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ArcheAge kicks off a broom race and shares some results from its fresh start player survey
Flying brooms and Halloween go together like candy and Halloween, so it makes some sense that ArcheAge would have something involving flying brooms in...
Record-setting data center fire disrupts some of Kakao’s online games (and its stock value)
Most of our readers aren't in South Korea or reading South Korean news, so the huge story there about a data center fire in...
Odin Valhalla Rising’s Lionheart Studio retracts IPO listing plans over valuation issues and market fatigue
Earlier this month we reported on Odin: Valhalla Rising developer Lionheart Studio's plans to list its IPO on the Korean KOSDAQ stock exchange, which...
ArcheAge War gets a brief teaser trailer as ArcheAge kicks off its Hallowtide event
Usually a teaser trailer is meant to offer... well, a tease. Perhaps a taste of what to expect. In the case of XLGames' upcoming...
Odin Valhalla Rising dev Lionheart Studio unveils its plans for additional MMO projects
Remember Odin: Valhalla Rising? If the game's title didn't already clue you in, it's an upcoming Nordic myth-themed MMORPG from developer Lionheart Studio and...
ArcheAge War gets an age rating for 18+ players in South Korea
Are you hyped for ArcheAge War? No, apparently not; you're asking if that's a specific war happening in ArcheAge. This is kind of understandable...
ArcheAge celebrates autumn event, surveys fresh start players on bots and boosts
The autumn season has arrived to our half of the hemisphere, meaning that in-game holidays are not too far behind, much like the harvest...
ArcheAge’s newest patch temporarily raises earnings and drop rates, adds a new buff to a faction statue
It's never a good feeling when your faction in ArcheAge doesn't have enough members in it, but maybe a change to a statue will...
ArcheAge adds new seasonal reward track, runs a defense raid event
Kakao pushed out kitchen sink-style patches for the two versions of ArcheAge this week. Both received roughly the same adjustments, as the studio is...
PSA: ArcheAge Unchained’s fresh start servers will begin a land rush on September 24
This bulletin will probably end up being old news to players of ArcheAge Unchained who have been following along with the schedule of events...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 389: Grinding out them dailies
Justin and Bree discuss ArcheAge 2, WoW Classic Cataclysm, Fractured Online, LOTRO's 2023 ocean expansion, and the Wizard101 hack, with adventures in Guild Wars 2 and WoW Classic, plus meta discussion on how The Daily Grind works and how game studios handle pesky journos like us.
Four Winds: What made Lost Ark so successful where Elyon failed?
I'm sad about it, but I have to eat my words about Elyon and its place in this decade's pantheon of MMOs. I honestly...
Grab an ArcheAge Witchcraft Disciple outfit to wear on the new Unchained fresh start servers launching today
ArcheAge is having one helluva week: Not only is the franchise celebrating its eighth anniversary and welcoming a new sibling, but Kakao is opening...
Kakao and XLGAMES reconfirm that ArcheAge 2 is launching in 2024
If you follow MOP, you already know that ArcheAge 2 has been in the works for quite a while; XLGAMES quietly confirmed it was...
Perfect Ten: An MMO sunset tour for 2022 to date
MMO sunsets can be weird. I am never happy when a game that people love goes away. It always represents a lot of lost...
ArcheAge Unchained’s upcoming fresh start servers will no longer be available to trial accounts
We're just a day away from ArcheAge: Unchained launching its new fresh start servers, but player concerns about exploitation of these servers have reached...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 388: Elyon descends through finite care
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic's Wrath pre-patch, New World's new servers, Elyon's sunset, Bless Unleashed's sunset, EVE Online Uprising, Star Trek Online's Wil Wheaton, and Temtem's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, with a lightning round of MMO questions from the mailbag.
ArcheAge launches the Feastival and previews an upcoming PvPvE instance arriving this month
I'm going to share something with you fine folks that probably won't surprise those who know me: I like to eat. I like to...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMORPG industry shockwaves that still reverberate
A thought occurred to me the other day regarding World of Warcraft and the way that it deformed the MMO industry: People who are...
Elyon, once hotly anticipated as Ascent Infinite Realm, is sunsetting in December
I wish I could say nobody saw this coming, but unfortunately, that's not the case: Kakao is closing down Elyon.
"Kakao Games Europe, following lengthy...
