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Perfect Ten: How Final Fantasy XI shaped my MMO preferences forever
Your first experience with something has an outsized importance. This feels like one of those statements people really want to argue with sometimes but...
Dragon’s Dogma Online is shuttering in December
It's entirely possible you don't remember Dragon's Dogma Online. The game it was based upon, Dragon's Dogma, is a weirdly enduring little game that...
Naoki Yoshida wants to collab with Blizzard to bring Diablo and WoW to Final Fantasy XIV
As any Final Fantasy XIV fan can tell you, the game is known for its bevy of crossover events that range from the logical,...
Blue Protocol’s new trailer shows a vibrant world of adventure
Could Japan be making the next great MMO? It's hard not to feel a spark of hope flare up when watching the debut trailer...
Monster Hunter: World devs discuss Iceborne development as the game’s first beta test draws near
It won't be long now until hunters will be able to get their first taste of Monster Hunter: World's upcoming Iceborne expansion, with the...
Final Fantasy XIV brings a culinary adventure to UK fans with Shoryu cross-promotion
If you're a fan of Final Fantasy XIV in the UK, odds are that you can't just fly out to Japan to visit the...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: World of Dragon Nest, Echo of Soul RED, and Dawn of Isles
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
First up:...
E3 2019: Black Desert will launch on PlayStation 4 this year as the mobile version finally comes westward
Did you think the announcement about a new expansion and new class was all Black Desert had in store for E3? Nope! Pearl Abyss...
Bless Online’s western version will sunset on September 9
Yesterday, we covered the news that Bless Online was sunsetting in Japan, leading many of us to wonder whether the Steam version live in...
Bless Online’s Japanese server is sunsetting in August
It looks like yet another version of Bless Online is calling it quits, as the Japanese server admins announced yesterday it'll close down that...
Square-Enix announces its own walk-and-catch Pokemon Go-style game in the form of Dragon Walk
We don't really have a name for the genre that Pokemon Go properly belongs to (we've been going with MMOARGs), but it's certainly spawned its...
FromSoftware’s next game is rumored to be an ‘open-world title’ made in collaboration with George R.R. Martin
Although the Game of Thrones TV series has just reached its controversial conclusion, series author George R.R. Martin is still (hopefully) hard at work...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Dark Domain, Habbo Hotel, Project Eternal, Stein.world, Zezenia, LaTale W
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you've never heard of (or have totally forgotten about!). We've got a few...
Final Fantasy XI celebrates 17 years of operation today with a new all-in-one installer
Gosh, Final Fantasy XI is still running after 17 years. Yes, today marks the 17-year anniversary for the title from its launch in Japan, and...
Anime MMO Caravan Stories announces July 16 beta, July 23 launch on PlayStation 4
When Caravan Stories was announced for the west just a few weeks ago, several of our writers went nuts for it. So we're stoked...
Niantic just released a Netflix anime series based on its MMOARPG Ingress
It's the transmedia synergy you didn't know you wanted but you're getting it anyway: Niantic announced the release of its Ingress TV show this...
Final Fantasy XI prepares for the Feast of Swords and White Mage adjustments
It's the end of an era in Japan. That's not figurative; the transition to a new emperor means that it's the end of the...
Caravan Stories announces summer launch date for console
We almost had given up hope that we would ever see Caravan Stories make the jump from Japan to the west, but yesterday brought...
Wizardry Online fans hope to ‘resurrect’ the permadeath dungeon crawler
Despite an impressive RPG pedigree that stretches back decades, the Wizardry franchise faltered when it came to breaking into the MMORPG market. Wizardry Online...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: TERA Origin, Astaria, NosTale, and Veloren
Welcome back to another brief roundup of MMOs and other online games you’ve (probably) never heard of!
Let's kick off our roundup with something for Japan...