio has plans for the game,...
EVE Online’s new ‘expert systems’ are, uh, not winning over the community
EVE Online has some... interesting news updates to share this week, starting off with Tuesday's release of the Bastions of War update, which has...
TERA console patch results in massive exploit (and compensation for all)
Where there's an exploit, there's a way for shifty players to profit. The latest update for TERA Console opened the door for two serious...
Not So Massively Roundup: Fortnite Short Night, Runeterra’s Empires of the Ascended
Welcome to a roundup of some MMO-adjacent titles that sit just on the edge of our wheelhouse but not enough to tip it over...
Hackers have successfully sold stolen CDPR source code and internal documents in a dark web auction
Earlier this week we reported on a breach of CD Projekt Red's systems that resulted in a number of stolen pieces of data, including...
LOTRO patches further adjustments to troubled legendary item grind
With the third round of changes regarding legendary items in Lord of the Rings Online arrives, the community still isn't having it with SSG's...
Grim Dawn teases Shattered Realm additions as Crate announces new strategy game
Grim Dawn had a pretty good year in 2020, in spite of the ubiquitous challenges facing the world. According to a dev blog from...
Massively OP’s 2020 Awards: Indie MMO of the Year
MassivelyOP’s end-of-the-year awards for 2020 continue today with our award for Indie MMO of the Year, which was awarded jointly to Villagers & Heroes...
Guild Wars 2 plans Wintersday for next week as the community debates hacking and toxicity
As expected, Guild Wars 2 is capping off 2020 with its holiday events in the form of the official release of Wintersday next week,...
Destiny 2 further delays Trials of Osiris as invisibility exploit runs rampant
One of Destiny 2's most popular event modes has been conspicuously absent ever since the online shooter released its Beyond Light expansion earlier this...
Star Wars Squadrons plans two more updates in 2020, including new starfighters
Star Wars Squadrons may not be considered a "live service," but it's still apparently due for some updates, as Motive and EA announced today...
Vendetta Online discusses Chromebook support, trading improvements, and capital ships with a legacy
It's the journey and not the destination that's important, as the axiom goes, but recounting that journey in a spaceship sandbox can often only...
Shroud of the Avatar adds mounts, the Breach, map changes, and economy changes in R83
Release 83 has landed in Shroud of the Avatar, and with it comes a whole lot of changes as outlined in the official newsletter. High...
Massively Overthinking: Doing crimes and getting punished in MMORPGs
A couple of weeks before Dual Universe's snafu banning beta players for taking advantage of a developer's poorly permissioned structure, I saw the game's...
