fantasy
Mortal Online 2 roadmap promises territory control, sieges, thievery, and Unreal Engine 5 upgrade
Star Vault hasn't shared precise dates for Mortal Online 2's content updates, but fans have an idea of approximately what is coming at the...
RuneScape’s latest update offers multiple quality-of-life improvements
Thanks to developer ingenuity and community feedback, RuneScape introduced an assortment of quality-of-life features in the game's latest update. "Improvements include enabling teleporting at the...
Gloria Victis carves itself out a bloody Halloween update
Did you really think that Gloria Victis would be too caught up in its faction war to break for some spooky fun? The early...
Black Desert is canceling its Halloween events and sales following Itaewon tragedy
Unless you skip international news on the weekends, you likely read about the devastating tragedy in the Itaewon neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea, as...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO conspiracy?
You probably don't know this about me, but one of my hobby subjects is pseudoscience and conspiracies and why people fall for them. I've...
Global Chat: Are you an MMO lone wolf even though you’ve tried to be social?
A recent post over at Words Under My Name resonated as the author shared how, despite multiple efforts to be social in MMOPGs, sooner...
One Shots: Hamming it up for Halloween
It's that time of year again! That's right, it's National Cat Day (October 29th)! So find the nearest cat, bow deeply to it, and...
Guild Wars 2 makes public the principles guiding its current balance philosophy
Whether fans of Guild Wars 2 are curious about what ArenaNet is thinking when it makes balance changes or are looking for a cherry-picked...
The Stream Team: Wandering Wistmead and other Halloween fun in Lord of the Rings Online
It just isn't the Halloween season for Massively OP's MJ until her Hobbit takes a jaunt through the Haunted Burrow in LOTRO. Along with...
The Game Archaeologist: The radically different design of early EverQuest II
Sometimes it's all about timing -- both good and bad -- when it comes to MMORPG releases. EverQuest II may go down as the...
The Daily Grind: What was the reason you quit your last MMO?
The other day I was thinking about returning to Final Fantasy XIV -- I seem to do this on an annual basis, for some...
The Stream Team: Another evening with Elvira in AQ3D
What's better than an evening with Elvira? Another one! Massively OP's MJ played through the first B-horror adventures in AQ3D last week, and now...
Old School RuneScape outlines incoming changes to Tombs of Amascut drops and player polling
Yes, Old School RuneScape is apparently going to be tuning something related to August's Tombs of Amascut raid again, but this time it's less...
Wurm Online treats its players to a Halloween skill boost event
It's always nicer to get a treat than a trick from an MMO studio, isn't it? Wurm Online players should be delighted to spend...
Loric Games commits Mythic and BioWare vets to building a survival game rich in story
What happens when you combine the experience of former BioWare and Mythic Entertainment devs with the survival sandbox sub-genre? We're all projected to find...
Runeterra MMO director talks about MMORPG design and monetization in interview preview
Riot Games' in-development Runeterra MMO has been a topic of discussion for director Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street for a long while now, and while there's...
Path of Exile delays next expansion, confirms Lake of Kalandra will not be a permanent fixture for now
As the next expansion for Path of Exile looms, the thoughts of both players and developer Grinding Gear Games now turn to what's next,...
WoW Factor: The Dragonflight pre-patch talent trees fix a lot of problems in WoW
If you don't want to read an entire column in which I talk about the new talent trees in World of Warcraft... good gosh,...
World of Warcraft gets pre-patch hotfixes, Solo Shuffle leaver penalties, and more maintenance
So thus far, the World of Warcraft: Dragonflight pre-patch has been... well, let's go with "tumultuous." There has been tumult. Tumult has ensued. Things...
The Stream Team: The Snitch and the Lich in Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Night Revels
It's time once again for some Halloween fun in DDO! The Night Revels has returned, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to collect chocolates...
