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Lord of the Rings Online vows to beef up Corsairs of Umbar’s endgame
One of the criticisms that arrived in the wake of the latest Lord of the Rings Online expansion is that it has very little...
First Impressions: Warcraft Rumble is a slick but shambolic multiplayer romp
I won't say that Warcraft Rumble was at the top of my most-anticipated games of 2024, but I've been low-key excited about this title...
Massively Overthinking: Pervasive old MMO ideas that aren’t really true
A while back, Eliot and I were discussing one of his columns, in which he noted that in the eldest of the elder MMOs,...
Blue Protocol JP details new content, features, and double the hotbar buttons arriving November 22
Hungry Blue Protocol newshounds are once again feasting on information shared from Bandai Namco, which has recently wrapped up its latest developer livestream to...
Battle of the betas: Tarisland enters second closed beta as Pax Dei kicks off Home Valley test
What are the chances that two big MMORPGs start key testing on exactly the same 24-hour period? Well, I don't know, but it's definitely...
Blizzard says it’s ‘held back surprises’ for WoW Classic’s Season of Discovery
The questions keep rolling in about World of Warcraft's future -- and Blizzard keeps fielding them. The studio's recent Q&A also tackled topics related...
Tarisland unveils Phantom Necromancer class, engages pre-downloads for November 15 beta
Remember when we supposed that the new class for Tarisland was a druid? Well, not exactly, unless of course you subscribe to the D&D...
The Stream Team: Finishing the fight against Eden in Final Fantasy XIV
MOP's Chris is on the last leg of his journey to clear the Eden raids in Final Fantasy XIV for the first time; he's...
Massively Overthinking: Did BlizzCon do what it needed to do?
Given the last couple of years, which have been inarguably rocky for both the company and its games, Blizzard needed a big win at...
The Soapbox: Will Diablo IV’s Vessel of Hatred be a sufficient answer for Path of Exile 2?
Everyone loves a good enrage timer, right? It puts pressure on everyone involved in a raid or boss fight to pull their weight and...
Throne & Liberty elaborates on monetization and PvP concerns following its showcase video
Last week saw Throne & Liberty dish up its promised launch showcase video, which granted potential players around the globe a look at several...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft’s The War Within actually sounds promising on paper
So now we know what's coming next. World of Warcraft: The War Within is our next expansion, and... you know, that's not really a...
Tarisland previews the Battle of Ancash raid and reintroduces the Warrior class ahead of November 15 closed beta
We're just under a week away from the next closed beta test of Tarisland, and that means that Tencent is spooling up the hype...
Albion Online is switching to a seasonal quarterly content cadence with smaller, faster updates
With Wild Blood just recently settling into the Albion Online patch archive, Sandbox Interactive is already moving on to talking about the game's next...
Lord of the Rings Online releases its ninth expansion, Corsairs of Umbar, today
Grab your Hobbit-brand sunscreen, find your most flattering cosmetic swimsuit for your Elf, and head down to the tropical south for Lord of the...
World of Warcraft’s Guardians of the Dream launches today (albeit with delays)
If you aren't looking forward to World of Warcraft: The War Within, the good news is that there's a fair chunk of Dragonflight left...
Casually Classic: BlizzCon took WoW Classic into the ‘plus’ era
While the three-expansion revelation of World of Warcraft's Worldsoul Saga stole the show at BlizzCon this past weekend, I was even more excited --...
WoW Classic won’t be keeping Wrath Classic realms, debates what to do with Season of Discovery characters
The reverberations from all of WoW Classic's announcements at this past weekend's BlizzCon continue to be felt across the MMO community. And for every...
The Daily Grind: Do you remember to eat food in your MMO of choice?
I've been obsessed with cooking in MMOs ever since I created a chef empire in original-flavor Star Wars Galaxies. Actually, it probably started well...
BlizzCon 2023: World of Warcraft’s War Within systems deep dive
If you were entranced by all of the promises unveiled as part of World of Warcraft: The War Within's reveal at BlizzCon on Friday,...
