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Twitch CEO and co-founder resigns to spend more time with his family

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As Twitch continues to dominate the game streaming landscape, it's going to have to move forward without one of the figures that helped create...

Classic EverQuest celebrates 24th birthday with new mission, new quests, and XP bonus

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Where were you 24 years ago? I was running through a dark tunnel to go kill skellies outside of Erudin Palace in classic EverQuest,...

Wizard101 is getting a fashion event while Pirate101 hires devs for ‘new playable content’

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If your Wizard101 character looks a little threadbare and out-of-style, then you're going to want to brush up its wardrobe for a fashion event...
I find the way.

Interview: The Wayfinder team on group size, customization, monetization, and more

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Perhaps you're interested in Wayfinder because you like the idea of a small-group dungeon-running game published by Digital Extremes. (The studio made another game...

Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street leaves Riot – and the Runeterra MMO he was spearheading

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Greg Street aka Ghostcrawler, formerly of Blizzard and World of Warcraft fame and lately of Riot Games, has apparently decided to leave Riot -...

Perfect Ten: Ranking 10 MMORPG map designs from worst to best

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When I was a kid, I loved poring over maps in our family's atlas when we went on road trips. Getting a kind of...

Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special

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MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission: "Wanna know...

Wizard101 improves life for Europeans while Pirate101 gets all lovey-dovey

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Wizard101 is kicking off February with some appropriate love for our European friends. The magical MMO released its quality-of-life update for the EU client,...

The Stream Team: Further adventures of the Anklemuncher and friends in City of Heroes Homecoming

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Last week, MOP's Chris put together a new character in the City of Heroes Homecoming rogue server, a little goblin Stalker critter by the...

Swords ‘n Magic and Stuff downsizes to a two-person team after a tumultuous 2022

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Michael Kocha, the head developer of Kindred Games' multiplayer RPG Swords 'n Magic and Stuff, has had a very busy few months. Kocha offers...

Perfect Ten: 10 dead MMOs that should be revived for a second chance

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I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...

Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most-played MMOs in 2023?

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Last week in Massively Overthinking, we discussed our three most-played MMOs of 2022 - and whether we'd guessed right at the top of that...

Fight or Kite: HEROish is blend of MOBA and card game aimed at both PvE and PvP players

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I’ve always wanted to really get into some meaty card games. Swords, sorcery, and high fantasy were always my favorite things. My family knew...
Jaded.

Massively Overthinking: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2022?

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Last year, we did a piece on what we expected our top three MMOs of 2022 to be. We'll do that again next week,...

Remember Remnant From the Ashes? It’s back and coming to the Nintendo Switch

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It's been a few years since we talked about co-op multiplayer shooter Remnant From the Ashes, and there's a good reason for that: Perfect...

Perfect Ten: Why it’s better than ever to be an MMO fan in 2023

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Welcome to 2023! You probably didn't need that heads-up, but you're getting it even still. I'm quite excited about the year to come in...

The MOP Up: Final Fantasy Record Keeper meets its finality

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We're a little late to the party on this, but friend of the site Connor pointed out that Square Enix shut down yet another...

‘Throwback’ MMO Monsters & Memories refreshes ongoing playtest with new content

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We've been covering the progress of Monsters & Memories for almost two years now. Back in 2021, it was still known as Project N,...

Evony’s community mourns the death of a beloved player after begging police to investigate

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Evony has a bit of a reputation in the broader MMORPG community as being a bit of a lark thanks to a now-ancient and...

The Daily Grind: What MMO present have you given yourself lately?

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I have a little personal tradition where every holiday season, I give myself the gift of a game (or three) that's on sale. I...

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