fantasy
Daybreak officially sets EverQuest Terror of Luclin’s launch for December 7
Don't let the annual routine of EverQuest launching an expansion lull you into complacency, because this year's Terror of Luclin promises to be something...
Guild Wars 2 readies fourth beta event and invites you to tea
Guild Wars 2 is preparing for its next big beta event - not this weekend during the holiday, but the weekend after, from November...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO deserves a full do-over?
Poor beleaguered RIFT fans probably have no idea what to make of Gamigo's promise to release some sort of "great update" for the long-neglected...
The Stream Team: Setting sail with The Swimming Oak for EverQuest II’s prelude event
Word is there's an anniversary today. Not for EQII, mind you, but this is the game Massively OP's MJ will play, so play she...
RuneScape closes out its 20th anniversary with the finale of its quest line and the return of the Party Hat
It has been 20 years since the Party Hat has been available in RuneScape when it was first handed out during the a 2001...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 347: Land rush!
Justin and Bree discuss Activision-Blizzard's ongoing Bobby Kotick situation, ArcheAge's move to Kakao, New World, LOTRO, and SWTOR, with a sponsored segment on Albion Online's Lands Awakened update, plus two voicemails on spears and sidequests in MMORPGs.
Mortal Online 2 goes into early access for a $40 buy-in price
Remember when Mortal Online 2 declared that as a result of how its beta went, the game was not going to be entering into...
PSA: Albion Online’s Lands Awakened update is moving your toons and deleting some open-world furniture
Tomorrow's the big day for Albion Online's Lands Awakened, and in a way, it's also moving day for your toon and your stuff.
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Blizzard discusses WoW Classic’s Season of Mastery with version differences and unimplemented changes
There were potential changes on the table for WoW Classic's Season of Mastery that didn't get implemented, and one of them seems almost like...
Lord of the Rings Online accidentally – and then deliberately – gives out extra level boosts
Some Lord of the Rings Online players are going to be logging into some unexpected good fortune this week. Standing Stone Games said that...
The Daily Grind: What might the MMO genre have become without World of Warcraft?
A few weeks back, MOP's Andy mused that it would have been a very different industry without World of Warcraft. As luck would have...
MapleStory M lets players pre-build a Pathfinder and applies ‘substantial’ class rebalancing in latest patch
The edgy, dark, arrow-firing Pathfinder class is on its way to MapleStory M in December, but the game's latest update is letting fans of...
Albion Online details Lands Awakeneds’ war gloves abilities, elite levels, and hideouts
We're just two days away from the launch of Albion Online's Lands Awakened, and Sandbox Interactive is dishing out its next-to-last dev blog and...
Riot Games confirms season two of Arcane is in production, offers an update on Runeterra fighting game Project L
Over the past weekend, Riot Games' highly lauded League of Legends animated series Arcane debuted its final three episodes of the first season, which...
Vitae Aeternum: Analyzing New World’s storytelling
I've been wanting to write this column for a while, but it's been a struggle to find the words. I'm never sure of how...
Wisdom of Nym: The plot threads I hope to see addressed in Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker
It's almost time. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is going to be here very shortly - just a bit less than two weeks from now, in...
Gamigo investor report promises a ‘great update’ for RIFT in Q1, Atlas Rogues is abandoned
It's a bit of good news and unsurprising bad news out of the third quarter investor report from MGI, the company that runs Gamigo....
Bobby Kotick considers leaving Activision-Blizzard if he can’t quickly fix its ongoing frat boy culture
Last week, reporting from the Wall Street Journal blew the lid off of fresh allegations leveraged at Activision-Blizzard, including attempts by CEO Bobby Kotick...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 pulls back the curtain on narrative design
Guild Wars 2 Associate Narrative Director Bobby Stein has an interesting essay up about "shepherding stories" for the MMO with a focus on diverse...
Guild Wars 2 player discovers infinite gem bug in new payment processing service – and yes, it’s now fixed
Last week, ArenaNet decided that it was going to use a new payment processing service for those who are buying gems in Guild Wars...
