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Whatever happened to Otherland, Guns of Icarus, and Pixel Starships?
Whatever happened to those MMOs you - and we - have forgotten all about? We're going to dig into three of them today.
First up,...
Wisdom of Nym: Some interesting bits from Final Fantasy XIV’s 5.5 patch notes
Part of me has never been altogether clear on why I am so enthusiastic about seeing the fresh set of patch notes for Final...
Not So Massively: Four things I wish I’d known when I started Magic Legends
Inevitably after a couple weeks in a new game, you've learned a few things that you wish you'd known from the start. For me...
Blade and Soul prepares to send players to the Candycloud Carnival
The Candycloud Carnival is not like most other carnivals, so Blade & Soul players will need to prepare for that when it arrives in-game...
First impressions from Diablo II Resurrected’s alpha: Just as good as you remember
Multiplayer isn't in yet. There are only two acts and three classes available. So why am I heading into Diablo II: Resurrected? Simple: It's...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter’s April Fools dungeon
April Fools Day may be past, but its spirit lives on in Neverwinter! This past week's small patch opened up a mini-dungeon for goofy...
Global Chat: Dealing with Magic Legends
Now that Magic Legends is out, you can best believe that a lot of MMO gamers are checking out Cryptic's latest offering. Among those...
One Shots: The voyage home
When you've spent a whole lot of calories burning, pillaging, and looting villages, it's a welcome sight to see the rest and shelter of...
Corepunk Q&A discusses the launch window, guilds, mounts, and more
If you're the type of person who respects short, direct, and to-the-point answers to specific questions, then you're going to like the first part...
Chronicles of Elyria, now back up to five devs, examines its development achievements and shortcomings
As work on Kingdoms of Elyria (and by extension Chronicles of Elyria, according to claims made by Soulbound Studio CEO Jeromy Walsh) continues to...
The Game Archaeologist: Lifestorm, Japan’s first MMORPG
In comparison to how widely that China and Korea's game development studios embraced MMORPGs right from the beginning, Japan's been curiously low-key in creating...
Playable Worlds’ Raph Koster shares the secret of good social design in MMOs
Raph Koster, the game designer behind Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and Playable Worlds' upcoming project, has posted yet another essay about MMORPG design,...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs should be adapted to mobile?
Sometimes the success or failure of a game may come down to its availability on certain platforms and systems. Sometimes an MMO that didn't...
The Stream Team: Stepping into AQ3D’s Sandsea desert
AQ3D just opened up the vast Sandsea desert outside of Bastion, and Massively OP's MJ can't want to go explore it -- be it...
Wizard101’s spring update arrives to the test realm with new social features, balancing, and events
Players of Wizard101 are now able to kick the tires of the game's spring update, which will be adding a number of new features...
AdventureQuest 3D continues the Sandsea Saga with a new area, new quests, and sand sharks
Did you really think that a desert realm in AdventureQuest 3D would be without its own version of a land shark? That's just one...
TitanReach previews character models, chat, and its WoW-esque UI
The TitanReach developer team has been pumping out blog posts all week, with two fresh one just since our last article. The first is...
Skyforge turns six years old this week as the Aelion Day celebrations begin
My.games' Skyforge is having a big birthday this week: It's officially six years old, which means it's time once again for Aelion Day. Players...
Elementia is an upcoming classless MMORPG planning a F2P alpha
Polygonal-style MMORPG Elementia popped up on our radar out of nowhere last month, and while it's clearly very early days for the game's development,...
Neverwinter’s second episode of Sharandar opens the Mended Grove to PC players on April 13
Players of Neverwinter on PC won't have long to wait for the next portion of Sharandar content, as the devs have announced on Twitter...