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The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG PUG you’ve ever been in?
I'm not known as a big fan of classic EverQuest, in spite of my having played it for many years. But the truth is...
The Stream Team: Checking into LOTRO’s Inn of the Forsaken
You say you want another LOTRO stream? Massively OP's MJ has you covered! A couple friends are joining her for a trip to the...
Massively Overthinking: Nickel-and-diming in MMORPGs
Massively OP reader and listener Suikoden79 recently wrote in to the podcast with a gem of a question I thought would be more fun...
Albion Online posts a video guide to the Faye update
In most games, you'd expect a patch named Faye to involve either helping or fighting someone named Faye. Not so with Albion Online; that's...
Darkfall: New Dawn holds another free stress test, boasts 10K community members
There is no shortage of good news flowing out of Darkfall: New Dawn this week, so let's get right to it. The team announced...
EverQuesting: A dozen years of EverQuest II
Who doesn't like a dozen? A dozen donuts. A dozen cupcakes. A dozen pizzas. (What, that's not a thing? That should totally be a...
Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs
Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...
Bless Online explains the reason for its delay
As we learned last month, Bless Online is being delayed into 2017 as the team continues to work on bringing the title over to the...
Lineage Eternal schedules Korean closed beta for November 30
It's happening, people. This is not a drill. Lineage Eternal is finally moving into closed beta testing, albeit in Korea. Of course, that won't...
NCsoft Q3 2016: Declines for WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Blade & Soul
NCsoft released its Q3 2016 financial results this morning. Here's a quick look at how the major MMORPGs are doing:
WildStar's sales have plummeted,...
Black Desert Online merges down into EU and NA ‘New World’ servers
If you ever thought that Black Desert's server structure was unwieldy and esoteric, good news for you! Kakao has announced that the western version...
Final Fantasy XI plans several events for XI Day
XI Day is almost upon us. What's XI Day? Well, it's November 11th, which has been designated as a special day for Final Fantasy...
League of Legends preseason patch highlights and improves assassins
Another season has come to a close for League of Legends, and that means a preseason patch that can turn everything on its ear....
Albion Online promises better PvE content in response to backer survey
The final beta for Albion Online rolls on, and it's going to keep on rolling well into next year. But what is the state...
Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online roleplay with the Human Floyd
Those who follow my columns here know that I'm a big roleplayer, but I don't exactly roleplay in the Elder Scrolls Online. I love...
Pantheon shows off Unite demo, talks grouping and crafting
Fresh off its demo of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen at Unite 2016, Visionary Realms has just posted its November newsletter for followers of the...
The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today
The Valkyrie awakens in Black Desert today with her new awakening weapon, a lance named... wait for it... Lancia. It allows the class to stab...
Skyforge AMA discusses pay-to-win and future content updates
Skyforge just released a major update, but it's also making an effort to reach out to its community more enthusiastically. Western producer Volker Boenigk...
Lord of the Rings Online enables premium housing upkeep
If you've bought yourself a nice premium house in Lord of the Rings Online, you'd better be ready to keep the thing up. The...
Bluehole Studio and ArenaNet are hiring multiple devs
It is always much more of a relief to report on MMO studios hiring on new help rather than going through layoffs. Right now,...