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Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis brings new weapons, Braver class updates, and fourth anniversary celebration this April
The month of April is only a few days away, and with it will come a wide assortment of content updates for Phantasy Star...
Lord of the Rings Online will begin reactivating housing next week – in phases, so don’t panic yet
Our long national nightmare will soon be over: Lord of the Rings Online is finally turning back on the housing system starting next week.
OK,...
Lord of the Rings Online plans for two additional 64-bit realms, indicates housing reactivation is coming soon
While Lord of the Rings Online's new 64-bit servers were touted as being capable of holding a substantially greater amount of players, SSG is...
Lord of the Rings Online’s Update 43.2 tackles bugs while transfers trudge onward after three weeks
Lord of the Rings Online is getting a decent bug-squashing patch this morning with the launch of Update 43.2. SSG announced last night that...
LOTRO resumes 64-bit server transfers, but only to the roleplay servers as it works on ‘peak population concerns’
The trials, travails, and transfers of Lord of the Rings Online continue as the playerbase continues to move over to the four new 64-bit...
Palia’s next update, Tinker & Timber, includes decor and the foundation for April Fools’ Day
Palia is eyeing its next patch for a launch next week on Tuesday, March 25th. Its name? The Tinker & Timber update.
"Build and bounce...
PSA: Project Gorgon has launched its spring 2025 sub addon package
In the midst of its seventh anniversary on Steam, Project Gorgon is tidying up its monetization and making way for the future.
The indie MMO's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 510: Defiance defies the odds
Justin and Bree discuss the return of Defiance, the sale of Pokemon Go, World of Warcraft's housing, BlizzCon 2026, and Pantheon's PvP, with adventures in WoW and LOTRO, plus a mailbag topic on Dungeon Fighter Online and other deep-cut MMOs.
Fractured’s new owner outlines plans for comms and changes to combat, building, PvP, and progression
The beginning of March brought a surprise announcement for the struggling sandbox MMORPG Fractured Online as Dynamight Studios confirmed that the game has been...
Lord of the Rings Online’s 64-bit server transfers begin to catch up as devs acknowledge server load stress
Two weeks after Lord of the Rings Online kicked off an unprecedented number of server transfers, the studio is only now starting to get...
Lord of the Rings Online devs talk about Rivendell housing and a new homestead currency
Providing a welcome distraction from the ongoing saga of Lord of the Rings Online's troubled server transfers was a new We Have a Cave...
Lord of the Rings Online patches the old deed log back in today as transfers surpass 1M characters
It's patch day for the long-suffering Lord of the Rings Online playerbase as the patch originally planned for Wednesday is finally launching today. Update...
World of Warcraft teases its housing decoration tools, including 3-axis rotation and dyes
When Blizzard last talked about World of Warcraft's housing, it was a vague overview of the studio's philosophies that left a lot of players...
Lord of the Rings Online speeds up 64-bit server transfer rate but sees more failures in the process
Lord of the Rings Online isn't out of the woods yet as the studio and playerbase alike continue to grapple with the unprecedented server...
Shroud of the Avatar added a potted plant, a cow spawner, and a fix for lava pools in Release 135
We admit that headline kind of sounds insane, but those are just a few of the highlights coming out of Release 135 for Shroud...
Here’s where the Lord of the Rings Online server transfer situation stands as queues surpass 48 hours
We're on the seventh day of transfer chaos over at Lord of the Rings Online now and about to venture into week two. Here's...
LOTRO Legendarium: The forging of new communities in LOTRO’s great server migration
As I write this, it's Tuesday morning, and we are well underway in what I'm calling the Great Server Migration of 2025 in Lord...
Storyboard: How do you roleplay in MMOs that don’t want you to roleplay?
Readers, I am about to blow your minds. Are you ready to have your minds absolutely blown? It's going to be a huge shock,...
Lord of the Rings Online hopes to finally open 64-bit servers today as transfers remain in limbo
On the dawn of a day that was supposed to be the next great era of Lord of the Rings Online's history, a week...
Perfect Ten: Ranking real-world holidays in MMOs from worst to best
There are really only two categories of MMO festivities: the ones made up for the game itself and the ones "inspired" by real-world holidays....
