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Global Chat: To RIFT or not to RIFT?
Everyone's talking about RIFT's new Prime server idea -- and whether or not it will get us playing Trion Worlds' fantasy MMO once again....
Age of Conan rolls out brand-new forums, with Secret World Legends and Anarchy Online to follow
It's been a big week for the supposedly-in-maintenance-mode Age of Conan: First it got a new time-limited progression server, then it lowered its sub...
RIFT lead systems designer Andy ‘Vladd’ Kirton steps down
According to a thread on RIFT's official forums today, a new lead systems designer is apparently on order in the flagship Trion MMORPG as Andy "Vladd"...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 155: Pirates, progression, and patches
Justin and Bree discuss Age of Conan, FFXIV, SWTOR, Closers, EVE Online, Sea of Thieves, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, with mailbag questions on non-combat MMO options and playing MMOs with a newborn.
Age of Conan shares saga server class distribution
With Age of Conan's saga server underway, players both new and old are flooding in to check out this limited-duration PvE shard with all...
Interview: Trion Worlds goes in depth on RIFT Prime
Following the initial announcement of RIFT Prime and the ensuing details that started to come out of Trion Worlds on the progression server, we...
RIFT Prime won’t let you carry your characters over to regular servers
Trion Worlds' announcement of a RIFT Prime server for this spring may have raised more questions than it answered. While the studio is starting...
Leaderboard: Are you playing on Age of Conan’s new ‘saga’ server?
Age of Conan's Saga of Zath server officially launched yesterday, drawing fresh attention back to the game that Funcom maintenance-moded by proxy last year...
Age of Conan’s Saga of Zath fresh start progression server launches tomorrow as sub prices drop permanently
Back in December, Funcom announced that it had plans for the effectively maintenance-moded Age of Conan, and those plans included Saga of Zath, a fresh-start...
Leaderboard: Will you be playing RIFT’s new server?
Last week, Trion Worlds announced a bold move for its MMORPG RIFT: Debuting this spring will be a brand-new server for the game with...
LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wish list for 2018
Ever since I've been writing this Lord of the Rings Online column -- which spans back to 2010, if you can believe it --...
EverQuesting: Frostfell blues and end of the year news for EverQuest II
Snow? Check. Good cheer? Check. Catchy tunes everywhere? Checkity check. Goblins and gigglegibbers in goofy get-ups? Great big check. New guide? Er...
Yes, it's Frostfell...
Funcom is launching a ‘saga server’ specialty shard for Age of Conan called Saga of Zath
So much for maintenance mode: It appears that Funcom has plans yet for Age of Conan, if the studio's email to players and post...
The Daily Grind: Are you thinking of WoW Classic as a totally new MMO?
Early on in all the WoW Classic hoopla, I'd been thinking of World of Warcraft legacy servers as the sort of gimmick servers that...
EverQuesting: Reflecting on EverQuest II’s 13th year
I am particularly fond of the number 13. And I am particularly fond of EverQuest II. So it is a happy convergence of favorites...
EverQuesting: Celebrate everything Nights of the Dead with our EverQuest II guide
I may be disappointed with the lack of caring I feel is being shown to EverQuest II players by Daybreak/Columbus Nova, but that doesn't mean I...
EverQuest II unearths a few new Halloween tricks
You'd think that for really old holiday events, most MMOs would just schedule and forget them. It's kind of impressive, then, that the EverQuest...
Classic EverQuest’s 24th expansion, Ring of Scale, is set to launch in December
Are you sad that the original EverQuest is so neglected? If so, you are wrong. It's not neglected at all. Even if you have...
EverQuest II’s newest progression server enters the Desert of Flames while production servers prepare for the Planes of Prophecy expansion
After a summer of dwelling in beginner region bliss, EverQuest II's newest progression server is taking a step forward into expansions for the first...
EverQuest’s Phinigel progression server moves forward
Thirteen years after initially launching to EverQuest's playerbase, the Omens of War expansion is getting another opportunity for a big splash.
Yesterday, EverQuest's Phinigel progression...
