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World of Warcraft is retiring the Companion App as it looks forward to the Cataclysm Classic conversion
If you're still salty about being asked this ages ago, don't worry, World of Warcraft fans. Blizzard no longer cares if you have a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG with level scaling handles it worst?
Considering the fact that every MMORPG is in a war of content basically forever, I say it makes sense that they would embrace level...
Albion Online shares its full schedules for Season 23 – including the plan for Albion Europe
For those of you who long to begin the blood-drenched path to mastery with Albion Online's Season 23, you should know that the path...
World of Warcraft opens beta signups for The War Within
The hour of testing has arrived for World of Warcraft's next expansion... well, sort of. The hour of signing up for the hour of...
World of Warcraft Classic’s Season of Discovery launches Phase 3 on April 4
You certainly can't fault the World of Warcraft team with failing to keep up a content cadence over the past few weeks. The WoW...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite underappreciated MMORPG?
It can be hard to judge what quite constitutes an underappreciated MMORPG in any given context. It's easy to say that you feel like...
Craftopia releases its spring update with future technology, mithril, and more
It really would have been easy to just sort of kick Craftopia into the dumpster when Pocketpair had an actual runaway success on its...
The Daily Grind: Does your choice of computer hardware influence your MMO decisions?
If you have a Macintosh, your choice of MMO gaming is a bit more restrained than it is for others. It's not nonexistent, of...
Final Fantasy XIV will launch on Xbox on March 21
Well, it looks like the beta for Final Fantasy XIV on the Xbox Series X|S is not going to last particularly long after all....
City of Heroes: Homecoming patches numerous fixes for power sets and Advanced Task Forces
It's been only a few weeks since City of Heroes' newly legitimate Homecoming servers saw the i27p7 update roll out, but there's another update...
Final Fantasy XI previews its March update and the next Vana’Bout event
The Final Fantasy XI patch previews just hit different when the patch is just rotating Ambuscade objectives. Sure, it's nice that this still happens...
Waven extends its tutorials and cleans up some guidance with its latest patch
Tutorials are kind of important when video games want people to actually play instead of stare blankly at the screen murmuring "so how do...
EverQuest II adds the remainder of its tradeskill achievements for the year ahead of time
All right, so if you're playing EverQuest II, you have plenty of achievements tracking throughout the entire year as the Year of Darkpaw rolls...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMO systems you long ago gave up on understanding?
"I do not understand how Ninja is supposed to be played," he said, "and at this point I have given up on understanding it."...
Final Fantasy XI adds a new Master Trial against the guardians of Adoulin
The next major Final Fantasy XI patch will not actually involve going to war against a month, but it certainly sounds like it will....
Mortal Online 2 opens up its test server for a new balance patch
It's frankly upsetting when you think of players on Mortal Online 2 who for too long have cowered behind shield, resolute and confident in...
Embers Adrift adds more solo content and bulletin board system with its January update
So Embers Adrift has a bit of a situation. The game is very decidedly focused around having people group up and take on challenges...
The Daily Grind: How often should characters miss in combat in MMORPGs?
The other day, we were talking about City of Heroes at the Massively OP offices because at this point that's like 50% of our...
Albion Online’s latest guide explains the nature of its world and how players can explore it
If you have never played Albion Online before, it can feel a little bit daunting to start, especially if you know that it's a...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG that you love is terrible for new players?
All MMORPGs are kind of garbage at onboarding new players. There are a lot of reasons for that, and a lot of games are...
