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RuneScape finally unveils 2024-2025 roadmap – including a ‘new area expansion’ in late 2025
RuneFest was unfortunately pushed off into next year thanks to circumstances beyond Jagex's control - but the studio has found ways to deliver info...
Vague Patch Notes: The great content consumption problem in MMORPGs
A friend and I were talking about an MMORPG's content recently (it doesn't matter which one) and I was pointing out how that particular...
Not So Massively: Immortal Gates of Pyre offers multiplayer RTS fans a glimmer of hope
It's been a busy month for fans of the real time strategy genre. Even as Stormgate ran its early access preview, another crowdfunded StarCraft...
Indie MMORPG Eterspire adds an alpha version of a four-player party system
You'd be forgiven for believing that a mobile MMORPG like Eterspire already had a party system in place, but that was apparently not the...
Tower of Fantasy lets players enjoy summer, explore a new map, and visit a fanservice ‘dorm’ in latest update
It's summertime in Tower of Fantasy and that can mean only one thing: entering a character's dorm to interact with her in some very...
Last Epoch balances monsters, tweaks skills, and applies general bug fixes and updates
What's new in the OARPG that is Last Epoch? Tweaks, fixes, and adjustments that touch on a wide assortment of gameplay matters according to...
Drakantos says it is very much an MMORPG, but not exactly like others you’ve played
Is Drakantos an MMORPG? A co-op OARPG? The answer to that question is the primary subject of Wingeon Game Studios' June dev blog, which...
Fallout 76 prepares caravans and outpost management for its next update
Six years into Fallout 76 we still don't have guilds or text chat, but Bethesda is working on a new feature that should keep...
Wisdom of Nym: The story beats that really work in Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
Before I dive into this week's column, I want to start things off by noting a weird aspect of storytelling that's true in Final...
Apex Legends Shockwave season adds unlimited revivals, dual-wielding, and a versus bots mode August 6
The next season for Apex Legends - you know, the battle royale shooter that wanted to double-charge players for battle passes until fans furiously...
PvPvE extraction RPG Dungeonborne adds a new Rogue skill, new skeletal weapons, and balance changes
With about three weeks of early access under its belt, the PvPvE extraction RPG Dungeonborne has elected to start making some larger updates to...
The Stream Team: There’s gnome problem in AdventureQuest 3D
With a little bit of grinding, Massively OP's MJ was able to make it high enough to finally enter the newest dungeons in AdventureQuest...
Not So Massively: Stormgate was not ready for early access
As the first of StarCraft II's spiritual successors to make it to a public launch, Stormgate will be releasing free to play for all...
ARK: Genesis Part 2 circulates onto the Nintendo Switch
Just because you're rocking a Nintendo Switch instead of a PlayBox 360 doesn't mean you're left out of the dino-tastic fun of ARK: Survival...
B2P survival MMO Myth of Empires is free-to-play on Steam through August 5
If Myth of Empires always whispered to you but you've not wanted to shell out 30 bucks to try it, this weekend's free-play event...
Hands-on with Arc Games’ Fellowship, a new game trying to distill the MMORPG dungeon experience
For many folks, one of the more entertaining aspects of playing an MMORPG is running through its dungeons (though of course that varies from...
Extraction shooter Arena Breakout: Infinite is coming to early access ‘soon’
Are you sitting slouched in your gaming chair and feeling the void in your life where an extraction shooter should be? Then sit up...
Destiny 2’s August patch seeks to address Crucible problems and the ‘epidemic’ of PvP quitters
If you're a PvP player of Destiny 2, then this week's newsletter is almost exclusively for you, as Bungie's PvP strike team is checking...
EVE Online details plans to adjust Equinox’s sovereignty, Zarzakh, dailies, and ship skin tool
Now that the Equinox update of EVE Online has been out in the wild for just over a month, CCP Games is prepared to...
Massively Overthinking: How much research do you do before playing a new MMORPG?
On this week's MOP Podcast, Justin and I discussed our experiences in No Man's Sky (again), and both of us came to the conclusion...
