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The Daily Grind: What dead MMO needs more coverage?
One of the humorous awards we've given out in the past - but didn't in 2018 - was our award for the dead game...
Jukebox Heroes: Bless Online’s soundtrack
You probably wouldn't blame me for the fact that I've dragged my feet on listening to the Bless Online soundtrack over this past year....
The Daily Grind: Are there any MMO anniversaries you’re looking forward to in 2019?
It's weird to think that World of Warcraft hits 15 years this year, but that's the way linear time works. Five-year intervals are big ones,...
LOTRO Legendarium: A requiem for trait lines
Back in last October when Standing Stone Games announced that it would be launching the legendary server type, one of the most contentious points...
The Daily Grind: How often are you tabbing out of your MMOs for help?
If MMOs didn't have the internet, well, they wouldn't run at all. But they'd also be devoid of a precious resource, which is external...
Leaderboard: What’s the most vulnerable Daybreak MMO in 2019?
Way back in 2015, not long after the SOE game purge and Daybreak transition that laid off a huge number of developers, we began...
Storyboard: What makes an MMORPG a good home for roleplaying?
Guess who's back.
I gave Star Wars: The Old Republic a lot of grief over the course of 2018 for the fact that its server merges...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the start of 2019?
2018 was an odd year for MMO monetization. Oh sure, we saw Star Citizen offer things like $27,000 ship packages, but obviously most people...
Massively Overthinking: Hopes and fears for MMOs in 2019
With nearly all of our end-of-2018 content finally and blissfully behind us - seriously, I always breathe a huge sigh of relief when it's...
Vague Patch Notes: The fads and the curious (and why Overwatch’s star is fading)
So it's beginning to look a lot like the Overwatch fad has faded. It was a crazy couple of years there, but the fact that...
Tamriel Infinium: What teaser swag tells us about Elder Scrolls Online’s next chapter
I try to be as authentic as I can be. I believe it makes me more trustworthy as a reporter and reviewer. When a...
The Daily Grind: What’s the MMO-related purchase you regret the most?
Every so often, I feel a degree of satisfaction in having dodged the MMO purchases that I'd really regret. I never bought a lifetime...
Choose My Adventure: Fumbling through the stars of Elite Dangerous
It was a pretty close call in terms of what my first task in Elite Dangerous would be for this edition of CMA, but...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs to watch in 2018
Love it or hate it, MMOs are going mobile in ever-increasing numbers. Last year saw a crop of acclaimed titles making their way to...
Working As Intended: The MMOs we lost in 2018
While we lost several painful MMOs in 2016 and 2015, 2017 was noticeable chiefly because we lost a large number of small MMOs, perhaps signalling a...
The Daily Grind: Should ArenaNet be working on Guild Wars 3?
Despite being a fairly healthy live MMO with plenty of good buzz, a strong following, and a steady (if slow) rollout of content patches...
The best Massively OP MMO community polls of 2018
Polls are a quantitative sort of magic that we don’t often get from our other articles - at least when they aren’t being brigaded...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing
One amazing trailer and a day of hype later, Guild Wars 2’s All or Nothing will be live this afternoon for us to play....
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio told the biggest fib in 2018?
It would be so awesome if I could come to work every day and know that everything developers say is absolutely truthful and no...
EVE Evolved: Seven of the best EVE Online fan videos of all time
EVE Online has a long history of incredible cinematics and player-made videos, but that legacy has somewhat fallen by the wayside in recent years....
