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World of Warcraft admits that it’s the ‘ship of Theseus of video games’
To mark World of Warcraft's 20th anniversary, Blizzard is granting interviews all over the place (although I do wish they'd stay out of my...
The Daily Grind: Are there any good turret classes in modern MMORPGs?
I blame Classic Guild Wars for my love of the turret class. But Bree, you say, Guild Wars never had a turret class -...
The MOP Up: Aion reworks sieges, raids, and world bosses
NCsoft brought a sweeping raft of changes to many group activities in Aion this past week: "We are excited to reveal that we have...
The Stream Team: Taking the first walk through Final Fantasy XIV’s latest alliance raid
It's time once again for MOP's Chris and his Final Fantasy XIV crew to make their first run through the MMORPG's latest alliance raid!...
Guild Wars 2 shows off the new legendary spear coming on November 19
When is a stabby stick more than just a stabby stick? When it's a legendary stabby stick. What makes it legendary? When it has...
Neverwinter unvaults Dread Sanctum dungeon November 19 and reruns the Harvester of Nightmares event
When Neverwinter announced its Return to Pirates' Skyhold module release, one of the features it talked up was the return of the Dread Vault...
One Shots: How to tantalize your dragon
You know what's always a good idea? To go right up to the jagged maw of a ravenous carnivore and tempt fate by trying...
MMO Hype Train: Into the Echo and the wish for a time travel MMO
Are there any MMO projects that you suspect only you remember and care about -- but everyone else has forgotten? I feel that way...
Blizzard insists World of Warcraft’s housing won’t just be Garrisons 2.0
So World of Warcraft is getting player housing, and this announcement was so big that nobody seems to remember or be talking about anything...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you feel is spinning its wheels these days?
When we think of MMOs that have stalled out or are spinning their wheels doing a lot of nothing in particular, often our minds...
MMO Business Roundup: Embracer Q2 2024, Steam toxicity, and GOG’s game preservation program
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news. Business business business!
Embracer
Embracer - the failson megacorp we keep an eye on because...
LOTRO kicks off legendary item Season 12, DDO patches in performance improvements
The first patch for Lord of the Rings Online's newest expansion arrived this past Wednesday. Update 42.1 unlocked the third tier of Legacy of...
WoW Factor: Home is where the heart is, even in World of Warcraft
It has been a curious sensation these last few months, looking at World of Warcraft: The War Within and not wanting to play. That...
The Stream Team: Restoring the sanity of giants in Dungeons & Dragons Online
D&D night is back! And in it, Massively OP's MJ needs to resolve a problem of strange magic that is driving the giants mad....
Massively Overthinking: What are the great ‘popcorn games’ in the MMORPG genre?
MOP reader Elenie recently put the concept of "popcorn MMOs" back on my radar thanks to a comment about Neverwinter being an MMO many...
Black Desert Mobile merges all of its servers down to one shard per region
It may be fall, but Black Desert Mobile is doing some serious spring cleaning with its servers this week. The mobile version of the...
Guild Wars 2 unveils Mount Balrior, its first proper raid in five years
So if you're looped into the Guild Wars 2 scene, you already know that the second big chunk of the four-part Janthir Wilds expansion...
Here’s everything you need to know about next week’s WoW Classic Classic launch
With yesterday's surprise announcement that WoW Classic is launching "Classic Classic" fresh start realms next week on November 21st, plenty of questions were raised...
Vague Patch Notes: Going solo isn’t a problem in MMORPGs
So I'm wrapping up a month of talking about how MMORPGs are by necessity social games. These are games in which you need other...
Path of Exile apologizes for botched account update that took the game offline yesterday
Earlier this week, Path of Exile studio Grinding Gear Games announced that it was planning a fresh patch with important changes to account management...
