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Black Desert launches lead-up event for next week’s Drieghan’s expansion
Black Desert's Drieghan expansion launches one week from today, so you might have thought this week's patch would be nothing at all - but...
Guild Wars 2 is overhauling runes and sigils and making them salvageable in next week’s patch
If you're one of those weirdos who loves having an inventory overflowing with crap (hi MJ!), then I'm sorry to report that ArenaNet is...
Albion Online’s Nimue update launches November 21
The Lady of the Lake is coming to Albion Online this month: Nimue launches on November 21st, mostly notably with its new 5v5 guild-vs.-guild...
The Daily Grind: What makes a game feel like an MMO to you?
Bethesda is at it again. Years after its subsidiary bent itself over backwards to protest that Elder Scrolls Online wasn't an MMO, the gaming...
Star Wars: The Old Republic adjusts operations, hypes Jedi Under Siege
Promising a return to a "much regular update cadence," the Star Wars: The Old Republic operations team has some fixes and adjustments in the...
Netease talks up Diablo Immortal to Chinese fans and onlookers
While American fans at this weekend's BlizzCon went into full-on meltdown mode, NetEase was also telling Chinese fans about the upcoming Diablo Immortal. It...
The Daily Grind: What’s the longest you’ve ever played a WoW expansion?
During BlizzCon this weekend, Eliot and I were chatting about an article series he's working on different periods in MMORPG history. I mentioned 2009...
The MOP Up: TERA opens SEA server and delivers Deathwrack to consoles
It was a pretty big week for action combat MMO TERA, starting with the delivery of the four-dungeon Deathwrack update to Xbox One and...
Elite Dangerous is getting a fleshed-out MMO guild system in Beyond Chapter Four
Frontier is continuing to pump out livestreams highlighting the details of Elite Dangerous' Beyond Chapter Four. Yesterday, the stream's focus was on squadrons, essentially...
Working As Intended: The gamification of the workification of games
Last weekend, my husband made the bold choice to let our young son play The Stanley Parable. I am not entirely sure the kid...
Blade & Soul is already rolling on to its Thanksgiving events
While some western gamers might still be grumpy over the delay of Blade & Soul's class specialization update - which is not hitting in...
Guild Wars 2’s legendary upgrade feature accidentally joins weekly patch as new RMT griefing trick emerges
If, like our staff, you looked at yesterday's Guild Wars 2 patch notes and thought it was a "filler patch" with just a handful...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?
A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping.
"A Charr...
One Shots: Pumpkins Online
I know and you know that MMO developers love Halloween perhaps more than their own flesh-and-blood children. And as much as I enjoy how...
Albion Online dev update video details features of upcoming Nimue update
At the beginning of this month, the folks at Sandbox Interactive held their first roadmap Q&A livestream for Albion Online, in which they took...
Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy is Aion’s NGE gut punch
Woah! WOA is back! It's only fitting: Wings Over Atreia debuted when Aion launched as a new game, and now it is back for...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 Halloween with the MOP ladies plus one
Mad Kings and sinister clock towers, that's what Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King event is made of! But that won't stop...
Perfect Ten: The 10 types of skill in MMOs
Everyone has a very strong opinion about player skill in MMOs. This is understandable. Furthermore, I've met a lot of different people with different...
Black Desert Online improves Mirumok Ruins and asks Russian players to apply for transfers
It's patch day for Black Desert Online and today, that means the Mirumok Ruins have been substantially adjusted. The recommended attack power is lower,...
Massively on the Go: The key MMO features in The Walking Dead Our World
As a franchise, The Walking Dead is probably past its prime, but I'm admittedly still a bit of a fan. In fact, I was playing...