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Nexus Telegraph: Ten tips for new and returning WildStar players
In just a few short days, WildStar will flip a switch and transition from its year-plus run as a subscription game to a free-to-play...
Chaos Theory: Small steps – The Secret World’s progress
It's certainly been a week of expansion news! More than one game that had sworn off expansions in the past has circled back to...
The Daily Grind: Are MMOTCGs really MMOs?
We're coming down to the last few Kickstarter-submitted Daily Grind questions, and I admit I've been sitting on this particular one a while because...
Exploring RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds with Trion Worlds
Coming "really, really soon" to RIFT is the MMO's fourth major update of the year, Into the Wilds. Patch 3.4 is so big, in fact,...
EverQuest axes enforced raid rotations
Daybreak is ending enforced raid rotations in EverQuest. The firm says that doing so serves the best interest of its Ragefire and Lockjaw progression...
Hyperspace Beacon: Six things to do before SWTOR’s Knights of the Fallen Empire launch
When Knights of the Fallen Empire launches for Star Wars: The Old Republic, certain activities will not be available in game anymore -- specifically, quests...
The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online
"The future in your hands."
This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...
Destiny: The Taken King breaks PlayStation records
If you had any doubt that Destiny is a huge force in the online world right now, Activision's announcement that the game is smashing...
Classic EverQuest is getting a new expansion with ‘level agnostic’ raids too
EverQuest players who felt a little green with envy at the news that EverQuest II was to be treated to a full-fledged expansion should...
Marvel Heroics: Rating Squirrel Girl and Cyclops
Like many kids who grew up in the 1980s, I developed a deep fondness for action figures, including G.I. Joe and Transformers. I'll never...
Skyforge pushes Aelion’s Call to live, prepares for Mechanoid Invasion
Skyforge's massive Aelion's Call patch is live, bringing with it a host of changes and improvements to the game. Chief among them is the new...
Neverwinter’s strongholds are under siege
As of today, Neverwinter's large guild strongholds are prime targets for PvP aggression.
Cryptic patched in the new siege system which allows for guilds to...
EverQuest II’s 12th expansion will be a legit expansion
Daybreak's Holly "Windstalker" Longdale has just announced that EverQuest II's next major content will be a true expansion.
Our next expansion release is right around...
MMO Mechanics: Economic stagnation in MMO economies
MMO economies are notoriously hard to balance, so most MMO players have seen the effects of stagnation and hyperinflation in an MMO economy for...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 raiding factsheet
If you're anything like me, you'll have been bursting at the seams to find out what shape the promised "challenging group content" will take...
Skyforge previews its next major update, Aelion’s Call
It hasn't been all that long since the first major update to Skyforge, but the developers are pushing full steam ahead on the game's...
Global Chat: Money prison
What kind of prison charges you money to stay there? An MMO prison, obviously!
The Ancient Gaming Noob has a few insightful words to say...
Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Jedi Knight and Sith Warrior changes aren’t bad
It's been two weeks since I visited Star Wars: The Old Republic in this column, and it's clear that two weeks is far too long...
A wicked hive of synth and vibrancy: First impressions of Otherland
I first covered Otherland, the Gamigo-turned-Drago MMORPG based on Tad Williams' sci-fi book series by the same name, at E3 2012. The idea of having...
Guild Wars 2 unleashes fresh Mordrem event next week and blogs about raids
ArenaNet just confirmed the rumors it sparked about a Mordrem event coming to Guild Wars 2:
From 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time (UTC-7) on September 10 through...
