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TennoCon 2019: A longer look at space, ships, and squads in Empyrean, Warframe’s not-an-expansion
You've come a long way, Warframe. The once-looter shooter continues to expand, not just in number of Warframes and equipment but in overall scope...
Albion Online’s Percival update is live with new solo random dungeons and customization perks
It's patch day for Albion Online, as the big summer update, dubbed Percival, has been unleashed on the live servers. Sandbox Interactive notes it's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 228: Justin, interrupted
Justin and Bree discuss anticipated MMOs, Warframe, FFXIV, WoW Classic, Pagan Online, Fallout 76, RuneScape, Blue Protocol, and Elite Dangerous, with mailbag questions on how MMOs find audiences and how we pick which MMOs to cover.
No Man’s Sky boss on why placating players with prattle rather than proof doesn’t work
Sometimes, as media, and surely as players, we wish a studio would just... stop talking. Just be quiet. Nothing you say is going to...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s Living World is a barrier to entry
I have really liked Guild Wars 2’s story in the last few years. Quite honestly, I wasn’t crazy about a lot of the base...
Neverwinter’s Uprising module launches August 13 with a new Gith race and lowbie experience
Happy Tuesday, who wants some new Neverwinter content? Fans will be waiting until August 13th for the game's next big thing to drop for...
Aion EU previews a new area, siege battles, and the Gold Arena coming in the 7.0 update
The 7.0 update for Aion's EU version is shaping up to be a pretty meaty one by all accounts. A preview from the devs...
Sci-fi sandbox MMO Starbase deep-dives space combat in new video
You were probably busy on the Fourth of July, and so was Starbase: Finnish developer Frozenbyte posted another video for everyone to gawk over,...
OrbusVR has launched a Steam demo so you can try it out for free
Every time we cover OrbusVR, I wish once again that I owned a virtual reality headset (and also lived in a child-free zone where...
The Daily Grind: How do you pass the time until your crowdfunded MMO launches?
While reading the informative interview from Camelot Unchained's Mark Jacobs the other day, it hit me how long it has been since some of...
World of Warcraft hotfixes introduce Battle for Nazjatar improvements, tone epic gems down a notch
Following the launch of World of Warcraft's major Rise of Azshara content update last week, Blizzard has issued a small series of hotfixes to...
Black Desert will launch Altar of Blood, a small-group ‘defensive horde mode,’ next week
If you thought that Wednesday's Black Desert update was a little on the thin side, welp, that's only because Kakao and Pearl Abyss were...
Massively Overthinking: Do you even *like* MMO expansions?
This seems like an absurd question on its face, right? MMO players are supposed to like MMO expansions. They're progress. They're content. They're fresh...
Black Desert’s latest patch kicks off a new summer event and tweaks guild skills
Black Desert's having a bit of a good run the past week, what with the launch of the Shai and the announcement of a...
Atlas launches single-player mode beta amid promises that multiplayer is the team’s ‘priority’
Well here's something unexpected from a game that missed its own launch date back in December: Atlas is actually ahead of schedule on its...
Elder Scrolls Online details Scalebreaker’s dungeons, multibidding, and battleground updates
As announced back at E3 last month, the next big thing for a post-Elsweyr Elder Scrolls Online is a new DLC called Scalebreaker. Launching...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers has officially been brought
One of the summer's major releases for MMO players officially arrives today as Final Fantasy XIV's Shadowbringers formally launches out of headstart and into the...
World of Warcraft developers are working on changes for rare spawns and the Battle for Nazjatar
The launch of patch 8.2 for World of Warcraft was just about a week ago, but it turns out there are some lingering issues...
Gamigo plans Defiance 2050 anniversary event with goodies for Classic Defiance too
When Gamigo sunsetted Atlas Reactor without any hoopla last week, a lot of folks in our comments and beyond wondered which former Trion Worlds...
Massively Uplifting: Charity comes in many forms for Bethesda, Square Enix, and Digital Extremes
Summer smiles -- get 'em while they're hot! If you are looking for a way to make your mood rise like the temperature, we've...