interviews
Gamigo confirms ArcheAge’s free-to-play version will receive Garden of the Gods for free
It's been a wild few days for Gamigo and ArcheAge, which at the tail end of last week admitted that it was planning to...
Former BioWare head checks in with updates on his team’s SpatialOS online RPG
Back in March of last year, Improbable, the company behind persistent online world engine SpatialOS, announced the opening of a couple of new studios...
So ArcheAge Unchained’s Garden of the Gods is not free, and ArcheAge players are not happy
Do you folks remember last August, when Gamigo formally announced ArcheAge Unchained, promising a new monetization model for a buy-to-play version of the sandbox,...
Path of Exile shares its most popular microtransaction items and looks at why they’re popular
Path of Exile has a cash shop. We don't really bring it up much because its offerings are almost completely cosmetic and inconsequential to...
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands has many new race customizations and is considering endless Torghast runs
A new alpha build for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands means new character customization options being added, because that is the most important thing in...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Ayumi Namae explains why newer glamour outfits look more modern
As time has moved forward, Final Fantasy XIV has produced a lot of new cosmetic outfits for players to dress up in... and they've gotten...
Fallout 76 lead devs recount the task of resetting the game with Wastelanders
We've written about how the Wastelanders expansion of Fallout 76 has shifted the game, both from the perspective of a veteran player and a...
World of Warcraft’s Ion Hazzikostas suggests MMO social bonds are formed over ‘friction’
The debate over whether World of Warcraft was more social "back in the day" than now has some more fuel for the fire. In...
The Game Archaeologist: The rise and fall of Landmark and EverQuest Next
The year was 2013. Sony Online Entertainment was still a functioning and seemingly robust MMORPG studio, and its yearly SOE Live convention was a...
COVID-19 gaming impact roundup: Studios working from home, War Thunder as an Army training tool
The global novel coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the gaming industry - here's the latest.
Warhammer Online fans will remember well the name Carrie Gouskos,...
Developer Crate Entertainment considers the possibility of a Grim Dawn 2
What's next for Grim Dawn? How about a sequel? It's one of the things that developer Crate Entertainment is taking into consideration according to...
Survival MMO Population Zero has formally launched into Steam early access
Actiony survival sandbox MMORPG Population Zero has officially opened for business on Steam as an early access title this afternoon. As we've previously covered,...
The Daily Grind: Is there a specific point in an MMO’s development when you know it’s doomed?
I was tabbing back through one of my favorite Old Massively columns when I bumped into this quote and had to go look up...
Interview: Black Desert on crossplay, the engine, and the future of mobile
A few weeks ago, we chatted up Pearl Abyss' lead producer Jaehee Kim about some pressing Black Desert questions. Now, I'm not one to...
Final Fantasy XIV’s NieR crossover happened thanks to bribing the creators with steak and wine
The reason we have a NieR crossover raid series in Final Fantasy XIV is because Naoki Yoshida got Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito drunk....
Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime laments World of Warcraft’s social unraveling
Do you miss Blizzard's Mike Morhaime, yet? You just might after watching a new interview in which the previous president of the company took...
Yes, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is still on track to release this year
If you've been eagerly looking forward to World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, this year has probably not been very calming. Also, if you live on...
No, the Valorant influencers running all those stream giveaways aren’t being paid by Riot
We've talked before about how Valorant has been making big numbers on Twitch spurred mostly by beta keys being dished out for watching streams,...
APB Reloaded shows off a video of the engine upgrade beta test
Over the weekend, developer Little Orbit held a beta test for the new-and-improved engine upgrade of APB Reloaded with 15 streamers duking it out...
Warframe is taking submissions to expand its test server population
Well, that was quick. Mere days after the game's lead designer talked about expanding the test server in an interview, the devs of Warframe...
