mmo roundup
MMO Week in Review: WoW opens the gates for Shadowlands beta testing
So that sure was another week in MMOs! World of Warcraft stole the show with its big reveal for Shadowlands and the news that...
MMO Week in Review: A house divided, a wedding, a do-over, and a TV show
It was a hodge-podge week for MMOs, yet one without a dull moment: Epic Games reneged on its promise to release Conan Exiles for...
MMO Week in Review: Mixer calls it quits
It was a depressing week for online gaming and the extended community: Mixer folded, setting free everyone on the platform, plus a wave of...
MMO Week in Review: A new Star Wars online multiplayer experience
This week in the world of MMOs, we cheered for Star Wars Squadrons' multiplayer, welcomed Path of Exile's Harvest League, got a peek at...
MMO Business Roundup: PAX Online, PAX Aus, games for ADHD, Epic’s $17B valuation
Welcome back to another quick roundup of video games business and industry news that bumps into our little old MMO genre over here.
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MMO Week in Review: Torchlight III’s early access, No Man’s Sky’s crossplay
Even with the absence of E3 this June, gaming is doing just fine: This week, MMO players saw the launch of Elite's fleet carriers,...
MMO Week in Review: Solidarity, Odyssey, and mourning FFXIV’s Fan Festival
This week, the news across the US and the world focused on the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement, and gaming joined in the chorus,...
MMO Week in Review: Elder Scrolls Online’s Greymoor, Guild Wars 2’s living story, and the PSO2 clowncar
This week - along with the rest of 2020 - is not being kind to the world, but for MMOs, it's not been wholly...
MMO Week in Review: At least ArcheAge is consistent?
Here's the thing about bad news: MMO players are used to it by now. The best way to deliver news like "the game isn't...
MMO Week in Review: Guild Wars 2 rolls back, Fallout 76 pushes forward
This week in MMOs, Guild Wars 2 botched rewards for its EU rollback, we mused over the quarterly financials for Pearl Abyss and NCsoft,...
MMO Week in Review: Population Zero hits early access; early access hits back
Survival MMO Population Zero rolled into Steam early access this week, but it was a bumpy ride, followed by apologies and patches and an...
MMO Week in Review: The pandemic racks up more MMO delays and cancellations
Remember a few weeks ago when we wondered how many more MMO launches and patches and events would suffer delays and cancellations thanks to...
MMO Week in Review: LOTRO and Guild Wars celebrate big birthdays
Business is booming for MMOs and online games, as the world under lockdown nevertheless turned in a stellar games industry revenue report card for...
MMO Week in Review: Earnestly hoping for Fallout’s redemption
The global pandemic continues canceling gaming events, but MMOs keep on going - some of them better than ever. Fallout 76, Guild Wars 2,...
MMO Week in Review: MMORPG pandemic delays, from New World to FFXIV
Multiple MMORPGs fell victim to pandemic-related delays this week, both large ones and small delays, including New World, Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV,...
MMO Week in Review: AIR’s Elyon rebrand, Elyria’s ‘road to nowhere’
There's no slowing down for the MMO industry right now, which feels pretty bizarre under the circumstances, but here we are. This week, we...
MMO Week in Review: Elyria’s suspended storm, Guild Wars 2’s lie of omission
Even in the middle of a pandemic, the MMO industry manages to keep ramping up the news. Not only did Chronicles of Elyria give...
MMO Week in Review: Finding refuge in MMOs from WoW to LOTRO
This week was both the spring equinox and St Patrick's Day, but you wouldn't know it from the world, which is still reeling from...
MMO Week in Review: So we’re going to Cantha
The spreading coronavirus has dominated headlines around the world this week, and we can't escape it even here, as gaming events cancel and gaming...
MMO Week in Review: Holly Longdale’s short goodbye
It's the end of an era for the EverQuest franchise, as this week Holly Longdale, the longtime franchise head only recently installed as the...
