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Preview: A look inside of ArcheAge’s Ascension launching today
Change is inevitable. And while it can be unnerving, it can also be very beneficial. ArcheAge's fans will see their share of changes today...
Getting perspective on Chronicles of Elyria’s planned PvP and PvE featureset
Anyone on the MassivelyOP team will probably tell you that I won't shut up about Chronicles of Elyria. There's so much to like about...
Skyforge producer’s letter shines a light on communication
Sometimes, it's really hard to know if the developers are listening to the players. Sure, you can tell players that the development team is...
The Elder Scrolls Online launches the Dark Brotherhood DLC today
Rejoice, players of The Elder Scrolls Online, for today you can join in an elite confederation of ducks! Whether you feel that you're a...
APB Reloaded soft launches on Xbox One in Europe
The team behind APB Reloaded has been laying down the foundation for the game's transition to consoles, work that is now paying off as...
Kings and Heroes launches into Early Access today
Do you feel a hole in your life that can only be filled by a first-person dungeon crawler with online co-op and procedural generation...
EVE Evolved: How are citadels actually being used?
In the build-up to EVE Online's Citadel expansion, there was a great deal of speculation from both players and the EVE developers about how the...
Snail Games announces Kingdom Warriors beta signups
Snail Games has kicked off pre-registration for pre-launch closed beta test events for upcoming MMO Kingdom Warriors. The studio is calling it a "mobile...
Landmark announces a June 10th launch date
It's a little later in the "spring" than expected, depending on how strictly you adhere to the season or the solstice, but it's finally...
SMITE debuts on the PlayStation 4 next week
It's official: SMITE arrives on the PlayStation 4 on May 31st.
Most recently, Hi-Rez has been touting its 20,000,000 registered players number, a figure sure...
Elite: Dangerous’ Engineers patch is now live
Fans of Elite: Dangerous have been waiting for the most recent patch for quite some time. The darn thing just seemed to keep getting...
Chronicles of Elyria AMA on alpha, middleware, griefing, and B2P
The Chronicles of Elyria team submitted itself to the wilds of an AMA on Reddit earlier this afternoon, allowing players to bombard the developers...
Black Desert delays planned June 1 Valencia launch
Daum has just announced that it's delaying Black Desert's Valencia update, which was originally scheduled for June 1st. Technical issues and security goals are...
‘Online combat RPG’ Absolver plans 2017 launch
Absolver is... probably not an MMORPG. But it is an "online combat RPG," which sure sounds like an action combat MMORPG without the "massive"...
Massively Overthinking: The stories inside MMORPGs
This week's topic comes to us from one of our dear Patrons, Roger.
"I love stories, and some games tell great stories. MMOs have trouble...
Path of Exile releases expansion ‘manifesto’
Path of Exile has a new "manifesto" out this week describing the full extent of the balance changes coming in the 2.3.0 patch. Of note,...
Life is Feudal’s MMO test is finally underway
Early in 2016, we spoke to Bitbox about Life is Feudal, an ambitious sandbox that was scaled-down midway through development to be a "pocket"...
EverQuesting: The absurd number of things to do in EverQuest II, part II
Have you finished up everything there was to do in EverQuest II from last week's list? Neither have I. That first half alone is...
Analyst argues game devs are abandoning free-to-play in some genres
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has another piece on Gamasutra this week, this one arguing that video game developers are "backing away from...
Chronicle: RuneScape Legends launches on Steam today
It's full Steam ahead today for Chronicle: RuneScape Legends as the CCG-meets-tabletop game not only launches but launches on Steam. To celebrate, devs will start...
