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The Stream Team: Commemorating another RuneScape anniversary milestone
RuneScape is one of those games that has many anniversary dates. Today marks the 15th anniversary of its official launch as RuneScape 2 (as...
Aion’s Ereshkigal’s Wrath update brings new raid, dungeon, and skills
The latest Aion update, Ereshkigal's Wrath, is now live, and with it comes the opening of a brand-new raid, a new dungeon, a new...
Final Fantasy XIV preps for its European data center split starting on April 2nd
It's not the launch of the third Final Fantasy XIV expansion, but the splitting of the European and North American data centers is one of...
Black Desert’s big banwave this week apparently had more than a few false positives
Earlier this week, we covered Kakao's move to crack down on cheating in Black Desert, specifically in Shadow Arena, which has reportedly been plagued...
WoW Factor: Why people are mad at Battle for Azeroth, part 5: Conclusions and peeling the mask
This week, after some 7000 words on this particular topic, I'm starting off by acknowledging what should be a rather obvious fact: My series...
Rend merges servers as new patch introduces control-point revamps
The servers for Norse-flavored survival game Rend are going to be down for a little bit today so that the devs can deploy the...
Lord of the Rings Online buffs mob health and balances crafted gear
Over in Lord of the Rings Online this week, Sauron gave a pep talk to his forces that increased their morale. It was a...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about ideas like the cottage rule and class fantasy in MMO design?
Who among our readers played City of Heroes and remembers the cottage rule? The idea was that developers were reluctant to change the fundamentals...
The Stream Team: Alphabet soup with Guild Wars 2’s WvWvW and SAB
Do you like alphabet soup? OK! Because we have some for you tonight: Massively OP's MJ is heading into GW2 to enjoy some SAB...
Massively Overthinking: Thoughts on the holy trinity in MMOs
One of MOP's bright new columnists, Tyler Edwards, blogs over at Superior Realities, and he recently brought to my attention his pieces on the...
Final Fantasy XI introduces monthly Records of Eminence objectives with its April update
There's a lot of stuff to be gotten from Final Fantasy XI's Records of Eminence, but a lot of what you're getting amounts to currency...
The Stream Team: Flirting with necromancy in AdventureQuest 3D
With the necromancer class now out and available for everyone in AQ3D, and the revamp of Doomwood adding in that suave undead necromancer, it's...
Vindictus introduces a whole different kind of portal gun on April 30
Hero number 14 is coming to Vindictus in just over a month, and her name is Eira, the Void Witch. To celebrate, Nexon is...
Chronicles of Elyria’s website now allows title transfers, title trade-ins, and package claiming
Those who are invested in Chronicles of Elyria in both the mental and fiscal sense now have a few new options open to them...
April Fools’ Day 2019 has begun early in Guild Wars 2, Champions Online, and more
Happy April Fools' Day! Oh, wait, that's not how it works? And it's not actually April Fools' Day yet? Well, tell that to Gaijin...
Vague Patch Notes: The occupant’s dilemma in MMORPGs
This is the story of Stanley.
Stanley had a hobby, and that hobby was playing MMOs. Every day, he logged in to Final Fantasy XI, where...
PAX East 2019: Bless Unleashed’s overview trailer actually looks good
Bless Unleashed has been rolling out class videos over the last couple of months, but now, Bandai Namco is dropping a more generalist trailer...
Dungeons and Dragons’ Masterminds of Sharn is up for pre-order, targeting April 30 release
The newest -- and most vertical -- Dungeons and Dragons Online expansion is just a month away, as Standing Stone Games announced this week...
Neverwinter announces an April 23 release date for Undermountain on PC
Week by week, Neverwinter has been kicking out dev blogs touching on the various things players can expect in the Undermountain expansion, so a...
Guild Wars 2 is working on multiple fixes and features for the new warclaw mount
It's a big week for Guild Wars 2 since Super Adventure Box today. But that's not all the studio's working on. MMO gamers will...
