fantasy
Crusaders of Light launches globally on iOS with Android coming next week
Will there ever be a mobile MMORPG that handles the complexity and delivers the fun of a desktop or console experience? There have been...
Get pumped for LOTRO: Mordor with wallpaper art and a soundtrack interview
While Lord of the Rings Online players are chewing over the Mordor pre-order packages, there are a few free ways that fans can get...
Chronicles of Elyria is using voxel models for its upcoming MUD
"We're pretty sure you'd rather play the game before the heat death of the universe than have us hand-craft an entire worldwide ecology from...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on skill memorization, mana management, and combat prep
When an MMO is deep in development, it's natural for players to want to know the answers to everything, down to the tiniest detail,...
Diablo III activates double XP weekend tomorrow as an ‘apology’ for a Patch 2.6 exploit
A Diablo III exploit has caused some stress and rampant cheating within the community lately, leading to a hotfix, rollback, and bonus XP event...
Could Blizzard be working on offline modes for its games?
Imagine one day sitting down at your computer, firing up the Blizzard launcher, and choosing to play World of Warcraft or Diablo III... offline....
Citadel: Forged With Fire is a brand-new ‘massive online sandbox RPG’ debuting this month
Well well, lookie what popped up on Steam: It's a new "massive online sandbox RPG," Citadel: Forged With Fire, and it came out of...
Villagers and Heroes explains Starfall’s class revamp
Has Villagers and Heroes bitten off more than it can chew? The fantasy MMO is preparing to roll out a massive, top-down revamp to...
PlaneShift is an open-source MMO you might have missed
This past Saturday, we posted a column discussing open source MMORPGs -- and specifically, how rare they are even after thousands of online games...
Chronicles of Elyria won’t stop talking about tribes
If you're just now tuning into Chronicles of Elyria after an extended absence, then welcome to Tribesmania! That's the informal term we're giving to...
Black Desert opens up a waterpark for summer, reduces level XP requirements
Just in time for those dog days of summer is Black Desert, which is making a splash with its new Terrmian Waterpark. Today is...
Pantheon’s Brad McQuaid on ‘vertical interdependence,’ WoW killers, and attracting nontraditional MMO players
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's July newsletter is one of its better ones, featuring a Q&A with Visionary Realms' Brad McQuaid himself. A few highlights:
McQuaid...
Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor eyes July 31 launch, starts taking pre-orders
Ready to hop in your Middle-earth safari jeep and start touring around the untamed and lava-strewn lands of Mordor?
It might be coming sooner than...
The last episode of Guild Wars 2’s living world season 3 arrives July 25
The sixth and final episode of Guild Wars 2's third living world season launches on July 25th. We'd like to tell you more, but...
Perfect Ten: EverQuest’s EverExpanding franchise
When Daybreak announced last year that it was cancelling the highly anticipated EverQuest Next project, the series' forward momentum lurched to a halt. This wasn't...
Game Changers is a movie that follows a team seeking World of Warcraft firsts
Here's an interesting little movie that may have slipped by your notice. There's a Comic Con trailer out for a film called Game Changers...
RuneScape developer Jagex is hiring for an unannounced free-to-play MMO
While sitting on top of the enormously successful RuneScape, Jagex has had a difficult go of it producing a follow-up MMORPG. Projects like Stellar...
The Daily Grind: What MMORPG would do better with a different business model?
When it comes to ArcheAge, it's generally accepted that this is a pretty great fantasy sandbox that was absolutely sunk by a terrible business...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Portalarium transitions into publishing, may consider partnerships
Barreling toward this month's Release 44, Shroud of the Avatar is (ahem) fleshing out its Elven population with better models and even female models....
World of Warcraft announces $100K prize pool for Mythic Dungeon Invitational e-sports competition
World of Warcraft is giving e-sports another go. In a blog post going live this afternoon, Blizzard has announced the Mythic Dungeon Invitational, an...
