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Vitae Aeternum: Appreciating New World’s developers and their swansong patch
Earlier this month, New World's remaining skeleton crew of developers patched in all the content that had been in development for the next major...
Wizard101 brings gothic horror to November with its Darkmoor zone release
Maybe it's a little late to the Halloween party, but Wizard101 is bringing all of the deliciously dark sweets anyway -- and we're not...
MMO Hype Train: How should we handle 2025’s terrible year for upcoming MMOs?
Friends, I'm not going to sugar-coat it: It's been an extremely rough year to be excited about upcoming MMO projects. Three high-profile projects --...
Today’s unannounced New World patch adds zone revamp, new cosmetics, and daggers [Update]
It seems New World's remaining developers are not content to go quietly into the night following its transition to maintenance mode: An unannounced patch...
Bill Roper’s Lunacy Games secures $500K in funding for eldritch extraction RPG Innsmouth Mysteries
Up until this week, last summer was the last time we got any word out of Bill Roper's studio Lunacy Games, which was working...
The MOP Up: RIFT hosts a player housing contest
From now through November 29th, plucky not-completely-abandoned RIFT is hosting a player housing contest with prizes: "Welcome to Dimension Bonanza, the dimension contest where...
LOTRO hastens legendary server progression, players put on The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Halloween
Lord of the Rings Online's two newest progression servers, Angmar and Mordor, are picking up the pace as they look toward the new year....
Vitae Aeternum: New World’s demise is a disaster for the MMORPG genre
Unfortunately, here we are again. I am once again in the position of reporting on the death of a game I enjoyed. You all...
Vitae Aeternum: Too late, Nighthaven’s Catacombs and perk revamp saved New World’s endgame
In my last piece, I provided my initial impressions of New World's Nighthaven update and its titular zone. Since then, I've had the time...
The Cube, Save Us delays its early access release window to early 2026 following player feedback
In the middle of this month, we all had to mentally wrestle with the name of an in-development extraction game from XLGAMES, The Cube,...
The MOP Up: Dune Awakening releases its $50 artbook
Have a hankering to get into the art and background of Dune Awakening? Funcom published the MMO's official artbook this past week for a...
Albion Online reopens its Halloween dungeon and the fight against the evil Bob for another spooky season
Hear now the name of true villainy and tremble! Hear it echo through the mountains, chased by the screams of the terrified just before...
Nightholme is a new horror-themed PvPvE extraction RPG launching next year
Did you need another extraction game? Maybe not, but announcing a horror-themed one the week before Halloween is pretty smart all the same. We're...
Perfect Ten: The best MMOs for the year-round Halloween season
Halloween is honestly my favorite holiday of the year. I have spent all of October watching horror movies (I love horror movies), and I...
No Man’s Sky kicks off the Breach expedition just in time for Halloween
No Man's Sky players have surely barely finished making their way through last month's Voyagers update, but it's Halloween, so you're getting another one!...
Guild Wars 1 and 2 fans are putting on their own Halloween festival, the 20-year-old Horrorween
Not a lot of MMORPGs at all make it to 20 years, so far, so it's especially awesome to see a player-run event pull...
Vitae Aeternum: After a rough start, Nighthaven is rekindling my passion for New World
After about two years of painful waiting, New World has finally gained another new zone, the sprawling and spooky Nighthaven. With so many missteps...
Join Us is an irreverent co-op RPG where players build and lead a doomsday cult through the apocalypse
It must be said that, as elevator pitches for multiplayer co-op games go, the one offered by the in-development RPG Join Us seems pretty...
The Cube, Save Us is XLGAMES’ new awkwardly titled post-apocalyptic extraction looter
XLGAMES' latest online title is on its way, and this one is an odd marriage of post-apocalyptic themes, extraction shooter mechanics, and a horror...
Massively Overthinking: Is there a specific year of MMOs you’re glad you lived through?
This week's Massively Overthinking is inspired directly by something MOP reader Zulika said last month in comments about Smed's new MMOFPS.
"More and more I...
