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.

Massively Overthinking: What’s Blizzard’s next move?

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Gamers and pundits talked a big talk about Blizzard's prospects over the last few years. Don't worry about the weak revenues and plunging MAUs,...
Everything old is... well, it's actually still old.

Star Wars: The Old Republic summons PvP Season 3 today

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Don't get complacent in a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars: The Old Republic is calling all bloodthirsty PvPers to engage in another season...
I TRUSTED YOU

Perfect Ten: 10 things I really dislike about Star Wars The Old Republic

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So we're all talking about Star Wars The Old Republic lately, and hey, that's understandable. We have not come to the end of the...

Judge denies FTC’s injunction request, clearing the way for Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard merger

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We now return you to the endless saga of Microsoft trying to slurp up Activision-Blizzard to rescue it from ignominy as regulatory factions around...

Riot Games shares vague gameplay and design details for its in-progress Riot MMO

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Riot Games has been pretty cagey about the details of its still-gestating Runeterra MMO for a while now, and that trend appears to continue...
It's a NICE DOOR.

Massively Overthinking: Why don’t MMOs try harder to foster great guilds?

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MOP reader Mahaf1089 posed an interesting question beneath a WoW Factor column earlier this month, one that clearly resonated with our readers because it...

Independence Day’s Roland Emmerich announces Space Nation MMORPG: It’s another token-encrusted NFT game

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Movie fans no doubt know the name "Roland Emmerich," a blockbuster director who made a household name for himself by destroying the earth on...

EVE Online details Viridian’s new corporation projects, homefront operations, and economy updates

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EVE Online was already seeking to deepen the corporation experience in its upcoming Viridan update with the addition of customizable structures, but luckily that...
I vant you to keel tunnel moose.

Vague Patch Notes: Why do people remember an MMO past that didn’t exist?

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Let's just start with the premise out of the gate. World of Warcraft launched to sales of 240,000 units on its first day. The...

Will Smith headlines Tencent’s mobile survival MMO Undawn, launching June 15

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Tencent's Level Infinite and LightSpeed Studios have announced today that Undawn is coming in June - June 15th, to be exact. The post-apoc open-world...

Fight or Kite: Star Realms just might be the perfect blend of deckbuilder and dueler

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While I was away on a trip over the last few weeks, I was able to play Star Realms, a deckbuilder that I expected...

LOTRO Legendarium: A look back at Lord of the Rings Online’s Fate of Gundabad

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When Lord of the Rings Online released Mines of Moria in November 2008, the expansion became one of the most amusedly divisive in the...

Flameseeker Chronicles: What we learned (and didn’t) from Guild Wars 2’s spring 2023 roadmap

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The most nerve-wracking thing about being an MMORPG player is uncertainty. MMO players don't like change, and when a change is teased, many of...

Warframe of Mind: A sneak peek preview of Warframe’s The Duviri Paradox

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After years of TennoCons, folks can see that Digital Extremes is no stranger to introducing new concepts to Warframe, from fishing to flying to...

Star Citizen discusses design, development, and plans for mission content in latest livestream

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If you're not answering beacons in Star Citizen, you're probably running the missions that are available. If that's the case, then you might be...

The Daily Grind: Do MMO studios manipulate their playerbases with trolling and tribalism?

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A few weeks ago, MOP Chris and I were discussing Star Citizen's antics - remember the video with the coffee? - and it was...

The Stream Team: The Klingon life in Star Trek Online

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So far in his Star Trek Online career, MOP's Chris has managed to get to max level as a Starfleet character and gotten some...

World of Warcraft’s new underground zone comes with two new factions and dragonriding additions

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We are just a couple of weeks away from the arrival of World of Warcraft's Update 10.1 -- and with it a brand-new zone...

Gloria Victis introduces a siege mode for Valley of Death and a werewolf boss for guilds to fight

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With Gloria Victis making its full launch this past February, the next logical step for the sandbox is to introduce a werewolf. Yes, this...

Global Chat: Do MMOs need help from artificial intelligence?

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With tech news becoming more and more dominated by the sophistication and place of artificial intelligence, blogger Tobold asks if AI might be the...

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