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Homestead Online is an indie MMO that embraces character persistence, permadeath, and base building
An indie MMORPG developer is asking for help to test out a brand-new title that's still in its early days. This would be Homestead...
Global Chat: Tarisland’s controls, WoW Classic permadeath, and Dawntrail tips
The Ancient Gaming Noob doesn't mince words in a recent essay: He found Tarisland pretty annoying right from the start. One key complaint? The...
Perfect Ten: 10 favorite features that pairs of popular MMOs share
Even though all MMORPGs compete for our time, affection, and -- above all else -- money, it doesn't mean that they can't get along....
Realm of the Mad God begins testing a sweeping ‘Rework’ overhaul
Deca Games' Realm of the Mad God is that game you forget exists until someone reminds you about it, then you go "oh YEAH"...
EverQuest II devs address everything from hardcore servers and Player Studio to Isle of Refuge and Legends of Norrath
Back in February, Daybreak's Darkpaw Games opened up an ask-me-anything thread on the EverQuest II official forums - and now the dev team is...
The MOP Up: Co-op RPG Stolen Realm launches with ‘frictionless’ multiplayer
Turn-based RPG Stolen Realm launched on Steam, Xbox, and Switch: "Play Stolen Realm solo, or in co-op with up to six heroes, as you...
WoW Classic Hardcore schedules self-found mode for Leap Day
It's not every year that you get a Leap Day, so why not make that bonus day a little extra special? WoW Classic is...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Flatty, Starbreak, Discovery Freelancer
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent multiplayer titles you’ve (probably) never heard of! This time around, we're pretty much going...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v7.0
Once again we put a wrap on another year of MMORPG news, opinions, and -- most pertinent to this column -- history. In a...
Casually Classic: Analyzing WoW Classic’s 2024 roadmap
With another year debuting this week, Blizzard was more on the ball than some MMO studios by already publishing its roadmap for 2024. Two...
Casually Classic: The seven most important things that happened in WoW Classic this year
What did Blizzard assume would happen with WoW Classic when it rolled out this legacy version of the MMO in 2019? I honestly have...
Dungeons and Dragons Online cranks out two updates, Festivault, and a hardcore server in seven days
Dungeons and Dragons Online is trying to break some kind of MMO record for cramming the most amount of stuff in a seven-day period....
Baldur’s Gate 3 will add a new epilogue and two new game modes in today’s Patch 5 update
Larian Studios' single-player/multiplayer mega-RPG Baldur's Gate 3 continues to heap on the goodies for players with its Patch 5 release, expected later today; it...
Dungeons and Dragons Online preps another Hardcore League for December
Feeling a little too coddled by your MMORPGs these days? Then book a one-way ticket out of the land of carebears and into the...
LOTRO Legendarium: What could a LOTRO challenge server look like?
Lord of the Rings Online's legendary server experiments aren't done yet. Even though it's been a while since we've seen a new shard come...
Casually Classic: Six reasons hardcore servers make WoW Classic worthwhile
The first time that I heard about the unofficial "Hardcore Classic" scene for WoW Classic, I didn't get it. The idea of voluntary permadeath...
Warframe’s Halloween-themed Abyss of Dagath cements 2023 as the year of creep
It is no secret how much I love Halloween, horror, and all things eerie and spooky, so learning about Warframe's next update Abyss of...
WoW Classic shares ‘gruesome data’ from hardcore’s first week
Now that WoW Classic admits that it'll never be able to put a number other than "0" over the sign "Days Since a Player...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 435: Guild Wars 2’s secrets revealed
Justin and Bree discuss Gamescom, Nightingale, Crimson Desert, WoW Classic's hardcore servers, ArcheAge's devastating merge, and TennoCon's Warframe and Soulframe news, with adventures in LOTRO, Baldur's Gate 3, and Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure, plus a mailbag topic on WoW's latest teases.
Casually Classic: Hardcore realms are merely a Band-Aid for WoW Classic
Let's pause for a hot minute to absorb the fact that WoW Classic just hit its fourth anniversary. For the reheated leftovers of an...
