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Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with creative idea hooks
There's so much blatant -- and lazy! -- copying in the world of entertainment and arts that anything novel is to be cherished. I've...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 502: Chronicling all the non-combat content in MMOs
Justin and Bree host the first MMO theme show of 2025 with a deep-dive into the wide range of non-combat content in our genre, plus adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Stars Reach, and Aloft.
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?
So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...
Conan Exiles pauses content delivery and focuses spring 2025 update on bugs and stability
We know that MMORPG genre players are currently tapping their feet in Funcom's direction, urging on the development of Dune Awakening, but the studio...
Craig Morrison’s new studio is taking test signups for that ‘horse mystery’ MMORPG
Readers might recall that way back in July of last year, former Funcom and Blizzard luminary Craig Morrison announced he was studio director of...
Cozy co-op survivalbox Aloft officially enters early access today – here’s the 2025 development roadmap
As promised, co-op survival sandbox Aloft has officially launched into early access today with a $24.99 price tag. The Funcom-published, Astrolabe-developed game sends up...
Dune Awakening promises it’s still on track to meet its projected launch window
Walking without rhythm will not attract the worm, but walking without a launch window will not attract players who are eager to see Dune...
MMO Hype Train: Could 2025 be the Year of Dune Awakening?
I'm going to lay out my cards on the table because I think that honesty is germane to what we'll be talking about today:...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond
As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...
Dune Awakening proves that it can get really pretty in 4K high-res
For those who upgraded their computers and graphics card over the holidays, you'll be glad to know that the upcoming Dune Awakening is prepared...
Conan Exiles players were murdered nearly 10M times by werehyenas, according to Funcom’s 2024 stats
Whenever you're playing Conan Exiles, the obvious response to someone shouting, "Werehyena!" is to point and then say, "There hyena!" It's a laugh riot....
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG launched the best event of 2024?
I'm well aware that this is going to be a hard Daily Grind to answer because it used to be an award, and it...
The Secret World TTRPG group is working on a North American expansion book
Way back in 2021, Funcom officially gave its blessing to a player-run studio that wanted to build a Secret World tabletop RPG. In 2022,...
Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024
I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....
Perfect Ten: Lessons from unsuccessful MMORPGs that I wish designers would learn
I have been writing about this genre for far too long now and seen far too many games with genuinely good elements completely fail...
MMO Hype Train: Into the Echo and the wish for a time travel MMO
Are there any MMO projects that you suspect only you remember and care about -- but everyone else has forgotten? I feel that way...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you feel is spinning its wheels these days?
When we think of MMOs that have stalled out or are spinning their wheels doing a lot of nothing in particular, often our minds...
Massively Overthinking: How long should it take to level to endgame in MMORPGs?
Right after New World's Aeternum launched, we did a piece looking into how the game was faring - and one complaint I saw over...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s new server is running smoothly, but some items are missing
It was an inauspicious start for Dungeons and Dragons Online's new premier 64-bit server, as the Cormyr shard experienced some of the worst slideshow...
