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Skyforge’s Law and Order event starts today
Skyforge has announced a new event called Law and Order that begins today and runs through October 28th. It pits players against criminals and...
Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns economy and legendary weapons
ArenaNet has published two Guild Wars 2 dev blogs today: one on the economy and one on legendary weapons. ANet economist John Smith begins by...
The Daily Grind: What’s the grindiest MMO?
Allow me to butcher a phrase: MMO grind is in the eye of the beholder. A few hundred architect entertainment missions in City of...
SWTOR is changing conquests in its Fallen Empire expansion
When the Knights of the Fallen Empire expansion hits Star Wars: The Old Republic next month, conquests will look a bit different. BioWare community...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO festival event is your favorite?
Lord of the Rings Online's summer festival ends this week, and I'm kind of glad. I've been partaking, of course, but it's a grind...
Bungie blows up Destiny’s progression system and Peter Dinklage
Big things are afoot with Destiny, and by big things we mean that Bungie is basically changing how the whole game works while trading Tyrion...
EverQuest II’s prog server isn’t as fun as the real thing
I've been playing the crap out of EverQuest II for the past week. Funnily enough, the vast majority of said playtime hasn't been on...
The Daily Grind: Do you get other stuff done while playing MMOs?
I listened to an audiobook while playing MMOs this weekend, and frankly I wish I'd thought of this before. Most of the MMOs I play...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best achievement system?
I've been dabbling in a bit of Star Wars: The Old Republic here lately, and I had forgotten how many achievements there were in...
You can grab Destiny’s Year One reward even if you haven’t been playing that long
Bungie has unveiled a reward for Destiny's year one players. Achieving said reward sounds pretty grindy, as you'll need to complete all of the Moments of Triumph...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO grind you’ve experienced?
There was a certain level band in World of Warcraft where my wife and I just resigned ourselves to a lack of useful quests...
Tomorrow’s Guild Wars 2 patch tweaks the 1-to-80 leveling experience
Tomorrow's Guild Wars 2 patch features a change inspired by player feedback, according to game director Colin Johanson. "We decided getting to level 80...
The Daily Grind: Is there MMO busywork you enjoy?
Down in the comments beneath the Marvel Heroes column we first published this week, a Massively OPÂ reader expressed annoyance with online action RPGs and...
The Soapbox: Can MMOs eradicate pay-to-win?
You know what sucks about getting old? Apart from the adult diapers and the dying? Yeah, it's the seeing things you love retconned into...
ArcheAge preps a barrel racing daily event
ArcheAge is gearing up for its annual Rum Runner Rapids event, which looks to involve drinking, whitewater rapids, and barrels out of bond.
More specifically,...
Yay, SWTOR is less of a grind (again)
BioWare has outlined its approach to the latest Star Wars: The Old Republic 12x experience event which is now active. The boost enables subscribers to...
Here’s a quick preview of WildStar’s new Star-Comm Basin zone
WildStar's getting a new zone and it's called Star-Comm Basin. Carbine senior game designer Scott Hafner has penned a dev blog that previews the new...
Trion is upping RIFT’s daily and weekly quest rewards in 3.2
Trion has posted a note on RIFT's official forums confirming that it will be upping the rewards for daily and weekly quests in tomorrow's...
Defiance adds Alcatraz, preps for season three
Trion has added Alcatraz to Defiance, along with a new EGO rating cap of 6,000 and several other key features. Chief among these are...
ArcheAge is adding skills, a cap increase, and the Library this week
The North American and European versions of ArcheAge are finally getting the level cap bump that Korean players have enjoyed for months.
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