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The Daily Grind: How do you keep occupied while playing mindlessly in MMOs?
I'd say that about half of the time I'm playing MMOs, I'm deeply engaged in the story, puzzles, unknown territory, and tricky combat. This...
Standing Stone Games tells the story of its name and logo
Kind of curious about why Turbine's ex-developers formed their new indie studio with the name Standing Stone Games? And what is up with that...
SWTOR nerfs command XP after community farms mobs
The new galactic command endgame system that arrived in last week's SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne has been steeped in controversy ever since...
MMO Mechanics: 2016’s MMORPG mechanics in review
The holiday season is finally upon us: My decorations are resurrected from their dark corner of my storage closets once more, Jack Frost is...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most frustrating streak of bad luck you’ve had in an MMO?
There are two things I'd really like in World of Warcraft's most recent expansion, and since both of them are entirely random, I'm flat...
Dungeon Fighter Online debuts streamlined seasonal server
Sometimes it is simply refreshing when an MMO has fun with its server rulesets to experiment with a different approach. If you're on board...
Multiplayer online sandbox Planet Explorers launches on Steam
Don't call it an MMORPG, but Planet Explorers might just scratch your sandbox itch. Formally releasing out of early access on Steam today, the...
EVE Vegas 2016: Bridging the gap between PvE and PvP
While EVE Online is typically thought of as a cutthroat PvP game, players spend a substantial amount of time engaged in PvE activities such...
Enter to win a Villagers & Heroes prize pack worth $150, courtesy of Mad Otter and Massively OP
Releasing globally on the Google Play Store today is the mobile version of Villagers & Heroes, which you might think sounds awfully familiar. That's because...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite type of MMO crafting?
If you ever told someone that you like crafting in MMOs, you know that this is such a broad and general statement as to...
Guild Wars 2 heard you liked Halloween farming, so…
Last night, ArenaNet end boss Mike O'Brien gave the Guild Wars 2 farming meta one step forward and one step back by announcing the team...
Crowfall on its player-driven economy as inspired by classic MMORPGs
If you've been keeping an eye on Crowfall's recent crafting updates and are wondering how exactly everything fits together in the PvP-centric MMORPG, then...
EVE Evolved: Controversy over gambling bans and charities
It's been a crazy, drama-filled week in EVE Online, starting with a controversial change to the EULA that will ban all gambling sites using in-game currency or assets...
Massively OP’s guide to the best upcoming indie MMORPGs, part three
Over the last couple of weeks, we shared with you part one and part two of our guide to the best upcoming and current indie MMORPGs...
7 Days to Die publishes its ‘biggest content drop to date’
It's heady times for alpha players of 7 Days to Die. The zombie survival sandbox released its Alpha 15 update earlier this morning, which...
Black Desert preps for next week’s ocean patch, talks life skills
Black Desert is back online this morning after a brief patch intended to help prep for next week's massive ocean content update -- or...
EVE Evolved: What else is coming to EVE Online in November?
Recently I've been looking at how EVE Online will be affected by the introduction of free-to-play "alpha clone" accounts in its upcoming November expansion, but there's a...
The Daily Grind: How long should the MMORPG genre’s hardest raids take to beat?
This week, after World of Warcraft: Legion's mythic Emerald Nightmare raid launched, a Russian hardcore guild called Exorsus had the raid cleared within 18...
The Black Death team has at least one mystery class up its sleeve
Do you trust Q&A sessions over Plain Jane dev diaries, if only to hear the team field questions that you might like to know?...
ECO’s ecosystem will release October 5th
Total War: ArenaAn ecosystem is coming to ECO! Though if you consider the survival sandbox's name, that probably doesn't come as much of a surprise....
