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The Daily Grind: Should MMO devs focus on quality-of-life features over content?
Today's Daily Grind is not really about any one MMO, so hear me out. I came across a thought-provoking poll the other day from...
The MOP Up: How about Final Fantasy XI’s new Vana’Bout?
Final Fantasy XI had a busy week with a November patch, that "includes changes to foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades, a new battlefield...
Star Citizen introduces the Gatac Syulen, Crusader Spirit C1, and Tumbril Storm as IAE free-fly event begins
Today is a big day for fans of Star Citizen's internet spaceships as the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo (IAE) is kicking off today, November 17th,...
EVE Online’s Havoc expansion is live, making players’ space pirate dreams a reality
As promised, EVE Online players are coasting into the sandbox's Havoc expansion today, which offers the life of a pirate to fans of the...
EVE Online posts the full patch notes for tomorrow’s Havoc update
Havoc is coming to EVE Online, and not just the kind created by player shenanigans that encourages CCP Games to write headlines and garbage...
EVE Online releases an updated launcher this week, confirms Winter Nexus holiday for December 5
The holidays are coming to EVE Online, but instead of bringing Santa-faced carbonated belch syrup, they're offering up the annual Winter Nexus event on...
Star Citizen’s Intergalactic Aerospace Expo free-to-play event returns November 17
It's part free-to-play event, part internet spaceship sales drive, and all a big hullabaloo: It's the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo, and it's coming back again...
Raph Koster has been warning about the death of games innovation longer than most MMOs have been alive
Veteran MMO developer Raph Koster is no stranger to talking about money in gaming. Our own readers will recall that all the way back...
PSA: Star Trek Online is slashing the price of its lifetime subscription deal through December 14
If you just can't get enough of that Star Trek Online and want to get all of the exclusive perks available to lifetime subscriptions...
Star Wars Galaxies Legends checks in with dev progress on heroics, deep space comms, and City Update 2.0
If you've been wondering what's on the horizon for the Star Wars Galaxies Legends rogue server, then you're probably going to care about the...
Pearl Abyss Q3 2023: Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light pulled PA out of its slump
MOP readers might recall that three months ago, the news for Pearl Abyss was looking a bit on the grim side, as the Korean...
Perfect Ten: The single best expansion from 10 MMOs
Holy crud, do I not know that I'm setting myself up for some major pushback today. Oh, I feel that to my core, friends!...
The Daily Grind: Do you remember to eat food in your MMO of choice?
I've been obsessed with cooking in MMOs ever since I created a chef empire in original-flavor Star Wars Galaxies. Actually, it probably started well...
Cryptic confirms layoffs, claiming Star Trek Online and Neverwinter aren’t ‘affected’
I wish I could say nobody could've seen this coming, but in fact, everyone did.
A few weeks ago, we learned that key Cryptic staffers...
Star Citizen outlines tentative timing and dates for its monetized Pyro preview channel testing
This year's CitizenCon event for Star Citizen started off with the announcement that the Pyro system would be coming to the preview channel test...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs as Saturday morning cartoons
My insane MMO and MMORPG thought experiments do indeed continue: Previously I considered what muffins MMO NPCs are, then I considered what flavor of...
Hyperspace Beacon: Have Star Wars The Old Republic’s visuals aged well?
Initially I wanted to write a column about how the transition of Star Wars: The Old Republic to Broadsword and how we're seeing its...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have the best vehicle experience?
I am generally not a fan of vehicles in MMORPGs. No, let me rephrase that. What I don't like is when my character becomes...
Global Chat: EVE Vanguard has a lot to prove
Just because you're a huge EVE Online fan doesn't mean that you're instantly rallying to the cause of CCP's EVE Vanguard. The Ancient Gaming...
Perfect Ten: Solid MMOs you might be sleeping on in 2023
For today's list, I wanted to take a different approach to recommending MMORPGs to you. I know we often talk about underrated titles, but...