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EverQuest’s 28th expansion, Terror of Luclin, is live
Sorry, we're still trying to wrap our heads around the thought of an MMORPG having 28 expansions under its belt. Whether or not we...
Massively Uplifting: Thanks and giving with SMITE’s Finchmas, ARK’s Extra Life, WOW’s Classic Against Cancer, and USO’s Play it Forward
Thanks to a certain national holiday, November is a month when many in the USA focus on giving thanks. And all around the gaming-verse,...
Wizard101 takes you to the lost world of Lemuria with its latest update
Did you really think that Wizard101 was going to let you end this year without a heavy dose of charm, weirdness, and cybercop platypi?...
Massively on the Go: Pikmin Bloom began with Nintendo’s vibes, drifted to Niantic’s void
It's been about a month since Pikmin Bloom was released, and anecdotally, I've noticed social media and real-world communities dying off. But it feels...
Massively Overthinking: Gratitude in the MMORPG genre
It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and while some folks have probably already kicked back from the table and have started in on the...
Dark Age of Camelot kicks off its Harvest Celebration and offers to sell you a fox pet
We all know that there aren't a lot of Thanksgiving celebrations in MMOs, but Dark Age of Camelot is still celebrating away with the...
Gamigo investor report promises a ‘great update’ for RIFT in Q1, Atlas Rogues is abandoned
It's a bit of good news and unsurprising bad news out of the third quarter investor report from MGI, the company that runs Gamigo....
Wizard101 is testing a major fall update revolving around lemur people
Wizard101 is gearing up for a big fall update, whose second patch is currently in testing on the game's test realm. The update includes...
New World addresses combat changes, mass reports, world transfers, and more
Amazon has made good on its promise to improve its communication with the New World fanbase, as it's made a rash of comments on...
Pro Overwatch League esports player Kim ‘Alarm’ Kyeong-bo passes away at age 20
There's some incredibly tragic news coming out of Overwatch's esports scene. Kim Kyeong-bo aka "Alarm," the flex-support player for the Philadelphia Fusion OWL team,...
How to support Extra Life 2021, from Guild Wars 2 and EverQuest to LOTRO and City of Heroes
If you caught MJ's latest Massively Uplifting, you probably noticed that Extra Life is ramping up across the gaming industry, and particularly among MMORPG...
The MOP Up: Stardew Valley creator moves on to haunted chocolate
Reader Jinarra shared with us the news that Stardew Valley creator ConcernedApe announced that he's finally moving on to a new project called Haunted...
The former lead designer of Ultima Online and Meridian 59 is braving a brutal brain tumor
The universe has been hungry the past couple of years, and now it's threatening another member of the extended MMORPG developer community. This morning,...
Path of Exile’s spooky Scourge league offers tricks and treats starting October 22
Path of Exile's new leagues and updates come like clockwork every three months, just like seasons of the year. But it isn't often that...
Former ArenaNet boss Jeff Strain’s new gaming company is called Possibility Space
There's a new games studio in town: Possibility Space, led by veteran game executive Jeff Strain. Strain, of course, is best known to MMORPG...
Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: Previewing the tank jobs
So I'm not going to lie to you here: If you're happy with your tank job of choice in Shadowbringers, you're going to be...
Wizard101 and Pirate101 get ‘spooktacular’ with Halloween and anniversary events
Considering that Wizard101's multi-genre setting is already 79% of the way to Halloween most days of the year, pushing it over the edge into...
Massively Overthinking: How long are you willing to wait in an MMO queue?
New World has made headlines since the moment it launched for its excessive queues, but it's hardly the only MMO ever - or even...
Project 1999 players race to fight EverQuest bosses in a charity drive for a family
Regular readers will recall that we've previously reported on Project 1999, an officially sanctioned player-run private emulator for EverQuest, primarily regarding things like its...
Ultima Online is 24 years old today, celebrating with its 111th update as New Legacy dev continues
Well well well, look what we have here: Somebody's turning 24. It's Ultima Online, broadly considered the grandfather of the genre and the coiner...
