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Embers Adrift counts off two years of updates ahead of its second anniversary
Embers Adrift is about to celebrate two years of operation, and while there are likely going to be in-game celebrations or other events to...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s five least-played classes – and why you should play them
In gaming, I'm often fascinated by "paths less traveled." Maybe it's a leveling expansion everyone ignores, a race that's never picked for a kickball...
Last Epoch launches the undead-slaying Imperial Uprising event, starts a new cycle, and adds loot lizards
What do loot lizards, an event about slaying undead, and a new cycle season have in common? Well you probably already guessed that they're...
Bohemia officially moves Vigor from PC early access to launch as Steam reviews tank
Bohemia Interactive's free-to-play multiplayer looter-shooter Vigor officially launched on PC this week after a console launch and then a run in early access for...
New World testers killed almost 40M overland mobs during last weekend’s Aeternum beta
At the conclusion of New World's Aeternum open beta earlier this week, Amazon promised a recap blog - and now on Friday, we finally...
Nightingale’s first post-Realms Rebuilt patch addresses bugs, boxes, and beards
If you thought that a big update like Realms Rebuilt might be followed up by at least one bug-fixing update, you'd be right. Nightingale...
Concord devs anticipate layoffs as Sony moves their director to a ‘support role’
The sad story of the team vs. team hero shooter Concord doesn't appear to simply stop at the game being killed after roughly two...
Star Citizen discusses plans for engineering gameplay in alpha 4.0’s launch and beyond
The spaceships in Star Citizen already have a huge amount of detail, but when alpha 4.0 comes along, that detail is going to get...
New World releases a new ‘survival’ arc for its Aeternum vids as preorders climb on console
I have to say I did a double-take when I listened to the latest episodes of Discovering Aeternum for New World because the new...
Watch out for disembodied arms falling out of the sky in Tarisland, apparently
We are pleased to report that the latest lore entry for Tarisland's Blight Dragon Elegy is not nearly as insane as last week's - no...
Pantheon’s new trailer reiterates December early access, monetization revamp: ‘This is not a soft launch’
You already knew Pantheon was heading to early access in December. You knew this because Visionary Realms announced quite clearly all the way back...
Global Chat: The War Within continues WoW’s upward trend
We'll kick off this week's tour of MMO blogs with a diverse first impressions piece of The War Within by Kaylriene, who praises the...
Vague Patch Notes: When slow leveling is a problem in MMORPGs
Last week in Vague Patch Notes, I talked about leveling. At the very end of the column, I mentioned that slow leveling or fast...
NCsoft renames Blade & Soul Neo Classic to BNS NEO, confirms western launch
Almost a year ago, NCsoft announced a new spin on Blade and Soul called Blade & Soul Neo Classic. The game as planned would...
Cozy survival sandbox Ylands preps Fleet Friends patch with improved multiplayer setup
Back in June, after first hearing about Ylands and diving into it myself years after its actual launch, I lamented that it didn't have...
‘Bullet-heaven’ co-op game The Spell Brigade is now available in early access
What is friendship? Is it listening when someone has a problem? Is it offering resources and succor to bosom companions? Is it playing a...
DC Universe Online debuts Harley Quinn vs Apokolips key art and teaser trailer ahead of September 24 launch
Next week is bringing a bunch of new content to the superheroic world of DC Universe Online, which naturally means that Daybreak's Dimensional Ink...
Throne & Liberty releases patch notes ahead of early access, teasing everything from lifeskills to better PvE
Blink and you'll have missed it: Fall is almost upon us, and that means so is Throne & Liberty's global launch. Early access begins...
Star Citizen’s Pirate Week returns with Blockade Runner event, a treasure hunt, and monetized cargo containers
Star Citizen is putting on its best Party City pirate costume and brushing up on its scallywag brogue as the Pirate Week event has...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 485: EVE’s blockhead blockchain move
Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, New World Aeternum, EVE Frontier, Nightingale, and Wayfinder, with adventures in WoW, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMOs as spectator sports and the best MMO ambient soundtracks.
