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World of Warcraft fans demand consequences for Blizzard staffer seemingly caught cheating in-game
A fresh scandal is breaking out across the World of Warcraft scene today as a Blizzard staffer has apparently been caught helping someone cheat...
A PvP holy war has broken out in the Wilderness of Old School RuneScape
Sometimes when an MMO dev claims its PvP sandbox will encourage "emergent gameplay," it's shorthand for "we don't feel like designing anything." In the...
Dungeons and Dragons Online’s Terror of Demogorgon expansion launches today
Dungeons and Dragons Online adventurers are called to descend into the game's famous Underdark once more, as today the Terror of Demogorgon expansion added...
MMORPG fans plead for in-game Jimothy pets after devs create mock-ups of the viral critter
If you've been on social media for any length of time, you probably are familiar with the viral sensation that is Jimothy, a raccoon...
Wisdom of Nym: Bold predictions for Final Fantasy XIV’s second fan festival
At the time I type this sentence, we've got a week to go until the next fan festival for Final Fantasy XIV, and this time...
Crystal of Atlan CN opens a ‘season server’ with tweaks to content, progression, and trading
Crystal of Atlan calls itself an MMO, but what if instead it did the ARPG seasonal thing while also opening up a few of...
Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Terror of Demogorgon expansion gets a July 22 release date
We've known since all the way back in May about the next expansion for Dungeons & Dragons Online. It's got a demogorgons, it's got the...
Erenshor’s solo dev discusses retention issues, the use of LLMs, and the MMO sim’s path to 1.0
Brian Burgee, the sole developer for the single-player MMORPG sim Erenshor, has a whole lot to say about where things stand and where they're going, particularly...
Throne and Liberty kicks off its new battlegrounds season and adds a seal battle PvP match type
We'll get the bad news out of the way first: The new PvP game mode that's been added with the latest update to Throne and Liberty...
Vague Patch Notes: Long-term content vs. short-term content in MMORPGs
So I was reading back through a column I wrote a while back about Star Wars: The Old Republic and it got me thinking. In...
Anime MMO Nostale drops its Guardians of Dimensions patch with four new specialists
Despite being 18 years old, Korean anime MMO Nostale is as spry and active as any, erm, 18-year-old? OK, that metaphor got away from...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Lessons Guild Wars 3 must not fail to learn from its predecessors
One of the great things about starting a new project is the chance to look back at the pain points from your past projects...
Lost Ark’s Summer of Extremes patch arrives today with Paradise Season 4 and raid update
So let me tell you about the summer of extremes we're having here. So far it's been a new multi-day heat record, thunderstorms that...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s 10th anniversary Go Fest sure was a thing that happened
If it wasn't obvious, I was not excited for Pokemon Go's 10th Anniversary Go Fest. I know I've said this before, but after the Kalos...
Villagers & Heroes discloses that it’s using generative AI for splash screen placeholders
Indie studio Mad Otter Games posted a memo to Villagers and Heroes fans yesterday that reads pretty much like an AI disclosure, though it's...
Villagers and Heroes welcomes you to the Twilight Vale event zone but delays its raid
Something deliciously sinister this way comes to Villagers and Heroes -- and you're invited to butt heads with it! The fantasy MMO dropped Patch...
Erenshor’s Planar March update is here, introducing EverQuest-style raids to the solo MMO sim
Burgee Media's solo dev has been teasing it all spring and summer, and it's finally here: Erenshor's Planar March update has officially launched. As MMO...
Lineage II launches class tweaks, new zones, and the server wars for its multiple versions
Remember how last week we reported on plans for Lineage II to release what it called server wars? And how there wasn't a whole lot of...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your first reaction to meeting someone in your main MMORPG?
In the MOP comments a few weeks back, a group of our readers debated how MMO gamers would react to seeing other groups in...
RuneScape Dragonwilds teases Scorned Wilderness and its September 15 boss raid
With Umbral Sands in the rearview mirror, RuneScape Dragonwilds is shaking off complaints about grind and setting expectations for Scorned Wilderness, which is the...
