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Wild West Online rebrands as New Frontier, now with steampunk and alien monsters
You know what they say: When a horse is beaten to death, that's just a good opportunity to reanimate it as a steampunk monstrosity.
The...
LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO does Lord of the Rings justice
Oh. Oh no you didn't, Kotaku. You didn't just sit there, scratching your head for an easy post, and then write up an essay...
Conan Unconquered slides its release date ahead a day to May 29
Well, this is a pretty different sort of release date adjustment. Conan Unconquered has decided that Thursday, May 30th, is just too round a...
TERA has officially moved over to the En Masse launcher on PC
TERA isn't moving anywhere by itself, but its launcher has changed. The game has moved from its dedicated launcher to the En Masse launcher,...
Ashes of Creation explores economy-centric nodes at the heart of its player city system
Ashes of Creation is speaking my language this week in its lengthy dev blog on the game's economic node. Nodes, you'll recall, are the...
The Survivalist: What ever happened to the smaller survival sandbox MMOs? Part two
Last week we learned what was up with a number of the smaller survival sandbox MMOs. Sadly, some have faded away, but others are...
Dauntless roars to a 4 million player opening – with queues to match
Who would have thought this of Dauntless? After a fairly standard beta testing period, this monster hunter RPG has launched to staggering success. Over...
Final Fantasy XIV releases job action trailer, benchmarks, and 16M player count ahead of Shadowbringers
The gates have not yet been thrown wide for Final Fantasy XIV's third expansion, Shadowbringers, but players can now see what's on the other side pretty...
MMORPG Astellia launches preorders, plans June closed beta, and rejects gender-locking
Upcoming MMORPG Astellia pumped out a ton of information with the launch of its new website and preorders for the game last night. Game...
Webzen is porting mobile MMO MU Origin 2 westward next week
You'd be forgiven for being confused about the MU franchise, given just how many titles Webzen has pumped out using that IP. There's MU...
MMO OrbusVR has launched on the brand-new wireless Oculus Quest
Has the virtual reality revolution taken hold yet? It could well be the final frontier for MMORPGs, but to date, we haven't seen much...
Nexon’s Alliance vs Empire updates with new dungeon and 150-man PvP mode 100 days post-launch
We don't see many celebrations of 100-day birthdays in MMO land, but hey, any excuse for a party, right? That's what Nexon's doing with...
Medieval MMO Conqueror’s Blade will soft launch into open beta on June 4
My.com "medieval MMO" Conqueror's Blade is finally emerging into open beta, the company announced this morning. The game is set to hit what appears...
Fallout 76 teases content coming in the wake of Wild Appalachia
Say what you will about Fallout 76's rocky launch and repeated early bungles, but Bethsoft pumped out so many patches under the Wild Appalachia...
Fresh off its Kickstarter, indie MMO Oath has opened its forums and pledge website
The MMORPG Oath saw a flurry of coverage this past spring as it wound its way through Kickstarter: It's a free-to-play indie sandbox MMO...
Rogue Server Roundup: Toontown Rewritten, Chronicles of Spellborn, and SWG Legends
Emulators, pshards, rogue servers: Whatever you want to call them, they're buzzing with confidence right now. I mean, we legit got a properly formatted...
The sad remains of the Ouya console will finally sunset on June 25
About six years ago, a writer named Justin Olivetti on some site called Massively got an Ouya for his birthday and pitched a story...
Path of Exile’s blast-from-the-past Legion League revamps melee and crushes complexity creep on June 7
It's time once again to learn about the next big update for Grinding Gear Games' popular MMOARPG, which will launch for the PC on June 7th, 2019, and hit both consoles on June 10th. I enjoyed sitting down with Producer Chris Wilson to learn the ins and outs of expansion 3.7.0, titled Legion.
Massively OP Podcast Episode 221: Classic Warcraft flavor
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, City of Heroes, Blade and Soul, Star Trek Online, Square Enix, and Dungeon and Dragons Online, with mailbag topics on how WoW Classic fits into the MMO genre and getting back into City of Heroes.
SuperData April 2019: WoW and Apex Legends depart the revenue rankings, Hearthstone re-enters
Oh hey there Superdata, is it time for another run-down of who's screwing up in the games industry this month and who's making money...