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The Game Archaeologist: The legacy of Ultima Online
Last week in The Game Archaeologist, we traced the history of Ultima Online’s origin, development, and testing -- not to mention one pesky in-game...
Skull and Bones’ latest dev blog talks about plundering settlements, outposts, and forts
Sure, you can attack a ship and get its goods in Skull and Bones, but the true buccaneering loot goblin knows that plundering locations...
Marauders is a first-person looter shooter that lets players be scavenging space pirates
If you're looking for tactical first-person shooting and looting set in an alternate 1990's future when Earth has almost no resources left and space-based...
Stick and Rudder: So you’ve completed the EVE Online tutorial – now what?
Since rejoining the player ranks of EVE Online, I’ve noticed a common sentiment from fellow newbies: Most agree that the environment is beautiful, the...
LOTRO Legendarium: What new classes could LOTRO add in the future?
There is certainly no end to the topics to discuss about Lord of the Rings Online, but sometimes I want to take a break...
Sea of Thieves balances and disables some milestones, teases Heart of Fire novel
Sea of Thieves' seventh season continues to chug along as Rare drops update 2.6.0.1 today. The highlight of the patch is a new time-limited...
Black Desert Mobile’s Buccaneer sets sails for servers this month
Let it not be said that Black Desert Mobile lacks respect for the high seas and its altruistic cadre of pirates! For lo, Pearl...
New World shares a lore post as players raise $2300 for St. Jude’s in a player-run fishing tournament
New World has a story to tell its players. A story about two enterprising pirates seeking the Heart of the Ocean - a jewel...
Wizard101 preps guilds and raids while Pirate101 gets into a pillow fight
Big things are afoot in the magical land of Wizard101. This month, KingsIsle is testing two new huge features for the game: guilds and...
New World’s delayed Barnacles and Black Powder expedition goes live today – here are the patch notes
Last week, New World had to push back the release of its Barnacles and Black Powder expedition as a result of an unexplained issue,...
Sea of Thieves introduces boat ownership, quality-of-life features, and captaincy in its Season Seven launch
While sailing a ship in the Sea of Thieves always felt like a personal matter owing to the amount of customization players would apply...
Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones teaches you the basics of ship-to-ship combat
With just a few months before its launch, Skull and Bones really needs to get players on board -- no pun intended -- with...
Sea of Thieves drums up hype for Season Seven’s arrival in a new video
Later this week - Thursday, August 4th, to be exact - will kick off Season Seven in Sea of Thieves, and the devs of...
Arcane Waters kicks off a new playtest with tweaks to questing, UI, combat, and loot
Back in June, the 16-bit pirate-themed co-op MMO Arcane Waters offered up a demo, and we were almost immediately charmed by it, so consider...
Vanguard Saga of Heroes’ community-run emulator had over 100 players this past weekend
We recently ran a column on abrupt MMO sunsets, one of which was Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, which SOE binned in 2014 shortly after...
One Shots: A face only a mother could love
One does have to consider that even the ugliest critter or most disgusting raid boss had a mother who, at one time, cuddled and...
The Daily Grind: Has a pirate MMO ever appealed to you?
With Ubisoft's long-delayed Skull and Bones finally arriving this November, gamers will enjoy yet another option to get their pirate fix -- if, indeed,...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s S1E3 Clockwork Chaos
Ask veteran MMO gamers who the star of Guild Wars 2's first living world season was, and you're not likely to hear names like...
New World says its Medleyfaire event ‘radiates summer fun’
On the New World test server right now is a brand-new event that promises to inject some excitement and joy into the middle of...
Indie MMO Profane discusses the importance of ships and island exploration
The developers of the PvP survivalbox Profane are back with yet another Twitter thread about the game's systems, this time talking about ships, island...
