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PAX Online East is selling a digital badge that grants merch discounts and early Discord access for 15 bucks
With PAX East going to an all-digital format this year, there are a few experiences that are missing from the event that probably can't...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Recapping the entire Guild Wars 2 The Icebrood Saga
When looking back on Guild Wars 2's The Icebrood Saga, I think the most noticeable feature was its many ups and downs. If I’m...
PAX East 2021 has been canceled and replaced with PAX Online 2021 in July
PAX East has effectively been canceled for 2021, to no one's surprise, I'm sure, given the continuing global COVID-19 pandemic.
"While we hoped PAX East...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s history in 2020 and hopes for 2021
Just as how Sam and Frodo experienced depths of despair and heights of hope in their journey to Mount Doom, Lord of the Rings...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s 2020 year in review
2019 was a rough year for Guild Wars 2. Its studio, ArenaNet, suffered sizable layoffs, and lost game directors Mike O’Brien and Mike Zadorojny....
End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO stories of 2020
Here's a fun question for you: What's the difference between the biggest surprises of a year and the biggest stories of the year? The answer,...
PAX hopes to return in 2021 with a full slate of conventions
While it certainly wasn't the greatest tragedy of 2020, the cancelation of numerous game trade shows and conventions was felt among fans who enjoyed...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 289: Microsoft and Bethesda sitting in a tree
Justin and Bree discuss Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax and Bethsoft, Fallout 76, Conan Exiles, Elder Scrolls Online, Echo of Soul, Phantasy Star Online 2, Final Fantasy XVI, and Crowfall, with adventures in WoW and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on FOMO marketing tactics in MMOs.
PAX Online 2020: Pantheon, Ashes of Creation, Amazon, and Crowfall devs on the future of online games
What could online gaming look like going forward? That was the overall topic discussed by a number of devs as part of in a...
PAX Online 2020: Destiny’s Sword lets players roll characters in free-to-play demo
When last we checked in on Destiny's Sword, it was back in June, when 2Dogs Games admitted that COVID-19 had slowed the game's progress...
Massively Overthinking: Contemplating the never-ending summer of not-E3
A couple of weeks back, I was reading a piece on RPS that jokingly lamented the way the game reveals of this summer have...
Valorant is selling a series of skins that turn your weapons into dragons for a total of $100
Sure, you could shoot foes in Valorant with boring guns like a pleb, or you could have tiny yet grumpy dragons cough at them,...
The MOP Up: Roblox players spend over $1.5 billion to date
With a record-breaking haul of $100 million in May, Roblox crossed the $1.5 billion threshold in terms of the game's revenue to date. A...
MMO Business Roundup: PAX Online, PAX Aus, games for ADHD, Epic’s $17B valuation
Welcome back to another quick roundup of video games business and industry news that bumps into our little old MMO genre over here.
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Perfect Ten: The most fun pre-launch MMO runs
You know what's really fun? The build-up to an MMO's release, especially when you're really invested in that particular game. Some of my fondest...
Destiny’s Sword offers up a new PvP demo, blames its radio silence on the pandemic
Do you recall Destiny's Sword? It's a tactical MMO that plays like X-Com but has a metagame where players have to also consider their...
Gaming events and patches are delayed, games taken offline to support Black Lives Matter protests
The PC Gaming Show that was scheduled for Saturday has been postponed a week, PC Gamer announced last night. It'll run June 13th instead,...
Survival MMO Population Zero has formally launched into Steam early access
Actiony survival sandbox MMORPG Population Zero has officially opened for business on Steam as an early access title this afternoon. As we've previously covered,...
LOTRO Legendarium: Wells of Langflood, River-hobbits, and free questing
With major content updates only coming to Lord of the Rings Online two or three times a year now, it's a big deal when...
GDC Summer, Dota 2’s The International, and Fortnite’s World Cup suffer fresh setbacks thanks to the pandemic
More bad news for gaming convention-goers and esports fans: Everything is canceled. OK, not everything, but a lot. And not canceled, but postponed or...
