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Developers from World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, and Final Fantasy XIV talk about raid design
Raids. You either find them to be the apex of MMORPG content and challenge, or liken them as the source of community gatekeeping and...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG will reward social gameplay, not just hack-n-slash
Since announcing he is building a new MMORPG with the apparently respectably funded new Playcraft studio, Raph Koster has been doing a long string...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s Lich King 2, Tides of Lichness?
All right, I guess we're doing this now. Yes, this column isn't just about how Blizzard screws up so badly that a lot of...
Interview: Population Zero explains its combat, training, raiding, and more
Population Zero, the survival MMO from Enplex Games, is currently in the midst of closed beta test weekends, with its third CBT live now...
The Daily Grind: What other MMOs need the ‘Archeage Unchained’ treatment?
Last year, it seemed like the trend was legacy servers for everyone. This year, the anti-pay-to-win push has been big, with ArcheAge Unchained at...
Complete coverage of Blizzard’s ‘Hong Kong liberation’ Blitzchung fiasco
In October of 2019, Blizzard made international news headlines when it banned a Hong Kong Hearthstone esports pro and two Taiwanese contracted casters over...
Final Fantasy XIV TV show gets a few new details, confirms chocobos
There are a number of things intrinsic to the Final Fantasy experience. Magitek. Airships. Crystals of varying importance and use. Outfits that likely give...
Daybreak’s Holly Longdale promises: ‘There is a future for EverQuest’
Even as Daybreak fractures into several studios, its flagship MMORPG continues to fly high. EverQuest itself recently confirmed the Q4 arrival of its Torment...
Blizzard finally decides to ban the college Hearthstone team that called for a Blizzard boycott too
Did it bother you that Blizzard had punished Blitzchung over his Hong Kong liberation stunt but planned to permit American University players who similarly...
Into the Super-verse: Catching up with Valiance Online
So far in the Into the Super-verse column space, we have touched base with two of the three upcoming City of Heroes spiritual successors:...
Buy-to-play ArcheAge Unchained is officially live today with the Shadows Revealed update
Back in August, Gamigo stunned the MMORPG genre by announcing a do-over for 2014 Korean MMORPG ArcheAge called ArcheAge Unchained: It's a buy-to-play, sub-free...
Blizzard solves its ‘one company, two policies’ problem by hiding pro players and canceling an event
While many gamers are now looking ahead to BlizzCon for its reveals after the Hearthstone Hong Kong esports fiasco, I'm far more curious about...
EVE Evolved: Chatting up EVE Online world record holder Ethan ‘Katia Sae’ Richards
EVE Online player Ethan Richards is best known by the name of his in-game character Katia Sae, who earlier this year completed an incredible...
The Game Archaeologist: Funcom’s long-abandoned Midgard MMO
There used to be a time that Funcom was deeply into the MMORPG business, bringing us titles such as Anarchy Online, Age of Conan,...
Mark Kern didn’t just quit WoW Classic: He accused his old Firefall studio of Chinese corruption
Earlier this week, we reported that former World of Warcraft Team Lead Mark Kern had very publicly posted that he was quitting WoW over...
Blizzard won’t punish the US college Hearthstone players who protested in support of Blitzchung – so they quit
On Wednesday, we reported that a Hearthstone collegiate team from American University in Washington, D.C., had staged a brief protest in support of Hong...
Interview: Star Citizen’s Sean Tracy on the gameplay features of alpha 3.7, live today
Today marks another big installment for the alpha of Star Citizen. The 3.7 update should now be live for everyone as you read this,...
Analysts fret over Blizzard’s prospects following wildly unpopular ban of Hong Kong Hearthstone esports star
Anger over the "international incident" sparked by Blizzard's ban of a Hong Kong Hearthstone pro player and apparent firing of two Taiwanese commentators over...
Stardew Valley’s lone developer talks about self-publishing, patch 1.4, and multiplayer for Xbox One and mobile
Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone seems to be the Trent Reznor of gaming development in that he works better either by himself or with a very...
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet chased the 2016 Gaile Gray account hacker all the way to Germany – and lost
Back in 2016, MassivelyOP covered an odd story about the Guild Wars franchise and a hack that seemingly involved the account of then-ArenaNet employee...
