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The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO spin-off?

Justin Olivetti - January 29, 2020 7

A successful online game has the potential to draw in crowds and revenue. If it's successful enough, the studio might even splurge for a...

MMORPG OrbusVR’s 2020 roadmap includes $9.99 DLC called the Mini Story Pack

Chris Neal - January 28, 2020 0

Yep, it's another roadmap news story! I don't mind, though; as I said in the most recent Massively Overthinking piece, I tend to like...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 257: Daybreakup

Justin Olivetti - January 28, 2020 14

Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak's split up, Tencent's Funcom bid, Torchlight Frontiers becoming a non-MMO, Temtem's early access, Rend's sunset, and DDO's new expansion, plus adventures in Neverwinter, STO, SWG, CoH, and Trove, and a mailbag discussion on changing MMO goals.

Choose My Adventure: Comparing the cash shops of Black Desert Mobile and Villagers & Heroes

Chris Neal - January 28, 2020 15

I had originally intended this piece to focus on playtime in Villagers & Heroes, but I didn't get in enough to do it justice,...

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s Shadow in the Ice

Colin Henry - January 28, 2020 14

The prologue and first episode of Guild Wars 2’s The Icebrood Saga did a lot of setting up, but weren't very satisfying. Episode 2:...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO is just the worst about one-shotting?

Bree Royce - January 28, 2020 29

Skyforge doesn't get nearly enough attention from the greater MMO-playing public in my estimation, but it popped back into my field of view when...

RuneScape opens up War’s Retreat and brings back the Skill Off event for winter

Chris Neal - January 27, 2020 0

It's time to slap boss monsters silly for rewards and the favor of War, the Horseman of the Apocalypse! No, it's not the plot...

The Survivalist: So Funcom’s DUNE will be a survival game, not an MMO

MJ Guthrie - January 27, 2020 93

Remember back in February of last year when we learned that Funcom inked an exclusive deal for at least three games based on Frank...

All those darn crows refuse to stay airborne.

Fight or Kite: MMO PvP needs to be memorable or it’s not worth the bother

Sam Kash - January 27, 2020 15

The best combat-related moments I’ve had in gaming were always surprising feats or wild encounters with other players. They weren’t always victories, but those...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most indispensable tool you use to play MMOs, other than the platform itself?

Bree Royce - January 27, 2020 48

Let's talk about tools you use when playing MMOs - other than your computer, console, phone, or whatever device you're playing on, of course! This...

Jukebox Heroes: The best of Furcadia’s soundtrack

Justin Olivetti - January 26, 2020 3

Back in 2017, I bit the furry bullet and tackled the oddity that was Fucadia -- a very old MMORPG that just so happened...

The Daily Grind: Is there MMO content you won’t do because it’s too difficult?

Eliot Lefebvre - January 26, 2020 52

The difficulty of raids in World of Warcraft does not contribute one whit to my lack of desire to take part in raids in World of...

LOTRO Legendarium: Rating the best active racials in Lord of the Rings Online

Justin Olivetti - January 25, 2020 11

Picking a race to play in Lord of the Rings Online isn't as consequence-free as you might encounter in other MMORPGs. For starters, the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO character you’ve ever picked back up?

Justin Olivetti - January 25, 2020 36

Recently, I have found myself back in Neverwinter -- and quite enjoying myself! But what was really strange about this return is that I...

WoW Factor: Oh no, Visions of N’zoth is real bad

Eliot Lefebvre - January 24, 2020 69

Based on a wholly informal poll based on what's going around the community right now, I've compiled most of the agreed-upon positives for the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO offered the best PvE experience in 2019?

Bree Royce - January 24, 2020 37

PvE content is pretty much considered a given in MMORPGs: Even games without virtual combat usually pit the player against something environmental, whether it's...