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Pokemon Go is introducing a new multiplayer feature called Party Play
When Pokemon Go first announced the Buddy System in 2016, we thought it would be a true multiplayer system. It wasn't, but maybe we're...
The Daily Grind: How do you prefer to form parties in MMOs?
My first experience in an MMO was playing Final Fantasy XI, where as I have previously mentioned forming a party was downright necessary for...
Riot confirms Runeterra MMO’s group-centered design philosophy
While Riot Games' in-development Runeterra MMO still hasn't publicized anything that resembles gameplay, release plans, or even testing plans, what it does have is...
Book of Travels teases the groundwork of how cooperative play will work with Endeavours
It goes without saying that the point of Book of Travels is that you will not be grouping up with other players to descend...
The Soapbox: No, forced grouping in MMOs isn’t ‘social’
Thinking back to high school, I'm awash in memories of the many deep, meaningful relationships that spawned as a result of being forced to...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs are you reluctant to do group content in?
Some of our readers may believe that I am gregarious and outgoing. This is not true by any stretch of the imagination. Despite this,...
WoW Classic has an LFG addon for forming groups (but Blizzard’s going to block it)
If you're excited to take a trip back to the days of talent trees and expensive mounts but not to the days of shouting...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s comms blackout will lead to absolute anarchy
All hell is about to break loose in EVE Online for the territorial alliances waging wars in the depths of space following some the...
Anthem promises matchmaking for all of its content
We don't yet know all of the content that will be available for Anthem, as previews thus far have showed off open-world questing and the...
Wings Over Atreia: Aion’s abolished trading, and other foolish moves
So I really did not want to write a rant for Christmas week. No, I wanted -- nay, I planned -- a joyous column...
Dauntless improves matchmaking across the board for its next patch
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match in Dauntless. You'll be better at doing so once the game's next patch comes around because the next...
Leaderboard: Must MMORPGs revolve around grouping to be MMORPGs?
It would be easy to dismiss Saga of Lucimia's pervasive "group-based or go home" ideas as mere rhetoric, but the reality is, there exists...
Saga of Lucimia explains its notice board approach to finding a group
The latest entry on the development of Saga of Lucimia is all about group finding tools, and quelle surprise, the developers don't like them....
Discord whips up a looking-for-group tool
Discord is a proven hit in the gaming community, bringing together players from guilds and games to talk about their hobby. With a recent...
Destiny 2’s players grumble over lack of social features; Bungie posts Curse of Osiris release date, trailer
The original Destiny featured such robust social features as poorly managed chat options and a total dearth of social features to help people form...
Worlds Adrift is making it easier to play well with others
There are times when Worlds Adrift is meant to be lonesome, but that doesn't mean it needs to be lonely. The development team has...
Absolver shows off its grouping options in a new video
It should come as no real surprise that Absolver is not a private journey (otherwise we wouldn't really cover it here), and thus there...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO for doing things as a group?
I have nothing against Guild Wars 2 on a whole, but the group content in that game is a disconnected mess. Dungeons, when I...
World of Warcraft breaks a popular add-on for world quests to fix performance issues
The current flow of clearing World Quests in World of Warcraft is pretty straightforward. You see that there's a world quest out there offering...
The Daily Grind: Have you ever snubbed someone in an MMO?
Ah, the dreaded snub. It can be so subtle, so carefully orchestrated that the person snubbed is barely certain that a snub was intended....
