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Massively Overthinking: If you could change one thing about an MMO…
Back in April, MOP's Colin posed us an interesting challenge on the MOP Podcast: change one thing about an MMO you don't like that...
MMO Business Roundup: Nexon, Roblox, and EA’s latest financials
Welcome back to a fresh roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news, today all of the financial report variety.
Roblox
Roblox's revenue reports have...
Neverwinter is under siege in a returning event as the Arc client gets a visual overhaul
It must be tiring being a citizen of Neverwinter, particularly when the city is besieged on something of an annual basis. It's time once...
WAPO calls out gaming industry for lack of support for reproductive health as workers strike
The Washington Post has a new article out this week ripping into the gaming industry for its "silence" on the likely overturn of Roe...
Global Chat: How you can help your MMO’s community
Are you a net positive or a negative for the MMORPGs you inhabit? If you'd like to be the former, MMO Folklorist has 10...
WoW Factor: Excitement and trepidation about World of Warcraft bringing back talent trees
So you probably don't need me to tell you at this point that I'm looking forward to having talent trees back in World of...
An untitled prequel novel for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight has surfaced on Amazon
One of the things that was conspicuously missing from World of Warcraft: Dragonflight's initial announcement was the concurrent announcement of anything that might be...
Elyon suits up the Paladin for her debut later this month
By the Light! Elyon's not quite done adding new classes to the western version of the fantasy MMO. In fact, it's getting ready to...
Final Fantasy XI releases its May version update and unveils a new event
The new May update for Final Fantasy XI has arrived, and you have to go help out Maat. Sure, the guy had been a...
RuneScape details charitable bundles for mental health awareness, OSRS acts on Giants’ Foundry feedback
It's time once again for another bundle of news updates out of RuneScape and Old School RuneScape. We start with RuneScape's usual weekly newsletter,...
Black Desert brings Drakania and season character pre-creation to console, artifact presets and world boss changes to PC
The time is nearly here for console players of Black Desert to swing a giant sword around while wearing a helmet that we could...
MMO Business Roundup: China’s gaming crackdown, NetEase Connect, Wild Rift plagiarism, and Valve’s anti-trust lawsuit
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent business and industry news.
China: The Chinese government is continuing to widen its long-running crackdown on...
EverQuest II opens up its Varsoon time-locked expansion server for beta testing
Who likes time-locked expansion servers? EverQuest II certainly does, and it's launching another one with the Varsoon server. If you missed the earlier FAQ...
Perfect Ten: The many-colored dragon rainbow of the MMO sphere
Dragons are ubiquitous. When I wrote a Perfect Ten describing every single MMO bestiary, I noted that no matter what game you're playing, no...
Blade and Soul’s New Empires update gets patch notes as it releases today
Like clockwork, Blade & Soul released its patch notes yesterday ahead of today's New Empires update, just in case players are looking for some...
Guild Wars 2 tweaks the Soo-Won fight again and nerfs multiple classes in PvP
Guild Wars 2's patch this week turned out to have a lot more packed into the notes than you might've thought. In addition to...
Dungeons and Dragons Online starts testing Isle of Dread while LOTRO wraps up its anniversary giveaway
Dinosaurs, cat-people, and mysterious mysteries -- what's not to look forward to with this spring's Dungeons and Dragons Online expansion? With the Isle of...
Final Fantasy XIV finally issues bans to some streamers over addons
So it's only been a couple days since Final Fantasy XIV's Naoki Yoshida once more asked the community to avoid using third-party tools, which...
Burning Crusade Classic opens the Sunwell Plateau raid, starts a new arena season
Even as all eyes in WoW Classic turn to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion for later this year, the game isn't...
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMO bestial races you wish you could play?
Yes, Embers Adrift, I would totally play as a war gecko if I had half the chance. Forget your weird emo obsession with darkness;...
