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Star Citizen kicks off a week-long free fly event and previews Pyro’s non-combat gameplay
Star Citizen is celebrating its ships once again and using that love of internet spacecraft to pitch the game to new money players. The...
APB Reloaded’s New Horizon launch party saw 1000 concurrent players
Earlier this month, we were surprised but please to report that Little Orbit's APB Reloaded was getting a juicy new update, its first in...
RuneScape finally unveils 2024-2025 roadmap – including a ‘new area expansion’ in late 2025
RuneFest was unfortunately pushed off into next year thanks to circumstances beyond Jagex's control - but the studio has found ways to deliver info...
Conan Exiles’ Age of Heroes companions and living settlements will breathe more life into the sandbox
If there's one thing that many survival games lack, it's life. To me, one of the drawbacks of the survival genre compared to MMORPGs...
Let’s Build A Dungeon is an upcoming MMO development sim from developer Springloaded
Do you want to build an MMO but lack either the access to venture capital sufficient to fund it or the willingness to grift...
The Soapbox: Feeling the FOMO effect of positive MMO news
It was the other week that I saw the very unexpected headline right here on MOP: "Daybreak bought Palia studio Singularity 6 and aims...
Overwatch 2 dates Season 12 for August 20, Warcraft Rumble previews content coming in Season 8
The seasons continue to roll through Overwatch 2 and Warcraft Rumble, with both games readying their next respective seasons that bring new characters and...
New World’s Aeternum open beta for PC and console is slated for September 13-16
We're finally getting some movement on New World that involves PC players: Amazon has just formally announced its Aeternum open beta, which smooshes together...
Lord of the Rings Online starts testing special summer ‘Dragon’ dungeon
While Lord of the Rings Online's Update 41 ended up being kind of a bust, SSG may have another chance to salvage the summer...
Vague Patch Notes: The great content consumption problem in MMORPGs
A friend and I were talking about an MMORPG's content recently (it doesn't matter which one) and I was pointing out how that particular...
World of Warcraft shares The War Within launch details and explains hero talents
Are you prepared for the onset of World of Warcraft's latest expansion? It's almost here, but if you really can't wait until next week...
Skull and Bones opens its season 3 test server on Friday – without the 5v5 PvP mode
If you've been waiting patiently for Skull and Bones' new PvP mode, get ready to wait some more because Ubisoft is delaying the rollout...
Perfect Ten: My 10 favorite MMO pet classes of all time
I've had to face the fact that among the MOP team, I'm in somewhat of a minority who actually likes -- nay, passionately loves...
World of Warcraft talks up delves, raids, and dungeons in a new video about an endgame for everyone
While the latest video from World of Warcraft does not specifically use the term "raid or die," it seems very clear from the discussion...
Not So Massively: Immortal Gates of Pyre offers multiplayer RTS fans a glimmer of hope
It's been a busy month for fans of the real time strategy genre. Even as Stormgate ran its early access preview, another crowdfunded StarCraft...
Fractured Online invites everyone to play free for nine days as it drops a big summons and dailies update
Kickstarted MMORPG sandbox Fractured Online has been out of early access for three weeks now - and it's already heading into its second free-play...
Elder Scrolls Online’s U43 arrives next week with new content for the Infinite Archive
Elder Scrolls Online is beginning its landing approach for update 43, which launches on August 19th for PC and Mac players. And while it's...
Once Human outlines future plans for scenario servers, social features, and its pet system
Once Human's core gameplay loop looks to be focused on seasons and "scenarios" - servers that have limited-time gameplay themes - which prompts the...
Wisdom of Nym: Why Dawntrail might be my favorite Final Fantasy XIV expansion in years
Let's start this week's Wisdom of Nym by clarifying something: If you ask me if Dawntrail is the best Final Fantasy XIV expansion, I...
Diablo II Resurrected launches a bug-fixing patch August 20 and Ladder Season 8 August 23
It's almost time to smash bugs and smash leaderboards in Diablo II: Resurrected. Well, mostly that second one, anyway; you're not responsible for smashing...
