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Star Citizen recounts November and December updates to NPC behavior, ships, rendering, and locations
If you were wondering what Star Citizen was up to at the end of last year but were concerned because there weren't any monthly...
Interview: Annex is a ‘romantic gold-rush’ MMO set in a post-post-apocalyptic world
Last November, we reported on a new Icelandic game studio and the hints of its upcoming MMORPG project by ex-CCP developers. Arctic Theory, as...
The Daily Grind: Do you like pop-up landscape quests in MMOs, or do you require quest-givers?
So I was playing Lord of the Rings Online the other day, going through Paths of the Dead on my way into Gondor. I...
The Stream Team: Blowing up space rocks for fun and profit in Elite Dangerous
There's gold in them thar asteroids! Or tritium, or void opals, or maybe just basic ore. Whatever is in them thar asteroids, MOP's Chris...
Global Chat: The MMO blogs you should be reading in 2023
Welcome to a new year of Global Chat -- and with it, the anticipation of a great assortment of MMO blog essays, questions, guides,...
Massively Overthinking: The biggest 2022 MMO trainwrecks (almost) nobody noticed
As we wrap up our end-of-the-year and turn-of-the-calendar content until next December, there's one more recurring Massively Overthinking I like to do - and...
John Smedley is leaving his position as head of Amazon Games’ San Diego studio
John Smedley is moving on from his role heading the San Diego branch of Amazon Game Studios, according to a memo sent to staff...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2023
Years ago, I did the first version of this yearly column in a one-off format in the middle of the year just because I...
EVE Online’s latest patch updates the visuals of the Minmatar Rifter and sells newbie ship skins for all
It's not often that vets of EVE Online would look at new players with a sense of envy, but a recent update to the...
SWG Legends’ Star Viper space update went live over the holidays
If you blinked, you missed it: The space update codenamed Star Viper landed in Star Wars Galaxies rogue server SWG Legends over the holidays....
Elite Dangerous will patch Update 14 issues late this month, schedules Updates 15 and 16 for this year
The new year has been met by the devs of Elite: Dangerous with its latest newsletter, which grants a general roadmap of update plans...
The MOP Up: Star Wars Galaxies’ Empire in Flames celebrates Boonta Eve
Star Wars Galaxies' Empire in Flames isn't lying down for January's drabness. Rather, the rogue server welcomed Boonta's Eve for the entire month. During...
EVE Online says lowsec murder and ship production are up since Uprising
In its first producer's letter of 2023, CCP Games is once again talking up EVE Online's active players, but if you're hoping for an...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2023
As 2022 drew to a close, we spent our Massively Overthinking roundtables discussing our predictions for 2023 as well as our goals. Now, we're...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2023
You know how some people like to push this narrative that "MMOs are dying?" If that were actually true, then my job to round...
Elite Dangerous lore post hints at an upcoming rise in the amount of anti-xeno weapons ships can field
If your answer to the Thargoid threat in Elite: Dangerous is to shoot them with anti-xeno weaponry, you're already very familiar with the hard...
Star Citizen heralds 2022 as a year of growth, touches on 3.18’s features and update plans for 2023
At the close of 2022, CIG's Chris Roberts put out another chairman's letter that looks back at Star Citizen's last year and ahead to...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v6.0
And that's a wrap on this year in history! While everyone says farewell to 2022, here at TGA we're always looking way back at...
The Daily Grind: What MMO theme music gets you pumped to log in?
The other day I was watching a retrospective video on Star Wars Galaxies, and the host was saying how he had a hard time...
The Stream Team: The whimsy of Q’s Winter Wonderland in Star Trek Online
Of all the holiday events in many games, Star Trek Online's feels the most lore appropriate and immersive to Massively OP's MJ. Thanks to...