mythology
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of our 2024 MMO predictions
Later this week, we're going to be offering up our traditional predictions for the MMO genre in 2025, but before we do that, we...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG launched the best event of 2024?
I'm well aware that this is going to be a hard Daily Grind to answer because it used to be an award, and it...
The Secret World TTRPG group is working on a North American expansion book
Way back in 2021, Funcom officially gave its blessing to a player-run studio that wanted to build a Secret World tabletop RPG. In 2022,...
SMITE 2’s last closed alpha patch of 2024 brings three more gods and a Lord of the Rings crossover event
It's time for the last patch for the closed alpha of MOBA SMITE 2, and this one is going out with another set of...
Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024
I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....
Here’s how Dark Age of Camelot’s latest Caledonia catch-up works
The Caledonia event is running right now in Dark Age of Camelot and it's letting all players start right off at level 30 and...
SMITE 2 adds Poseidon, Thor, and Cupid and makes general changes in its latest closed alpha patch
Whether you want to make opponents thunderstruck, lovestruck, or... waterstruck? Splashed? Moistened? Either way, the latest patch for SMITE 2 has added three new...
Perfect Ten: Lessons from unsuccessful MMORPGs that I wish designers would learn
I have been writing about this genre for far too long now and seen far too many games with genuinely good elements completely fail...
Perfect Ten: Utterly silly MMO transmedia synergy over the years
Remember back when Trion Worlds tried to coin -- or cement -- the term "transmedia synergy" for the relationship between Defiance the game and Defiance the...
The MOP Up: Aion reworks sieges, raids, and world bosses
NCsoft brought a sweeping raft of changes to many group activities in Aion this past week: "We are excited to reveal that we have...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO do you feel is spinning its wheels these days?
When we think of MMOs that have stalled out or are spinning their wheels doing a lot of nothing in particular, often our minds...
Classic MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot brings its next Caledonia event to players on December 4
It's the week after Thanksgiving, and you feel like having something new to be thankful for. Would leveling up nice and quickly in Dark...
SMITE 2 adds Ra and Sobek to the game’s roster as closed alpha marches on
Readers who have gone down particular rabbit holes online over the past several years will probably look at the headline on this particular piece,...
The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows Store
The magical co-op realm of Fae Farm expanded to even more platforms this past week: "Phoenix Labs today celebrated the release of Fae Farm...
Hi-Rez’s Realm Royale Reforged and Divine Knockout will be sunsetting in February
The top of October spelled some worrisome portents for Hi-Rez studios as the company announced layoffs as well as team reductions for the original...
Dark Age of Camelot marks its 23rd birthday with gifts and realm bonuses
While some MMOs we could name are preening their feathers at becoming 20 years old this year, Dark Age of Camelot is like, "Oh...
Hi-Rez hit with layoffs as it reduces teams on Paladins and Classic SMITE in favor of SMITE 2
Hi-Rez Studios and its sub-studios are embarking on a wave of layoffs, CEO Stewart Chisam announced bright and early this morning. Chisam characterizes the...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile arrives on the PlayStation 5
It's a great week for PlayStation 5 users, as Grinding Gears' acclaimed Path of Exiles finally got its own launch on the console.
"The native...
One Shots: Waiting for a friend in Star Citizen
You've bought your $14,000 starship, spent countless days rearranging everything just so, and managed to stay on top of the torrent of word salad...
Vitae Aeternum: New World Aeternum’s open beta build is actually pretty good – but will it be enough?
Starting this Friday, Amazon Games will be running an open beta test for New World's soft relaunch as Aeternum. Before then, the studio offered...
