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The MOP Up: How about Final Fantasy XI’s new Vana’Bout?
Final Fantasy XI had a busy week with a November patch, that "includes changes to foes in Normal and Intense Ambuscades, a new battlefield...
New World previews Eternal Frost’s Glacial Tarn expedition, celebrates big win for its musical score
Whether you're ready to say that it's ice to meet this boss or just want to drop a clever bon mot about how clearly...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Astral Ascent, Stalcraft, High Energy Heroes
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you've (probably) never heard of!
Astral Ascent - The team at France-based Hibernian...
Battle Bards Episode 229: Caravan Stories Part 1
Come along for a trundling trip through the countryside with Caravan Stories, a 2017-era MMO that charmed Syl so much that she demanded they...
Blizzard’s art savant Samwise Didier is retiring after more than three decades at the studio
Thirty-two years is a heckuva run at any studio, especially when you've been one of the artistic inspirations for some of that studio's most...
Perfect Ten: The single best expansion from 10 MMOs
Holy crud, do I not know that I'm setting myself up for some major pushback today. Oh, I feel that to my core, friends!...
Dino survival MMO Path of Titans lets player critters pounce, pull, and carry other tasty creatures in latest patch
Eating on the run is usually bad form, but when it comes to being a dinosaur in the survival MMO Path of Titans, that...
The MOP Up: DCUO talks about its creative process
DC Universe Online Narrative Designer Lynnea Glasser recently sat down for an interview about the creative process behind the MMORPG and its new Justice...
One Shots: Halloween leftovers
'Tis the week after Halloween, and even as we put away our decorations (or say "whatever" and keep them up until February), the lingering...
New World’s Rise of the Angry Earth score nominated for Hollywood Music in Media award
New World composer Edouard Brenneisen is having a pretty great week, all things considered. He announced on Twitter that his recent score for Rise...
Lost Ark shows off how it designs horror bosses with a look at Akkan
There are lots of enemies in Lost Ark because if you don't have hordes of foes to chew through like snack chips, what are...
Bungie bosses admit Destiny 2 revenues missed expectations this year by 45%
On Monday, we learned that Sony-owned Bungie was struggling with layoffs and delays both for Destiny 2's The Final Shape and for its extraction...
Overwatch 2’s LE SSERAFIM collab event brings new skins, limited-time mode, and dance moves November 1
Overwatch 2 fans likely already knew about the incoming collaboration with K-pop group LE SSERAFIM, but now there's a whole trailer and half of...
Indie MMORPG Monsters & Memories says its proof of concept is 70% complete
The crew at Niche Worlds Cult took to Reddit this week to make a case for Monsters & Memories, the charming throwback MMORPG that...
Wisdom of Nym: What’s left on the table for Final Fantasy XIV’s Tokyo fan festival?
So what's still on the table for Final Fantasy XIV's third fan festival this cycle? (It's not really this year; the third one is...
Co-op MMO-styled boss battler TrinityS makes its debut on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
Last year saw a unique piece of multiplayer gaming enter early access in the form of TrinityS, a three-player co-op title that saw players...
Perfect Ten: Solid MMOs you might be sleeping on in 2023
For today's list, I wanted to take a different approach to recommending MMORPGs to you. I know we often talk about underrated titles, but...
Tencent’s mobile and PC multiplayer survival RPG Undawn opens the Island of the Mist
Are you ready for more map space, more events, more story, and even less Will Smith in Undawn? Then you're the kind of player...
Vitae Aeternum: New World Rise of the Angry Earth’s uneven Elysian Wilds and main story
In my first post covering New World's Rise of the Angry Earth expansion, I laid praise upon the new mounts and riding skill, as...
Overwatch 2 outlines upcoming character balancing, promises more ways to acquire popular skins
Season 7 is well and truly underway in Overwatch 2, which means that the developers are taking a look at player feedback and metrics...
