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LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring the bounds of Yondershire
As I write this, I'm coming down off of the buzz that was Lord of the Rings Online's 15th anniversary. All in all, I...
Perfect Ten: MMO critters so cute it makes your teeth hurt
I vividly remember a conversation I had with my then-girlfriend's parents back in 1996 about the potential of this growing "internet" phenomenon. With my...
The Daily Grind: Are you playing a ‘morally disengaged murder hobo’ in MMOs?
The Psychology of Video Games podcast recently did a bit on "murder hobos," and yes, Dr Jamie Madigan does point out that the term...
Wizard101 drops paid access to PvP, improves spellment drop rates, and opens Angoro’s Tower
When Wizard101 put out its big spring update, a lot of the big-ticket features went over like a lead balloon for most players, including...
Massively Overthinking: If you could change one thing about an MMO…
Back in April, MOP's Colin posed us an interesting challenge on the MOP Podcast: change one thing about an MMO you don't like that...
Pirate101 talks up new hires, highlights a home decorating contest, and heralds a dev roundtable this week
What's going on in the world of Pirate101? Not much, but developer KingsIsle is still drawing from the fanbase's seemingly endless well of patience...
LOTRO Legendarium: Remembering 15 amazing years of Lord of the Rings Online
Server performance issues aside, Lord of the Rings Online's 15th anniversary has been a smashing success. It's been far greater an event than I...
The Daily Grind: Do you still try to make new friends in MMOs?
Today's Daily Grind was inspired by a Reddit thread from a user who said he was experiencing a bout of loneliness in MMOs, essentially...
PAX East 2022’s COVID outbreak has already resulted in one death
Last week, we covered the story about an apparent COVID outbreak at PAX East, which followed an outbreak at GDC; no less than the...
Wizard101’s spring update makes massive PvP changes, adds cantrip spells, and launches a loyalty program
If you're a player of Wizard101, you've got a whole lot of things waiting for you in the game's spring update. New PvP content,...
Free Realms would’ve turned 13 years old this week if it were still alive
If you were around the MMO genre back in 2009, you might remember when SOE launched Free Realms, a cutesy kid-centric MMORPG that was...
Temtem adds dojo wars, an auction house, mounts, and a Temtem Plus console DLC in newest update
The Kickstarted early access critter collecting MMORPG Temtem has released a pretty hefty update that adds, among other things, dojo wars and other dojo-related...
Embracer Group is rebranding Perfect World Entertainment as Gearbox Publishing
Following the buyout of Perfect World's North American branch by Embracer and its Gearbox subsidiary last year, Gearbox has announced that Perfect World Entertainment...
Online TCG Spellweaver goes into maintenance mode following ‘final update’
A six-year-old online trading card game that once had aspirations of MMOhood is calling it quits, in a fashion.
Spellweaver's team announced that the online...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV Newfound Adventure’s content
I'm not going to lie: I don't like having to wait for my tribal quests. I recognize that might seem more than a little...
Wizard101’s Spring Festival returns to feed all of your eggshell fishing needs
The most elusive catch in the waters of Wizard101 is back once more for the spring season. It's time once again for the Spring...
MassivelyOP’s guide to 13 MMORPGs that you can play on Macs
Until I got my first Macbook this past December, I admit that I never really paid attention to what MMOs could be played on...
Massively Uplifting: How gamers are bringing humanitarian relief to Ukraine
It was a month that started in love but ended with war: Terrible, painful things keep happening in the world and in our communities....
The MOP Up: Space Punks’ F2P open beta is coming
Looking to blow off some steam with oversized futuristic weapons and no qualms? Get thee to Space Punks as the looter shooter moves into...
The MOP Up: Wakfu conjures up a cosmetics inventory
Wakfu's newest patch, Update 1.75, goes live this week with a cosmetics inventory, a revamped Osamodas class, an inventory search bar, and far more.
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