interviews
World of Warcraft will allow flying in Zereth Mortis as players debate anniversary event drop rates
The real question of World of Warcraft tends to be whether or not you can fly in a given zone, with players often frustrated by...
Daybreak’s Jack Emmert is geeking out over DC Universe Online’s December Legion of Doom
Jack Emmert, CEO of Daybreak sub-studio Dimensional Ink, is geeking out over DC Universe Online's upcoming Legion of Doom episode in December. His excitement...
League of Legends’ animated series Arcane rakes in rave reviews across the internet
It would appear that Netflix has another hit on its hands with the premiere of the League of Legends animated series Arcane, which made...
Interview: Crowfall’s freemium update, small-scale PvP, new players, and the future of the game
Another month has passed, and another meaty patch is coming to Crowfall. That's right, today we'll see the latest update (7.300) arrive on the...
Star Wars The Old Republic marks 10 years with 4K re-releases of its original trailers
Cast your mind back 10 years ago when Star Wars: The Old Republic was kicking out some impressive cinematic trailers that laid the groundwork...
Desert Oasis: Unearthing the origin story of Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss
On our side of the pond, the exploits of various popular video game companies and their founding are well documented. But when it comes...
WoW Factor: Blizzard’s investment call was all bad news for World of Warcraft
Tuesday's investor call for Activision-Blizzard was not what I would generally call good news for the company across the board, but the reality is...
Camelot Unchained recaps alchemy, tundra as CSE likens Final Stand Ragnarok’s Steam early access to crowdfunding
City State Entertainment is swiveling the spotlight away from the early access launch of Final Stand: Ragnarok and back to MMORPG Camelot Unchained with...
City of Titans’ latest internal interview is full of costume designs, a blimp, and spooky ambient music
I'm going to be honest, this latest internal interview piece from City of Titans is kind of all over the place. That's probably appropriate,...
Neverwinter begins the second milestone of its Echoes of Prophecy campaign on all platforms
It's a new month, which means a new milestone step in Neverwinter's Echoes of Prophecy campaign for PC and console players. This next phase,...
Amazon’s game studio VP talks about New World’s launch and the company’s vision for future releases
Christoph Hartmann, Amazon’s vice president of games studios, has seen a lot of false starts and stumbles with Amazon Games' previous projects, but with...
Activision-Blizzard partly meets some worker demands, dramatically cuts Bobby Kotick’s compensation
At 5:15 a.m. EDT this morning, Activision-Blizzard's PR team dropped a lengthy letter from CEO Bobby Kotick, addressing everything from the ongoing pandemic to...
Ex-WoW devs form Notorious Studios to build MMO-adjacent multiplayer RPG
Even before the recent scandal, Blizzard has seen one hell of an exodus of top-tier talent over the last few years. ("Our mentors are...
Perfect Ten: A completely accurate 10-point summary of MMO history
History! Let's be real here, it's pretty damn boring. No one cares about it, and it all happened beforehand, so why is any of...
Activision-Blizzard requests venue change and pause in DFEH lawsuit, says it’s fired 20 people for misconduct
In the course of our coverage of the Activision-Blizzard sexual harassment and discrimination scandal and the ensuing legal battle, we've noted that multiple state...
Indie superhero MMO City of Titans shares map progress and new screenshots
Nine times out of 10, an in-house interview with a developer can be extremely thin on information, but that is mercifully not the case...
Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker media tour: An interview with Naoki Yoshida
One of the things that I've always respected about Naoki Yoshida as a director and producer is that the man is clearly deeply involved...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Tatsuya Okahisa on technical art design and live-service MMOs
Do you know what a technical artist does in an MMO? If you responded by scrunching your face up and muttering "art... stuff?" that's...
Elder Scrolls Online’s creative director says New World’s success will ‘shake things up’ and ‘get the creative juices flowing’
A rising tide raises all ships, and nowhere is that more true than in the MMO genre, as new games succeeding can often mean...
Final Fantasy XI looks back on the game’s history in 2006 and continues its industry interviews
When Final Fantasy XI released its third expansion, Treasures of Aht Urhgan, the playerbase rejoiced and had a particular love of the new jobs released with...
