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First Impressions of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, part three: Influences and summation
One of the things that I generally like to avoid doing is comparing World of Warcraft to other MMOs on the market. Even as we've...
WildStar’s devs and fans love on the game two years after its demise
This past weekend saw a special and sad date for WildStar fans, as November 28th marked the two-year anniversary of the game's closure. Some...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of Ashen Empires’ soundtrack
Originally inspired by the Ultima series, Dransik came out in the early 2000s as an isometric MMO that rode the rails of indie gaming...
MapleStory announces spirited collabrotation with K-Pop band BTS
I'm starting to gradually come to accept that my age, ethnicity, and lack of singing talent means that my chances of being recruited for...
First Impressions: Atlas Rogues’ current early access is a broken imitation of Atlas Reactor
Thanks to some truly weird control scheme issues, it took me an absurdly long time to clear a tutorial level. That was my opening...
Battle Bards Episode 181: Around the world
Stuck at home? Denied a vacation this year? The Battle Bards are here to help! In seven songs, the cross-continental crew travel all around...
MMO Business Roundup: Twitch affiliate mess, NFL esports, Skull & Bones boss ousted
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and games industry news relevant to our interests.
First, Twitch is making waves - the bad kind...
Roblox’s Lil Nas X concert racks up a total of 33 million views
So it would seem that the in-game concert event held by Roblox this past weekend was something of a success. According to statements shared...
Cyberpunk 2077 confirms PS5 and Xbox Series X release and backwards compatibility, shares a rap music video
Seeing as single-player (and eventually multiplayer) RPG Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed for a third time, the game will now arrive as the current...
Perfect Ten: 10 things to genuinely like about modern World of Warcraft
Over the past year, it's been an interesting and illuminating experience to ping-pong back and forth between retail World of Warcraft and WoW Classic....
Destiny 2’s Beyond Light expansion sends players to Europa today
No more delays: Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion is finally upon us today. As promised, the update sends players to Europa, certainly the most...
Jukebox Heroes: The best of EverQuest’s MIDI soundtrack
I've always felt that MIDI tunes were to computers what chiptunes were to 8-bit and 16-bit consoles. Before storage media expanded and technology increased...
Battle Bards Episode 180: Moonlight Blade
While Moonlight Blade is not yet a known quantity over here in the west, its soundtrack has gone before it and landed right into...
Kakao Games’ Q3 2020 investor report suggests late 2021 western launch for Elyon Ascent Infinite Realm
Kakao is a hard company to cover, largely because the gaming segment we care about is only a tiny piece of the sprawling Korean...
Global Chat: How World of Warcraft can be peaceful
A recent article about the revised leveling process in World of Warcraft caught my eye, because MMO blogger Kaylriene spoke about how it's really...
Afrofantasy MMORPG The Wagadu Chronicles just funded on Kickstarter for almost $200K
Twin Drums and its fans have done it: The Wagadu Chronicles just fully funded on Kickstarter to the tune of €163,910 (around $191,400 US)...
Diablo II creator David Brevik promises multiplayer ‘very soon’ for ARPG It Lurks Below
It Lurks Below, the current solo project of Diablo II and Marvel Heroes mastermind David Brevik, has seen a lot of improvement since its...
Old School RuneScape’s Trailblazer League launches, complete with a battle rap video because why not
How do you hype up the launch of your latest content? PR? Sizzle reels? Memes posted on Twitter? If you're Old School RuneScape, you...
Aion KR teases possible classic server, Aion EU brings update 7.7 to the early access server
There's some new scuttlebutt out of the world of Aion, specifically from different parts of our world. One of the most intriguing pieces of...
Battle Bards Episode 179: Arrr pirates!
Shiver me timbers — the Battle Bards are coming aboard and demanding that all capable musicians appear on the poop deck and blast out...
