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Choose My Adventure: Returning to Destiny 2 was both bumpy and engaging
As we close out this random whim of mine to enter shooter MMOs for this month's Choose My Adventure, we clear out our list...
Gamigo is granting 15 free days of sub time to new and returning RIFT players
Has Gamigo abandoned RIFT? Given the lack of updates and massive layoffs and tiny population, you might think so, and we've certainly been wary...
World of Tanks teases Japanese tank destroyers and mode overhauls in February roadmap
Tis the season for roadmaps, and now Wargaming's World of Tanks has released one - in video format, and apparently one that will include...
Craftopia announces the terrain for its open world update is ‘almost finished’ in monthly dev report
Do you remember Craftopia? We certainly do. This distinctively odd survival sandbox, which first entered early access in 2020, has mostly been focused on...
Why I Play: Black Matter’s shooter Hell Let Loose scratches my RTS itch
I’ve been playing multiplayer shooters since I discovered DOOM 2’s dialup modem DOS commands, and it’s a genre I find myself returning to every...
Perfect Ten: Ranking 10 MMORPG map designs from worst to best
When I was a kid, I loved poring over maps in our family's atlas when we went on road trips. Getting a kind of...
Guild Wars 2’s patch adds WvW incentives, cosmetics randomizer, and class balancing
As promised, Guild Wars 2's class balancing update has arrived, and depending on which elite spec play you will love, hate, or love and...
Choose My Adventure: Slowly cracking the code of how Warframe works
For the longest time last week, the Choose My Adventure voting was extremely close - it was at a three-way tie at one point...
EverQuest Online Adventures fans toast the console MMO’s 20th anniversary
EverQuest Online Adventures might well be one of the oddest spin-offs from the rather expansive EverQuest franchise. And while this late, great PlayStation 2...
Guild Wars 2 appears to be dropping living world structure in favor of larger, more consistent updates
As promised, Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet has issued its developer blog on long-term plans, and it's not just prattle: The studio is planning...
The MOP Up: SMITE delivers a ‘bonus’ update full of nerfs
SMITE delivered a "bonus update" to the MOBA's community this past week with several downward adjustments to various features. Speed buff got nerfed "by...
One Shots: Once upon a tavern…
Stop me if you've heard this before: A group of hardy adventurers arrives in a charming yet rough-hewn tavern to map out their future...
Vague Patch Notes: Diversions are what makes the MMO
I am going to put forth a theory today in the Vague Patch Notes column. It is potentially an odd theory, and as sometimes...
ARK Survival Evolved’s Switch edition finally updates with 2017’s Ragnarok DLC
If you've been playing ARK: Survival Evolved on Switch all these years and been grumpy that you haven't had access to Ragnarok, then your...
Champions Online fights a random server error that caused players to get stuck in maps over the weekend
Were you among those players who were stuck in a map in Champions Online? You most certainly were not alone, and the devs spent...
Overwatch 2’s director maps out the future without map pools and less map frequency
Hey there, Overwatch 2 player! Do you like map pools? No, you don't; basically no one did, and so they're being removed according to...
Star Citizen talks up plans for more updates to the neglected Arena Commander module
The Arena Commander portion of Star Citizen often seems like the red-headed stepchild of the game, particularly as CIG's focus has primarily been on...
The Cycle Frontier hypes its first flying monster, coming in season 3 on March 29
"It's big, it's bad, and it's flying" - and it's headed into The Cycle: Frontier. We're talking about the giant PvE monster called the...
Orna developers are working on Hero of Aethric, a pixel-art open-world mobile MMO
Have you ever enjoyed the lore and systems of a game but thought it might be even better if it were a different genre?...
New Turkish MMO Quinfall says it won’t seek player money before launch
On Monday, we inadvertently set off a bit of a firestorm by reporting on new Turkish MMORPG The Quinfall, which studio Vawraek Technology said...
