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The Game Archaeologist: Wizardry Online, the short-lived permadeath MMO
While the Wizardry series may not have the cultural cache that Ultima or Final Fantasy ended up with, nevertheless the dungeon crawling RPG series...
No Man’s Sky adds redux expeditions and a laundry list of bug fixes to the Steam experimental branch
What's coming next to No Man's Sky? A whole lot of bug fixing if the experimental branch build that went live yesterday is any...
Dungeons and Dragons Online previews Update 57, ends sixth hardcore season
Think you've seen and mastered every quest in Dungeons and Dragons Online? That will no longer be the case when Update 57: Grip of...
Book of Travels eyes price increase, newbie hand-holding, and targeted DLC
Book of Travels just marked its first anniversary from its October 2021 early access launch, you might be surprised to realize. The "micro-MMO" initially...
Retro-styled roguelike MMO Mythic releases on September 29
We've been keeping tabs on Mythic for the past few months now. Readers will remember the pixel-art roguelike MMO from Abyssal Studios LLC. first...
Retro roguelike MMO Mythic delays launch to late September
Dungeon crawlers are going to have to assign a few more stat points to (P)atience if they were looking forward to dipping into the...
Book of Travels elaborates on its prologue and other proposed roadmap changes
While Book of Travels may not want to hold players' hands and explain things directly to them in-game, its recent roadmap update was perhaps...
Book of Travels updates its roadmap for everyone to see and explains some of the changes
The last roadmap fans got for Book of Travels was a while back, specifically in October of 2021, and somethings have happened since then....
The Game Archaeologist: That time when EverQuest let you play as the monsters
It's a near-given that in every MMORPG, players assume the roles of heroes who are sent out to vanquish the evil, dark, or at...
Dungeons and Dragons Online sics hounds from hell on permadeath adventurers
Dungeons and Dragons Online players who eagerly jumped into the latest hardcore league run are finding that it's a little more difficult than they...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s latest Hardcore League season is officially underway
Dungeons and Dragons Online players of a certain stripe are likely already familiar with this bit of news, but just in case they aren't,...
Dungeons and Dragons Online plans another permadeath server run for later this month
Hey, that skull graphic's back up over a Dungeons and Dragons Online post, so you know what that means! That's right, another run of...
Perfect Ten: Why we need more post-apocalyptic MMOs
Ever since playing the original Wasteland back in the late '80, I've had a high fascination with post-apocalyptic settings. Yet it's not been the...
MassivelyOP’s guide to 13 MMORPGs that you can play on Macs
Until I got my first Macbook this past December, I admit that I never really paid attention to what MMOs could be played on...
Star Citizen outlines several changes to its loot system and tweaks to injuries coming in alpha 3.17
While the upcoming alpha 3.17 build of Star Citizen is seeking to add things like the Hull A and a river, it also appears...
Book of Travels shares some thoughts on in-development permadeath mechanics
We've seen the matter of permadeath in Book of Travels raised a few times in our very own comments section, and even though permadeath...
The Daily Grind: Do you hold a torch for an underrated MMO?
Last week we reported that some fans are working hard to resurrect a playable version of Wizardry Online. As I wrote that piece, I...
Wizardry Online makes a comeback as a rogue server
Those with good memories and perhaps a bit of personal experience might remember that for a hot minute back in 2013 and 2014, SOE...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives v5.0
It has been another thrilling year of exploring the relatively unknown or forgotten lands of MMORPG history here in The Game Archaeologist. From projects...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 349: Make mine Marvel
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak's Marvel MMO, LOTRO's console future, DCUO's expansion, the EverQuest franchise, RIFT's planned update, DDO, Star Citizen, and Elite Dangerous, with adventures in LOTRO, Fallen Earth, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on New World's rookie mistakes and Lost Ark's genderlocking.
