LOTRO Legendarium: My 11 favorite zones in LOTRO
This week I put my chin on my fists and thought super-hard about the following question: What column could I write that would be...
Massively on the Go: 10 Pokemon Go Mega Pokemon to invest now – and 2 for later
Roughly two years ago, Pokemon GO's Mega Evolution system got its third reworking, which was a major reason I made our list of pokemon to...
Kakao Q4 2023: ArcheAge 2 has been delayed (again), now to some point in or after 2025
Our eyes must have glazed over the Q4 2023 investor report from Kakao when it dropped a few weeks ago, but it contained some...
Diablo Immortal’s 2024 roadmap promises new class, new zone, and several gameplay updates
What does the road ahead look like for Diablo Immortal? Why don't you read a map, pal? A roadmap. Here, we'll even give you...
Blizzard is massively revamping Diablo IV’s itemization systems
If you had two hours to spare last night, then hopefully you spent it on something more fun than watching video game streams, but...
Guild Wars 2 releases more profession balancing tweaks as players offer to train noobs to raid
Guild Wars 2's patch this week is such a hodgepodge of tweaks and bufferonis that we hardly know where to begin. It touches on...
Everything we learned about the future of Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, & Champions Online from Cryptic’s stream
The knowledge that Cryptic's MMOs have been shunted off to a tiny European corner of the Embracer empire is not news to the MMO...
ArenaNet is cracking down on bot abuse in Classic Guild Wars PvP
If you thought modern MMOs were plagued by bots, wait until you see what's been happening over in Guild Wars - the original Guild...
Shroud of the Avatar devs form new studio to make AI-generated roguelike battle royale Project Rise
If you thought that the waters surrounding some of Shroud of the Avatar's bigwigs weren't muddy before now, things are potentially about to get...
Helldivers 2 players share sightings of mysterious blue lasers, fueling speculation of a third enemy faction
The playerbase of Helldivers 2 is sharing some interesting and terrifying new reveals from the shooter's various battlefronts, and this time it's not just...
DC Universe Online reruns St. Patrick’s Day event as players raise concerns over perceived silence
St. Patrick's Day is coming soon, but DC Universe Online is getting into the Emerald Isle spirit ahead of time the only way it...
Helldivers 2 adjusts armored Terminid health and spawn rates while quietly adding new flying enemies
Helldivers 2 has made good on its promise to address armored Terminid enemy spawns with a patch that released yesterday, which should make dealing...
Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida discusses making the game less stress-free, according to new interview
There's always a delicate balancing act between reducing the amount of tedious busywork necessary in a video game and keeping the game fun. A...
First impressions: Final Stand Ragnarok is not Camelot Unchained, but it’s a fun romp anyway
At the top of 2020, when City State Entertainment's Mark Jacobs first announced Final Stand Ragnarok - called Project Colossus back then - it...
LOTRO’s dungeon drop and spring festival arrive this week with the cutest snail ever
Last year the Lord of the Rings Online community lost its collective mind over a rock. In 2024, it may be for a snail.
The...
Nightingale rolls back last week’s patch after nasty bug deleted players’ housing
Losing a home in an MMO hurts like hell, as our readers can attest, and unfortunately, that's what's been happening to Nightingale testers this...
Vague Patch Notes: Sort your own MMO community, guy
One of the things I note is that every so often - not all the time, but every so often - something will just...
Helldivers 2 resolves to address armored spawn concerns and dismissive dev comments
The furor over adjustments made in Helldivers 2 has arguably reached a boiling point. Earlier this week, Arrowhead Game Studios put out a balance...
Massively Overthinking: Are we ‘optimizing the fun out’ of MMOs?
MMO dev Damion Schubert recently retweeted a thread penned by a user named Zarathustra that presents our Massively Overthinking discussion for the week. Now,...
Star Citizen and Squadron 42 recount February’s efforts while a dev makes a surprising reference to ‘SC 1.0’
It's time once more for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 to turn in their respective book reports and regale followers with February development reports,...