player housing
The Daily Grind: What MMOs do you play ‘wrong’?
On the MOP podcast a few weeks back, Justin and I chatted briefly about playing MMOs all wrong, and not really caring what anyone...
Final Fantasy XIV elaborates on the additions to housing for patch 5.1
Updates to housing for Final Fantasy XIV are coming in patch 5.1 beyond the addition of new wards. Sure, the addition of three new wards...
Legends of Aria details a US server merge and PvP rule adjustments for Point Release 8
It's time for a server merge of sorts for US players of Legends of Aria. Assuming all things work out, Wednesday, October 30th, will...
Legends of Aria is halting taxes and auctions ahead of its next patch in November
Citadel Studios is clearly hoping that the next update for Legends of Aria brings people to the game to stay, but there's a bit of...
ArcheAge Unchained is kind of a hot mess while the land rush begins
It is certainly a busy and frantic time as the fledgling ArcheAge Unchained attempts to find its game legs and stabilize into a premiere...
ArcheAge Unchained’s Steam launch is still driving queues as land claims start tomorrow
ArcheAge Unchained officially hit Steam last night after a couple of delays, and while name-claiming and character-creation locking and unlocking is still a bit...
EverQuest’s Torment of Velious preorders and beta begin next week
All of Daybreak's true MMORPGs have now weighed in post-layoffs: The most recent confirmation that everything's OK with the EverQuest franchise team comes in...
Dark Age of Camelot celebrates its 18th anniversary
Eighteen years is a long and impressive span for any MMORPG to be kicking around, so naturally an in-game celebration is due for Dark...
SWG Legends teases new dances, flourishes, guild halls, houses, and Halloween
The SWG Legends rogue server of Star Wars Galaxies is ramping up for its October update, and what better way to show off the...
The Stream Team: Dare you do the Debaucheries of Derketo DLC in Conan Exiles?
Have you been to the Relaxing Rhino Inn? Maybe you've heard of it called the Raunchy Rhino instead. That sounds like just the place...
League of Legends tells casters and pro players to avoid ‘sensitive issues’ at the World Champs
So Riot's not having a good week with the whole China thing either.
While the League of Legends studio was able to successfully fend off...
One Shots: Getting all down and cozy
I love a good cozy place in an MMO, moreso if it's got a fully stocked snack bar and some of my all-time favorite...
Final Fantasy XIV is adding more player housing wards with patch 5.1
If there's one recurring complaint about housing in Final Fantasy XIV (and there is), it's that there just aren't enough houses to go around. The...
OrbusVR previews two new dungeons for October, teases housing and Tinkerers
The harvest festival of OrbusVR has come and gone to great success, so now it's time for players to look ahead to new challenges....
Dark Age of Camelot’s free-to-play version is ‘just around the corner’
The dark age of mandatory subscriptions is almost over for one of the industry's most famous PvP MMORPGs.
Dark Age of Camelot announced that its...
Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s new relic weapons
So how, exactly, are we making this thing this time? That's what I want to know.
It's not exactly a secret that Final Fantasy XIV's initial...
The Daily Grind: If you could bring back an MMO for a single day, what would you do in it?
Here's the good news: You've been handed a device that has the power to resurrect a sunsetted MMORPG and activate servers for you and...
Interview: ArcheAge Unchained’s Merv Lee Kwai on housing, RMT, and the future of the game
The announcement of ArcheAge Unchained and its buy-to-play, no-pay-to-win ruleset has been one of the big surprises of the season for the five-year-old MMORPG...
Cyberpunk MMO Zenith just raised more than a quarter of a million dollars on Kickstarter
For the last many weeks, we've been covering the Kickstarter drive of Zenith, a cyberpunk MMO courting both PC and VR players. As of...
Ultima Online turns 22 years old today, teases upcoming Jolly Roger update
It's a big day for the seminal game of our genre: Ultima Online is officially 22 years old.
"On this day in 1997 thousands of...