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The Daily Grind: Does your real-life moral compass dictate your MMO activities?
MOP reader Slava has another good scenario for us to ponder this morning.
"I just made a big change in my Albion Online life by...
Wurm Online takes champions out of the game entirely for a future revamp
Hunker down, kids, for it's time to catch up on a summer's worth of updates for Wurm Online, the super-crafty MMO in every sense...
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is confirmed to be launching on September 26
It's almost time to head back to Northrend in World of Warcraft. The official word is out after last week's leak confirming that Wrath...
Tower of Fantasy introduces players to its cast of characters and title theme’s lead singer
While the self-described "shared open world RPG" Tower of Fantasy isn't arriving until sometime in the third quarter of this year, that hasn't stopped...
Wisdom of Nym: Forgotten and abandoned systems in Final Fantasy XIV
The weird thing when talking about Final Fantasy XIV when compared with a whole lot of MMOs is that it doesn't have a lot...
Vanguard Saga of Heroes’ community-run emulator had over 100 players this past weekend
We recently ran a column on abrupt MMO sunsets, one of which was Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, which SOE binned in 2014 shortly after...
Chronicles of Elyria admits to running out of money in 2021, ‘hemorrhaging cash’ ever since
There are grim tidings out of Chronicles of Elyria in its July State of Elyria report. Studio head Jeromy “Caspian” Walsh has once again...
The MOP Up: Astroneer’s trains chug-a-choo-choo onto the Switch
Trains in space? Hey, why not! Astroneer brought the fun of high-tech rail transport to the Nintendo Switch this past week: "Enjoy building rail...
The Stream Team: Soaking in the pool of Lost Ark’s summertime Maharaka Festival
It's summertime in Lost Ark as the game's latest update has added, among other things, a pool party location, and MOP's Chris is ready...
Global Chat: The virtue of smaller shared worlds
With the rise of online sandboxes and other mini-MMOs (if that oxymoron can exist), several long-time MMO bloggers are praising the virtues and benefits...
One Shots: A face only a mother could love
One does have to consider that even the ugliest critter or most disgusting raid boss had a mother who, at one time, cuddled and...
Gearbox shuts down game forums in favor of Discord, but Cryptic’s MMOs are not affected
Back in December 2021, Gearbox's Embracer Group bought up Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic, meaning whatever Gearbox decided to do could possibly affect the...
The Stream Team: To the moon in AdventureQuest 3D
Why should adventures in AQ3D be restricted just to the ground? This week's new release takes Massively OP's MJ to the moon! As soon...
EverQuest completes server merge, plans beta for 29th expansion in October
Hot on the heels of EverQuest II's producer letter, Darkpaw Head of Studio Jenn Chan is back with one for EverQuest II's elder sibling....
Jagex acquires US-based work-for-hire game developer Pipeworks Studios
Jagex, which is best known around these parts as the company behind RuneScape and Old School RuneScape as well as the publisher of Space...
WoW Factor: So what’s the actual prediction on Dragonflight’s quality?
I was briefly considering doing another math column now that we actually have a date when World of Warcraft: Dragonflight started alpha testing, but......
Mortal Online 2 deploys its massive Necromancy patch complete with a new world boss
You know what they call people who see something die and then just leave its corpse there, possibly as a warning to others? Quitters....
Working As Intended: MMOs that wish they were Star Wars Galaxies
"My friends and I would skin someone alive for an SWG 2," an old Star Wars Galaxies player recently wrote on Reddit, and that...
RIFT fansite posts detailed timeline of the Gamigo era
With RIFT now in its 11th year of live operation, fans no doubt have concerns and questions about the game's future under Gamigo's dubious...
Square-Enix finally makes good on its threat of selling NFTs with NFT-linked action figures
You may have thought that after seeing NFT prices crash along with cryptocurrency prices crashing, Square-Enix would have backed down from its inane blather...
