Massively Overthinking: Do gaming ‘tourists’ ruin MMOs?
Yes, I know that's a provocative title. Yes, we're gonna talk about it with some nuance. It's a topic inspired by a Reddit thread...
After weeks of teasing, the City of Heroes SEGS Engine project has released its ‘very alpha’ build
Over the past while we've been covering the progress of the Super Entity Game Server (SEGS) Engine, a fan-run project that's trying to rewrite...
SMITE raises regional prices for Turkey and Ukraine due to ‘economic forces and abuse from players’
I'm personally not smart enough to even speculate about what's happening in the global economy, but apparently Turkish and Ukrainian fans of SMITE are...
Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack, accidentally removes everyone’s earned heroes
The goof parade that is Overwatch 2 keeps marching along, regrettably. The most recent SNAFU suffered by players of the game involved an intended...
Graphical woodland critter MUD Farwoods outlines how it’s making the bandit life a little easier
Remember Farwoods? It's a self-described graphical MUD that casts players as woodland critters of various kinds to live out a digital life that we...
MMO studios and publishers large and small come together to support Extra Life 2022
It's about that time of year when charitable drives are on the minds of many gamers, studios, and publishers, and just as last year...
Overwatch 2 ‘makes progress’ on launch issues, but it’s still getting dinged on unlock grinds
The rocky launch week of Overwatch 2 isn't over yet, but the studio says that it's "making progress" on addressing the core issues plaguing...
DC Universe Online players take advantage of a 1 credit cash shop oops – and end up facing suspensions
Earlier this week, players of DC Universe Online were granted an update that brought back the Witching Hour event, alongside Daybreak's fall sale with...
EVE Online introduces new multi-month Omega subscription plans
Remember back in April when EVE Online announced that it was raising the price of its monthly Omega subscription plan? Remember how angry people...
Russian soldier captured by Ukrainian forces claims he joined the army to pay off a World of Tanks-related debt
Friends, this story is definitely unique, but we're going to try to condense this as best as we can. Making the rounds today is...
Star Trek Online’s Emperor’s Will event extended to October 14 after reward issues spring up
Players of Star Trek Online who were chasing the T6 Somerville ship that awaited at the end of the Emperor's Will event on PC...
Supposed Squadron 42 sizzle reel from this year’s CitizenCon starts spreading across the internet
Cloud Imperium has unsurprisingly been making a lot of hay about this weekend's CitizenCon event for Star Citizen and Squadron 42, but it looks...
Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?
Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
Guild Wars 2 players are no longer seeing double in the Black Citadel thanks to hotfix
A hotfix applied to Guild Wars 2 has generated some discussions among the game's community, but maybe not for the reasons one might expect....
Guild Wars 2’s latest balance patch tackles spec tradeoffs and defensive passives
As promised, Guild Wars 2's latest balance update is live for players today, with tweaks for multiple specs and passive defensive traits.
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The Daily Grind: Are MMOs obsessed with suffering?
Today we're going to play a game I like to call "I saw a cool thread on Reddit months ago and saved the link,...
Google left Stadia devs in the dark over cancelation, studios race to port game saves
When Google announced that Stadia would be shut down in January, you might have thought the devs and game studios working on Stadia games...
City of Heroes fans have (mostly) restored the game’s original 2012 forums
Looking for a forum-based blast from the past out of City of Heroes? Maybe you want to re-read some of the story threads, look...
RuneScape swings a banhammer at accounts caught exploiting its Fresh Start Worlds
RuneScape's Fresh Start Worlds are not looking so crispy and fresh out of the gate. First, Jagex had to rollback the servers due to...
Dual Universe’s launch is tripped up by bugs, performance issues, and problems with subscriptions
No MMO launch plan survives contact with the enemy (aka access by players at scale), so knowing that yesterday's launch of Dual Universe had...
