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Rumor: Guild Wars 2-themed digital CCG is called Lion’s Arch Guild Wars Arena – and it’s coming to Steam
Those sneaky sleuthy Redditors appear to have uncovered something that ArenaNet and NCsoft appear to be preparing to unveil. A SteamDB update shared by...
Design Mockument: Alternate trinities in MMORPGs and the challenge of other roles
The trinity has been a truism of MMO design now for about as long as it wasn't. I came up during the small times...
Throne and Liberty’s Halloween event, Haunted Harvest, is finally here
So there's some good news and bad news with Throne and Liberty's Halloween event. The bad news is that it was delayed a day;...
Final Fantasy XIV launches a preview site for its upcoming Crossroads patch
The next patch for Final Fantasy XIV is on its way, and that means that players can start gawking at some of the additions...
World of Warcraft is selling a $90 dino mount to ‘celebrate’ its 20th birthday
The Warcraft franchise has been around for 30 years, and so maybe you feel like you have just ridden on as many bats, gryphons,...
The Stream Team: Into The Crucible in Dungeons & Dragons Online
If any aspirants want to join the Storm's Fist faction of the gathering army in Dungeons & Dragons Online, they must first prove themselves...
Massively Overthinking: How much does gross monetization really affect your MMO play decisions?
Over the last couple of weeks, we've had several MMORPG tiffs over pay-to-win claims in our games. DC Universe Online just straight up added...
Black Desert adds Halloween events to mobile, a spooky boss fight on console, and class updates to PC
The spookytimes are continuing to spread across Black Desert as both BDO Console and BDO Mobile players can enjoy their seasonal fun in this...
Final Fantasy XI kicks off the Harvest Festival on October 25
It's almost Halloween, and Final Fantasy XI is honor-bound to have a Halloween event since it originally launched in North America when its Halloween...
Albion Online resurrects the Hallowed Ground dungeon for Allhallows
I know, you're shocked: There's another MMORPG Halloween event coming, and we're covering it. The difference here is that in this game, people are...
Classic Guild Wars baddies and bog mummies inspired Guild Wars 2’s Janthir Wilds boss design
If you, as a Guild Wars 2 player, have had your fill of candy corn and the Mad King wrecking your face in jumping...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO world you don’t control
Last week in Vague Patch Notes, I attempted to lay out my thesis for what it means when we say MMOs require other people....
MMO Hype Train: Is Corepunk really ready for prime time?
Whenever I'm looking at a new MMORPG, there are two important hurdles it must cross to be of interest to me. The first is...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s new 64-bit server was offline all night thanks to build problems
So Dungeons and Dragons Online's Cormyr server launch yesterday did not exactly go to plan. Readers will recall that Standing Stone Games launched the...
Blizzard’s BlizzCon-substitute ‘what’s next’ stream for the Warcraft franchise airs next month
As World of Warcraft is throwing a 20th anniversary rager to end all ragers this week, it's totally not confusing at all for Blizzard...
Lineage II kicks off Halloween Festival events across all three versions of the MMO
The great thing about Lineage II having three different versions on our side of the globe (presumably) is that means there's three times the...
Albion Online details new journal categories for guilds and islands coming in the Horizons update
While most players are likely looking very sternly at the worrying cash shop bundles arriving on the same date as the Horizons update, Albion...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s first 64 bit server and Lanterns of the Mist event are live today
Cormyr is officially here in Dungeons and Dragons Online today - that's the first 64 bit server the 18-year-old MMORPG has ever had. Studio...
Perfect Ten: 2024’s MMO soundtrack themes ranked from worst to best
Try not to whip your head around all suspicious-like to check out the past 10 months, but 2024 has been a bonanza for MMO...
Final Fantasy XIV updates its website Community Finder to help players start groups more easily
Finding members to start your Free Company or PvP team can be tricky in Final Fantasy XIV, but the game's website is here to...
