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End-of-Year Eleven: The best value MMOs going into 2023
Every year when I do this post, I muse about what "value" actually means for MMOs because it's actually a tricky proposition and that...
The MOP Up: Spellcraft reflects upon growth and development in 2022
The Spellcraft team, made up of former ArenaNet and En Masse devs, paused their work on the upcoming real-time tactics game to reflect on...
The MOP Up: Chimeraland heads to the Epic Game Store
The unholy, unnatural, unbelievable Chimeraland has its sights set on a new conquest: the Epic Game Store. The studio announced that it's releasing on...
Global Chat: Shopping for a Star Wars Galaxies rogue server
Interested in going back to Star Wars Galaxies -- or trying it out for the first time -- but you find yourself paralyzed with...
The Stream Team: Speeding through Path of Exile’s new Sanctum league
With the launch of Path of Exile's new Sanctum league with The Forbidden Sanctum, Massively OP's MJ is interested in testing out the special...
Path of Exile’s Forbidden Sanctum expansion launches today – PC downloading has begun
It's go-time for Path of Exile: The Forbidden Sanctum launches on PC today at 2 p.m. EST, which means servers went down just a...
Path of Exiles’ rogue-like The Forbidden Sanctum launches December 9 for PC, December 14 on console
It's finally December! And you know what that means. No, we're not talking about that mega winter holiday filled with elves; we're talking about...
Path of Exile details the changes coming to Eldritch Altars in Forbidden Sanctum
Those of you who had relied upon Eldritch Altars for maps in Path of Exile will have to deal with the fact that when...
Path of Exile’s next content drop is The Forbidden Sanctum
While Grinding Gear Games is keeping most of the details about Path of Exile's big December content update secret (for now), the studio did...
Path of Exile outlines announcement plans for its next expansion and shares clips from the Mayhem event
While the month of November is mostly about events, the devs of Path of Exile are preparing to unleash the torrent of news about...
Path of Exile answers player questions about the upcoming Ruthless mode
Despite the name, Path of Exile's upcoming Ruthless mode will in fact allow you to have a character named Ruth, or Ruth-Anne, or Ruthie....
Path of Exile elaborates on the punishing handicaps that December’s Ruthless mode applies
Last week Grinding Gear Games had expounded on, among other things, a new name and initial details for Path of Exile's new hard mode...
Path of Exile elaborates on November’s Endless Delve event and rewards
Last week, Path of Exile shared some information about several events arriving this month, which prompted some player questions about event systems and rewards...
Path of Exile delays next expansion, confirms Lake of Kalandra will not be a permanent fixture for now
As the next expansion for Path of Exile looms, the thoughts of both players and developer Grinding Gear Games now turn to what's next,...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online introduces one of Firesong’s defenders
With Elder Scrolls Online's Firesong DLC arriving early next month, there will be a new roster of characters to meet during this new journey....
Path of Exile’s Grinding Gear Games shows off the team’s new office, complete with recording booth
When you picture the office of a game development studio, what do you picture? A dank dungeon with stone walls, hanging chains, and a...
Global Chat: Warming up to story-driven MMORPGs
Do you play MMOs for the narrative or ignore the story altogether? There's a sharp line dividing the community on this issue, but MMO...
The MOP Up: Valheim comes to Microsoft’s store this month
That kooky Norse survival sim Valheim is sending a raiding party to new shores -- in this case, to Microsoft itself. The company announced...
Four Winds: What made Lost Ark so successful where Elyon failed?
I'm sad about it, but I have to eat my words about Elyon and its place in this decade's pantheon of MMOs. I honestly...
Path of Exile posts the patch notes for its next update to Archnemesis and the Lake of Kalandra
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. It's been the watchword out of Path of Exile over the past few days, and several of those changes are arriving in a...
