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Global Chat: MMO players’ reactions to Diablo IV’s launch and SWTOR’s studio move
As the online community once again gets swept up into the hellscape of Diablo, there are no shortages of opinions about the quality of...
Choose My Adventure: Age of Conan underwhelms almost immediately
For an MMORPG that has been out for as long as it has, Age of Conan sure feels like an early access title. And...
Cinderstone Online makes its early access debut, plans to share a roadmap soon
A couple of weeks ago we checked back in on Cinderstone Online, aka The MMO Formerly Known as Fioresia Online, where we found the...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is level boosting in LOTRO worth it?
While I make my way through the new King's Gondor zone in Lord of the Rings Online -- impressions coming next week, hopefully --...
First Impressions: Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis’ player housing aka ‘creative spaces’ has huge potential – and a huge learning curve
One of the best methods for MMORPG players to feel connected to their game's world is through the avenue of player housing. It's an...
Global Chat: How insistent are MMOs that you group up?
In a recent essay over at Inventory Full, the author looks back at a couple decades-plus of MMO gaming to recall how fast and...
Massively on the Go: Jurassic World Alive plods on five years later, encumbered by over-monetization
Ludia's Jurassic World Alive is still stomping along. It's gotten some features over the years that seem, well, "borrowed" from that Pokemon GPS game, but yeesh,...
Ethyrial Echoes of Yore’s reset descends into chaos with new bugs, tanking reviews, and lead dev’s partial withdrawal
The initial Steam launch of Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore went badly enough that developer Gellyberry Studios announced plans for a full server wipe and...
Global Chat: How do you play older MMOs?
It's always a challenge -- sometimes an insurmountable one -- when you jump into older MMORPGs after being conditioned by modern experiences. To help...
Design Mockument: Let’s bring back WildStar, only good this time
The other night, a couple of us were talking in work chat about missing WildStar. I also miss WildStar... or more accurately, I miss...
Ethyrial Echoes of Yore will see a full wipe two weeks after launch for a full do-over
While our own impressions of new indie MMO Ethyrial Echoes of Yore weren't great, we did note that the studio behind the game, Gellyberry,...
Fight or Kite: Eternal Card Game puts a real focus both PvE and PvP
This week in Fight or Kite, I'm taking on Eternal. It’s another dueling card game that at least on the face of it doesn’t...
Newly launched Ethyrial Echoes of Yore addresses double billing bug as Steam reviews tank
MOP's Chris delivered a harsh but fair verdict on brand-new indie MMO Ethyrial Echoes of Yore in his impressions piece yesterday, and the phrase...
First Impressions: Ethyrial Echoes of Yore needs a lot more polish to be worth a sub
I'll be very upfront: I did not have a whole lot of time to play Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore even though I was granted...
Mad World’s free-to-play launch stumbles out of the gate and misses its Steam release target
Yesterday was supposed to be the big day for Jandisoft's MMORPG's full release as Mad World has officially made its full free-to-play launch, and...
Four Winds: The Artist has become my favorite support class in Lost Ark
Here's a thought experiment: How would have Anakin Skywalker turned out if he had grown up on planet covered in paint rather than coarse,...
Blue Protocol wraps up its Japanese network test, releases music trailer
This past weekend saw the Japanese network test for Blue Protocol come to an end, so now it stands to reason that the devs...
Afrofantasy MMO Wagadu Chronicles says its next alpha test will be NDA-free
Expect to hear -- and see -- a lot more about The Wagadu Chronicles this month thanks to a decision by studio Twin Drums...
Star Wars The Old Republic opens its first cloud-based server for testing in the Asia-Pacific region
Last week, Star Wars: The Old Republic announced plans to move its servers to newer cloud-based tech hosted by Amazon Web Services as part...
Diablo IV notes 29B monsters slain and 61M hours played during the open beta test
This past weekend was a very obviously busy one for Diablo IV considering it was running an open beta test. That said, those who...
