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The MOP Up: Fae Farm launches on PlayStation, Xbox, and Windows Store
The magical co-op realm of Fae Farm expanded to even more platforms this past week: "Phoenix Labs today celebrated the release of Fae Farm...
Massively Overthinking: How much does gross monetization really affect your MMO play decisions?
Over the last couple of weeks, we've had several MMORPG tiffs over pay-to-win claims in our games. DC Universe Online just straight up added...
Albion Online resurrects the Hallowed Ground dungeon for Allhallows
I know, you're shocked: There's another MMORPG Halloween event coming, and we're covering it. The difference here is that in this game, people are...
Lineage II kicks off Halloween Festival events across all three versions of the MMO
The great thing about Lineage II having three different versions on our side of the globe (presumably) is that means there's three times the...
EVE Online previews new Mercenary Dens and new weapon systems for its Revenant update
The spooky season might seem like it begs for an update called something like "Revenant," but this particular patch for EVE Online is going...
Albion Online details new journal categories for guilds and islands coming in the Horizons update
While most players are likely looking very sternly at the worrying cash shop bundles arriving on the same date as the Horizons update, Albion...
APB Reloaded brings back its Halloween Epidemic event after a five-year absence
It's weird to think that the last time that APB Reloaded ran its Epidemic event was before the real-world pandemic, but it's true. And...
NCsoft MOBA Battle Crush will sunset in November without ever leaving early access
With all the bad news out of NCsoft this week - and MMORPG players' fixation on the fate of NCsoft's core MMORPGs - it...
Perfect Ten: 2024’s MMO soundtrack themes ranked from worst to best
Try not to whip your head around all suspicious-like to check out the past 10 months, but 2024 has been a bonanza for MMO...
Trove launches Shadow’s Eve, revamps the newbie tutorial, and Releases the Kraken on console
Gamigo's voxel sandbox MMORPG Trove is trundling into the Halloween spirit with the release of Shadow's Eve today.
"It’s time for some ooky spooky goodness...
NCsoft Korea confirms restructure and layoffs, renames Throne & Liberty team to Studio X
Last night, we covered the disturbing industry news that NCsoft was planning a major restructure of its Korean branch owing to the long-obvious fact...
NCsoft Korea is reportedly restructuring after multiple weak revenue quarters
Korean media is reporting bad news for NCsoft, or at least fans of the company's developers and games.
Seoul-based Yonhap News has a long piece...
Albion Online players are not happy with new P2W bundles that fast-track skill learning
Last week, Albion Online decided to offer up something new for players to purchase: warden mastery packs, a series of four new bundles with...
Hi-Rez’s Realm Royale Reforged and Divine Knockout will be sunsetting in February
The top of October spelled some worrisome portents for Hi-Rez studios as the company announced layoffs as well as team reductions for the original...
The MOP Up: Lost Ark readies a two-gate raid and server transfers
Lost Ark is pumping out two updates in October, with one already live and a new raid, transfers, and cosmetics coming on October 23rd:...
Stick and Rudder: On CitizenCon day two, Star Citizen talked MMO design and full 1.0 release
Sure, we've had one day of CitizenCon, but what about second day? The weekend event for the 12 year-old sci-fi sandbox Star Citizen has...
One Shots: Come into my lair, sweetling
As we creep toward Halloween, our crack One Shots photojournalists were on the ground in various games grabbing us first-hand demonstrations of the season's...
Fight or Kite: Dungeonborne gives Elder Scrolls vibes with a hint of battle royale
Over the past couple of weeks, my gaming time hasn't been amenable to long sessions thanks to work travel, but I was prepared: I've...
Design Mockument: How might we build a Stormlight Archive MMORPG?
So when I was talking with MOP editor Bree a while back, I mentioned how one of my early ideas for the most recent...
EVE Online outlines Revenant’s upcoming corporation tools and tests damage output code
Tuesday, November 12th, brings the latest update to EVE Online, which naturally means that CCP Games is going to start shoveling out information about...
