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Perfect Ten: The 10 NPCs you meet in MMORPGs
Is there a figure in online games that more symbolizes the thin barrier between the server database and user playerbase than the non-player character?...
Swords of Legends Online is bringing more story, new zones, and revamped raid loot in its next update
Update 2.1 is on the horizon for Swords of Legends Online, and publisher Gameforge is promising it will be a "killer update," with more...
Massively Overthinking: ‘Every MMO inconvenience is someone else’s game’
A while back, someone in our comments (I can't find it again, so I can't remember who!) dug up a quote from Raph Koster...
Perfect Ten: The stupid reasons I have had for sacrificing sleep for MMOs
One of the most useful pieces of advice that I've gotten regarding making decisions for the future is also the simplest: Imagine yourself taking...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida talks about PvP design, deific lore, and characterization
Players are loving the new Duty Support feature in Final Fantasy XIV according to Naoki Yoshida. A recent interview with the producer and director...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go Fest 2022 was not the worst Go Fest by a long shot
Let me start off by saying Go Fest 2022 was not perfect. We saw Pokemon learning moves they weren't supposed to, Flygon learning its...
ArcheAge tweaks Garden of the Gods and opens the Dairy Cow Dreamland
We promise, we'll make the headline for this ArcheAge story make sense, especially since the game's latest update seems like a bit of a...
Massively Overthinking: Making money in MMOs – easy, hard, or in-between?
A few days ago, I was hanging out in a certain MMORPG's Discord when an age-old class fight broke out - and I don't...
Lost Ark’s summer roadmap includes one new advanced class every two months
It's weird to consider that Lost Ark only launched less than four months ago, which feels like a lifetime somehow. Yet the team at...
World of Warcraft wraps up Shadowlands with today’s patch 9.2.5 and faction crossplay
As World of Warcraft increasingly turns its attention to Dragonflight, Shadowlands' days are coming to a close. With the arrival of today's mid-sized Patch...
Old School RuneScape shows off the bosses of its upcoming raid, RuneScape releases a new Yak Track
When you enter a raid in an MMORPG, boss fights are going to happen. That's just how these things are meant to work. Obviously,...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon GO’s new season Goes back to the biggies in June
It's always hard to be a Pokemon GO player. On the one hand, the upcoming stalker app, Campfire, shows us that someone at the...
One Shots: Modern vampire home decorating
Forget the dusty castles and damp basements of your father's Transylvania; the modern, on-the-go vampire has a refined taste that apparently includes neon caskets...
Ship of Heroes recaps housing beta, plans a second test in July
With Ship of Heroes' player housing beta in the rear-view mirror, Heroic Games is recapping the experience in its latest dev blog - and...
The Stream Team: Trying out the raid boss-filled multiplayer of TrinityS with friends
What happens when you condense raid bosses from MMORPGs into their own multiplayer game? You might get something like TrinityS, a game that recently...
Lineage II Aden introduces Giran Seals and special crafting features tomorrow
Lineage II Aden - aka the version of the MMOARPG that has streamlined leveling and specific features and classes, just to help keep all...
World of Warcraft shares details on raid encounter design and communication
Knowing what's coming next in high-end group content is a pretty important component of World of Warcraft, but the team is aware of how...
Elite Dangerous previews Odyssey Update 12, now launching June 7
Players of Elite Dangerous have likely been regularly watching the Frameshift Live developer livestreams for news and information about the spaceship sandbox, and last...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO grudges we just can’t let go
Back in April, MMO Fallout's Connor and I had a lil tweet convo about grudges. He was joking that there will be aged gamers...
ArcheAge puts an end to griefing exploits in Crimson and Grimghast Rifts
This week's ArcheAge update is a mish-mash of fixes and compensation that ought to take the sting out of recent bugs and exploits.
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