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Battle Bards Episode 166: LEGO Universe
Who knew that interlocking brick systems would result in so many video games — and a pretty good soundtrack? The Battle Bards step on...
Astellia Online patches in a quest merge and a difficulty adjustment that wasn’t meant to be in-game yet
Sometimes you just get stuff you weren't expecting. An extra McNugget in your McOrder from McDonald's. An extra few LEGO-brand construction bricks in your...
MassivelyOP’s 2019 MMO swag gift guide
The Black Friday is upon us! (Angels and ministers of grace defend us!) Outside there are winter storms, flu viruses, and holiday traffic. But...
Space colony MMO SEED announces ‘Pioneers’ alpha coming in 2020
With SpatialOS titles bailing out of the genre left and right, it falls to games like Seed - now being marketed as SEED -...
Hearthstone’s Tombs of Terror, Overwatch’s Brick Challenge, and Blizzard’s Pencils of Promise charity sale
Even outside of World of Warcraft, Blizzard's been busy busy busy this week.
First, take a peek at Hearthstone: The MMOTCG opened the Tombs of...
Space colony MMO Seed raises $22.3 million with help from LEGO (seriously)
If Scrooge McDuck piles of money are enough to get you excited about the possibility of developing games, then jump into the moneybin that...
The pieces needed to build a WildStar emulator have been posted online
Have any of you seen the movie Contact? It's a sci-fi film about an alien radio transmission that contains instructions to build an interstellar...
Wisdom of Nym: All of the shards in Final Fantasy XIV
Look, the date of this article is a complete coincidence. Obviously, we're going to the First in Final Fantasy XIV's next expansion. We know that...
The Daily Grind: Has your MMO of choice ever had a major data loss?
When Justin mentioned to me on this week's podcast the rumor that Lord of the Rings Online's and Dungeons and Dragons Online's multi-day downtime...
Battle Bards Episode 138: Wild wild westerns
Boy howdy, is it time for another highfalutin Battle Bards episode? Shucks, looks like! In this week’s show, the trio saddle up for a...
Massively Overthinking: Showing up vs. showing off in MMOs
Last week's Daily Grind about ambient sociability got a lot of MMO gamers talking about that desire to have people around, even if they...
The MOP Up: SoulWorker introduces Chii Aruel
There's a new character on the horizon for SoulWorker, and her name is Chii Aruel. The studio hasn't said much about her just yet, but...
Vague Patch Notes: The fads and the curious (and why Overwatch’s star is fading)
So it's beginning to look a lot like the Overwatch fad has faded. It was a crazy couple of years there, but the fact that...
MassivelyOP’s first impressions of MapleStory 2, Nexon’s latest MMORPG
It's fair to say that MapleStory always did appeal to an audience that was into a very specific look and feel. If chibi anime...
Overwatch teases its upcoming LEGO sets, players decry Pharah’s nerfs
She's weathered a lot of updates without being significantly changed, but Pharah is finally getting some big changes with the next Overwatch patch... and...
EVE Evolved: Two ways that EVE Online’s monetisation could be expanded under Pearl Abyss
When Pearl Abyss bought out CCP Games last week, the overwhelming message to EVE Online players was that it would be business as usual...
Overwatch teases LEGO crossover with half a dozen minifigs, animated short coming tomorrow
Blizzard dropped a fun teaser in the middle of Gamescom this week that seems to imply an Overwatch LEGO crossover.
The brief video appears to...
The Daily Grind: Do you start over in MMOs when your character or account is maxed out?
Over the last year or so, my six-year-old has been making his way through LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga on our old PS3....
Blizzard roundup: World of Warcraft lore, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm balance, and Overwatch LEGO sets
Who's ready for some news about Blizzard? Because boy, there's a lot of it! Want some new World of Warcraft lore about Jaina? There's...
Perfect Ten: You got your MMORPG in my tabletop RPG
Tabletop games and MMORPGs seem like they would go well together, but remarkably they often don't. That's true for several reasons, but one of...