factions

Factions is a standalone expansion for Guild Wars that released on April 28, 2006. It may also refer to the combat module release of Origins of Malu.

Guild Chat: Coming back to an MMORPG guild after a long hiatus

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the column through which readers in need can source some solid advice to help them solve their guild-related issues....

EVE Vegas 2017: Pirate factions will hunt you down in new EVE PvE

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If your experience with EVE Online's PvE is of grinding through waves of predictable NPC pirates firing space pea shooters at you, get ready...

EVE Vegas 2017: EVE Online’s free-to-play option is getting a huge boost

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When EVE Online added its free-to-play alpha clone account option, it felt more like an infinite trial than a truly viable free tier. Alpha...

The Daily Grind: Do MMORPGs still need traditional guilds?

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In the game's design docs and our interviews, Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs is positively adamant that multiguilding (that is, being able to join more than...

Wild Buster runs limited alpha test while continuing to raise funds

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We've been covering Wild Buster with a mixture of interest and amusement, as this patchwork MMO is a little too weird and inexplicable to...

Grim Dawn’s ‘massive’ Ashes of Malmouth expansion arrives October 11th

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If you've been watching Crate Entertainment trickle out teases for its big Grim Dawn expansion for months and months, wondering when it's coming, wonder...

PAX West 2017: Rend expands world size, adds more MMO elements

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Wondering what happened to Rend since its big debut at PAX East? Frostkeep Studios went decidedly quiet over the summer after the three-faction sandbox's first alpha....

Tree of Life adds ghost archers to ruin gankers’ day

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Now that the fantasy sandbox Tree of Life has officially launched, what's next for this game? The answer is obvious: ghost archers. Did you...

Let’s go moon mining in EVE Online’s newly announced expansion, Lifeblood

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Happy September, EVE Online. Howsabout an expansion? You got it: CCP has just announced Lifeblood, launching October 24th. "As new technologies for resource acquisition emerge...
I'M ON A BOAT &c.

The Division visits an aircraft carrier for Update 1.8

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Curious where you might travel to next in The Division's post-apocalyptic New York City? Since the whole game is "tourists with guns" anyway, why...

Tree of Life launches and goes ‘beyond the journey’

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Last week, colorful sandbox MMO Tree of Life slipped the bonds of early access and launched itself into the wild blue yonder of live...

PlanetSide 2 plans huge ‘Critical Mass’ revamp update to fix factional point system

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Daybreak is a whirlwind this week: First it broke up the H1Z1 party and got Just Survive its own apartment, and now it's bringing...

MMO Tree of Life has entered ‘final beta,’ counts 85K early access players

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Korean sandbox import Tree of Life is officially in "final beta" ahead of its launch this week. "NeoBricks is announcing Tree of Life, the sandbox MMORPG...

Arcfall delays PvP patch as it prepares to transition into alpha

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Here's a little bit of bad news that's followed by a large dose of good news for Arcfall fans. The team announced that it...
It was a thing.

The Game Archaeologist: EverQuest Online Adventures

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In the pantheon of SOE's (now Daybreak) flagship EverQuest franchise, there used to be a whole family of MMOs gathered around the table every evening....

Hyperspace Beacon: Star Wars The Old Republic’s Uncle Owen problem

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When Star Wars: The Old Republic first released, an old Star Wars Galaxies argument popped up, and the crux of that argument was this:...

Perfect Ten: Fresh approaches for familiar MMORPGs

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Short of taking a blow to the head, there's very little I can suggest in the way of experiencing a familiar MMORPG for the...

Indie sandbox MMO Tree of Life officially launches on August 17, won’t include PvE-only servers

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Here comes another MMO emerging from early access! We're talking about Korean sandbox import Tree of Life, which hit beta last year following a...

Lord of the Rings Online’s Mordor expansion is officially live with a launch trailer

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After just a brief delay (but still probably way too soon), Lord of the Rings Online has officially launched its Mordor expansion. I'm sure...
SWEAR TO ME

Lord of the Rings Online explains the Allegiance system in Mordor

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We're probably not going to blow your mind by saying this, but here it is anyway: Mordor in Lord of the Rings Online is...

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