player housing
Villagers & Heroes’s Midsummer update adds Twilight Vale event zone, buffs monster damage
Crossplatformy indie sandbox MMORPG Villagers & Heroes is building on its May expansion, Wellspring, with another big patch. Where Wellspring buffed the game's existing...
The Soapbox: Do MMOs still fall victim to the copycat curse?
When Radical Heights launched, I was inspired to put together a whole Perfect Ten about why trend-chasing doesn't work for online games. Obviously, my...
ArcheAge’s fresh start servers snag the ‘Conquer’ update next week
Trion's pretty sure MMORPG gamers cannot get enough of starting over in ArcheAge, which is why it's whipping up yet another phase for the...
Perfect Ten: What I’ve always wished for in a Fallout MMO
This week I've been absolutely consumed by the thought of Fallout 76. I know, I know I shouldn't get my hopes up for a...
Pokemon-inspired ‘massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure’ Temtem is about to break $100K on Kickstarter
In this past weekend's Make My MMO, we noted we were keeping a close eye on Temtem, a clearly Pokemon-inspired "massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure."...
Get caught up on the Darkfall spinoffs as ex-Aventurine devs explain what happened to the original (and throw shade)
Unless you're a hardcore Darkfall player from way back in the day as MOP's Andrew was, you probably look at the sequels and spinoffs...
Perfect World is showing two new games at E3: Mobile sandbox MMORPG ReEvolve and battle royale FarSide
Perfect World is up to some stuff at E3 this year. Some good stuff, by my estimation. The company sent 'round PR on two...
Trion makes summer plans to port Prime’s best ideas back to RIFT – here’s what both server types can look forward to
It's about to be summer in RIFT - Summerfest, that is. In Trion's latest developer letter, the team lays out what the season will...
Perfect Ten: MMO features that help players express individuality
When you play a single-player game, you automatically feel quite special and unique. You are, after all, the very centerpiece that the entire game...
Shroud of the Avatar’s upcoming R54 includes new house deco, heraldry items, and lots of polish
MMOs dressing us as murderhobos wouldn't be so bad if we were super stylish murderhobos, right? Shroud of the Avatar plainly agrees, which is...
Legion: The Eternal War’s evil magic pits Elves against Humans
Here's an indie MMORPG that you may not have known about before this week. Legion: The Eternal War is a small title that's been...
WildStar’s residential renovation event returns
WildStar's residential renovation event, first introduced back in summer 2017, is making a return for another short-lived run. Considering how many players feel that...
Villagers and Heroes throws an open house with its Wellspring content update
A year or so ago, Villagers and Heroes actually didn't have player housing that you could enter and enjoy. That changed, and with this...
Chaos Theory: A changing of the guard in the Secret World Legends
As a fan of the wonderful world that Secret World brought us, do you cringe or grin with excitement when Secret World Legends news...
Returning to Conan Exiles: Praise for Funcom’s progress on PvE and PvP
As some of you may remember, I wasn't terribly impressed with Conan Exiles when it first went into Early Access last year. It wasn't exactly that...
You can invite people into your house with Closers’ Renovation update next week
Renovation sounds like what I'm currently doing to my basement, but it's also the name of Closers' upcoming patch, due out next week, and...
Wisdom of Nym: Little boosts for Final Fantasy XIV
When I talk about games that provide a whole lot of quality-of-life fixes, I generally point to Final Fantasy XIV as a perfect example....
Final Fantasy XIV previews the Ridorana Lighthouse of patch 4.3
South of Rabanastre, there is a lighthouse. It's not a very good lighthouse, because it's surrounded by a yawning chasm that gets worse every...
Project Gorgon explains why its appeal isn’t merely nostalgia-related
Project Gorgon, the scrappy indie MMO that recently went into Steam early access, hosted an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit to talk about...
The Daily Grind: What keeps you logging into MMORPGs over a long period of time?
Earlier this month, Pantheon's community team tweeted out a question that keeps coming back to me: "What motivates you to play an MMORPG for...
