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Monsters & Memories hires four new devs and improves game performance
After a couple months of quiet, indie MMO Monsters & Memories has emerged to deliver an update regarding its progress. Niche Worlds Cult reports...
The MOP Up: Aion Classic finally gets its delicious revenge
Aion Classic unleashed Update 2.4: Stormwing's Revenge on its servers this past week: "Get ready to battle Stormwing and defeat Yamennes to loot heroic...
Embers Adrift goes free through November 5th for its first anniversary
The first anniversary for indie MMO Embers Adrift arrives this month, and Stormhaven Studios is capitalizing on the moment to entice players to its...
The MOP Up: It’s the great Albion, Charlie Brown!
Albion Online is getting into the spirit of Halloween with its Harvest Challenge: "Fall has come to the world of Albion... the shadows are...
EverQuest II opens preorders and beta for Ballads of Zimara expansion, coming in November
Bards, listen up: EverQuest II's 20th expansion is launching next month, and it'll be music to your ears, literally. It's called Ballads of Zimara,...
Into the Echo’s worldbuilding narrative website Journey Across Raava leaves early access
Early access for a website is over and a full release is now. This is the unironic announcement heralded by Into the Echo developer...
Wildcard sunsets ARK Survival Evolved official servers, confirms no Steam cross-play at ARK Ascended’s launch
"We aren't meant to live forever," reasons the title of a video for ARK: Survival Evolved, which is part of a wider send-off for...
The MOP Up: Soulframe releases a soundtrack tidbit
Soulframe fans starved to hear something -- anything -- about Digital Extremes' upcoming fantasy RPG were thrown an audio morsel this week in the...
Lord of the Rings Online talks crafting, says Corsairs of Umbar pre-orders begin ‘real soon’
The latest Lord of the Rings Online developer livestream may have been mostly about the big crafting changes coming to the MMO this fall,...
New World bumps up its system requirements for Rise of the Angry Earth
For the most part, a fresh MMORPG expansion is usually welcome news for the game populace. That is, of course, unless the specs for...
Battle Bards Episode 228: Cheery MMO dungeons
Not every dungeon has to be a drab and dour affair — a fact that sent the Battle Bards searching for the cheeriest tunes...
Elder Scrolls Online players might score a free house – if the community wins the Secrets of the Telvanni event
Elder Scrolls Online is about to set off a whirlwind of events - and that's without counting the impending season of Halloween. Starting tomorrow,...
Tencent’s not-a-WoW-clone Tarisland snagged a former World of Warcraft composer for its score
It's not every day that a new MMORPG even talks about its composer or score, let alone sends 'round a press release talking up...
Wayfinder aims to continue inventory and server improvements
Wayfinder's early access period got a major boost last week with the arrival of the online RPG's first big patch. Now that it's out...
WoW Factor: MMO raid design and the antagonistic GM
Last week's column about World of Warcraft prompted some really interesting comments that I think are worth talking about; in fact, I very nearly...
The MOP Up: Palia releases its super-chill soundtrack
Feast your ear-tongues on these sound-pops: Palia's completely chill score is now available as a full 24-track album that you can listen to on...
Lord of the Rings Online readies a plus-sized pirate event for September with new stories and missions
Tuesday, September 19th is the International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a cheeky internet holiday that's served as an inspiration for Lord of the...
SWGEmu celebrates Star Wars Galaxies’ 20th birthday year with a tribute video
Yes, Star Wars Galaxies celebrated its 20th anniversary back in June - we wrote all about it - but we like SWG 'round these...
Battle Bards Episode 227: NCsounds
Syl and Syp return to the vast library of NCsoft’s MMO soundtracks, with games like Aion, Lineage, and Blade & Soul to keep our...
TennoCon 2023: The soul of Soulframe is healing, redemption, and cute critters
Last year's TennoCon introduced us to a tease of Digital Extreme's new upcoming game, Soulframe. Since then, MMO gamers - including me - have...
