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PlanetSide 2 announces Shattered Warpgate content campaign
Just a day or two ago I was chatting with an MOP commenter about how PlanetSide 2 really took off this year, getting more...
Atlas, still in early access, addresses reviving PvP and buffing the core game
Atlas has had a long journey since its stumbly early access rollout in 2018, back when it was still promising to be an “MMO...
MMO Business Roundup: Fortnite iOS’s lost parity, Halo Infinite’s debunked rumors, Funcom’s movie
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent (mostly adjacent today) industry news.
Fortnite iOS players who don't read the news are in...
LOTRO extends summer festival while servers are still being fixed
Are Lord of the Rings Online's servers getting better? From anecdotal evidence, it appears so, although the recent instability hasn't completely vanished from the...
Starbase shows off new tools and a player-made navigation system, offers player-designed ships for sale in-game
The month of August has been a rather active one for the closed alpha of interstellar sandbox Starbase, enough to fill up an entire...
Nexon’s mobile/PC MMO V4 adds new content and customization perks today
V4, Nexon's mobile-and-PC MMORPG, has barely been launched for a month, and it's already celebrating a milestone: a million downloads. This week, the game...
ARK Survival Evolved celebrates three years since official launch, drops Crystal Isles map for console
So I was looking at my calendar this morning and I realized that this week is ARK Survival Evolved's third birthday since its official...
Last Oasis lets larger walkers haul smaller walkers, plans an AMA and devlog later in the week
Let's say you have two Walkers in Last Oasis, yet you are but one person who cannot drive them both at once. What do...
MMO designer Raph Koster talks about what makes the subscription model a success
Playable Worlds CEO Raph Koster, as we all know, has opinions about MMO gaming and multiplayer gaming, especially on the business side of things,...
World of Warcraft players are noticing some problems with soloing old content in the pre-patch
You may be forgiven for thinking that after doing a massive item level squish twice before, World of Warcraft's developers would have learned how...
EverQuest II lights up Solusek’s Eye with Game Update 115
Things are heating up in EverQuest II with the release of Game Update 115: Reignite the Flames. The patch comes equipped with many challenges...
Path of Exile begins stirring the hype for its next expansion, dates a reveal for September 1
In an announcement of several announcements, Grinding Gear Games is looking to drum up excitement for Path of Exile's next expansion, which is still...
Conan Exiles adjusts avatars and followers in console patches, moves on to PC
Usually in multi-platform MMOs, the PC version is the first to get updated and consoles follow shortly after (likely thanks to the differing certification...
Warframe releases the Heart of Deimos for PC, Xbox, and PS4, delays Switch version to later this week
It's time for another romp around an open world region in Warframe, and while an infested moon doesn't really elicit visions of playful romping,...
World of Warcraft announces more low-population realm connections
Just like the next expansion is bringing players together with the dead in Shadowlands, the current server plans for World of Warcraft seem to...
Shroud of the Avatar will add spawn functionality and customization to player town signposts
When is a sign more than a sign? When it doubles as a spawn location as well as a teleporter. That's some of the...
Realm of the Mad God introduces some deadly desert ruins as it preps to close its Flash client in September
Even if sand is coarse and rough and gets everywhere, there are bigger problems with the desert ruins area that was recently introduced to...
RuneScape introduces a traveling artisan and begins taking nominations for the Golden Gnomes awards
This week in RuneScape we have traveling artisans, some Golden Gnomes, and a couple of little fixes to share. It's just another Monday for...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Reflections in Crystal storylines
All right, let's make something very clear right off the bat: There will be spoilers in this column. If you have managed to not...
Elder Scrolls Online’s Stonethorn dungeon DLC and update 27 are live for PC and Mac today
It's patch day for Elder Scrolls Online, and this is no ordinary patch: It's the Stonethorn DLC and update 27, which as we've been...