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Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s Elite Raids entry event was yet another disappointment
Once again, Pokemon GO developer Niantic has proven it's more than capable of delivering disappointment with the game's events. The company's infamously poor communication...
Temtem ramps up rewards, smooths out Switch performance, attacks bugs, and hits over 1M users
The critter catching Pokemon-like MMO Temtem is continuing its post-launch updating this month. Last week saw a patch that mostly focused on reward improvements...
Massively Overthinking: Do gaming ‘tourists’ ruin MMOs?
Yes, I know that's a provocative title. Yes, we're gonna talk about it with some nuance. It's a topic inspired by a Reddit thread...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that went through complete technical clownshows
I've gone on record multiple times to state that when you get right down to it, MMOs look pretty darn complicated. There are a...
Massively on the Go: Comms failures exacerbated Pokemon Go’s underwhelming raid day
Almost one year ago, the Pokemon GOÂ community rallied around #PokemonNO, a movement spawned from players who knew #HearUsNiantic would fall on deaf ears. Well,...
Splatoon players will settle an age-old Pokemon question in November’s Splatfest
We recently talked about Splatoon 3's first Splatfest, calling it a bit rocky but fun. And while we don't know anything about October's Splatfest...
Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?
Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
Danish Center for Gambling Addiction warns parents about Diablo Immortal’s monetization tricks
The monetization model for mobile ARPG Diablo Immortal made plenty of headlines leading up to and during its launch. The costs of capping out...
Massively on the Go: October brings new treats to Pokemon Go
Pokemon GO's Season of Light continues into October, and while a lot of the announced content looks as familiar as that candy corn you...
Choose My Adventure: Temtem is just not for me
I'll open with a little personal opinion: I've never liked the baseline Pokemon games. It never appealed to me when it first released, the...
Choose My Adventure: The joy of hunting for new critters to add to the Temtem collection
I'm going to be honest, the initial worry when I saw what won last week's Choose My Adventure poll was that I had already...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3 is dividing players in fantastic ways
I feel like Splatoon 3's release has been oddly quiet, though it's doing quite well in Japan. Selling over 3.45 million copies in 3...
Choose My Adventure: Hitting the reset button and getting hit in return during Temtem’s launch
To be honest, I wasn't really expecting my full reset to the launch version of Temtem to feel too different, but I also was...
Marvel World of Heroes is a mobile AR game where players can create a superhero and foil crimes
If you thought the mobile augmented reality gaming market was dried up, you'd probably be right, but that's not stopping Marvel from (arguably) arriving...
Critter-collecting MMO Temtem releases huge art book – but you’ll have to wait for the dead tree edition
As the creature collectors of Temtem will tell you, this is one MMO that's very easy on the eyes. The Pokemon-inspired game, which formally...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3’s Tricolor demo makes double trouble
As Splatoon 3's release swims ever closer, I keep thinking back to the recent Splatfest demo we had. Splatfests aren't new to veterans of...
Choose My Adventure: Hands-on with Temtem’s early access build before launch
Knowing that the Temtem character I was running was going to be reset at the time of launch, as voted on by you fine...
Massively Overthinking: Who’s really paying for MMOs?
Two years ago, we did a piece on dark patterns in MMO design, and in the comments, a reader named Shadex De'Marr penned a...
Massively on the Go: September brings Pokemon Go’s Season of Light and winds of change
Hoo boy, trainers, we have a lot to unpack after that Pokemon GOÂ Go Fest Finale. September to November will be The Season of Light,...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go Fest’s Finale was a blend of comfort content and bad bugs
Pokemon Go's yearly Go Fest was fairly rocky this year - so rocky that some of us old trainers had to remind people that we've...
