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Final Fantasy XIV fans assemble 300 fans to play an Endwalker tribute medley
As of this point, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is officially done. The game is down for maintenance for 48 hours for the early access...
New World fills its summer drought with the Summer Medleyfaire, starting this week
Somehow, calling it the Smedleyfaire just isn't as fun as it used to be, but New World's Summer Medleyfaire is indeed returning this week...
Second Life celebrates 21 years of operation with town halls, music events, and exhibitor showcase
While techbros on some serious stuff dream about a metaverse (or more specifically how to turn it into a monetizable hellscape), Second Life has...
Perfect Ten: Lessons I’ve learned doing the MOP Podcast
It's been well over a decade since I began to operate a podcast covering MMO news and opinions -- originally the Massively Speaking podcast...
Gran Saga heralds its global release plans with multiple name drops, music, and lots of character art
Back in 2020, we first learned about Gran Saga, a character-driven anime MMORPG for PC and mobile from Korean developer NPixel that made its...
The Daily Grind: What do you expect out of MMORPG roadmaps?
So as we wait for New World's promised Q&A for PC players today following the botched Aeternum reveal at Summer Game Fest, New World...
Global Chat: FFXIV’s out-of-control cutscene scene
Here's a terrifying and fascinating fact: Did you know that Final Fantasy XIV's cutscenes now total up to 159 hours of non-interactive, viewable-only content?
Gamer...
MMO Burnout: Cozy Caravan brings an incomplete yet instantly charming chore-filled break
One of my dream jobs in sandbox MMORPGs is to run logistics. Whether it's flying space trucks around or steering a caravan, delivering goods...
Awake: Afterdark Apocalypse is a ridiculous gen-AI Kickstarter game that purports to be ‘the spiritual successor to the MMO’
Pack it in, kiddos, for the new champion of MMOs has arrived on the scene. It's called Awake: Afterdark Apocalypse, and if the title...
World of Warcraft answers crafting questions about The War Within
World of Warcraft's The War Within beta is in full swing, and that means that this is the ideal time for players to advocate...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons World of Warcraft is pure cozy comfort
There's something weird and fun that happens in my brain around this time of year, which is that I start to get into a...
Drakantos shows off Thomas the Bard Cat, a deadly new delve, and new pets and monsters
When is a Bard class not just a Bard class? When that Bard is a singing, ambulatory cat. Say hello to Thomas, the latest...
The Game Archaeologist: Runes of Magic, an MMO that made millions disappear
In more ways than one, the year 2004 was a pivotal one for the MMORPG community. Even as games like City of Heroes, EverQuest...
Tarisland previews the male elven Bard in its latest class deep-dive video
Welp, I forgot Tarisland has Bards, and now it has my attention again with its deep-dive of the Bard class - one of the...
Perfect Ten: My top 10 favorite MMOs across two decades
Normally in these Perfect Ten lists, I'm very outward-facing. I like to create lists that are as helpful or amusing as possible for others...
Dune Awakening reportedly begins sending out closed beta invites
While Dune: Awakening appears to have failed to strike the hot iron of the recent movie's popularity, it is making something akin to forward...
Lost Ark’s May update, Chaos Rising, is live today with the Hanumatan trial guardian raid
If you feel chaos rising today, don't worry - it's just Lost Ark's May update. Chaos Rising is lighter on content, owing to the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best desert biome in MMOs?
Until I lived in one for a few years in real life, I was not a big fan of the desert - anywhere. Cue...
PlanetSide 2’s latest update revamps warzone rotation and the friends list
PlanetSide 2 has been in a state of limbo for the past several months following revelations that Daybreak had sold the IP for cash...
Stop Killing Games opens worldwide petitions and shares a UK government response in update video
Readers will likely remember that last month we reported on the Stop Killing Games initiative, a grass roots campaign started by YouTuber Ross Scott...
