interviews
EVE Online begins advertising Skill Point pack sales as CCP Games addresses monetization
If you're an EVE Online player that's nervous about in-game store items like the Expert System consumable, then you really might be shaken by...
Crowfall posts development and launch roadmap, promotes Hunger Dome battle royale
As we covered in our extensive Crowfall interview back in February, this long-awaited PvP MMORPG is coming close to its launch date -- but...
Cold Iron’s Alien game is finally happening: It’s a co-op shooter called Aliens Fireteam, under the Daybreak banner
One of the more confusing stories we've covered over the past few years is the story of Cold Iron Studios: It's the group run...
Shroud of the Avatar improves crafting as Richard Garriott dives to the bottom of the ocean
We'll go ahead and get this out of the way first: MMO developer Richard Garriott dived to the bottom of the Mariana Trench today....
Key to Heaven is a 2-D MMORPG built by one developer over 16 years
Here's another in-development MMORPG that's just about ready to enter Steam Early Access: It's called Key to Heaven, a 2-D MMORPG that encourages players...
Interview: Crowfall is ‘very close’ to launch, plus more details on 6.400 Transformation
This week has brought another massive update to Kickstarted MMORPG Crowfall: ArtCraft describes Update 6.400 aka Transformation as a "major balance pass of combat,...
Naoki Yoshida discusses the Island Sanctuary and content length for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
The next major reveal of information about Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker isn't going to happen until May, but producer and director Naoki Yoshida has...
Naoki Yoshida sees at least another five years of vitality in Final Fantasy XIV
The fourth major expansion for Final Fantasy XIV, Endwalker, is just around the corner (to the extent you can consider "planned for fall" to be just...
Temtem confirms new islands and tutorial tweaks for final release
Temtem still has some work to do before it leaves early access, and a bit of information about some of that planned work was...
Epic Games lobbies for a North Dakota bill that would force Apple and Google to allow alternative payment systems
Considering Epic Games' legal interest in seeing Apple and Google allow for alternative payment systems and app stores, this bit of news makes perfect...
Gamestonk’s gamified guerilla trading made losers of both the good and bad guys
It seems like a long time ago, but just a few weeks back, the mainstream news cycle was absolutely obsessed with Gamestop thanks to...
Star Wars The Old Republic promises ‘tighter, more balanced’ Uprisings in next update
Update 6.2.1 of Star Wars: The Old Republic appears to be all about fixing its existing systems. Following word of adjustments arriving to amplifiers...
Shadowbanning of Elite Dangerous ‘slavers’ is reportedly corroborated by email screenshots
The actions of the 7th Labor Division (7LD) group in Elite: Dangerous, who readers will recall were ensnaring brand-new players into mining servitude while...
Stick and Rudder: Leader of Elite Dangerous ‘slavery’ racket espouses a ‘cult-like’ guild full of ‘chaos and evil’
Last week we reported on an effort by several players of Elite: Dangerous to dupe new players into a sort of indentured servitude by...
OSRS expands the Isle of Souls and discusses equipment balance as Jagex’s CEO talks about its new owner
We've got a tale from both sides from the same RuneScape coin -- the gaming side and the business side -- so let's get...
Perfect Ten: A guide to podcasts for your favorite MMOs
Clearly, your Tuesday schedule every week should have a big fat "LISTEN TO MASSIVELY OP PODCAST" written at 4:00 p.m. EST right on it....
MMO Business Roundup: Activision-Blizzard rebuffs diversity proposal, gaming Kickstarters are on the rise again
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent gaming industry news!
MMO Kickstarters may have lost the faith of the genre's playerbase, but for...
Star Trek Online’s House Reborn update sees the highest level of player numbers since 2018
This year's anniversary event for Star Trek Online bet big on the Klingons with new Klingon episodes, Klingon recruitment, and a Klingon-themed anniversary ship. Turns...
Chronicles of Elyria says it’s focusing on settlement development in the short term
Back in December, Chronicles of Elyria's Jeromy Walsh put out a new video for the game that left a lot of our readers puzzled. That's...
Interview: Neverwinter devs on Sharandar’s cadence, systems overhauls, and future new class
Last week, Perfect World Entertainment announced Neverwinter's Sharandar expansion, a three-part update that kicks off with The Iron Tooth patch February 9th. Players are...
