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Working As Intended: My 20 years of Star Wars Galaxies
Last year, when Ultima Online turned 25 years old, I did a piece reminiscing on those early days and marveling that so much of...
The MOP Up: WalkScape opens up a community portal
To bring all of the game's news and access together in one place, the in-development ARG WalkScape created a new Portal. If you'll recall,...
Genshin Impact announces in-person Summer Festival events launching across the globe in July
Summertime is often the time for conventions, and while most are probably planning on checking out things like anime conventions, Genshin Impact is inviting...
MMO Burnout: Dramatic Labs finds the right tone for Star Trek Resurgence
As a longtime gamer and observer of the industry, I know it can be tough to get excited about new announcements and releases. We’re...
Choose My Adventure: Settling into Age of Conan’s uncomfortable routine
Today's Choose My Adventure column is about the groove.
I think some folks know what I mean in relation to MMOs (or even gaming in...
Diablo IV sent cosplayers to hawk the ARPG at an LA baseball stadium and bar
At this point, it's clear that Blizzard will throw anything and everything at the wall in order to promote the fact that Diablo IV...
Battle Bards Episode 225: Embers Adrift
One of the newer MMOs on the market, Embers Adrift leaned hard into tougher PvE gameplay and the darkest of dark nights. But how...
Lawful Neutral: How might the so-called AI revolution affect the MMO genre?
This article has been rolling around in my head since ChatGPT rocketed into the public awareness a few months ago, and just in the...
Vitae Aeternum: What Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO should (and shouldn’t) take from New World
We've had one, yes, but what about second attempt by Amazon to deliver a Lord of the Rings MMO? During the last run at...
New World devs discuss PvP, DPS meters, raids, and the future of First Light housing
Amazon is back with another episode of New World's Forged in Aeternum, and this one's the Q&A format, so it's not as skippable as...
Co-op PvE MOBA Project F4E schedules open playtest for June 10 – here’s how to join in
This past April we wondered what happened to the social-minded PvE MOBA Project F4E and found that developer BetaDwarf has been running a series...
The Game Archaeologist: Coca-Cola’s crazy virtual hangout
Part of the sheer joy and fun of the early online world of the late '90s and early 2000s was the experimentation that took...
Ashfall delays release to summer 2024, promises multiple beta tests beforehand
As the self-described "adventure shooter MMORPG" Ashfall moves closer to its first closed beta test in July, developer Legendary Studios has had to follow...
One Shots: Day one of the conquest
There's nothing like that heady feel of stepping out into the game world for the first time, taking in the sights of the newbie...
PlanetSide 2 celebrates the franchise’s 20th birthday with the Fortification update and an album release
Daybreak successfully released PlanetSide 2's Fortification update for PC yesterday, ringing in what will - in two days, anyhow - be the franchise's 20th...
New World devs talk loot, progression, crafting, and the player-driven economy
On this week's Forged in Aeterum, Amazon's Senior Systems Designer Tony Morton and Product Owner Phil Bolus sit for a discussion on New World's...
Book of Travels continues to apply bug fixes and general gameplay updates
The patching, polishing, and bug fixing continues for tiny multiplayer online title Book of Travels. The game's two latest patches continue developer Might &...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO would make the best band name?
Quick, while my editor is asleep, I'm going to slip this into the queue! Let's see if we can get the comments to 100+...
Vitae Aeternum: A love letter to all that New World does well
When you spend a lot of time in an MMORPG, it can be easy to become bogged down in all of the game's foibles....
Original Guild Wars maps can be explored outside of the game thanks to a community project
Do you ever have a hankering to return to your old stomping grounds and poke around every nook and cranny without being annoyed by...
