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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...
Ashes of Creation players spill the beans about pre-alpha testing as verbal and written NDAs lift
If you've got Ashes of Creation targeted in your gaming news and social feeds, then you probably woke up to a deluge of information...
Conan Exiles adds new companions and improved thrall behaviors in today’s Age of Heroes update
Today marks the beginning of the Age of Heroes in Conan Exiles, as the latest update looks to bring new life to some of...
Ghibli-esque co-op sandbox Aloft delays early access from fall to January 2025
Co-op sandbox fans have been eagerly awaiting the Funcom-published title Aloft all year as the Ghibli-inspired game trekked through a demo and con season....
Conan Exiles recaps the story beats of Age of War chapter four as the Age of Heroes looms
Conan Exiles is now just two days away from its NPC-revamping Age of Heroes update, but that also means some of the general story...
Ashes of Creation’s Steven Sharif talks Alpha 2 features, the MMO’s design, and ‘the bite of failure’ in PvX
With just over a week before Ashes of Creation kicks off its Alpha 2 playtest, creative director Steven Sharif has held an interview with...
One Shots: Waiting for a friend in Star Citizen
You've bought your $14,000 starship, spent countless days rearranging everything just so, and managed to stay on top of the torrent of word salad...
One Shots: Save the teddy bear, save the world
In any other MMO, a child's teddy bear is usually nothing more than a sign of innocence or an environmental storytelling cue. In The...
Survival sandbox Aloft explains how its all-new momentum system will work
"Out with the old and in with the new," declares survival sandbox Aloft, as studio Astrolabe's latest dev blog takes a look at the...
Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024
We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...
Funcom-published co-op sandbox Aloft targets a fall 2024 release
The well of creativity for survival sandboxes hasn't dried up yet, for better or for worse, and Funcom is determined to get in on...
One Shots: Funcom never could get children right
If you ever played The Secret World, then nod with me as I say that Funcom had absolutely no idea how to portray, voice,...
