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Massively on the Go: Monster Hunter Stories 2’s biggest problem is too much Pokemon
Since its demo, I've seen people both on social media and other game sites comparing Monster Hunter Stories 2 with the Pokemon series, often praising the former...
WoW Classic’s upcoming LFG tool boasts a big improvement
While the modern version of World of Warcraft's looking for group tool really got going in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, many...
GDC 2021: War stories from World of Warcraft
Just before the news about the state litigation against Activision-Blizzard broke last month, Senior Software Engineer Joseph Cochron and Principal Software Engineer Kurtis McCathern...
Vague Patch Notes: Why the depth of an MMORPG’s world matters
The world doesn't need first impressions from me when it comes to Elyon. Why not? Well, for one thing, basically anything and everything I would have...
Swords of Legends Online drops two more raids tomorrow, teases fall roadmap
We hope you like raids because Swords of Legends Online has kind of a lot of them. Since its launch, it's pushed out three...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the most fun when you’re losing?
The other day my guildies were chatting about their favorite shooters, and one of them pointed out that he'd rather play a quick pick-up...
Perfect Ten: My top 10 MMO pet peeves
In general, I try to be an optimistic fellow. When it comes to MMO gaming -- you know, that hobby we apparently love and...
EverQuest II’s ongoing server hardware upgrades should produce results by September
EverQuest II has suffered some legendary outages in the last year - one even kept players offline for over a week, and there were...
Swords of Legends Online asks you to become an unpaid QA tester
It's so hard not to throw shade at MMO studios that try to outsource paid positions to players -- or even worse, to charge...
Moonlight Sculptor merges servers tomorrow, previews content update
The future of mobile MMO Moonlight Sculptor is one of merging servers and extra layers of existing content according to the game's most recent...
The MOP Up: Warface’s Hidden War is revealed
This week, Warface kicked off its Hidden War season: "The season update adds a new PvP-map called Ruins for capture mode where players can...
Crowfall plans a new system for initiating sieges, shares another roadmap of content updates and additions
Crowfall's ACE Q&A livestream for the month of August has come and gone, and the devs are looking ahead to the RvR MMO's next...
EverQuest II’s Toil and Trouble update brews up unholy dungeon runs
A dark and twisted summer treat arrived for EverQuest II players this week in the form of Toil and Trouble update. At the core...
Massively Overthinking: What’s your favorite type of MMORPG raid?
Raiding is one of those very simple MMO concepts that has somehow become a contentious one in the broader discourse. A "raid" in MMO...
Swords of Legends Online is launching two new easy- and normal-mode raids tomorrow
Swords of Legends Online is due for a big patch tomorrow that ought to make raiders happy. The patch notes introduce the Waves in...
Old School RuneScape talks up its third raid, RuneScape details a mini dig site and Nodon Front fixes
The week's news for both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape are mostly about things that are coming soon as opposed to what's new. At...
Wisdom of Nym: A letter to new players and old hands in Final Fantasy XIV
The population surge in Final Fantasy XIV must be stopping. It absolutely must be nearly over at this point or already over. It absolutely...
Global Chat: How New World and Star Wars Galaxies are linked
New World and Star Wars Galaxies aren't often mentioned in the same sentence together, unless you're reading MMO blog Unidentified Signal Source. The author...
Pokemon Go players intensify boycott over COVID rollbacks as Niantic offers only minor concessions
Anyone who follows our Massively on the Go column and its long-running Pokemon Go coverage knows that Niantic has faced years of criticism from...
Massively on the Go: Niantic ditching Pokemon Go’s COVID benefits was a dangerous mistake
Recently I was forced into isolation since an untrustworthy family member hid COVID symptoms from the household and our vaccinated guests who were going...
