fantasy
ArcheAge spawns fresh Reddit drama over pay-to-win
Third time's a charm with Reddit! Remember back in March when a Skyforge moderator threatened to ban anyone using the term pay-to-win and was...
The Daily Grind: Has your favorite MMO been DDoSed?
So, Shroud of the Avatar got DDoSed yesterday. Shroud of the Avatar!? While there's really no excuse for any DDoS attack, it kind of...
Guild Wars 2’s ‘movie monster’ Necromancer spec outlined
Did you miss Guild Wars 2's Points of Interest stream on Friday? Me too. Every game seems to stream on Friday, and it's hard...
How Crowfall deals with changes to player purchases
What do you do when you've already sold something that hasn't been fully built yet -- and might need to be changed from its...
One Shots: Nothing to see here, move along
Do you ever stop to realize just how much weirdness we see and dismiss every day as MMO gamers? If a fraction of the...
Make My MMO: May 16, 2015
This week in MMO crowdfunding news, Gloria Victis developer Black Eye Games let us know that it's in "the home stretch" in terms of...
Mortal Online is getting a new continent this weekend
Mortal Online is getting a new continent this Sunday. It's called Sarducca, and it's home to a bunch of soldier fanatics who are loyal...
Camelot Unchained’s Friday update talks blowing stuff up
Mark Jacobs has posted Camelot Unchained's traditional Friday update. In it, he thanks a couple of backers for their gifts to the team, and...
The cowpocalypse hits Diablo III for its anniversary
Hey, would you look at that: Today is Diablo III's third anniversary! Of course, this being a hell-torn haunted world, there can't be a...
World of Warcraft dev attributes subscriber drop to ‘cyclical’ play patterns
Losing three million subscribers? That might be a big thing to some people, but for World of Warcraft Lead Game Designer Ion Hazzikostas, it...
Here’s a look at the latest Black Desert open world boss battle
Want to see the newest Black Desert boss battle? Head to Steparu's site, as he's got video clips and screenshots of the new creature that...
Gloria Victis prepares to pull the trigger on Unity 5
Those anticipating Gloria Victis' glorious transformation into the new Unity 5 game engine won't have long to wait at all. Black Eye Games said...
Das Tal demos skill-based combat and posts Kickstarter FAQ
What does skill-based combat mean to you? We can't tell you that, but we can tell you what it means to the makers of...
Age of Conan adds a bear mount and quest line for seventh anniversary
It's shaping up to be one doozy of a month for Age of Conan as the title celebrates its seventh birthday. In the May...
WoW Factor: A three million loss lesson
It's been a little while, hasn't it, friends? In the time since I last penned WoW Factor (which missed an installment purely due to...
Skyforge dares you to beat its anomalies
One thing is for certain: When it releases, Skyforge will not be lacking in its variety of content. Today, the dev team posted a...
Massively Overthinking: What would persuade you to play a classic MMO?
For this edition of Massively Overthinking, Kickstarter donor Sargon wants us think back to 1997, when Ultima Online launched and parted MMOs from graphical MUDs forever....
Nexon revenues rise in early 2015
After reading through Nexon's financial report for Q1 2015, one can imagine the company skipping along while whistling a merry tune. Yes, it's generally...
EverQuesting: Life after Landmark’s big wipe
It was just over a week ago that Landmark's servers went offline in preparation for a major upheaval that affected nearly every system in...
Neverwinter outlines new and upcoming changes
When lead designer Scott Shicoff took point on Neverwinter, his first dispatch to the community was a statement that he and the rest of...