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Vague Patch Notes: Level scaling in MMOs with the lateral spread and the temporary shrink
Last week I talked about how MMORPGs use level scaling to accomplish actually useful and important goals. In short, there is an issue with...
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
DC Universe Online is celebrating Superman Day with Superman emblems and costumes
Faster than a speeding bullet. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. The main character of an upcoming film directed by James...
Wisdom of Nym: Expert crafting and better crafting challenges in Final Fantasy XIV
Cosmic Exploration arrives in Final Fantasy XIV not this week but next, which means that we've got a little more time before it's present....
Elder Scrolls Online fans digest the MMO’s upcoming subclassing and content pass pricing
Elder Scrolls Online's big giant reveal of what it's doing next in 2025 with content cadence, monetization, and content has seen the dust of...
The Stream Team: The further training with friends in a Final Fantasy XIV return
MOP's Chris and his crew are once more in Final Fantasy XIV this week for some tune-up as the random dungeons beckon and the...
Marathon unveils gameplay details and September 23 release, Destiny 2 preps Codename Frontiers
It was very easy to assume that the reprise of Marathon, Bungie's in-development PvPvE extraction shooter, was in very real danger of not releasing;...
One Shots: What happens in Undermine stays in Undermine
Looking for a place to indulge in every explosion-related vice that you can imagine? Then head right down to Undermine, friend, and be a...
Final Fantasy XIV reruns its callback campaign and engages a new guild recruitment promo
Final Fantasy XIV appears to be eager to both draw in lapsed players and marshal free companies (aka guilds) in order to draw everyone...
Massively Overthinking: The one about open-world randos in MMOs
MOP's Chris is fast becoming my muse: It was his remark about Marvel Heroes that inspired this week's Massively Overthinking.
"Some of the best fun...
Vague Patch Notes: The problem with level scaling in MMOs
Last week, as I talked about the problems with horizontal progression, long-time commenter Rick Mills asked if I would write a column about level...
Roblox reselling site argues the corporate lawsuit trying to shut it down is anti-competitive
Back in February we reported on a lawsuit filed by Roblox that sought to shut down PlayerAuctions, a third-party site that lets players trade...
Perfect Ten: The accursed MMORPG dungeons of no return
So it came to be that I did face my Judgment, and I sat between that greatest of all Game-Masters o'er all the online...
Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Seekers of Eternity story content
Let's start at the very beginning, as The Sound of Music informed me that is a very good place to start: This column will...
Bungie promises a gameplay reveal trailer for its extraction shooter Marathon this weekend
If anyone has the muscle and marketing to pull off a successful team extraction shooter in 2025, it might as well be Destiny 2's...
Dustland is an early access multiplayer PvP shooter set in a hostile and dust storm-riddled world
Are you eager to enter a multiplayer world of danger, monsters, mysteries, and the color brown? Then you're the kind of person who may...
Final Fantasy XIV previews its spring-themed Hatching-tide event, which begins April 9
We've been informed by reliable sources that these days eggs are a big deal, which makes it an even bigger deal that Final Fantasy...
Design Mockument: Which of the healthiest 2025 MMORPGs have space for a sequel?
Every year, Justin and I write all of our End-of-Year Eleven posts, and every year one of those is for the healthiest games going...
DC Universe Online releases a new 64-bit client that promises ‘improved performance and stability’
Obviously more bits is better in PC MMORPGs, right? Let's hope so because Daybreak Games' Dimensional Ink has proudly announced that a new 64-bit...
Massively Overthinking: The things that broke us from old beloved MMORPGs
Last week, MOP's Chris and I were discussing his husband's obsession with Sea of Thieves; he runs with a set crew that generally leaves...
