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A side-by-side comparison of World of Warcraft’s graphics in Classic and Battle for Azeroth
Computers get faster and better with time. Graphics that require a decent GPU in 2011 can be displayed at much higher resolution in 2019...
Ex-Cryptic Studios artist decries ‘harmful’ video game lockbox designs based on slot machines
A 3-D character artist who previously worked at Cryptic Studios on Champions Online and Neverwinter has come out swinging against lockbox mechanics, saying that...
The Daily Grind: Do you think MMO worlds are too bloated and big?
A couple of months ago, I saw an interesting topic on Reddit that deserved more love than it got. User RuccFeddit (<3) posted what...
Battle Bards Episode 144: Colors of the rainbow
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet: Combined, these forces create the awesome power of Roy G. Biv — otherwise known as the...
The MOP Up: Dauntless’ forums are down for a month as the game goes offline until Tuesday
No doubt that you have heard about Dauntless' launch on Tuesday, May 21st. And while that marks a new beginning for the monster hunting...
Armored God is a mobile MMORPG that lets you summon angry monsters
If you like the idea of Pokemon but would rather your summoned monsters have a harder edge (or at least more spikes and pointy...
The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs?
With big name survival games getting ignored developmentally, you have to wonder what's been going on with the smaller titles. After all, we've got...
One Shots: Look – but don’t throw
It's pretty common to be frustrated by MMOs showing you things that you can't ever touch or play. Whether it be fantastic races that...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Dark Domain, Habbo Hotel, Project Eternal, Stein.world, Zezenia, LaTale W
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've never heard of (or have totally forgotten about!). We've got a few...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever regretted buying something in an MMO?
I absolutely hate buyer's regret. If I could go back and slap myself when I was about to press the "buy now" button on...
Final Fantasy XIV previews the all-important updates coming to Mahjong for Shadowbringers
It seems like Shadowbringers is just around the corner (to the extent that 42 days is "just around the corner") and Final Fantasy XIV players the...
Riot Games isn’t budging on labor dispute even after employee walkout
As we've previously covered, employees of the League of Legends studio Riot Games walked out last week in protest over the company's labor and...
World of Warcraft Classic provides players with an updated rundown of known bugs
The World of Warcraft: Classic beta is now in the hands of players, and that means that players are taking part in the oldest of...
Crowfall and Albion Online are both running big PvP events this weekend
Fans of large-scale MMORPG PvP will find themselves torn over just where to draw their swords this weekend, as two prominent PvP MMOs have...
First impressions: World of Warcraft Classic is exactly what it says on the tin
The simplest analogy I can think of for World of Warcraft: Classic is being served a breakfast of toasted plain white bread with a...
ArcheAge’s Black Dragon world boss is live today – best not teach it ‘dracarys’
ArcheAge has been teasing dragons all week - it's the thing to do right now, after all, if you're remotely tuned in to the...
The Daily Grind: Which studio should be running your MMO?
It continues to sadden my heart to see RIFT -- and the rest of the Trion Worlds library -- limp on under the supervision...
Massively Overthinking: Unpopular MMORPG opinions
Unpopular opinions: We all have them. In fact we have so many that it's a straight up meme. This week's Massively Overthinking is one...
EverQuest updates with tweaks and improvements to its user interface
Sometimes, the little changes have a big impact. EverQuest has a long and storied history and it's still getting new expansions, but it also can...
Riot takes action against League of Legends esports team Echo Fox over allegations of racist abuse
League of Legends esports team Echo Fox is in hot water with Riot following allegations of racist abuse by one of the team's major...
