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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...
Massively Overthinking: Putting the Elder Scrolls Online cadence into perspective
Last week, far and away the biggest MMORPG news was the fact that Elder Scrolls Online finally revealed its new cadence - and its...
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...
Bethsoft is selling off 2000 commemorative OG Elder Scrolls Online server blade keepsakes at $110 a pop
Have you ever wanted to own a little piece of Elder Scrolls Online? No, we don't mean $100 video game houses - we mean...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 514: Elder Seasons Online
Justin and Bree discuss Elder Scrolls Online, Classic Guild Wars, LOTRO, abd Defiance, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Diablo III, plus a mailbag topic on advice for MMO sequels.
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...
‘Daybreak made Elderwood possible’: Palia announces Elderwood update and console launch for May 13
Cozy mini MMO Palia has just dropped the biggest news it's had since Daybreak bought it out: It's officially coming to console and launching...
The Elder Scrolls Online’s Seasons of the Worm content and subclassing system have landed on the test server
It is a fact universally acknowledged that if you walk without rhythm, you will not attract the worm. That does not mean that you...
The Stream Team: Taking a look at Warframe’s Temple
MassivelyOP's MJ may not be far enough along in her KIM chats to delve into conversation with the new NPCs, but that doesn't mean...
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;...
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...
Elder Scrolls Online lays out its new seasonal cadence, annual content passes, and Seasons of the Worm Cult
Just ahead of the new year, ZeniMax Online Studios worried the Elder Scrolls Online playerbase with the announcement that the studio would go into...
Watch Elder Scrolls Online’s ESO Direct as ZeniMax finally elaborates on the game’s new content system
Update 3:30p: Embargo has finally lifted! Ahead of today's ESO Direct reveal, we got a full look at what's in store for the MMORPG...
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...
Ubisoft’s legal response to The Crew class action argues players don’t own the games they buy
Readers may remember that a pair of gamers have been pursuing Ubisoft to court via a class action lawsuit over The Crew's sunset and...
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...
The Stream Team: Having your Elder Scrolls Online birthday cake and eating it too
Elder Scrolls Online has just turned 11 years old, and you know what that means. Cake! ESO has the most scrumptious looking birthday cakes...
