fantasy
RIFT reaps the Autumn Harvest
Mixing the best of Halloween and fall together, RIFT's Autumn Harvest is back for another spin through October. Players can return to the Realm...
Crowfall’s next big update is aimed at serious testers
In this month's Crowfall Q&A video, Creative Director J. Todd Coleman and Design Lead Thomas Blair give fair warning: The next round of testing is...
Turbine previews LOTRO update 19, says Mordor will come in a 2017 expansion
Next week in Lord of the Rings Online, the banners will fly, the forces of the Enemy will quake, and the king will march....
Guild Wars 2 warns of incoming balance adjustments
Will Guild Wars 2 ever attain perfect balance with all of its classes and skills? Probably not, but such is the way of all...
The Daily Grind: Will Blizzard announce vanilla WoW servers at BlizzCon 2016?
BlizzCon kicks off in just a few short weeks, and already expectations are high. Unsubstantiated Diablo 4 rumors have begun circulating, and the Nostalrius...
Massively Overthinking: The classes MMORPGs never do
No one wants to play Uncle Owen, a certain MMORPG exec famously said -- except, you know, for all the people who really, really...
Skyforge fires the starting pistol to the Aelion Games
Missing your Olympic high from this past summer? Skyforge might be able to give you a taste of the sweaty competition and achievement with...
The Exiled plans wipe and patch for AI and casting modes next week
Indie sandbox The Exiled (fka Das Tal) has a sizable patch coming on Monday. Unceremoniously dubbed Alpha 43, it will unfortunately include a wipe...
Marching Legions launches on mobile in seven countries
Hands up if you happen to reside in Singapore. India? Lots of people in India, or so we heard. How about Germany or Australia?...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas replaces Tom Chilton as game director
Blizzard is losing yet another veteran developer from the World of Warcraft team today: Tom "Kalgan" Chilton, who says he's staying on with the...
Perfect Ten: Incompetent leaders in MMORPGs
Leadership is difficult. You have to get a group of people to work together when they may or may not be naturally inclined to...
Skyforge demos the trick-shot Outlaw class in a new trailer
Skyforge has a new trailer and dev blog out today covering the Outlaw class, which rolled out last week for CE buyers ahead of...
EverQuesting: Could Daybreak’s new FPS be an EverQuest?
With the constant clamoring from fans for Daybreak (or someone) to create an honest-to-goodness next-gen sequel to the EverQuest franchise, you'd hope that it...
EVE Valkyrie and Gunjack launch today for PlayStation VR
In conjunction with the PlayStation VR launch today, CCP is touting the availability of EVE Valkyrie and EVE Gunjack as launch titles for the...
Try out Darkfall: Rise of Agon for free starting this Friday
One of the Darkfall reboots, Rise of Agon, is seriously stepping up its game this week -- in more ways than one.
The fantasy MMO...
Crowfall gets ready to test major foundational systems
While working on the core guts of an MMORPG might not be as sexy to players as, say, visible features and classes, the effort...
RIFT delays Starfall Prophecy beta, announces big aventurine and PvP changes
Heads up for those hoping to play test RIFT: Starfall Prophecy today: Trion Worlds decided to push the expansion's open beta to next Monday,...
Guild Wars 2: PvP poll and legendary (weapon) tournament
Are you and your friends good enough at Guild Wars 2 to earn legendary weapons? On November 5th and 6th, ArenaNet and Academy Gaming...
This other Eternal Crusade challenges players to become the lord of the rings
All right, kiddos, it's time to get very confused -- and perhaps a little bit bemused -- over the announcement of a new mobile...
Battle Bards Episode 84: Ultima
Need a podcast with a world sampler? Look no further than this episode, where co-hosts from the USA, Switzerland, and New Zealand join forces...