fantasy
EverQuest II opens Nights of the Dead on the Stormhold progression server
A holiday event favored by many fans, EverQuest II's Nights of the Dead has begun. And for the very first time, the Time-Locked Expansion...
Lineage II: Revolution cancels beta tests, launch window in question
With all of the current, upcoming, and spin-off Lineage titles out there, you might need a flow chart to keep them all straight in...
DC Universe Online is capping off Amazon Fury with a deific battle
The end of DC Universe Online's Amazon Fury story is titanic. Ares, the god of war, has betrayed his co-conspirator Hades and teamed up...
League of Legends introduces the Nexus for editorial content
Sometimes, the best way to find out if something has an audience is just to put out what you have and see if people...
Smed adds family inheritance to Hero’s Song’s to-do list
If you missed our live Hero’s Song interview with John Smedley on OPTV, you missed a couple of tantalizing tidbits. One involved family ties...
Seed the world yourself with Chronicles of Elyria’s influence points
Chronicles of Elyria has a long blog post out today, and while this one is unlikely to generate a flurry of confusion like the...
Today’s Black Desert patch brings life to the seas, awakening to the Ranger
Update: And it's live, but it's a trainwreck, so it's down again under emergency maintenance.
Margoria is coming to Black Desert this winter, but in...
Overwatch tops 20 million players in five months of live play
Even if World of Warcraft is back up to 10.1 million subscribers, that's far short of what its studio brother Overwatch has accomplished. The...
Revelation Online’s closed beta begins October 25; here’s the new trailer
Revelation Online announced this morning that its closed beta will kick off on October 25th and run through November 8th. If you've picked up a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the most welcoming community you’ve experienced?
There's nothing worse for me when I'm playing an MMORPG than to be in a game where the community is either purely toxic or...
LOTRO’s lore dev to talk with the Tolkien Professor
Lord of the Rings Online is nothing if not steeped in a vast body of lore, and the game's main keeper of that knowledge is...
Cloud Pirates enters closed beta October 18, begins selling founder packs
My.com announced this week that its Allods Online-inspired sky-MOBA Cloud Pirates will enter closed beta next week on October 18th. The company has likewise put...
Black Desert: West and east see new awakenings this week
Black Desert has a big patch out for Korean players this week, complete with the Wizard's water-themed awakening weapon, the last of the classes still...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 86: One Tamriel, two voices, three expansions
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Ultima Online, RIFT, Meridian 59, SWTOR, the EQ franchise, ESO One Tamriel, WoW's subs, and Crowfall's SWG tendencies, with mailbag letters on dealing with character boosts and Guild Wars 2's new cadence.
Crowfall chats about the commanding power of chat commands
Years of playing MMOs have no doubt left your slash key withered to a nub, scarcely fit for use except for the vitally useful...
Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween events begin October 18
If candy corn elementals are your thing, get ready for the return of Guild Wars 2's annual Halloween festivities. ArenaNet posted the date this...
Grab a closed beta key for Webzen’s dark fantasy action MMO MU Legend
Webzen is kicking off the closed beta for the global version of MU Legend later this month -- on October 25th, to be exact,...
Epic MMO Battles of History: World of Warcraft vs. Final Fantasy XIV
You know what I usually hate? Superhero fight discussions. Any fight discussion, really. Asking "who would win in a fight between Superman and the...
The Daily Grind: Does your MMO playstyle track with your age and gender?
Gaming research firm Quantic Foundry posted a new blog last week revealing the results of its surveys cross-referencing gender, age, and playstyle in video...
Nexon pumps out a half-dozen new mobile games in Korea
Nexon is continuing its assault on the mobile games market with a planned release of a half-dozen titles this fall in Korea and China....
