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Lost Ark Korea announces personal housing, genderlock removal, and battle royale as part of Season 2
The Korean version of Lost Ark is already gearing up for its next content in Season 2, and there sure is a lot coming....
RuneScape shares player-made activity pets, addresses a Treasure Hunter exploit, and celebrates 19 years
Oh man, I was almost scared that there wouldn't be a metric ton of things coming out of RuneScape this week, but my worst...
Vague Patch Notes: How to make your corner of the MMO space more pleasant
It's 2020, people - let's do this. What do I mean by this? Unscrew our MMO living space. That one's a lot more fun...
Final Fantasy XIV deploys patch 5.18 with a new Feast season
It's patch day in Final Fantasy XIV, and that means players get to enjoy a brand-new season of the Feast. Yes, players didn't want...
Final Fantasy XIV patch 5.18 arrives on December 24
Good news, Final Fantasy XIV fans, you get a present on Christmas Eve this year in the form of a patch. Admittedly, it's not a huge...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s 2019 year in review, from the layoffs to Icebrood
It’s no secret that 2019 was a rough year for Guild Wars 2. There were some bright spots in there as well, however, and...
Corepunk is a new top-down Dutch game with all the MMORPG trappings
Who wanted a new MMORPG for Christmas? Well, Corepunk isn't getting here in time for this Christmas, but it's now been officially announced to...
WoW Factor: A history of itemization in World of Warcraft
Huh. You know, I really thought I'd written about the whole Corruption system in World of Warcraft's upcoming 8.3 before now in a format more...
Wurm Online shows off a number of in-progress updates
Wurm Online popped up during this past Thanksgiving holiday weekend to let its players know that it's still doing stuff and to show off...
RuneScape makes some fixes and adjustments to level 120 Herblore and Farming
RuneScape's newly launched Ranch Out of Time update has been keeping farmers and herblore players busy with new levels of stuff to earn and...
Wisdom of Nym: Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV and what the update needs to deliver
The funny thing about Blue Mage in Final Fantasy XIV right now is that the only people still really mad about it are... the...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 MMO swag gift guide
The Black Friday is upon us! (Angels and ministers of grace defend us!) Outside there are winter storms, flu viruses, and holiday traffic. But...
RuneScape lets players rear dinos, Old School RuneScape beta tests the Nightmare of Ashihama
Whether you want to raise dinos or take on horrifying nightmare monsters, both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape have you covered respectively with some...
The Stream Team: Living out the Pumpkin Days (and nights, too)
It took some time and a winding road for it to happen, but Pumpkin Online has released in early access as a not-so-massively farming/dating...
Multiplayer farming/dating sim Pumpkin Online releases as Pumpkin Days on Steam Early Access
Show of hands, who here remembers Pumpkin Online? It was announced on Kickstarter as a multiplayer farming/dating sim, but would later decide to switch...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Whisper in the Dark
ArenaNet has just dropped the first full installment of Guild Wars 2's the Icebrood Saga after a strong start with its prologue, and I'm...
Wurm Online teases new content and Steam as devs scale back content support for Wurm Unlimited
Wurm Online dished out a new patch to players this past week, with changes for the Jackal server, updates crafter signatures, new hitching posts...
Fight or Kite: MMORPG PvP is about competition, not combat
Over the last month, Eliot has written a Daily Grind and Perfect Ten that really got me thinking about what PvP truly is. He...
Guild Wars 2 details Whisper in the Dark’s Essence Manipulation mastery track mechanics
Gonna be honest, I am really excited to see this dev blog that went up on the Guild Wars 2 website today, not so...
Legends of Aria’s Reddit AMA addresses thieving skills, crafting, and lessons learned
Derek Brinkmann of Legends of Aria painted himself in blood and walked into the wolves' den of the MMORPG subreddit for that most time-honored...