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Lord of the Rings Online executive producer hints that 2023 expansion is ocean-themed
While Lord of the Rings Online fans are still waiting to get a full view of this fall's mini-expansion, Before the Shadow, the studio...
The Stream Team: Raiding the Red Monastery in AQ3D’s Nulgath Saga Part II
It's time for the next segment in AQ3D's latest story saga! The Nulgath Saga Part II has launched, and Massively OP's MJ is excited...
The Stream Team: Making more runs at some of Final Fantasy XIV’s older raid content
There are a lot of raids to take on in Final Fantasy XIV, and if you're not careful, they can kind of pile up...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s Minstrel revamp is a master class in studio obstinance
Does anything in this world produce a cold sweat faster than a developer abruptly announcing, "Oh hey, we're going to retool your class?" Unless...
Final Fantasy XIV explains its Savage fight difficulty balancing in the wake of patch 6.21
When patch 6.21 arrived this week for Final Fantasy XIV, it included a pretty significant change in that it dropped the health of the...
Lost Ark’s Arktoberfest applies beer directly to your head
OK, don't panic because it's not actually October yet, but Lost Ark is getting a jump on the season with the opening of Arktoberfest...
Four Winds: What made Lost Ark so successful where Elyon failed?
I'm sad about it, but I have to eat my words about Elyon and its place in this decade's pantheon of MMOs. I honestly...
World of Warcraft adds the option to place more Fated modifiers onto raids if you want
Some people just like making things harder on themselves. They see games like Dark Souls 3 and say, "Yeah, this is pretty hard... but...
Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s restored S1E4 Tower of Nightmares
Here we are at the penultimate episode of Guild Wars 2's restored and retooled Season 1 content! The pieces are finally starting to fall...
One Shots: A line-up of champions
You know that you've finally made it as a bona fide hero when you are asked to line up in a dramatic group pose....
Lord of the Rings Online is about to give soloers a way to earn raid gear
In an hour-and-a-half Q&A video this past Friday, Standing Stone Games' Allan "Orion" Maki took the center stage to field numerous questions from the...
Blade and Soul’s Autumn Overture arrives September 14, followed by a shift to bi-monthly updates in October
The next content update for Blade & Soul has a date and a name: Autumn Overture, arriving on Wednesday, September 14th. The new patch...
Global Chat: How can MMOs help us navigate better?
Contains Moderate Peril recently tackled a subject that is very near to my heart, which is the tools, difficulty, and art of navigating around...
Massively on the Go: Splatoon 3’s Tricolor demo makes double trouble
As Splatoon 3's release swims ever closer, I keep thinking back to the recent Splatfest demo we had. Splatfests aren't new to veterans of...
Old School RuneScape outlines another series of tweaks to the Tombs of Amascut
Old School RuneScape's recently released Tombs of Amascut raid has reportedly been getting a lot of player feedback and requests for adjustments, and while...
World of Warcraft Classic reconsiders earlier proposed changes to Wrath’s Ulduar raid
The devs and community council members of WoW Classic addressed several matters related to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion earlier in...
Skull and Bones’ latest dev blog talks about plundering settlements, outposts, and forts
Sure, you can attack a ship and get its goods in Skull and Bones, but the true buccaneering loot goblin knows that plundering locations...
WoW Factor: When your MMO design is hooked on a feeling
To start this off, I want you to summon up a feeling. I want you think back to the first time you can remember...
Massively Overthinking: Who’s really paying for MMOs?
Two years ago, we did a piece on dark patterns in MMO design, and in the comments, a reader named Shadex De'Marr penned a...
Multiplayer survival sandbox Earth: Revival plans closed beta this weekend
If you just can't get enough survival sandbox, Chinese studio Nuverse has another one for you to die in. It's called Earth: Revival, and...
