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Astellia Online is back again as a crummy blockchain MMO called Astel of Atra
I'm sure you folks all remember Astellia Online: It was a South Korean import that launched here in 2019; we called it a "solidly...
Valofe resurrects the sunsetted Diablo-like MMO Cronous in a Steam re-release
Usually, when an MMO has announced its closure, that's often the last word. However, some games refuse to go into that good night like...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO conspiracy?
You probably don't know this about me, but one of my hobby subjects is pseudoscience and conspiracies and why people fall for them. I've...
Leaderboard: Has the gaming community ‘beaten’ NFTs?
I have to give this article in Bloomberg a lot of props for being something you don't see very often: a piece touting the...
Shroud of the Avatar is in the ‘home stretch’ for R106 recovery efforts, but gold returns will come up short
Catnip Games is still recovering from Shroud of the Avatar's disastrous Release 106 update, but the team is reportedly in the "home stretch" of...
Shroud of the Avatar developers address Release 106’s issues and the massive rollback
Over the course of October, we've been chronicling Shroud of the Avatar's problem-laden launch of Release 106. The update had technical issues that kept...
The Daily Grind: Are you hoping for ‘market disruption’ in the MMO genre?
Over the summer, a Twitter user replied to one of our Daily Grinds suggesting that a certain MMORPG was poised to "disrupt the MMO...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that went through complete technical clownshows
I've gone on record multiple times to state that when you get right down to it, MMOs look pretty darn complicated. There are a...
Legends of Aria’s blockchain mess gets a new name – BRITARIA – as its token sinks
The crypto shenanigans around Legends of Aria just keep getting weirder.
Readers will recall that Legends of Aria, Kickstarted by MMO players as Shards Online,...
Ultima Online dev reminisces on chasing cheaters and combusting castles
If you're a longtime Ultima Online player, you surely know the name Tim "Draconi" Cotten, even if only from seeing his name on holiday...
Working As Intended: My 25 years of Ultima Online
Twenty-five years ago my boyfriend, Paul, and I walked into a shop to find a new game to play together. He picked up this...
Ravendawn has a blockchain-linked version of itself that is now called RavenQuest
Regular readers are likely familiar with Ravendawn, the Open Tibia-built sandbox MMORPG that first unveiled itself in 2021 and more recently entered into closed...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have had the most successful monetization turnarounds?
Up until the last couple of years, I would've said Lord of the Rings Online's monetization was... not good. In fact, even though plenty...
Colony-building MMO SEED outlines playtest plans for the rest of 2022
It's been some time since we've gotten some major news out of SEED, the colony-building sandbox MMO from developer Klang Games that we first...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO Kickstarters that let us down
MOP's Chris penned a solid piece earlier this week about the fate that has apparently befallen Destiny's Sword, and as I was editing it,...
Twitch averts streamer strike with proposed ban on some gambling content
Following major drama this week over gambling streams and scamming that resulted in popular streamers threatening a Twitch boycott and strike, Twitch has issued...
Roblox announces plans for ‘immersive ads’ and a marketplace with ‘scarcity’
The beginning of September saw Roblox hold its own developers conference, which outlined several planned features and updates to the way players can play...
NFT gaming consultant proposes conscripting poor gamers as MMO NPCs
In case you needed another reason to keep crypto out of gaming, a new article on Rest of World chronicles an NFT scheme in...
Riders of Icarus swaps to Nexon game cards following weak crypto token reception
There's a new way to pay for Riders of Icarus, just in case you're old fashioned and still like to buy premium currency instead...
Legends of Aria details its upcoming jail system, heralds it as ‘the first ever metaverse prison’
Now that the Kickstarted Legends of Aria has gone all-in on the ultimately superfluous integration of the blockchain, the game is further lauding a...
