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KingsIsle actually updated Pirate101 with new content after a period in maintenance mode
Wizard101 and Pirate101 have had quite a year in 2021 already, what with KingsIsle being bought out by Gamigo's parent company and all. Not...
First impressions: Monster Hunter Stories 2’s demo raises new multiplayer questions
When Monster Hunter Stories 2 was first announced, I ignored it. The original had no appeal to me whatsoever. I actually felt bad when a friend tried...
Chinese gamers beware: Tencent’s games now tattle on minors using facial recognition
Tencent, the company that owns like half of the world's online titles at this point, is doing the Chinese government a solid by taking...
NEO 2045 is a new kid-oriented sci-fi MMO for PC and mobile
It's not every day that we hear about a brand-new MMORPG that's already out, but today is one of them: It's a Roblox-esque kid-centric...
The Daily Grind: Are you picking anything up in the Steam Summer Sale?
Steam's summer sale is upon us once again, this time with a bit of a choose-your-adventure theme. Steam always has a summer sale right...
Wizard101 announces a ‘guild-lite’ system and group perks
"Providing opportunities for socialization" is the watch-phrase going around Wizard101 these days. Game Director Leah Ruben charted a manifesto this week about how KingsIsle is...
Massively on the Go: Revisiting Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge’s ARG
A former coworker and I recently went to Disneyland, incidentally on the same day. We were talking about our days there, and she wondered...
Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance offers up a co-op loot grinder later this month
Old school console players may well know the name "Dark Alliance," as it was a pair of console action RPGs that came out in...
Four Winds: Everything you need to know about Amazon’s Lost Ark
Raise your hands if you've been eagerly waiting for Lost Ark. Now give me a high five because as announced earlier today, it's finally...
Palia is a new ‘community simulation MMO’ from former Blizzard and Riot devs
A few weeks ago, I attended a press event for a new game assuming I would not be impressed by the offerings. Instead, I...
Vague Patch Notes: Money makes the MMO world go round
I had some thoughts after the most recent bit of news we got from Star Trek Online about how, you know... the game costs...
A toxic hacker has forced Sony to disable its online Little Big Planet servers
File this one under this is why we can't have nice things: A toxic hacker has apparently forced Sony's Little Big Planet online servers offline....
Battle Bards Episode 193: Tribal jams
Strike up a drum, flourish a flute, and howl to the moon — it’s time to get funky with some tribal jams! In this...
MMO Business Roundup: Q1 2021 financials for Roblox, Nexon, and Star Stable
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
Star Stable: I'm frankly just as surprised as anyone to be starting this...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best age-agnostic MMO?
A while back, GamesIndustry.biz ran a piece from game dev Raj Pathmanathan discussing age-agnostic games. While the littlest kids are still happy in fluffy...
The MOP Up: Who’s showing up to E3 this year?
It remains to be seen how big or relevant E3 is going to be this year, but there certainly is interest in which studios...
Massively Overthinking: Is there an MMO you’d never be caught dead playing?
So today's Massively Overthinking question is entirely the fault of fanny packs. I don't care how hard retailers and fashion gurus push fanny packs...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 320: Guild Wars 2 shakes and stirs
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, EG7 and Daybreak, Soulworker's sunset, and the patch parade of PlanetSide 2, Wizard101, Fallout 76, SWTOR, and Dungeons and Dragons Online, with adventures in WoW Classic, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on perpetual content in MMOs and toxic positivity in the genre.
Global Chat: Destiny 2’s horrible, no-good, very bad transmog
Hey kids, Destiny 2 is finally getting a cosmetic system! And it looks to be as user-friendly and appealing as having your mother dress...
Not So Massively Roundup: Valorant’s Breeze, Apex’s Olympus, Runeterra’s expansion, and Jeff
Welcome back to another roundup of news for Not-So-Massively and MMO-adjacent games in the MMORPG orbit!
Valorant: Riot's Valorant has rolled out the Breeze map...
