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Fight or Kite: Guild Wars 2’s new PvP mode Push actually has a lot of potential
This past weekend, I spent a solid amount of time battling in Guild Wars 2’s PvP, surprising even myself since it’s been a couple...
MMO Week in Review: Land of the Morning Light Seoul, Aeternum, and EVE Frontier
Black Desert officially launched an expansion this week, marking the fifth of the so-called Big Five MMORPGs to do so in 2024. Land of...
Destiny 2 plans two ‘medium-sized’ expansions and four free content updates through early 2026
With today marking the official 10th anniversary of the first Destiny - and the future of Destiny 2 still feeling pretty wobbly thanks to...
MMO Week in Review: Dude, you’re gettin’ a delve
This week in MMOs, we've been enjoying World of Warcraft's The War Within, both with impressions and modding recs. Also this week I had...
LOTRO Legendarium: The easiest LOTRO virtues to get as a low-level character
One of the most important yet easiest to overlook parts of your character's growth in Lord of the Rings Online is investing into virtues,...
MMO Week in Review: RIP Blue Protocol, welcome The War Within
I found myself thinking of Peria Chronicles this week, thanks to Bandai Namco's decision to shutter the local version of Blue Protocol before it...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s Max Out season brings a little hype back
The Pokemon Go fall seasonal update, coming September 3rd, is called Max Out, and if you haven't kept up with the main series of...
Flameseeker Chronicles: How to gear up in Guild Wars 2 in 2024 – without breaking the bank
Gearing in Guild Wars 2 is simultaneously really nice and also very frustrating. It's nice because there is no uber tier of stats locked...
Flameseeker Chronicles: 10 easy Guild Wars 2 builds for solo play in 2024’s Janthir Wilds
While most MMORPGs offer a variety of ways to play a character, Guild Wars 2 offers a huge variety of builds for each of...
MMO Week in Review: The War Within Janthir Wilds
This last chunk of August might just be the peak of the summer for the MMORPG genre: Not only did Guild Wars 2 release...
MMO Week in Review: Myth Drannor, Janthir Wilds ahoy, and Throne & Liberty delayed
This week in the world of MMORPGs tried its damnedest to make up for the week before (iykyk): Throne & Liberty got a two-week...
Dungeonborne adds a 3v3 PvP mode, new class skill, and a new gear tier in latest update
The updates keep on a-comin' for the free-to-play PvPvE extraction RPG Dungeonborne, which has a new patch out this week that introduces some new...
Storyboard: Roleplaying in MMORPGs is much more common than you think
Back around the time when the game's first expansion was a going concern, there was a post on the World of Warcraft forums about...
Massively Overthinking: Do the little things make or break an MMORPG?
Earlier this year, I did a video showcasing Star Wars Galaxies Legends player city overhaul, and in it, I admitted to something silly: A...
MMO Week in Review: New World’s truncated season, Corepunk’s paid alpha
New World just can't stop seem to stop hitting itself: This week, Amazon suffered an undisclosed issue with its season leaderboard and wound up...
MMO Week in Review: Bungie’s bungles, Fellowship’s fancies
Destiny 2's Bungie volunteered to be the industry villain of the week as it slashed multiple games and teams with cancelations and layoffs as...
MMO Week in Review: The WoWGG union and WoW’s War Within prepatch
World of Warcraft offered two pieces of huge news this week: Its developer team formed a wall-to-wall union, WoWGG, that includes members from multiple...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s August is leaning into Adventure
I must admit that Pokemon Go's traditional Adventure Week events have historically been a minor hit with me as they feature the fossil 'mon...
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...
Hearthstone’s Perils in Paradise expansion has released
It's time for some fun in the sun in Hearthstone, as this week brought the Perils in Paradise expansion to the digital CCG, featuring...
