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LOTRO’s next ‘mini-expansion’ content update includes boar mounts and a $100 edition
We already knew that Lord of the Rings Online is working on a Gundabad expansion for 2021, but before that arrives, there's a big...
Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s new event includes problematic features and stat bloat
Yes, more not-great-news in Pokemon Go, and yes, it's once again mostly about Mega Evolution. While it's been nice that the official Pokemon Go...
WoW Factor: Covenants have become a Shadowlands prison of Blizzard’s own making
If there was any remaining question about what stage of the expansion development we were at with World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, this week marked the...
Perfect Ten: How to speak with your family members about playing MMOs
The nice part about growing up with serious social awkwardness as "the weird one" in my family is that really, every strange fixation I...
Final Fantasy XIV posts a new anniversary story and prepares for an online Tokyo Game Show
The third of four anniversary stories for Final Fantasy XIV has gone up today, and it covers an old friend. And an old enemy. An...
Snag a Conqueror’s Blade Draconic Horse Attire bundle key from My.Games and MOP
There's a lot going on in strategy-MMO hybrid Conqueror's Blade right now: Twitch drops, a new competitive league, sales, the end of one season...
Sea of Thieves adds dog companions and timed vault raids with today’s Vaults of the Ancients
It's time once again for another monthly update for Sea of Thieves, and as we've been reporting for the past few weeks, this one's...
Massively on the Go: An open letter to Pokemon Go’s Niantic and The Pokemon Company
Dear Niantic and The Pokemon Company,
Thank you for Pokemon Go. Despite my criticism, this is probably the longest I've ever played a Pokemon game. Ever. I've...
World of Warcraft Classic’s smaller servers are not getting the help they need for the Ahn’Qiraj War Effort
The next phase of World of Warcraft Classic content updates will bring in Naxxramas, which is something you would like to have following the opening of...
The Daily Grind: Are you tempering your Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons expectations?
Back in March, when Guild Wars 2 first let slip that it was working on something Cantha-ish, we all wrote quite a bit about...
Perfect Ten: 10 reasons WoW Classic is still fun in 2020
WoW Classic just celebrated its first year of operation, and what a year it's been! Back in the summer of 2019, I was rediscovering...
Blizzard plans a book of World of Warcraft fairy tales… but no more scrolls in Shadowlands
So remember how people still blame World of Warcraft's current class design on the old statement of "bring the player, not the class"? That...
Minecraft-built MMO Hegemony releases the Traders from the East expansion on September 6
Hegemony, the self-described "classic" sandbox MMORPG built upon the framework of Minecraft, is expanding. As in literally releasing an expansion. Or at least an...
WoW Factor: World of Warcraft has no good excuses for not having housing
We are past 15 years on now, and World of Warcraft still lacks housing. This is, frankly, really dumb. And it comes up a...
Massively Overthinking: The MMOs we intentionally avoid
A few weeks back, I read a Twitter thread about people who avoid specific games and types of games, and the folks chiming in...
Massively on the Go: Everything we know about Pokemon Go’s new mega evolutions
In another new twist, Pokemon Go has just released Generation 6's big feature, Mega Evolutions, before Generation 6 pokemon themselves. While we've had mega...
EverQuest II lights up Solusek’s Eye with Game Update 115
Things are heating up in EverQuest II with the release of Game Update 115: Reignite the Flames. The patch comes equipped with many challenges...
Wisdom of Nym: Impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s Reflections in Crystal storylines
All right, let's make something very clear right off the bat: There will be spoilers in this column. If you have managed to not...
Destiny 2 takes a look at the Prophecy dungeon design and explains the Content Vault
Destiny 2 appears to be wearing its MMO-ness like a snuggly coat if a couple of recent articles are to be believed, what with...
Champions Online invites you to kill bugs with fire (or frost, lightning, or plasma)
Bugs! Spiders! Creepy crawlies! If these pests invade your home, you have our full permission to exterminate with extreme prejudice. And if giant-sized versions...
