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EverQuest, Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, and more fundraise for this year’s Extra Life push
It's the season for the annual push by gamers and game studios to support Extra Life, the charity that raises money for Children's Miracle...
The Stream Team: It’s a Pirate101 11th birthday parrrrty
Tomorrow is a special day: Pirate101 turns 11! But Massively OP's MJ isn't willing to wait to celebrate! So she's grabbing her eyepatch and...
Wizard101 continues its Wallaru zone teases, Pirate101 promises another content update by year’s end
The monthly newsletters for Pirate101 and Wizard101 are out now, and they're mostly continuing to point at things that have already been released or...
Equestrian MMO Star Stable counts 25M registered users as it finally lands on Android
I know it's 2023, and the trend of launching a mobile client for a game for iOS but not Android seems like a distant...
Guild Wars 2’s Halloween events return once again on October 17
"When is Guild Wars 2's Halloween event coming out?" my kids asked me last week.
"Probably not next week, or we'd already have a teaser...
The MOP Up: It’s the great Albion, Charlie Brown!
Albion Online is getting into the spirit of Halloween with its Harvest Challenge: "Fall has come to the world of Albion... the shadows are...
Pirate101 releases Sinbad Chapter 3, declaring ‘We’re back!’ as the game turns 11 years old
Don't ever count a pirate out of the fight before you see the white flag! Despite seeing a content drought in previous years, Pirate101...
Fight or Kite: Harry Potter Magic Awakened’s guilds, story quests, and pay-to-win gacha mechanics
I’d be lying if I said my game time over the last several months hasn’t been completely upended by Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. It’s...
Star Citizen showcases a new mission and new global event currently in development
Star Citizen's quarterly series of video digests is once again being used to look into the space sandbox's nebulous future, as CIG is offering...
Massively Overthinking: The impact of jump start servers in MMOs
With Chris' Choose My Adventure run on Lost Ark - specifically, on its jump-start servers - coming to a close, I thought it would...
Wizard101 brings out a new gold skeleton key boss with ‘valuable’ loot
You should always be suspicious when things get a little too quiet around the Halloween season: That's when you know that evil is up...
Battle Bards Episode 228: Cheery MMO dungeons
Not every dungeon has to be a drab and dour affair — a fact that sent the Battle Bards searching for the cheeriest tunes...
Fortnite’s $245M FTC settlement over COPPA violations means you might be entitled to a refund
All right, people, hold your horses. The FTC is indeed giving out money from its settlement with Fortnite developer Epic Games, but it's specifically...
A multiplayer Bluey videogame is coming to PC and console in November, and your kids want it
A few weeks back, I mentioned in MOP's work chat that my kids have been obsessed with some random Aussie kids cartoon about dogs....
Talk Like a Pirate Day around the MMO world, 2023 edition
When the internet was younger, Talk Like a Pirate Day was a huge event, the kind of harmless fun every brand and MMO got...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs you’ve already forgotten ever existed
Falling into obscurity and then being completely forgotten is the nightmare of any creative artist. This tragic scenario is compounded when it comes to...
Massively Overthinking: The dumbest deaths in MMORPGs
This past week has been amusing for everyone in the MMO community and beyond who loves to watch people die stupid deaths in video...
World of Warcraft is promising big reveals for patch 10.2, Guardians of the Dream, today
(Update: The full reveal is up now.)
Hey, remember patch 10.1.7 for World of Warcraft that got hyped up extensively before it launched back in...
Wizard101 rolls out multiple teases for a new Wallaru location over the weekend
What is Wallaru? Where is Wallaru? We're not sure, but we do know that it has something to do with Wizard101, as the MMORPG...
Elder Scrolls Online is working on a better launcher for you, your kids, and all of humanity
While it's not exactly new, Elder Scrolls Online's launcher is about to be improved in a big way. ZeniMax said that it's on the...
